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One Dublin One Book 2025: Dublin, written in our hearts

11 March 2025

One Dublin One Book aims to encourage everyone in Dublin to read a book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year. This annual project is a Dublin City Council initiative, led by Dublin City Libraries and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, which encourages reading for pleasure.

Staff pick: Two books on the history of craft

The fascination and the frustration involved in the history of craft.

Staff Pick: Dublin: The Making of a Capital City

This book does a brilliant job of tracing how Dublin evolved over the centuries—from its humble Viking beginnings right up to its status as a buzzing European capital.

Staff Pick: Rag and Bone

A family history of what we’ve thrown away

Staff Pick: Florence Grace by Tracy Rees

Florrie is a likeable and endearing character who walks her own path, regardless of what others may think, believe or say,

Reading James Joyce’s Ulysses with Dublin City Libraries

2022 marks the centenary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Considered to be one of the most important and influential novels ever written, this masterpiece of fiction follows Leopold Bloom as he makes his way around Dublin on 16th June 1904.