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Marzahn, Mon Amour Wins 2023 Dublin Literary Award

25 May 2023
Dublin City Council announces Marzahn, Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp translated by Jo Heinrich as winner of the 2023 Dublin Literary Award.
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A hat-trick of reads about travel and time

All of these titles are available in Dublin City Libraries.
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I shoot Mussolini in the nose

On 7 April 1926 an Irish woman stepped out from a crowd in Rome and fired a shot at one of the 20th century's most infamous dictators. One bullet grazed the nose of Benito Mussolini, but the Italian leader survived the assassination attempt.
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Women at Work

On International Women's Day, we recommend three books written from a female perspective, that look at the particular barriers women face in their careers. #BreaktheBias
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Not your usual swooning Valentine's Day picks

This isn't the most traditional Valentine's Day reading list: a collection of intimate reads, ranging from traditional swooning romances to innovative novels.
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Utter Disloyalist: Tadhg Barry and the Irish Revolution

Tadhg Barry was born in Cork in 1880 and educated locally before obtaining work as an asylum attendant. After a spell in England, he returned to Cork and worked with the newly established Old Age Pensions Board. By this time, Barry had Gaelicised his name and immersed himself in Cork’s Irish-Ireland movement and separatist organisations such as Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Brotherhood.
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The most borrowed library books in 2021

We’ve pulled together a few top 10 lists of titles borrowed last year by you, our wonderful Dublin City library members.
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Staff Picks 2021: Crime/Thriller and Short Stories

Dublin City Libraries staff recommend their favourite books of the year - all available from our catalogue!
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Staff Picks 2021: Fiction and Non-Fiction

Dublin City Libraries staff recommend their favourite books of the year - all available from our catalogue!
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The Offing by Benjamin Myers

Recently a friend recommended this book, and I am grateful to her. The story is told by Robert and is set mainly in 1946, when he is sixteen years of age and sets out from his home in a coal mining village in Durham.
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Backed by Science

Humans have a thing called a learning bias. No matter how wise a saying is, we are much more apt to accept it as true if we trust the source. Not only that, but we're fascinated by ultimate truths that spur us into action.
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