SCRIBENDI: PORTRAITS OF IRISH WRITERS 1985-2025 by Steve Pyke 📸 In this unprecedented visual record, Steve Pyke has taken over 100 portraits of Irish literary legends — from Seamus Heaney and Edna O’Brien to Anne Enright, Kevin Barry, and Louise Kennedy —

A packed house tonight to hear Mike Philpott chat with Stephen Travers.

'With a marvellous cast of characters and even an ending that nods at James Joyce's 'The Dead', it's hard to know what more could be asked of this winning piece of work.' - Pat Carthy, Sunday Independent INJURY TIME by Kevin Smith is out NOW! It's a brilliant novel-

Thank you for hosting me last night. Belfast you are beautiful. #TheBassPlayer

DRUID THEATRE: FIFTY YEARS by PATRICK LONERGAN 🎭 We are delighted to be publishing this fully-illustrated and authorised history of the iconic institution that is Druid Theatre, written by Patrick Lonergan with a foreword from Fintan O'Toole.

How cool! Joseph Brady and Paul Ferguson signing their book ‘Ireland: Mapping the Island’ - Cauvery Madhavan & Sheila O'Flanagan 📚 we were only talking about the joy of map books last night!

Finally, it’s in the bookshops today. If you can support and shop local, please do.

We are so excited to be launching THE DUBLIN COFFEE GUIDE by PADDY KIRK as part of the Dublin Book Festival on Thursday, November 6 ✨️ Fancy an espresso tasting and hearing about Dublin's thriving coffee scene from the man behind the sensational DubStreetCafe?

💥THE DODGER: DJ Carey and the Great Betrayal is out now! This is the definitive exposé of the extraordinary rise and fall of sporting legend DJ Carey, drawing on over 100 interviews & unrivalled access to his victims 👀 Available in stores & online now! Eimear Ní Bhraonáin

Hot Press review of The Bass Player; Surviving The Miami Showband Massacre

So proud of my amazing wife Eimear Ní Bhraonáin who has worked so hard over the last 3 years on this story and book. The Dodger, DJ Carey and the great betrayal. In all book shops now.

IRELAND: MAPPING THE ISLAND by Joseph Brady & Paul Ferguson (published by Birlinn Books) - gorgeous book telling the story of #Ireland through #maps. In shops now and featured here on Culture on RTÉ RTÉ rte.ie/culture/2025/1…

📈🥇After a very busy first few days of sales, The Dodger has gone straight to number one in Irish paperback non-fiction charts! Huge congratulations to Eimear and thank you to all the booksellers and readers for supporting this story 📖

To celebrate being shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards Biography of the Year there will be a special launch of The Bass Player; Surviving The Miami Showband Massacre at The Carraig Hotel, Carrick on Suir, on Tue. Nov. 25th at 7pm. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.

This week's reviews: Charlotte Blease's Dr Bot, Dara Kavanagh's Scorched Earth, Lilliput's Irish Names, Gill's A Short History of Ulster, Jeffrey Archer's End Game & the beautiful Ireland: Mapping the Island Gill Books The Lilliput Press Dedalus Press Patricia McVeigh birlinnbooks

I wrote The Bass Player: Surviving The Miami Showband Massacre as a conversation between the past and the present to save future generations from my experience. It’s not just a memoir, it is a warning from history.

I'm heading out out, but time for a quick thank you to everyone for your support this week. Here are this week's #TopTenBestsellingTitles for your delight!

💥Thrilled to announce that The Dodger is #1 for a second week in the Irish charts, both hardback and paperback! Comhghairdeas Eimear 🥇🌟

On my way through the airport today. The Bass Player: Surviving The Miami Showband Massacre #1

Over the moon that 'Francis Bacon's Nanny' has been shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 🎉 Delighted to be included on such an amazing list 🌟