Émile Zola’s Germinal tells the story of an impoverished French mining village and a strike which is launched in protest at their increasingly poor conditions.
In this brilliantly odd and hilariously told travel memoir, Dom Joly sets out on a quest to visit those destinations from which the average tourist would, and should, run a mile.
The novels nominated and shortlisted for the Award will be available for readers to borrow from Dublin City Libraries and from public libraries around Ireland, or can be borrowed as eBooks and some as eAudiobooks on the free Borrowbox app, available to all public library users.
Snowflake by Louise Nealon is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2024. One Dublin One Book aims to get everyone reading the same book in Dublin during the month of April!
Iarr cead ar do thuismitheoir chun páirt a ghlacadh sa chomórtas seo. Cuirfear gach iontráil sa chrannchur duaiseanna. Beidh deis ag an mbuaiteoir dearbhán leabhair a roghnú nó dearbhán cluichíochta. Roinnfear na físeáin is fearr ar ár meáin shóisialta.
Dublin City Council will unveil a commemorative plaque for the writer Maeve Brennan at her childhood home (48 Cherryfield Avenue) in Ranelagh on 6 January 2024 at 11am.