Welcome to this week’s Irish bestselling books where non-fiction and children’s titles have really made a splash this week. In Non-Fiction, we’ve got All In by Peter ...

Born in South Wales, my parents took me to what is now Zambia at the age of three months. My father was a contractor with the Overseas Development Agency and, given that I refused to go to boarding ...

My hometown Plovdiv is the oldest inhabited city in Europe. It used to sit on nine hills, now only six. When the seventh hill was destroyed, its rocks, like a crawling stone serpent, paved ...

Limerick Writers’ Centre have announced the winner of the Gerald Griffin Competition for First Adult Fiction 2026. The atmosphere was one of celebration and literary promise at The ...

Working-class Britain reads – so why is it missing from the story of Britain’s reading crisis? As Britain battles a national decline in reading, The Bee is challenging one of the assumptions ...

Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes – winner of Teen & YA Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards – a lot of people asked ...

Competition deadline: 31st October 2026 Welcome to the first-ever New Writers Novel Prize, in association with The Novel Factory. We are seeking the first 500 words of your unpublished novel or ...

Diana Janney, author of A Man of Understanding, on the inspiration behind and the themes explored in her compelling new novel, The Zen Violinist. My intention in all my novels is to make big ...

Frankie Chase, debut author of Bad Winner, on her route from meandering to meaningful, life’s diversions and finding inspiration where you least expect it. Authoring is yet to make me my millions ...

An Post Bookshop of the Year’ category at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards, the annual literary event that ...

Sarah Hannah Walsh on the creative journey that has resulted in the publication of her picture book, Aggie Witchfinder . . . I was working from home when I got the email from The O’Brien Press, ...

The shortlist for the Booker Prize 2026 has been announced, featuring two previous winners, a previous shortlistee, and three authors new to the prize. The shortlist of six books has been selected ...