Saturday 15 May, 2021
Six books are on this year’s shortlist. Previous winners include Anna Burns for Milkman, and Mike McCormack for Solar Bones.
Author Rónán Hession’s debut novel Leonard and Hungry Paul is this year’s One Dublin One Book selection – here, he writes about the joy reading has brought to his life.
Previous winners include Anna Burns for Milkman, and Mike McCormack for Solar Bones.
Beautiful World, Where Are You follows two best friends as they navigate love, friendship and sex heading into their thirties.
Mark Tighe and Paul Rowan’s book sold over 49,300 copies.
Here are some names to remember for your book shopping next year.
The theme of the Toy Show was ‘the wonderful world of Roald Dahl’ – let’s take a closer look at that world.
We fill you in on what worked for us.
Irish and Ireland-based writers, including Roddy Doyle, Sinéad Gleeson and Tana French, tell us about the books that soothed them this year.
From Irish to international authors, we have you covered.
Booksellers say that people turned to fiction in lockdown – and book sales are up 4% on last year.
‘Born Fighter’ and ‘The Rodchenkov Affair’ are among the contenders.
“It’s just a privilege,” Eason Novel of the Year winner Donal Ryan told us.
Here’s how you can tune in – and who’s nominated in TheJournal.ie’s sponsored category.
There are over 2,100 children in direct provision and over 2,500 experiencing homelessness.
Author and poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa is nominated in the An Post Irish Book Awards – here she writes about how ghosts inspired her nominated book.
Once again, TheJournal.ie is sponsoring the Best Irish Published Book award.
David Walsh’s The Russian Affair is among the contenders for the big prize.
Has Covid-19 made it easier or more difficult to get stuck into some books?
John Bolton’s memoir is due out on Tuesday.
Man Who Didn’t Call by Rosie Walsh tops the list for e-books.
The Harry Potter author said she wrote The Ickabog 10 years ago.
We’ve picked out a few good rugby reads and want to hear your recommendations.
What do you turn to when you need to be cheered up or comforted?
People working from home or self-isolating may find they have more time on their hands than usual.
In his debut novel The Last Day, QI Elf Andrew Hunter Murray writes about a world that’s half in shadow, half in light.
Research to mark World Book Day found that half of children and young people said they enjoyed reading either “very much” or “quite a lot”.
The author speaks to us as she publishes her latest novel, Actress.
It’s going to be a jam-packed year.
Let us know in the comments.
Here are this year’s winners.
The Irish professor of biochemistry has written a new book aimed at children, which is nominated for an An Post Irish Book Award.
A total of 156 books have been longlisted for the award.
We spoke to the best-selling New Zealand author during her recent trip to Ireland.
The legendary JP Donleavy’s publisher writes about how the author brought a ‘sprinkle of stardust’ with him when he arrived in Ireland.
When she handed in her employee badge, she had an ‘Oh God, what have I done?’ moment, writes Dawn Behan of Woodbine Books.
Author Sam Blake explores how readers got hooked on crime stories – and why it’s no bad thing.
Atwood has been awarded for The Testaments and Evaristo has been awarded for Girl, Woman, Other.
