# Books

Yesterday

4th June 2023

Voices

Extract: 'Gently paced and physically undemanding, the voyage was the essence of slow travel'

Explorer, artist and ecologist Gwen Wilkinson shares an extract from her book The Waters and the Wild.

9.0k

Sun 7:30 AM

Last week

28th May 2023 - 3rd June 2023

Voices

Extract: 'My teacher gave me power with that small bundle of towel, flannel, and pants'

Dr Katriona O’Sullivan shares an extract from her new autobiography in which she documents the many challenges she faced growing up in poverty in Birmingham.

36.3k

Sat 7:00 AM

Last month

May 2023

# Literature

Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov wins 2023 International Booker Prize

He shares the prize with the book’s translator Angela Rodel.

7.9k

May 23rd 2023, 10:57 PM

Voices

Author: Building young adult fiction requires a set of strong characters

Sam Blake has had much success with novels in the past and now she has a new YA series hitting the shelves.

5.6k

May 21st 2023, 7:00 AM

Voices

Extract: Colman Noctor's 4-7 Zone - 'it turns out moderation is key'

The psychotherapist shares an extract from his new book, which encourages the reader to sit with their stress, understand it and re-wire their responses.

8.2k

May 17th 2023, 7:00 PM

This year

2023

Voices

John Connell: Rural Ireland has been ripe for a 'booktown' - here's why I set one up

The Granard community in Longford has pulled together for its first booktown festival this coming weekend.

9.8k

Apr 17th 2023, 7:00 PM

# Your Say

Poll: When was the last time you read a novel?

Get your library cards out of the drawer.

22.3k

Mar 29th 2023, 11:03 AM

# sara baume

Cork writer nominated for prestigious Dylan Thomas Prize

The novel Seven Steeples follows a young couple who relocate to the countryside with their dogs for a life of solitude.

12.2k

Mar 23rd 2023, 8:36 PM

# 007

James Bond novels to be reissued with racial language removed

The “N-word” is used several times in the Bond series, and has been removed almost entirely.

17.9k

Feb 27th 2023, 6:56 PM

# Your Say

Poll: What is your favourite Roald Dahl book?

A Willy Wonka prequel film starring Timothy Chalamet is set for release in December.

18.9k

Feb 20th 2023, 10:32 AM

# Children's Literature

Roald Dahl’s books edited to remove potentially offensive language

Edits reportedly include removing the word ‘fat’ from every book.

38.9k

Feb 18th 2023, 5:10 PM

# Irish Writers

Daily Poll: Do you find time to read books?

For many it can be hard to find the time to sit down with a good book.

21.9k

Feb 6th 2023, 12:05 PM

# Books

Three Irish novels among 70 books nominated for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award

The winner will be announced by Lord Mayor of Dublin Caroline Conroy on 25 May 2023.

9.7k

Jan 30th 2023, 2:01 PM

Voices

The Irish For: Jolabokaflod - a look at Iceland's Christmas books tradition

Darach Ó Séaghdha looks at how people in Iceland focus on books over the holiday season.

8.5k

Jan 1st 2023, 8:30 AM

Last year

2022

# novel times

Here is the fiction to keep an eye out for in 2023

We take a look at the standout books set to be published in the coming six months.

9.6k

Dec 30th 2022, 7:30 PM

Books from Pamela Anderson and Frances Haugen among the non-fiction to look out for in 2023

From memoir to biography.

9.8k

Dec 29th 2022, 8:00 PM

# Test Yourself

Quiz: Can you name the celebrity from the name of their book?

Some of these just didn’t need to be made quite frankly

40.8k

Oct 29th 2022, 10:00 PM

# turn the page

Irish Book Awards shortlist unveiled - is your favourite 2022 book on it?

TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year is among the categories.

13.3k

Oct 20th 2022, 6:46 PM

# Literature

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker Prize

The winner was announced in a ceremony that was broadcast this evening.

8.7k

Oct 17th 2022, 10:06 PM

# the coroner's daughter

A mystery novel set during 1816 chosen as the 2023 One Dublin One Book

The Coroner’s Daughter is a novel about a nursemaid who conceals her pregnancy and murders her newborn.

13.8k

Oct 12th 2022, 6:47 PM

# Your Say

Poll: How often do you read a book?

