Booksellers made €9.6m Exchequer contribution in 2021, report finds
Sector calls on consumers to support local bookshops amid overseas online competition
Irish children’s reading skills improved during lockdown – report
Marked uplift in reading enjoyment levels during pandemic
Time to ditch costly TV packages and get a better deal
TV, once cheaper than a night out, now comes with a hefty monthly bill
Illustrators who refuse to be left out of the picture
Fed up of her work going uncredited in children’s books, Sarah McIntyre decided to act
100 books by women you have to read
Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list
Home is where the art is for Cavan couple
Will and Rebecca left London to run literary magazine from their refurbished farmhouse
Holiday survival guide: Is it beginning to look a lot like cabin fever?
Things to do with the children before they go back to school
Reading to babies: a beginner’s guide
Sara Keating runs the baby Book Club in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown libraries. Here she offers advice on how to pass on to children a love of reading
Culture Shock: Children’s theatre is far from child’s play – so why overlook it?
‘Bees!’ and the rest of the Ark’s family season matched the quality of anything else at Dublin Theatre Festival this year, yet the media largely ignored them
The big draw: an A to Z of great children’s illustrators
Illustrations are a touchstone of children’s literature. Here is a potted guide to the artists behind some of the best-loved stories
‘Strumpet City’ most borrowed book from public libraries in 2013
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ makes top 100 for first time, but ‘Wimpy Kid’ dominates charts
LT Meade, the JK Rowling of her day, remembered 100 years on
We mark the centenary of Ireland’s forgotten bestselling author of 280 books, pioneer of girls’ school fiction and crime stories
The Julia Donaldson roadshow: grit, a guitar and a Gruffalo
Live performance is an integral part of the work of the former children’s laureate, who tours with her stories and songs as part of an almost evangelical drive to spread a love of reading among children
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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