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January 1670. London is enduring its worst winter in decades. But for Samuel Pepys, the
It’s Never Too Late to Be a Mid-Life Badass I’ve wanted to be a novelist
Author S. Hati tells us about the inspiration behind her romantic, time travelling fantasy, The
Ellen Rachlin: What Drew Me to Enheduanna, the World’s First Named Author I encountered Enheduanna
The Unexpected Destination on My Doorstep: Looking Down on Benidorm by Matthew Clapham. Twenty-odd years
Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books, where our featured book is the latest novel
Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival, returns to Dublin from the 15th – 18th
The Sounds of Antarctica in an Irish Classroom: Tim Foley has created the The Ultimate
Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books charts, where we’re over the moon with this
Welcome to another week in the Irish bestselling books charts. Summer is flying away from
How I Came to Write Boru: Forging a King: An Epic Novel of Viking Age
David Yearsley, author of the Cloverdaisy series: how my granddaughters inspired me to write books
The Hidden Voice is the pen name of the author of Love Isn’t Born. It’s
No Reason to Live is the second of four novels featuring Mike Lyons, an ex-cop,
Yvonne We all know death; it happens all the time and everywhere around the world;
Read Part 1 of this story here. Ma was the cornerstone of my very existence.
Many’s the time as a youngster, I’d muse as Mam would recite her mother’s order
Singing in Voices of Gorey Community Choir On April 1st of this year, I ventured