The longlist for the An Post Bookshop of the Year award was announced yesterday evening.

25.6k

Sep 30th 2022, 9:18 AM

# bookshop of the year

Did your favourite bookshop make the Irish Book Awards longlist?

The public is invited to vote for their favourite on the list this month.

21.9k

Sep 29th 2022, 6:33 PM

# EXTRACT

The Irish Read: 'Summers were for plants and foolishness, autumns for oblivion'

Read an extract from Andrew Meehan’s latest novel, Instant Fires, published by New Island.

8.9k

Sep 18th 2022, 7:00 PM

# Competition

WIN: A hamper of summer reads thanks to Kennys.ie

The Galway bookshop has given us this hamper to give away to a lucky reader.

16.4k

Jun 9th 2022, 12:30 PM

# Your Say

Poll: How often do you read a book?

The 27th winner of the Dublin Literary Award will be announced this afternoon.

30.1k

May 23rd 2022, 9:56 AM

All time

# get reading

Irish non-fiction to look forward to in 2022

From history to photography.

12.6k

Dec 29th 2021, 10:00 AM

# irish reads

Irish fiction to look forward to in 2022

Here are the books to look out for next year.

22.1k

Dec 25th 2021, 8:00 PM

Voices

Extract: 'The Point', 'What? You mean the 3Arena?' I felt like Rip van Winkle

Dubliner Emily Bell writes about returning to live in the city after 20 years and finding that all the names have changed – and yet stayed the same.

19.7k

Dec 24th 2021, 8:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: 'Until the 70s, puritanical attitudes of Irish society and State discouraged women’s writing'

Eilis Ní Dhuibhne writes about how women writers in Ireland faced a range of barriers up until recent decades.

10.0k

Nov 9th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Podcast

The Explainer: How do you get a book published in Ireland?

Authors Alice Taylor and Sophie White share their experiences and advice with us this week.

7.2k

Oct 29th 2021, 5:00 PM

# Supply chain issues

'Don't be waiting until December': Book shoppers warned of potential shortages before Christmas

Supply chain issues are already impacting supplies this year.

13.9k

Oct 23rd 2021, 6:00 AM

# Booked

The42's new anthology - Behind the Lines, No. 5 - is on sale now

Priced at €12, Behind the Lines contains 18 more great Irish sports stories from The42.

6.0k

Updated

Oct 22nd 2021, 1:21 PM

# an post ibas

Sally Rooney, Claire Keegan and Donal Skehan among Irish Book Awards nominees

The awards will take place at a ceremony on 23 November.

9.3k

Oct 21st 2021, 12:13 PM

# Your Say

Poll: How often do you read a book?

The Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced today.

28.9k

Oct 7th 2021, 9:40 AM

# big deal

Neflix acquires the whole works of Roald Dahl

Dahl’s books have been translated into 63 languages and sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.

28.9k

Sep 22nd 2021, 8:30 PM

# Hit The Books

‘Sally Rooney day’: Buzz in bookshops as author's much-anticipated new novel lands on shelves

Rooney’s third novel Beautiful World, Where Are You is out today.

18.2k

Sep 7th 2021, 3:34 PM

Voices

Opinion: I had fun jobs, crap jobs, redundancies, got fired - and then I wrote my first book

Lizzy Dent describes the adventures that brought her to her first novel.

13.9k

Apr 24th 2021, 7:00 AM

# Prize

One Irish author makes shortlist for €100k Dublin Literary Award

Six books are on this year’s shortlist. Previous winners include Anna Burns for Milkman, and Mike McCormack for Solar Bones.

13.2k

Mar 25th 2021, 7:31 AM

Voices

'It reinforced my sense of belonging': One Dublin One Book author Rónán Hession on his life in reading

Author Rónán Hession’s debut novel Leonard and Hungry Paul is this year’s One Dublin One Book selection – here, he writes about the joy reading has brought to his life.

13.0k

Mar 9th 2021, 7:30 PM

# Books

Four Irish authors on longlist for prestigious €100k Dublin Literary Award

Previous winners include Anna Burns for Milkman, and Mike McCormack for Solar Bones.

11.8k

Feb 4th 2021, 12:52 PM