Blogs

Katja Oskamp and Jo Heinrich in conversation about Marzahn, Mon Amour, with broadcaster Rick O’Shea.

This June, check out Pride Reads on our catalogue and a selection of LGBTQI+ eBooks and audiobooks on BorrowBox.

Dublin City Council announces Marzahn, Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp translated by Jo Heinrich as winner of the 2023 Dublin Literary Award.

We’ve drawn together a selection of books enjoyed by our colleagues in Dublin City Libraries this year.

We’ve drawn together a selection of books enjoyed by our colleagues in Dublin City Libraries this year.

As we approach the end of 2022 it's time to recollect and reflect on some of the highlights of 2022.

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.

The six-book shortlist will be announced on 7 April, and the winner on 26 May.