Big book deals for Irish writers Sarah Maria Griffin, Nicole Flattery & Helen Cullen; Liadan Ní Chuinn on Young Writer of the Year shortlist; Magheramorne Literary Festival line-up; a preview of tomorrow’s pages; Listowel Writers’ Week preview
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White River Crossing by Ian McGuire: Another triumph of historical fiction. The author of The North Water returns to the Arctic for this brutal, beautiful, luminously lyrical novel
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Former UK PM Gordon Brown is providing - voluntarily and not for the first time - information to the police about abuses of power relating to the Epstein files. As PM Brown was briefed against by people such as Alistair Campbell and Peter Mandelson as being ‘psychologically flawed’ ….1/
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Timetable of events of the Limerick Literary Festival in Honour of Kate O’Brien on 26th February- 1st March 2026.
More info and tickets: www.limerickliteraryfestival.com
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Jen Bray: ‘When I was getting so anxious about book publicity, I had to examine why’.
The journalist and debut novelist on a life-altering attack, forging a career in writing and learning
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Charleen Hurtubise: ‘People fall into relationship patterns that feel familiar rather than good’. The author on how Ireland has shaped her language around parenthood, the antidote to ‘the cruelty and chaos of Ice’ and opposing ‘the obscene accumulation of wealth’
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rare positive journalism news story
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Cover reveal for my new book, A Hosting, to be launched Tuesday, April 21 in Hodges Figgis. Designed for @lilliputpress by the brilliant Niall McCormack using the Louis le Brocquy print The Táin. Army Massing, 1969. Greatness by association.
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Judeophobia. A History: examining hatred of Jews and how it has mutated over time. Author traces phenomenon from Middle Ages to modern day, even among modern socialist and anarchist philosophers
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Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize shortlist revealed. Shortlist ‘highlights the depth of analysis brought to bear on various aspects of recent Irish history’, says Prof Roy Foster
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An Asylum for My Affections. Sketches of Maeve Brennan: A thoughtful and authoritative anthology. Essays by Belinda McKeon, Niamh Campbell, Roddy Doyle and many others examine the life and work of the great Irish author. Review by Sarah Gilmartin
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Sally Rooney and Niamh Ní Mhaoleoin longlisted for Dublin Literary Award. Award-winning writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alan Hollinghurst and Ocean Vuong are also nominated for €100,000 award
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from @martindoyle.bsky.social 2019
Michael Longley choose Graves:
She tells her love while half asleep,
In the dark hours,
With half-words whispered low:
As Earth stirs in her winter sleep
And puts out grass and flowers
Despite the snow,
Despite the falling snow.
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Close to Home is to be adapted for TV. Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news
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Brian Hanley on Ed Moloney, “truth”and the Troubles. This is well worth a read. brianhanleyhistory.wordpress.com/blog/
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Paschal Donohoe on Capitalism, A Global History by Sven Beckert: Demanding but magisterial. Its more than 1,000 pages require sustained focus and stamina but it should not languish unread on dusty shelves
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I watched a very long podcast
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Thanks!
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Saved by a stranger: The 100-year-old Irish man in London
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The cover of A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2025 by Martin Doyle
Cover reveal of my new book and a link to pre-order. You’re welcome 🤓https://www.lilliputpress.ie/products/a-hosting-interviews-with-irish-writers-1991-2025
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Thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social for covering our SOLO shortlisting double-whammy news!
“[G]etting onto on to the same major shortlists as publishers that measure their turnover in the hundreds of millions is what gets us out of bed on a cold wet morning!”
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Join Mei Chin and I at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social on 19th February as we'll be talking about some of our favourite Chinese literature.
It's free!
Do come and celebrate the Lunar New Year with us – the Year of the Horse.
We asked the extraordinary and rightly celebrated author Marilynne Robinson to respond to events in Minneapolis. She immediately sent us a forceful and utterly direct cri de coeur. The Weekend Essay as.ft.com/r/afe4fee8-1...
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We are beyond delighted to announce that we are publishing the latest books from two amazing writers - Martin Doyle and Sue Rainsford! 🎉
A HOSTING: INTERVIEWS WITH IRISH WRITERS 1991-2025 by Martin Doyle is a collection of interviews with the best Irish writers, and a culmination of-
Jane Austen with a side of tinned meat - more Barbara Pym please and more @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social - thanks @irishtimes.com @martindoyle.bsky.social
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