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Melting Moments Project

Books can be collected from Monday 15 September to Friday 31 October.
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15 September 2025

Book Club Pick: Clear by Carys Davies

Set in the 1840s in Scotland against the background of the highland clearances, a Presbyterian minister is sent to a remote Scottish island to persuade the sole remaining inhabitant to leave.
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2 September 2025

Staff Pick: There are rivers in the sky

A single drop of water permeates the lives of characters across centuries and countries in Elif Shafak's There are Rivers in the Sky .
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1 September 2025

Staff Pick: Black Gold

Jeremy Paxman brings his whole arsenal of sneering, rabid, vicious, in your face chippiness to Black Gold – The History Of How Coal Made Britain.
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1 September 2025

Staff Pick: The Avant Gardists

An enthralling, narrative biography of the art movement that transformed the modern world, tracing the lives and activities of the key protagonists as they set about a revolution in art.
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1 September 2025

Staff Pick: Perspectives

Renaissance Florence is the setting for this highly entertaining murder mystery.
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26 August 2025

Dublin Festival of History 2025 Launch

The Dublin Festival of History aims to highlight fresh perspectives on history and its importance in our everyday lives. This year’s festival has attracted best-selling Irish and international historians to Dublin for a high-profile programme of history and debate.
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26 August 2025

Staff Pick: The Pull of the Stars

Set over three days in a Dublin maternity fever ward during the Spanish flu outbreak in 1918, this novel is heart breaking, tender and funny.
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26 August 2025

A Special Collection for Little Readers – with Health in mind

One of the aims of the collection is to reassure parents that we have books in stock for them specifically, as sterile as possible if they are nervous about infection
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21 August 2025

History on Your Doorstep at your Fingertips

We are delighted to share the ‘History on Your Doorstep’ series with you, written by Dublin City Council's Historians in Residence.
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19 August 2025