Announcing Reading Ireland Month 2021!
It’s that time again! March is coming, my favourite month in the blogging calendar, because it’s Reading Ireland Month – will you be joining me?
Ah, gwan, ya will!
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time you’ll know that I never stop banging on about Ireland and its hefty cultural punch. Four Nobel Prize winners; six Booker Prize winners, including Anna Burns’ wonderful win for Milkman; some world dominating musicians, the best pint in the world and a host of Oscar winners.
Last year I hosted over 100 posts on all things relating to Irish culture. Books, food, travel, movies, theatre and favourite bookshops – your enthusiasm was boundless and so was your reading, even when Covid hit halfway through and life changed for all of us.
To celebrate the wealth and breadth and general awesomeness of Irish cultural life, I will be hosting the fifth annual celebration of all things Irish, in the company of my partner in crime, Niall of The Fluff is Raging.
Reading Ireland Month (or The Begorrathon as it is affectionately known) will feature book and film reviews, poems, music, interviews, giveaways and much, much more.
I’d love for you to join me!
Grab my new badge and get planning your Ireland themed reading or viewing. Like the Facebook page here and then between 1 and 31 March, post as much as you like about any aspect of Irish literature and culture – anything at all!
Read this year’s One City One Book choice Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession. Post your wheaten bread recipe. Rewatch Derry Girls. Make a list of your favourite Irish books or movies. You could even watch the now infamous Wild Mountain Thyme, if you felt up to it…
This year, once again, I am theming my posts – you can join in with this schedule if you like, but if you don’t, don’t worry! My reading and reviews will be grouped as follows:
1st – 7th March – Contemporary Irish Novels
8th– 14th March – Classic Irish Novels
15th – 21st March – Irish Short Story Collections
22nd – 28th March – Irish Non-Fiction
I’ll be hosting a giveaway each week and rounding up the posts of everyone taking part.
If you need some inspiration, check out my list of 100 Irish Novels and 100 Novels by Irish Women Writers and don’t forget to link up your post to the Linky that will be available on my pinned Master Post from 1st March.
This year I’ll be tweeting using the hashtags #readingirelandmonth21 or #begorrathon21
Anyone planning on joining in?
Ireland Month Irish Literature irish literature Northern Exposure reading ireland month the begorrathon
Cathy746books View All →
I am a 40 something book buying addict trying to reduce the backlog one book at a time!
I love the sound of this, I’m in!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yay! ☘👍
LikeLike
I’ll be forever grateful to you for introducing me to Derry Girls, Cathy!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I should be able to join in again. As is traditional with me, I shall probably read a Molly Keane. Though I am sure I have others too.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Ali x
LikeLike
This sounds fantastic! I’ve watched Derry Girls three times now – really hope they’re making a new series! I’d love to join in this with some posts with books by the many fantastic Irish middle-grade authors if that’s ok . ☘️
LikeLiked by 1 person
That would be fantastic! look forward to it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I hoping to join in again, Cathy – probably with another William Trevor. Thanks for hosting, as ever.
LikeLike
He’s a reliable pair of hands! Thanks x
LikeLike
Ahhh so excited!!! already checking my “Irish” shelf on goodreads like 👀👀👀👀👀
LikeLike
Love it! ☘😘
LikeLike
One of my favourite topics!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I am going to participate in my own way Cathy. My goal will be to read four books by Irish authors or set in Ireland. If I can do more that would be gravy. I always look forward to your posts teaching us about Ireland and it’s culture.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Carla, you are always so supportive!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, count me in too.
LikeLike
Thanks Lisa!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I usually fail at joining in, but will do my best!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
One of my favourite reading and blogging events! Count me in, Cathy! 🙂
LikeLike
Yay! Looking forward to your choices Juliana x
LikeLike
I’m definitely excited to follow and thanks for those links to 100 novels. . .
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great stuff Jane x
LikeLiked by 1 person
♣♣♣ Excited to be joining in this year Cathy. ♣♣♣
LikeLike
Brilliant! Thank you!
LikeLike
I have seen this event for several years and not participated, but this year I am ready. I will read at least one Irish book, and more if I can, and I will make a list for further reading.
LikeLike
Brilliant Tracy – thanks so much for planning to join in!
LikeLike
I’ll be participating this year, Cathy, after taking last year off due to… well everything, ha ha! I will be reading Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey (that I won on your blog, thanks again!) I have been meaning to watch Derry Girls and just haven’t made time for it, so I will try to do so in March.
LikeLike
Brilliant Laila. 2020 was a tough one alright. Let’s hope 2021 is a better year x
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah, sadly I have nothing on the TBR this year which is very sad. I will look for everyone’s posts with interest, though, of course, and wish the project very well. If it makes it any better, I also have nothing for Australia Reading Month, though I can do Dewithon this year, which I missed last year! Best of luck with it all!
LikeLiked by 1 person
yes! really enjoy my participation in the #begorrathon. have been watching for your announcement. thanks!
LikeLike
Brilliant! You always make such great contributions!
LikeLike
I thought I might have to skip this year because I am so over-committed for March (plus it’s Wales reading month so I have to be patriotic)
But I’ve just finished Leonard and The Hungry Paul – it’s the book club choice and we don’t meet to discuss it until Feb 28 so I can easily delay posting my review until March. Delighted to find a solution!!!
LikeLike
Oh fab! I might read that one too
LikeLike
I am going to be way busy in March – including somehow starting a new job on the 1st in the midst of covid lockdown here in Newfoundland [thanks UK virus variant] and serving as a judge for a local book award so I have a nonfiction longlist to read for that – but neither love, the devil nor the weather will stop me from getting my Beggorathon fix this year! I already have some novels and a cookbook put aside for it. Might even give Wild Mountain Thyme (I sing the title in my head every time I think on it or read it and then the song is stuck with me for hours) a go. Plus you have Connell there saying I ought to, and who among us could stand to break that poor boy’s heart?
Will ye go, lassie, go?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Brilliant Lara – although you do sound VERY busy! But if it makes wee Connell happy then you are doing the right thing!
LikeLike
I’d love to join in Cathy! I have the final book in a brilliant MG trilogy; The Storm Keeper’s Battle by Catherine Doyle and this month’s choice for one of my book clubs; A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle which I am looking forward to re-reading. I look forward to reading everyone’s posts and adding some more books to my TBR list 💚📚
LikeLiked by 1 person
Brilliant Veronica ☘
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Cathy. Sorry for posting twice, my two devices don’t seem to be synching very well this weekend!
LikeLiked by 1 person
This looks good. I’d like to join in with a short story… maybe two, but in the wrong week – hope that’s okay.
LikeLike
Of course! The weekly themes are more for my benefit to keep me organised 😊☘
LikeLiked by 1 person
I would love to join this challenge Cathy. I have a middle grade novel, by Catherine Doyle to review and my bookclub have chosen a Roddy Doyle title for this month which I am looking forward to re-reading. All the best, Veronica.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Brilliant Veronica. Look forward to hearing how you get on.
LikeLiked by 1 person