

Favourite Irish Novels for World Book Day!
Tender by Belinda McKeon
Tender was my favourite read of 2015 and I’ve been trying to put my finger on what it is about this book that got under my skin. Could it be that it is a university novel set Dublin in the 1990s – a time when I too was at university there? Is it the epigraph,…

Irish Book Awards 2015 – Shortlist Announced!
The Shortlist for the Irish Book Awards was announced today and there are some great books and authors to check out. The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards brings together the entire literary community – readers, authors, booksellers, publishers and librarians – to recognise and celebrate the very best of Irish literary talent across…

London calling…..
I have been very slack on the blog for the last few weeks and the old reading schedule has gone out the window a bit too. This is mainly because my little sister is home from New Zealand for a month long visit and as she hasn’t been home in 4 years, there is a…
