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.
Bestselling author Emma Hannigan announced on Friday that her breast cancer is now terminal.
Plus some picks of our own.
The Costa Book Awards is the only major book prize open only to authors resident in Britain and Ireland.
We talked to them about how they did it.
The nominees for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book awards were announced today.
Clare Daly is about to self-publish her first novel, an Irish Vampire story, Our Destiny is Blood.
The prize is worth 9 million kronor (€1 million).
Would it still be a classic? Maybe.
If you think YA is just for teens, you’re missing out.
Judy Murray’s book on life with her son Andy and a biography on the late Muhammad Ali are among the contenders.
Did you discover one of your favourite authors during the MS Readathon?
Irish publisher Siobhan Parkinson of Little Island tells us why they decided to publish the book.
We talked to the book’s authors.
The best books by women authors this year.
The Irish-based Australian bestselling author tells us about how her own experience with emigration informed her new book.
“August will be extremely stressful for me… I will lose sleep and I will worry,” one parent said.
The books expand on the universe of the Harry Potter series.
Current storage conditions put some collections at fire risk.
You’ve got dirt on your nose by the way. Did you know? Just there.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is 20 years old today. Can you believe it?
Independent Book Shop week starts today, celebrating the great and the good of the indie bookseller.
Re-stock that Kindle/teetering book pile.
*Well it’s Middle-earth, so it’s not really an Irish wolfhound.
A few page-turners to eat up on your sun lounger.
We ask experts about the move towards diversity on the bookshelves.
Echoland, by Joe Joyce, follows novels such as Dubliners, Dracula and Strumpet City to be chosen for the festival.
Gossip hounds, get in here.
The original novels have gone on to sell 17.5 million copies around the world.
The Costa Book of the Year was formerly known as the Whitbread prize.
Because our spirits could do with a bit of lifting.