Friday 12 August, 2022
Read a motherhood diary from the author of crime thriller Hide and Seek, Andrea Mara.
Former prison officer David McDonald has written a book about his career – in this extract, he writes about the beginning of a riot.
Read an extract from Aingela Flannery’s new book, The Amusements.
Remembering Dixie Dean’s stint at the Showgrounds.
Read an extract from the art critic’s first book, a memoir.
Writer and artist Sofi Thanhauser has written a people’s history of clothing, and in this extract she writes about what clothing can teach us about the world and history.
An extract from the memoir of Republican Máire Comerford, about an incident during the Civil War.
Read an extract from Mickey Harte’s book ‘Devotion’.
Read an extract from ‘Champion’ by Pat Smullen.
Read an extract from ‘The Keane Edge’ by Brian Keane.
Read an extract from Semple Stadium: Field of Legends by Liam Ó Donnchú.
Read an extract from Michael Calvin’s ‘Whose Game is it Anyway?’
Read an extract from ‘The Dream Factory’.
Terry Palmer remembers his time at Shamrock Rovers.
Read an extract from ‘Legacy of the Lions’.
Read an extract from ‘Sir Alex: Simply the Best’.
Read an extract from Willie Anderson’s ‘Crossing the Line’.
Read an extract from ‘Too Many Reasons to Live.’
Read an extract from Shane Carthy’s ‘Dark Blue’.
How Michael Bree and Conor Grace contributed to Davidson College’s shock win over North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Read an extract from ‘Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing.’
Read an extract from Keith Earls’ book ‘Fight or Flight’.
Read an extract from ‘The Players’ Advice’.
Read an extract from Unbroken’ by Aidan O’Mahony.
Read about Cilian Sheridan’s globetrotting career in our extract from Emerald Exiles: How the Irish Made Their Mark on World Football by Barry Landy.
Read an extract from ‘Tales From The Debenhams Picket Line’.
What does the future look like for Ireland’s coasts? Two of the authors of the An Post Irish Book Awards-nominated Coastal Atlas of Ireland explain.
In this extract from her book, Philippa Ryder writes about a question she asked her wife-to-be which changed the course of her life.
In this extract from his new memoir, the renowned fiddle player writes about his arduous journey to learning the instrument – and the support he got from his dad.
In the first chapter of his new book, Larry Donnelly describes how politics ran in the veins of his family.
Sallay Matu-Garnett, also known by her performance name Loah, on what she learned about herself during her time in Trinity.
Read an extract from ‘The War: Hagler-Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages.’
Read this passage from ‘Shot at a Brothel’.
Read an extract from ‘(Low)life: A Memoir of Jazz, Fight-fixing, and the Mob’ by Charles Farrell.
Enjoy a section from a new work by an Irish author this Sunday morning.
Sophie White writes about her father’s illness and death, and its impact on her.
Writer Roisin Kiberd looks at the world of the internet – and the effect it has on our lives – in her new essay collection, The Disconnect. Here, she takes us through her early days online.
A look at the turbulent early days of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s managerial career.
Read an extract from the acclaimed ‘Champagne Football’.
Ruqsana Begum recalls her early days competing.
