We are thrilled to be working with #EvgenyShtorn to publish his book 'The Refugee Chronicles' trans from Russian into English by #AlexNovitskaya chronicling life as an asylum seeker in Ireland. Catch Evgeny at #RussophoneLiteraryDiversitySymposium at Uni of Birmingham soon!

'We Travellers' by Chrissy Donoghue Ward - 1991 Chrissy also has a a children's book coming out later this year - The Fairy Queen 🥰 littleisland.ie/collections/fr…

Don't forget to join us for the launch of 'Whales and Whales' by #LuisaCastro trans by #KeithPayne in the gorgeous Books Upstairs. #CatherineBarbour will lead the conversation and there will be refreshments! 📅 Thursday 12th September ⏲️6.30 pm All welcome!

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN Have you written your first novel? Submit your manuscript to #NovelFair for the chance to pitch your novel to leading publishers and agents. Submit 10,000-word extract of your novel and a 300-word plot synopsis. irishwriterscentre.ie/novel-fair/ Deadline: 30/09/2024

"when you see a novel in print, knowing we helped along the way is very gratifying" Sarah Bannan our Head of Literature shares her favourite and also the hardest things about working in the arts & at the Arts Council with Irish Examiner. read in full: irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts…

On Monday 9th of September community members have an opportunity to talk to The Heritage Council, Traveller Networks, Organisations and NMI towards what the community would like in the first National Traveller Heritage Strategy. We would love to hear your voice!

📢The 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program applications are open! The Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced & an emerging translator. Learn more & apply by 11/30: literarytranslators.wordpress.com/2024/09/03/202…

It's #TimeToWrite! 📝✨   Our free monthly gathering for playwrights and performance makers working on a writing project is back for another instalment on September 16, with guest playwright Enda Walsh. abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/time-…

We are thrilled to be supporting the work of #AoifeMartin under the Play It Forward Fellowships. Aoife is an IT professional, sometimes columnist with TheJournal.ie and is passionate about trans rights. She is currently working on her first collection.

We are partnering with Irish Prison Service to bring Culture Night to 13 Irish prisons. Through our #ReadMór initiative, we will gift books from some of Ireland’s most beloved writers to prisoners and host a number of special author events on Fri 20 Sep. More: bit.ly/4dPN2Pa

Telling everyone I meet about the wonderful keynote from Oein DeBhairduin ✨ today at the IrishHumanities conference. Just fantastic. A real highlight in what was a great day 1! More tomorrow! #irishhumanities

The Autumn #bookbox is off to members & we can't wait to reveal our Winter picks! Congratulations to Choice Ian Duhig FRSL Recommendations Joshua Idehen, Helen Ivory, Hasib Hourani, Tim Tim Cheng, Ruth Padel KimHyesoon 김혜순시인 prototype Nine Arches Press > poetrybooks.co.uk/blogs/news/rev…

👀 We’re OPENING SUBMISSIONS for our 2025-26 poetry list, for full collections and pamphlets, this incoming Monday 9 September 👀

We are excited to be heading to the #ClifdenArtsFestival this September. There is an extraordinary lineup! The award winning authors #OeinDeBhairduin and #DaveRudden will be in conversation about all things ghostly! 🎟️: ow.ly/EYYq50TgoEM

Coming November: Phantom Pain Wings by KimHyesoon 김혜순시인, translated by Don Mee Choi Winner of the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Circle Award for Poetry and the Winter 2024 PoetryBookSoc Translation Choice, Phantom Pain Wings is the latest collection from an iconic figure in feminist poetry

I SUGAR THE BONES Juana Adcock Through the porosity of the US/Mexico border, toxic relationships, geopolitical violence & ghostly glitches, in her extraordinary new collection Adcock invests in the layering of realities. Forthcoming 1 Nov 2024 Pre-order: outspokenldn.com/shop/bones

Here is my review of ’The Inheritance' by Cauvery Madhavan in Country and Town House A bewitching novel which made me want to transpose myself to SW Ireland at once. It’s bursting with Irish charm and humour and deserves to fly out of the shops in its tens of thousands. HopeRoad

We are excited to offer a live stream of the opening ceremony for #PENInternational’s 90th Annual Congress in Oxford, featuring Adania Shibli’s keynote in partnership with English PEN. Join us virtually on 24th Sept, 19:30, where you’ll also hear from PEN International President

‘Talent is classless’: bold project launched to create centre for writing in north-east England | Newcastle | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

This Thursday at 6.30 pm join us in Books Upstairs for the launch of 'Whales and Whales' by #LuisaCastro trans by #KeithPayne in conversation with #CatherineBarbour. All welcome! Click on the link below to enjoy an extract featured in Culture on RTÉ ow.ly/qpqB50TgruM