#Books
Jimmy Magee's personal library of almost 1000 books to be auctioned off for charity
The Memory Man’s collection includes books and magazines from as far back as the 1960s.
Extract: Don't fear the reaper - an immunologist on why we shouldn't be so afraid of death
Immunologist Luke O’Neill writes about how death fascinates us all, but once upon a time it was sometimes a tricky thing for a doctor to confirm.
Ten Irish novels in contention for €100,000 Dublin Literary Award, the world's most valuable annual fiction prize
141 works by authors from 41 different countries were nominated for the 2019 award.
'People say things about my hair; it's bananas': Joanna Donnelly on science and our fascination with weather
The Met Éireann forecaster’s new book, The Great Irish Weather Book, explains what weather is and how it happens.
Here are the 23 contenders for the 2018 eir Sport Sports Book of the Year
The42 is represented twice on the longlist.
How I went from being a data analyst with HP to owning the local bookshop
A cup of coffee changed my path, writes Cian Byrne during Irish Book Week.
8 books by Irish writers that will get you through your commute this November
November kicks off with the first ever Irish Book Week.
People on the Pier: Dún Laoghaire landmark remembered in new book
New book on Dún Laoghaire pier takes the reader down memory lane.
Here are the books fighting it out at the 2018 Irish Book Awards
You can vote for your favourites across the categories.
Opinion: In the digital era, how do you raise your child to be a reader?
Bookseller Lorraine Levis advises parents on how to raise a book-loving child in a screen-loving era.
Poll: How often do you read a book?
The MS Annual Readathon is being launched today.
Pick a breakfast cereal and we'll give you a book to read
Looking for something new to read?
Three Irish authors have made the longlist for the Man Booker Prize
Sally Rooney, Donal Ryan and Anna Burns will all compete for the award.
Irish language works get their own award category for first time at Irish Book Awards
An Post has taken over as sponsor of the annual awards for the next three years.
Children's book award drops Laura Ingalls Wilder's name over racist content
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award will now be known as the Children’s Literature Legacy Award.
11 summer beach reads you need to pack for your holidays
Don’t leave it to the last minute.
Can children's books help kids fight climate change?
We spoke to the author of a new book on the topic.
Late returning a library book? The government wants to scrap late fines
It’s part of a proposal to increase the number of people using libraries.
Two Irish novels shortlisted for literary award worth €100,000
The award was launched on 7 April 1995 and is now in its 23rd year.
'Farming is what saved me, really' - Coming home to fight depression and deliver calves
“Life was really good for a time – until it wasn’t.”
Writers join together to push Irish author's new book to top spot after terminal diagnosis
Bestselling author Emma Hannigan announced on Friday that her breast cancer is now terminal.
17 upcoming books by women to read in 2018
Hup the gals.
10 books that were essential reading for girls growing up in the 2000s
We learned so much.
Here were our favourite books of 2017 - what about you?
We want to know.
These are the books we'll all be talking about in 2018
Here’s the definitive list.
Here are the books some of our favourite faces read and loved in 2017
Plus some picks of our own.
Three Irish authors shortlisted for major UK book award
The Costa Book Awards is the only major book prize open only to authors resident in Britain and Ireland.
These Waterford teens have set up Ireland's first youth-run literary festival
We talked to them about how they did it.
Newbies, celebrities, and one turkey: These Irish books are in the running to be named the best of 2017
The nominees for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book awards were announced today.
Stay-at-home mom turned vampire author Clare Daly: 'How I became a writer'
Clare Daly is about to self-publish her first novel, an Irish Vampire story, Our Destiny is Blood.
8 new books to curl up with now it's turned awful cold
It has though, hasn’t it?
British writer of The Remains of the Day wins Nobel Prize for Literature
The prize is worth 9 million kronor (€1 million).
18 things that would happen if Pride and Prejudice was set in modern-day Ireland
Would it still be a classic? Maybe.
11 young adult novels that are well worth reading at any age
If you think YA is just for teens, you’re missing out.
Here are the 16 sports books longlisted for the William Hill prize
Judy Murray’s book on life with her son Andy and a biography on the late Muhammad Ali are among the contenders.
'Imaginations flourish': 30 years of good done through the MS Readathon
Did you discover one of your favourite authors during the MS Readathon?
10 important things we learned from Roald Dahl books
It’s Roald Dahl Day!
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