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We'd Have Told Each Other Everything by Judith Hermann |Review We'd Have Told Each Other Everything by Judith Hermann (April 2025) is a very personal exposé, a melancholy and dignified piece of writing.

#BookReview of We'd Have Told Each Other Everything by Judith Hermann | @mercierpress.bsky.social l www.swirlandthread.com/wed-have-tol...

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…and are in fab company with @bullaunpress.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @jantarbooks.bsky.social @mercierpress.bsky.social @pamenarpress.bsky.social & @sinoistbooks.bsky.social
And more

20 boxes of previously enjoyed books are being unboxed right now at The Mercier Bookshop #StLukes #CorkCity #bookstore

Many thanks to the lovely staff at Roe River books in Dundalk for hosting the launch of THE FRIENDSHIP CUP by Anne Devlin aka Winnie Clarke
About THE FRIENDSHIP CUP:

When a Palestinian team visits Ireland, unexpected friendships form that transform lives. Inspired by a real 2017 football exchange

Katy Derbyshire—the intimacy of translation - Books Ireland Katy Derbyshire on translating We’d Have Told Each Other Everything by Judith Hermann (Mercier Books).

'What follows is shocking for those who know her short stories and novels, cherished for their discreet, enigmatic, almost secretive structures'

A fine essay by @katyderbyshire.bsky.social on translating Judith Hermann 📕

@mercierpress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/katy-derbysh...

Another bookish delight hits my hallway with a wallop This time its stories and reflections from Máirtín Ó Direáin the man called the 'Father of modern Irish Poetry' Originally commissioned for The Irish Press by a cousin of my fathers the late Breandán Ó hEithir @mercierpress.bsky.social

You’re invited to the launch of SPRING SEAWEED by Máirtín Ó Direáin this Friday, May 2nd in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Galway.

Máirtín Ó Direáin's niece, Máire Áine Ní Dhireáin will be joining us to launch this important work of prose in both English and as Gaelige. #booksky #galway

Writing! Ageing! So what! But the people I talked to hold a range of views on the subject @mercierpress.bsky.social In The Gloss on Thursday

⚽️ COVER REVEAL! ⚽️
'The Friendship Cup: Palestine to Ireland'

⚽️Royalties from each book sale will directly support the Al Hilal Football Academy in Gaza.

15 April 2025

Pre-order: www.mercierpress.ie/books/the-fr...

Illustrated by Miguel Ángel Martínez and Sonia Pérez

#Palestine #worldbookday

⚽️ COVER REVEAL! ⚽️
'The Friendship Cup: Palestine to Ireland'

⚽️Royalties from each book sale will directly support the Al Hilal Football Academy in Gaza.

15 April 2025

Pre-order: www.mercierpress.ie/books/the-fr...

Illustrated by Miguel Ángel Martínez and Sonia Pérez

#Palestine #worldbookday

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The Today Show/Mercier Press Book Competition 2025 ✍️

✨Competition deadline: 11th April 2025✨

Submissions must include a complete manuscript between 40,000 – 100,000 words.

Read more at:
www.writing.ie/writing-comp...
@mercierpress.bsky.social @rte.ie
#writers #writersky 💙📚

Creative Writing Workshop at The Mercier Bookshop Creative Writing Workshop with Cethan Leahy Discover your unique voice in this supportive 6-week course

Still places going in my Creative Writing Workshops at The Mercier Bookshop! If you are in Cork and fancy getting into this business we call "writin'"

@mercierpress.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-w...

All Royalties to Ukrainian Action Ireland: www.mercierpress.ie/books/we-sta...

#westandwithukraine #booksky

📚 COVER REVEAL! 🔥 'Camarade' by award-winning author Theo Dorgan, cover design by Fiachra McCarthy

'All things considered, I wonder if shooting that policeman made me the man that I am?'

A philosophical thriller

Pre-orders open

#CoverReveal #IrishFiction #ComingSoon#IrelandReads

📚 COVER REVEAL! 📚

Here’s the stunning cover of Mary O'Donnell's powerful new short story collection, ‘Walking Ghosts.’

