Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books! Our featured book this week is a fun one for bakers – Loaf Tin Bakes: Easy baking for every occasion using the humble loaf tin by Shane Smith ...

How We Unlock Economic Possibility by Masuma Ahuja as the first title in its forthcoming business list. Publisher Blathnaid Healy acquired ...

Cork’s Mercier Press is delighted to announce its shortlisting at the True Crime Awards 2026, with nominations across two ...

Competition deadline: 30th May 2026 Kate O’Riordan is a multi-award-winning writer of six novels. She has also written for theatre and screen. Her many television credits include Mr Selfridge, and ...

Six books have made the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist. Examining themes of migration, conflict and othering, ...

The six books that make up the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist have been announced. A list that spotlights new literary voices – with four debut novels recognised – and showcases the ...

The Time it Takes: author Jemimah Wei on the writing of her dazzling story of ambition and sisterhood, The Original Daughter. I was recently on a panel in Bangkok talking about my debut novel, and ...

The Cuckoo Asset started in 1988 after a misunderstanding where some engineers in my postgraduate class decided their lecturer was a spy! I happened to have banknotes from a trip to communist ...

Do you have a dedicated space in your home, that is strictly for writing, and/or illustrating? I didn’t really. I have my late gran’s old dressing table, which has been in our bedroom for some ...

Submissions deadline: 30th April 2026 Script submissions are now open until April 30th, 2026. Fishamble welcomes submissions of new, original, dramatic work, and appreciates the imagination, time, ...

Readers are invited to download free audiobooks on World Book Night as part of the National Year of Reading celebrations. Millions will be able to listen to the free-to-stream Quick Reads, ...