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Templemore, the new play by Áine Ryan, premiered last week at the Dublin Tiger Fringe on the New Theatre Stage in Temple Bar. This poetic drama revolves around three young Garda recruits named Éadaoin, Shona and Gearóid as the three friends…

Man Booker Shortlist To say that one enjoys reading a harrowing story is a stretch. But stories that reflect the true tragedy of the world are important and necessary. This year’s Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced, and the…

Hodges Figgis Book Festival Hodges Figgis Book Festival launches this evening, and will celebrate the Irish short story. Thomas Morris will read from his book of short stories entitled We Don’t Know What We’re Doing and New Island Books…

Festival Frenzy Due to of the number of literary festivals and talks taking place over the coming weeks, I'll kick off this week with a compilation of just a few events of note; along with other news from the world of literature. …

Bookshop Holiday Have you ever dreamed of owning a bookshop? Better yet, have you ever dreamed of pretending to own a bookshop? What about if you were asked to pay for the pleasure of working in your own bookshop? OK, so maybe I’m not…

If you are male, and you are familiar with the term 'misogyny', but you’re not entirely sure how you feel about this word, then you may be interested in discussing it further with THEATREClub. They’re playing The Game this September, it's a…

Mutiny in Venice The newly elected mayor of Venice has already made a few foes after ridding local libraries of 50 books for pre-school children, due to their unconventional content. According to this article, the books had been on…

The Book of Kells as Beautifully Packaged Gifts Having overcome the hurdle of assuring Burger King that the branding ‘BK’ would not infringe on the multinational burger chain’s trademark, the Book of Kells has now become a registered…

NaNoSessionMo This weekend at the Nine Worlds Geek Fest, science fiction fans will team up to create the novel of the decade in just over an hour.  OK, perhaps not the novel of the decade, but certainly a novel worth blogging about.…

Man Booker Long list The long list for the Man Booker Prize has been released. This is the second year that the award has acknowledged writers from all nationalities, writing in the English language. Anne Enright is the only Irish writer…