There are still some places available on our upcoming Pratchett Project Hackathon. We'll be spending a day looking at the evolution of Terry Pratchett's writing style over the course of his career. It's FREE and open to all: buytickets.at/tclct/1281067

In this week's #CulturalHeritage blog post, Ailbe van der Heide explores the records of toys and games in the National Folklore Collection National Folklore Collection UCD & asks what they can tell us about the material culture of childhood in 20th & 21st century Ireland. ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2024/07/11/chi…

Applications for our 6-month workshops are open until 5pm Thursday August 1st. Concession rates and one free place will be available on each of the three workshops. Full information on dates, fees and how to apply are available here: stingingfly.org/6-month-worksh…

2024 is a special milestone year for us, as we celebrate 30 years of being online! Our website kennys.ie first launched in the summer of 1994, and it was the first e-commerce website in Ireland. It was also the second bookshop in the world to go online, after.. /1

Pop into Pearse Street Library and drop in your memory of O'Connell Street! Which picture house did you prefer? Where did you eat – at Caffola's or the The Wimpy? Do you remember shopping at stores like Madame Nora's? Email: [email protected]

Congratulations on reaching this significant milestone

Dear English and Irish readers: does anybody even know that this book is out? There have been five weeks of deafening silence since it was published on the 20th of June.

It was such an honour to publish this piece by Edna O’Brien in our special London-themed issue in 2015. She was working on the proofs of her novel, The Little Red Chairs, but promised she’d get something to me in a few weeks, on June 17th – and she did. stingingfly.org/2015/06/01/a-w…

In the late forties, a young lady came into our shop, spent a few hours immersed in the books and left, empty handed. The following day, she was back, again immersed herself in the books and this time, bought two books. Our mother was intrigued by her and asked, /1

Wild Houses tells the story of two outsiders striving to find themselves as their worlds collapse in chaos and violence. Congratulations to Colin Barrett on being longlisted for the #BookerPrize2024. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

Hey, can you help get the word out for this cool opportunity? The Waterford Poetry Prize is now open for entries! Please spread the word so new poets can be discovered! 🤸 submit.link/2JY

Congratulations to Irish author Colin Barrett, who made the 2024 Booker Prize longlist today for his novel, Wild Houses. It's one of 13 books on this year's longlist, and the judges called it a 'superlatively written account of frustration and misadventure in a small Irish town'.

‘We all read like hell!’ How Ireland became the world’s literary powerhouse theguardian.com/books/article/…

TSF founder Declan Meade spoke to the Guardian about the importance of funding to the arts and the brilliant Irish writing community. theguardian.com/books/article/…

Colin mentions Solar Bones, a booker nomination which everyone should read and which won The Goldsmith Prize in 2016 and our own Dublin Literary Award in 2018. Plague of souls is Mike McCormack's recent novel. Best of luck to Colin Barrett thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

I'm offering an online course through The Irish Writers Centre. Would love some shares. Thanks. irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/connec…

Lovely to see Ghost Mountain included here 💚 FYI Bluemoose Books

An exhibition of over forty new paintings of Ireland's west coast by renowned Kerry artist Michael Flaherty, is now on at Kennys. The opening event will be here this Friday, 13th at 6pm and is free to attend - please join us to view the exhibition, meet the artist, for a glass /1

Familiar names, far flung settings and an abundance of women writers: six things you need to know about the #BookerPrize2024 shortlist. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

A year ago this week, I published my book Traces. I wasn't sure how it would be received, but the response has been so positive! Thanks to everyone who bought a copy, to the bookshops & libraries who stock it, and to all who have supported my writing. I am very grateful💙