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Opinion: Don't despair if your child doesn't love to read – it's all about finding the right book
For every child who reads voraciously and indiscriminately, there is one who can’t relate to the books their parents are urging them to read. Solution? Find a book THEY love.
A book about a prisoner-of-war camp won the Booker Prize last night
Richard Flanagan is the third Australian to win the prestigious award.
French writer Patrick Modiano has won the Nobel Prize for Literature
The award is the biggest prize in literature and is worth €877,000.
Do you prefer buying books in bookshops or online?
If you like browsing your local bookstore, or want to get back into that, then this campaign is for you.
This woman's book about attempting to marry George Clooney has some very unfortunate timing
It’s still going on sale though… nevermind.
7 upcoming books every twentysomething should read this autumn
New writing from Amy Poehler, Richard Ayoade and more.
National Library at 'critical point' due to funding cuts putting collections at risk
Visitor numbers to the NLI are up 42% on last year.
The 15 exhausting stages of a book hangover
Everything hurts.
The Irish author of Uncle Silas was honoured with a Google Doodle today
Sheridan Le Fanu was born in Dominick Street in Dublin 200 years ago today.
19 terrifying things you learn by the time you're 29
Growing up, growing up to be…
All the books you need to read this year
Books, books, books. And more books.
Two Irish novelists have been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
So was Englishman David Mitchell, who lives in Co Cork.
New Amazon service offers unlimited e-book access
The Kindle Unlimited service will give US readers a Spotify-style service for their e-readers.
This could be Ireland's library of the future - but why the controversy?
The Lexicon is costing €36.6m to build.
Here are the 'pro-gay' kids books Singapore is clamping down on
A penguin with two dads, children adopted from China, and an American favourite.
David Duchovny has written a book about farm animals uniting Israel and Palestine
And it sounds insane.
Singapore national library to destroy LGBT-themed children's books
Library says three books are contrary to its “pro-family” stance.
The 10 best books of the year (so far), according to Amazon
A ready-to-go shopping list.
7 important life lessons we learned from Maurice Sendak
The author of Where the Wild Things Are would have been 83 today.
Irish author Eimear McBride wins £30,000 Baileys Prize for her debut novel
She spent more than a decade trying to get it published – and now it’s won one of the biggest prizes in literature.
16 products you won't believe actually exist
Shut up and take our money.
We studied Maya Angelou's writing in school - here's what she taught us
The author passed away today at the age of 86.
Co Carlow has the sassiest librarians in the country
Look at this poster. Would YOU want a fine off this crowd?
Stephen King is tired of you moaning about Game of Thrones spoilers
Spoilerville. Population: this post.
Funding of €15m to provide school book rental schemes for 400 schools
The Minister for Education said the new funding will benefit all primary schools who currently operate a school book rental scheme.
US writer Peter Matthiessen dies aged 86
The author, who had been diagnosed with leukaemia, had been ill for a number of months.
Poll: Do you still read books?
E-book readers are growing in popularity but are you happier when you can actually turn the pages on that page-turner?
'Better than telly and the internet': Dubliners love their library-on-wheels
Funding for Dublin City Public Libraries has dropped by about €800,000 in the last six years.
National Library evacuated after basement fire
But all is ok now and no collections were damaged.
Pope Francis is selling out (in Irish bookstores)
‘Evangelii Gaudium’ — written solely by the Pope — has been flying off the shelves since its publication late last year.
Column: A novel approach to exploring Irish history
Comic book writer Sean Michael Wilson discusses the value and challenges of depicting history in graphic novels.
New Censorship Board being put together...solely to deal with Alan Shatter's 'Laura'
The board have not met since June 2008 and its future is being considered by the Government.
11 inarguable reasons real books will always be better than e-books
We laugh in the face of your technological advances.
Column: What is Fan Fiction – and why is it making people nervous?
It has become an internet sensation over the last decade, but not all is as it seems in the world of Fan Fiction, writes Stephen Downes.
Every bookworm must visit these shops at least once
One contains 29 kilometres of books worth of books.
This Dublin book shop has a very polite approach to advertising
They don’t want to put you out, but if you want to buy some books for a good price, you can do it in here.
Children read aloud to cats in the most adorable book club ever
This month’s book is The Cat-cher in the Rye.
A definitive ranking of the children's books you read in school
From Roald Dahl to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
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