Cover by @needledesign

#WalkingGhosts #MaryODonnell #IrishLiterature #ShortStories #CoverReveal​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Coming 08 May 2025

Pre-Orders open

📚 COVER REVEAL! 📚

Here’s the stunning cover of Mary O'Donnell's powerful new short story collection, ‘Walking Ghosts.’

Cover by @needledesign

#WalkingGhosts #MaryODonnell #IrishLiterature #ShortStories #CoverReveal​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Coming 08 May 2025

Pre-Orders open

Good news, Cork Writer Types! I'm teaching a Creative Writing Course with @mercierpress.bsky.social in March!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-w...

📚 COVER REVEAL! 🔥 'Camarade' by award-winning author Theo Dorgan, cover design by Fiachra McCarthy

'All things considered, I wonder if shooting that policeman made me the man that I am?'

A philosophical thriller

Pre-orders open

#CoverReveal #IrishFiction #ComingSoon#IrelandReads #booksky

📚 COVER REVEAL! 🔥 'Camarade' by award-winning author Theo Dorgan, cover design by Fiachra McCarthy

'All things considered, I wonder if shooting that policeman made me the man that I am?'

A philosophical thriller

Pre-orders open

#CoverReveal #IrishFiction #ComingSoon#IrelandReads

Jackie Loves Johnser OK? Check out this great listen on Audible.com. 'The most important book of its generation' - Mark Cagney, Morning Ireland 'Jewel-like scenes of Dublin' - Sunday Times 'Roddy Doyle with Knobs on!' - RTE G...

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📚✨ Step back in time with us at Mercier Bookshop!

These reissued little gems from the 60s had stunning covers by design legends Cor Klaasen and John Skelton! 🎨

Fun fact: These were made pocket-sized for life on the go.

Maybe it's time we all swapped our scroll time for a vintage page-turner? 😉

Jackie Loves Johnser OK? - Abridged Audiobook on Libro.fm 'The most important book of its generation' - Mark Cagney, Morning Ireland 'Jewel-like scenes of Dublin' - Sunday Times 'Roddy Doyle with Knobs on!' - RTE Guide 'Thompson's ability to, by his own admi...

All the feels with this one. Strong language throughout! Narrated brilliantly by Flora Montgomery and Shane Quigley who capture the nuance of the Dublin accent and bring the story alive like never before. On all audio platforms from tomorrow #booksky #audiobook #romance

libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Jackie Loves Johnser OK? - Abridged Audiobook on Libro.fm 'The most important book of its generation' - Mark Cagney, Morning Ireland 'Jewel-like scenes of Dublin' - Sunday Times 'Roddy Doyle with Knobs on!' - RTE Guide 'Thompson's ability to, by his own admi...

All the feels with this one. Strong language throughout! Narrated brilliantly by Flora Montgomery and Shane Quigley who capture the nuance of the Dublin accent and bring the story alive like never before. On all audio platforms from tomorrow #spicy #audiobook #romance

libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

I’ll be posting from the Bookselling Ireland conference today.
There are almost 200 bookshop across Ireland and they have huge cultural impact.
Plus they contribute around e189 million annually to the economy.

A photograph of the O’Brien Bookseller of the Year 2025 winner, Louisa Earls holding the BOTY cert, with the BOTY podium and award on top beside her, with a navy curtain behind.

We are absolutely delighted to announce the winner of The O'Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award 2025 is: Louisa Earls, @booksupstairs.bsky.social

Louisa is a fantastic bookseller and a true asset to the Irish book industry, this award is so well-deserved.
Congratulations Louisa!

#botyaward

Thank you

Michael Burke's review of Tales of a Patchwork Life 5/5: There is no insulation to protect from the gut-punches you never saw coming. You can collapse, you can merely endure, or you can put on your big-boy-pants and struggle for resilience. Brighid McL...

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
A remarkable book @mercierpress.bsky.social
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#BookSky

Publishing 28 March 2025

Cover by Craig Carry

🌸 Spring into Cork's cosiest bookshop at St Luke's!

Open till 8pm tomorrow night, our sun-soaked shelves are waiting. From €1, find stories that spark joy. Browsers always welcome in our little corner of #CorkCity.

In a world of ‘idk google it’ - trust a book instead. 📚✨