You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl From Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska and published by Bloomsbury Publishing has been shortlisted for the Children’s Non-fiction Book Of The Year at The British Book Awards.

Strange Sally Diamond published by Sandycove, Penguin remains at the top of the Irish bestsellers list for the second week running since its release.
A BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick

One of The Irish Times 'Best Books to Look Forward to in 2023'

Just partially into its first week of release Strange Sally Diamond published by Sandycove, Penguin has gone straight to the top of the Irish bestsellers list.

In this effervescent companion to the picture book Stella Keeps the Sun Up, Stella goes on the hunt to figure out who’s behind her friend’s missing tooth.

Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.

Michelle Gallen’s Factory Girls has made the shortlist of eight books nominated for the ‘Comedy Women In Print’ Prize 2022/2023

Published by Boldwood Books, Louise Douglas’s The Lost Notebook has topped the Amazon Kindle Store Top 10 Best Sellers this week.

Ben Mantle will illustrate Dexter’s Lost his Boo-Woo, out on 2024

The Royal Society of Literature at the British Library presents ‘RSL 200 Literature Matters: Fiona Shaw and Patrick McCabe’ to take place on Thursday 02/03/2023 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
An evening with two literary greats: stars of the page, stage, and screen.

Liz Nugent’s highly anticipated Strange Sally Diamond is one of Six books have been chosen for a new series of BBC Two’s "Between the Covers" which starts in March.

Canongate, in tandem with Tramp Press, has snapped up a new novel by Mike McCormack, his first since his Booker-longlisted novel in a single sentence, Solar Bones (Tramp Press).

Longlisted For The Edge Hill Prize 2022
Shortlisted For Short Story Of The Year At The Irish Book Awards2022
Shortlisted For Alcs Tom-Gallon Trust Award

CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2022

Published by Penguin Michael Joseph Train Lord tells the astonishing true story of trust, pain, becoming lost, and finding a way back to yourself despite it all

Both published by Boldwood Books, Louise Douglas’s The Lost Notebook and Alison Stockham’s The Cuckoo Sister feature in the Amazon Kindle Store Top 10 Best Sellers this week.

The longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been announced and features novels including The Geometer Lobachevksy.

'The home scar - that's what they call the mark limpets make on the rock when they return.'

'Wait, they leave the rock?'

'Of course. How else would they survive?

Welcome to the Shop of Impossible Ice Creams! Step inside to discover a delicious world of magical adventure for this book, the second in a comic, heart-warming illustrated series, for 7+ readers.

Described as an addictive thriller from the most sensational new voice in YA fiction A Game Of Life Or Death, set in the near future, takes the reader into a world of videogames, eSports tournaments, and tech corporations run by cult-like leaders who create the videogames played by millions worldwide – with a hint of an epic love story, but only if they can both survive.

Having an affair might not always mean being unfaithful . . .

An Amazon Top Ten bestseller on first week of release!

Adapted for the stage by Nesrin Alrefaai and Matthew Spangler from the acclaimed novel by Christy Lefteri and in association with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse & UK Productions Ltd, the Nottingham Playhouse presents The Beekeeper Of Aleppo running from Fri 3 – Sat 25 Feb

Thread has acquired Love is Love, a "friendly and practical guide for young LGBTQ+ people” by TikTokkers Matthew Mackinnon and Ryan Payne.

The Sunday Times have named The Witches of Vardo as their Historical Fiction Book of The Month.

They will have justice. They will show their power. They will not burn.

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Of the audio edition, read by Keira Knightley, The Sunday Times said ‘Skalietska’s voice (and Knightley’s narration) is clear, direct and intimate. You won’t listen dry-eyed’

Now in its fourth successful year the Comedy Women In Print Prize is the UK & Ireland's first comedy literary prize dedicated to celebrating witty women's writing

A funny, fierce, and unforgettable read about a young woman working a summer job in a shirt factory in Northern Ireland, while tensions rise both inside and outside the factory walls.

Photo by Davey Sexton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnSQ8gGBcqI

Edel Coffey has won the Irish Independent’s ‘Crime Fiction of the Year’ award for her debut novel Breaking Point. The award was announced and presented at the An Post Irish Book Awards at a ceremony at the Dublin Convention Centre last night.

Due be published by Bloomsbury on 17th April 2023 Hotel 21 tells the story of Noelle an efficient and friendly hotel cleaner, a model employee. Or so she'd have you think...

Ahead of it’s publication on the 2nd February by Scholastic. The Bookseller has highlighted A Game of Life or Death as a Teen & YA one to watch.

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Listen To The Land Speak: A Journey Into The Wisdom Of What Lies Beneath Us (Gill Books) has been named the Waterstones Irish Book of the Year 2022.