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May Bank Holiday Arrangements

22 April 2025

Dublin City Libraries will be closed from Saturday 3 to Monday 5 May 2025 (inclusive). Our online services will continue as usual. We will reopen on Tuesday, 6 May.

Staff Pick: The Racket by Conor Niland

A fascinating memoir of Irish tennis star Conor Niland’s professional tennis career that began with him beating Roger Federer

Staff Pick: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A tongue-in-cheek and slightly ironic book review

Staff Pick: A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell

O’Connell writes incisively about Macarthur, the murders and indeed the political fallout.

Staff Pick: The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

For those willing to venture to gothic spaces with unsettling explicit descriptions, this bold novel won’t disappoint

Staff Pick: In Her Jaws by Rosamund Taylor

Review of the poet's debut collection

Love is in the air

Get into the mood this Valentines Day with the most romantic picks from our library catalogue.

Staff Pick: Written on the Body

Copies of Written on the Body are available in our libraries, and also as an eBook on Borrowbox.

Staff Pick: What you are looking for is in the library

Review of 'What you are looking for is in the library' by Michiko Aoyama and translated by Alison Watts

Top Ten Adult nonfiction 2024

Happy Christmas and happy reading to all of you from all of us here in Dublin City Libraries.

Top Ten Adult fiction 2024