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# Crystal Ball
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# Crystal Ball
These 15 sci-fi books actually predicted the future
When science fiction becomes fact.
# Turn The Page
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# Turn The Page
Shopping for books for Christmas presents? Here's some help...
Here are some of the top literary picks from 2015.
# Bookworm
# Bookworm
How many of the best books of 2015 have you read?
Some more books to add to your “to read” pile.
# List Of The Worst
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# List Of The Worst
Morrissey's writing about sex is so bad he was given an award
“The couple rolled together into the one giggling snowball of full-figured copulation.”
# Irish Book Awards
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# Irish Book Awards
'Speaking out about imbalance can shake people up'
Journalist and and Irish Book Awards-nominated editor Sinead Gleeson on why speaking out can help bring change.
# Egyptian Goddess
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# Egyptian Goddess
Isis bookshop vandalised for fifth time, still refuses to change name
‘Some ignorant people believe that the terrorists have a gift store in the middle of Denver.’
# Turned Off
# Turned Off
8 toe-curlingly awful lines from this year's Bad Sex in Fiction Award nominees
NSFW (or for life), obviously.
# Irish Book Awards
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# Irish Book Awards
Bill Bryson: 'I've always felt I'm kind of an outsider'
The best-selling author spoke to us about life in the UK, and what it’s like to have Robert Redford portray you on the big screen.
# Turning The Page
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# Turning The Page
Amazon is opening a physical bookstore - with a difference
It will even include reviews from the site.
# Irish Book Awards
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# Irish Book Awards
These books are fighting to be named the best in Ireland
The shortlist has just been announced.
# Eoin Colfer
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# Eoin Colfer
Leprechauns and fantasy make this Irish author one of the most popular in the world
We sat down with the famous writer for a chat about his latest projects.
# Long Gaze Back
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# Long Gaze Back
Here's why Ireland's women writers aren't being ignored anymore
We speak to the editor of a new anthology, broadcaster and journalist Sinéad Gleeson.
Is it time JK Rowling stopped talking about Harry Potter?
Saturation, or still exciting?
# Award Winning
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# Award Winning
Outrage after teen book is banned over sex, drugs and racism
The book tells the story of a Maori boy who struggles with racism and drugs.
# Ah Here
# Ah Here
Terry Pratchett fans are defending his honour after The Guardian called him 'mediocre'
The article comes days after Pratchett’s final novel was published.
# Book Worm
# Book Worm
This boy was sent loads of books after a postman saw he had only junk mail to read
If this doesn’t make you smile/shed a tear, we don’t know what will.
# The Green Road
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# The Green Road
Meet the latest Irish novelist in the running for one of the world's biggest literary awards
She got the nod for her latest book, The Green Road.
# Bedtime Reading
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# Bedtime Reading
Fifty Shades of Grey has made us all mad for ... reading
What did you think we were going to say? Filthy minds.
# IMPAC Award
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# IMPAC Award
Jim Crace interview: "I'm an un-tortured writer and that isn’t very sexy"
That hasn’t stopped the British writer from scooping one of the world’s top literary prizes.
# IMPAC Award
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# IMPAC Award
This book is the best you'll find in a library right now worldwide
The winner of this prestigious award is €100,000 richer.
# Beach Books
# Beach Books
12 of the most hyped books to read on the beach this summer
Stuff these into your beach tote.
# Winners
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# Winners
These are the best Irish children's books out there right now
They’ve all won an award today.
# Clickbait Books
# Clickbait Books
#ClickbaitBooks took over Twitter today and it was glorious
What would happen if books had clickbait titles? The results may surprise you.
# Cat Drama
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# Cat Drama
Queen Victoria wrote this book when she was 10 years old
Warning: This post contains spoilers.
# Erotica
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# Erotica
This book series could be the next Fifty Shades of Grey
The author just signed a $7million deal.
# Bring Back Pratchett
# Bring Back Pratchett
Terry Pratchett fans have begun to petition Death himself
It’s what he would have wanted.
# Love Books
# Love Books
Which Beloved Children's Book Character Are You?
Are you a Matilda, or more of an Artemis Fowl? Take our quiz and find out.
# Go Away
# Go Away
Author Harper Lee's blunt two-word letter to a journalist is excellent
Author got sassy with a journalist asking whether she was “lucid”.
# Snuggle Up
# Snuggle Up
12 of the cosiest cafés in Ireland to chill out with a good book
Come for the coffee, stay for the cosy.
# World Book Day
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# World Book Day
Open Thread: What are your "desert island" books?
Today is World Book Day, what are your favourites?
# Opinion
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# Opinion
My favourite female characters are warm, wilful and – above all – flawed
The push for strong female characters literature is great, but let’s remember that ‘strong’ doesn’t mean ‘perfect’.
# Your Say
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# 2Kill2Mockingbird
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# 2Kill2Mockingbird
There's going to be a sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird
It will be called Go Set A Watchman.
# Read All About It
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# Read All About It
Plans to merge libraries criticised as 'wholly shoddy and unacceptable'
Will your county be affected?
# Spine Tingling
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# Spine Tingling
18 libraries every book-lover should visit in their lifetime
From Baroque masterpieces to stark timber and glass structures — these incredible buildings are certain to distract you from whatever you’re reading.
# Must Reads
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# Must Reads
Here are some of the top business books to read in 2015
Pick up some inspiration from some of these…
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