An absolute shark tank. Sally Rooney, Donal Ryan still to come this year, as well as a few lightning bolt debuts, I'm sure.

That was the best book event I’ve been to in a long long time. Ocean is a genuine funny lovely brilliant human being. My mind is blown away. Lovely to meet you again Cormac Kinsella 🥳

Standing ovation for Ocean Vuong in Trinity College Dublin for his Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris / T. S. Eliot Foundation event

All looking good for @writingandideas tomorrow/ Saturday/ Sunday Borris House

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Great audience in Trinity College Dublin to hear Ocean Vuong at this special Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris event in association with T. S. Eliot Foundation

Ahead of his Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris events on Saturday & Sunday - Colm Tóibín will be in studio with Pat Kenny Newstalk tomorrow at 11.30am.

Tune into The Last Word on Today FM 💛 at 6.30pm - David Nihill will be chatting to Matt Cooper about his new shows coming to the 3Olympia Theatre Ulster Hall | Live Entertainment Belfast & The Everyman in January davidnihill.com

So out and about today....
The Bookshop Ladies are gracing some lovely Ballina Eason shelves 😍😍😍

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Margaret E Atwood has had to withdraw as she has contracted Covid. We are very sorry to bring this news and we all wish Margaret a speedy recovery. She wrote last night to say

Yesterday morning. Between then & now the first men had reached the Normandy beaches.

If you’re Irish, and encounter a portrait of Michael D, Brehon law says you have to take a photo. Thanks London Irish Centre, Annie Mac and the great crowd who came along last night.

Huge thanks to Mike Scott for sharing his memories of recording ‘This Is The Sea’ and to Fiachna Ó Braonáin for the interview that drew out the memories. I grew up with this record so to hear the stories, memories & music behind it all was just great. rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

We are delighted to feature Colm Tóibín as the author of our Book of the Month. The sequel is getting rave reviews and Oprah's Book Club recommendation.
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Booked, how could you miss this one?
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In true Hodges Figgis fashion, our window dresser has put together a wonderful display to mark the release of Kevin Barry’s “The Heart in Winter”, available from today onwards!

Ahead of the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas, writer and presenter Olivia O'Leary talks about a lifetime in journalism and the path of poetry for women.
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The very last tickets for Margaret E Atwood Laurie Anderson ( Laurie Anderson ) & Mary Robinson in conversation w/ John Kelly tweets in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre this Sunday are available.
Delighted to announce that ornithologist Seán Ronayne will also be onstage bordgaisenergytheatre.ie/show/an-evenin…

Looking forward to seeing Sinéad Gleeson on The Six O'Clock Show this evening chatting about ‘Hagstone’ ahead of her appearance Festival of Writing & Ideas at Borris this coming weekend

I put on a clean shirt.
I overfilled a tomato/ cucumber/ mayonnaise wrap.
I no longer have a clean shirt . . . #feck