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Poetry Day Ireland Poetry Day Ireland has arrived, with a full programme of events taking place across the country. Some that stand out for me are the launch of Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, an anthology compiled by one hundred notable…

Fighting Words Irish Times Supplement Fighting Words, the creative writing non profit based in Dublin, has published its fifth creative writing supplement in the Irish Times. The selection of stories displays the wonderful work that has…

World Book and Copyright Day 2015 World Book and Copyright Day takes place every year on April 23rd. It a symbolic day for literature as it was on this day that renowned literary figures Shakespeare, Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso…

Günter Grass dies at 87 Günter Grass, novelist, social commentator and Nobel Prize-winning author has died at 87. His award-winning work, The Tin Drum, written in 1959, was hailed as hugely inventive and made into an Oscar-winning film in…

Take a Dip British broadcaster Lauren Laverne and journalist Sam Baker have launched The Pool, a new online platform specifically for women. The website showcases audio, video and writing from well-known journalists. Laverne explains here…

International Children’s Book Day Every year on the 2nd of April, coinciding with the Birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, International Children’s Book Day is celebrated to encourage young readers to read more books. This aim this year is…

Commemorations for 1916 Centenary O’Brien Press has launched 16 Lives, a series of biographies which chronicle the lives of the sixteen men executed following the 1916 Easter Rising. This concept was devised and co-edited by Dublin man…

Terry Pratchett (Sir Pterry): A Dedication The Lit Review this week features a dedication to Terry Pratchett from writer and fan, Sinéad O'Hart: How have so many people fallen so in love with a series of books about a flat planet…

Latest Star Wars Character as Diverse as the Rest  The latest Star Wars novel will feature a lesbian character, Moff Mors, who will appear in the forthcoming book Lord of the Sith. Author Paul S. Kemp explains the intricacies of his latest…

Einstein’s Beach House, a collection of short stories by Jacob M. Appel, frames the ordinary and everyday with touches of hysteria and madness. We read of a psychotic hedgehog, a kidnapped tortoise, an imaginary friend, a rabbi, a murderer,…