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Culture Night Dublin’s literary highlights

Books newsletter: tomorrow’s pages; Slow Horses; Paul Howard live; Jamie O’Connell memoir; Kevin Gildeas Brilliant Bookshop; Samuel Beckett’s Stirrings Still; Bobby Sands play; Elizabeth Wassell Montague; Project Children: The Legacy

Richard Ford headlines Write By The Sea

Books newsletter: tomorrow’s pages; Katriona O’Sullivan book deal; Heaney-Miłosz Residency; Celebrating Are You Somebody?; Look North campaign; Grace Wells poetry award

Nero New Writers Prize launched

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s books pages, including details of Irish Book Week and Kilkenny Arts Festival

Michel Déon Prize shortlist revealed

Books newsletter: Irish Times books coverage preview; Gerard Manley Hopkins festival; Clifden Arts Festival; The EU in 12 Objects; Jacqueline Rose awarded PEN Pinter Prize

International Booker Prize fund doubles

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Claire Connolly wins Robert Rhodes Prize

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Aoife K Walsh is new head of MoLI

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Trinity graduate wins Women’s Prize for Fiction

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Children’s Books Ireland Award winners revealed

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest news

Liadan Ní Chuinn on Orwell shortlist

Books newsletter: new Laureate na nÓg; a preview of tomorrow’s pages; Hinterland Festival highlights; Libraro Prize; limericks prize

President opens Ireland’s Home for Poetry and Heritage

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

International Literature Festival Dublin highlights

Books newsletter: TCD student from Gaza wins major essay prize; Pollard Poetry Prize winner; West Cork History Festival; tomorrow’s pages

Jaipur Literature Festival visits Ireland

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Irish Novel of the Year shortlist revealed

Plus: previews of Ballyscullion Park Book Festival and Cork International Poetry Festival; the latest book deals; shortlists for the Encore Award and Walter Scott Prize shortlists; and a new Waterstones in Dublin

Strokestown poetry prize shortlist revealed

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Pigott Poetry Prize shortlist announced

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of Saturday’s pages

Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride win Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Seán Hewitt on Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Cúirt festival line-up revealed

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Gethan Dick wins Kate O’Brien Award

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Big book deals for three Irish writers

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Colm Tóibín and Tana French among big names at International Literature Festival Dublin

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Books of revelation: Frank McNally on a surprise twist in the Drumcondra book skip saga

In sharing a photograph of the redbrick terrace, I unearthed a hitherto unknown family connection

Close to Home is to be adapted for TV

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist revealed

Paul Howard takes on a united Ireland; lots more book news and events; and please take part in our books newsletter survey

Half of Irish bookshops saw sales fall over Christmas, compared to 2024 period

Bookshops cite rising recommended retail prices as key concern

St Brigid inspires First Graphic Novel Award winner

The latest news, a preview of tomorrow’s pages and your chance to have your say on developing this books newsletter

Books newsletter: Patrick McCabe succeeds Naoise Dolan as IPUT Writer-In-Residence

Author of The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto was selected by Colm Tóibín-chaired committee

Doolin Writers’ Weekend returns

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Cork World Book Fest line-up

Books newsletter: the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Sturgeon and O’Hagan to pick 2026 Irish Novel of the Year

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Mary Beard to chair Booker Prize jury

Books newsletter: a preview of Saturday’s pages and a wrap of the latest news

Irish Writers Centre novel winners revealed

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Kate O’Brien Award now worth £5,000

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of tomorrow’s pages

Claire Power is new Poetry Ireland head

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of Saturday’s pages

Michael D Higgins to receive lifetime achievement award at An Post Book Awards

Former president has published five poetry collections and several others of essays and speeches

The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

John Boyne wins second top French prize

Books newsletter: Prix Femina; Storylines Europe, Write-Time and Yarn festivals; Prix de Traduction; Goldsmith & Baillie Gifford Prizes

Mary O’Malley wins Derek Walcott Prize

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

Children’s Booker Prize launched

Books newsletter: Circling the Square; Listowel curator appointed; Ballyscullion Park Book Festival; Bridport Prize for Irish writer

Niamh Connolly signs six-figure deal

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest news

New Louise Kennedy novel out next year

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages

John Boyne wins novel of the year in France

Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and a preview of Saturday’s pages

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