Welcome to this week’s charts with the Irish bestselling books as we kick off May! While we’ve got no brand-brand-new books in the Top 20 this week, there are a lot of April releases ...

Competition deadline: 5th June 2026 Mullingar Literary Festival 2026 is thrilled to announce the launch of its annual writing competition. Festival organisers are inviting writers of poetry and ...

Eason is delighted to announce an exclusive event with international bestselling author and king of killer twists, David ...

Author Sam Blake tells us about Mich Maroney and the First Page Pitch event at the Cork World Book Festival . . . Like many Irish literary festivals, Cork World Book Festival is a fabulous ...

Submissions deadline: 31st May 2026 The Wild Umbrella originated in Dublin in June of 2023, in the house where Oscar Wilde was born. Our founding members met as postgraduate creative writing ...

The story of The Skidderwolves starts with a misunderstood dog called Eddie. I was in my twenties when we got him. He was this huge black cross, a mix of labrador and possibly something a little ...

Join Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís NíDhuibhne and Catherine Dunne in conversation.

Sarah Webb, author of the just-published novel, The Bookshop Sisters, with some invaluable advice on writing historical fiction for children . . . I’ve always loved children’s books set in the ...

Lara O’Brien is the founder of Howth Writing Workshops and Retreats, a community group she started at her kitchen table. From this small setting, Howth Writing workshops has grown to include writing ...

Bernie McQuillan, author of the just-published novel, The Lobster Pot, on how her life experiences have informed her writing over the years . . . Reading my first story in front of an audience in ...

The idea of writing is at times associated with a person tapping out word after word, bent over a typewriter, in a dusty old attic, alone. But for many who come to writing through a writing group ...

Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books charts, where the runaway leader of the pack is also our featured book for the week! Hungry: A Biography of My Body by Katriona ...