Summer Stars runs from Tues 4 June to Sat 31 August. Get Reading! Now that school is over you can still spark your imagination, join in activities and take part in our exciting Summer Stars challenge.
Research suggests that reading literary fiction is an effective way to enhance the brain's ability to keep an open mind while processing information, a necessary skill for effective decision-making.
Watch back and soak in the environs of the beautiful, Baroque surrounds of St. Ann’s Church on Dawson St for an evening of celebration and performances with Dublin City Council’s One Dublin One Book choice for 2022 Nuala O’Connor’s NORA: A Love Story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce. Sirens and Songs with Nuala O’Connor, Darina Gallagher and Sinead Murphy. Listen back as Nuala O’Connor reads from and discusses her novel Nora: A Love Story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce followed by musical performances by Sinead Murphy and Darina Joyce.
Dublin City Council announces the 2022 DUBLIN Literary Award Shortlist. Six books on the shortlist of the 2022 Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction.
Here are the six novels shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize, the prestigious award which celebrates the finest translated fiction from around the world.