Colleen Literature Ireland Irish Film Institute It’ll be at the Sydney Film Festival next.

Full house this morning for the rather extraordinary event "Crossworlds": A passionate discussion between high-profile ministers and closed friends Bruno Le Maire & Paschal Donohoe on how Literature informed both their personal and political lives.

Interested in the history of Dublin? Here’s a small project I’ve been working on - streetsbroadandnarrow.ie - that’s just gone live. There’s an awful lot more streets to cover, so it’ll keep me busy for a few years :-) Happy to hear any suggestions for improvement.

Such an honour today for our director,Sinéad Mac Aodha, to interview these two extraordinarily articulate and thoughtful statesmen about their lifelong passion for reading and books.

Paschal Donohoe receives Highest French Government Award🇫🇷🤝🇮🇪 Paschal Donohoe, Minister of Finance and President of the Eurogroup, has been promoted to the rank of “Chevalier” in the National Order of the Legion d’Honneur during a ceremony held in Dublin. 1/2👇

Mark English smashes Irish record to win 800m in the Netherlands in stunning fashion buff.ly/lyQlwNW

Feliz Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas! 🇵🇹🤝🇮🇪

New Mircea Cartarescu publishing for the first time in the UK. Top tier magical realism in post-communist Bucharest, yes please. Volume 2 and 3 coming next year

#BookoftheWeek There’s a Monster Behind the Door by @gaellebelem, trans. Karen Fleetwood & Laëtitia Saint-Loubert Bullaun Press This darkly comic, coming-of-age tale set in 1980s La Réunion was Longlisted for the International The Booker Prizes 2025.

Seán Farrell will be at WCLF on 14 July reading from his debut novel Frogs For Watchdogs, which is published New Island Books. Join Seán and fellow debut Quynh Tran from Sweden. Video by Literature Ireland Literature Ireland 🎟️ westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/se… youtube.com/watch?v=qFSpx_…

Happy Bloomsday! 📖👒 Celebrate Bloomsday & Beyond by grabbing a new Irish book on behalf of the Embassy! Head to Passa Porta in Brussels, Luddites in Antwerp or Librairie Point Virgule in Namur, & Celebrate Ireland the Island of Writers. ✍️ 🔗ireland.ie/en/belgium/bru…

So well deserved! I spent the weekend with overseas guests, here for Bloomsday & Irish literature & they all left with the instruction to watch this & read John McGahern!

A special episode out today - Here is the wonderful Wendy Erskine speaking about her brand new novel THE BENEFACTORS. It is out tomorrow on June 19th. Listen now here or anywhere you get your podcasts open.spotify.com/episode/4kJHhR…

'The Boy From The Sea' has been listed as one of 30 books to read this summer by the The Washington Post, and the brilliant Garrett Carr will be joining us in July for The John Hewitt International Summer School! 😍🔥 johnhewittsociety.org washingtonpost.com/books/2025/05/…

The John Broderick Residency 2025 Applications opened 11th June Deadline 9th July The John Broderick Residency is open to professional writers in all genres. Writers must be over 18 years of age and resident on the island of Ireland. Read more: writing.ie/resources/john… #writers

Marie Skłodowska Curie defended her doctoral thesis on radioactive substances at Université de la Sorbonne in Paris on 25 June 1903 and became the first woman in France to receive a doctoral degree.

Audiobook versions of my books Epic and Saga came out in 2018 and 2019 but the final work in the trilogy, Edda, had a lot of delays. I'm delighted to say it is finally available from today! audible.com/pd/Edda-Audiob…

We can wait to see acclaimed Irish authors Anne Enright and Paul Lynch during Literaturfestival Zürich next week! It is fantastic to see the strong interest across 🇨🇭 in writing from 🇮🇪. More information and tickets here👉literaturfestivalzuerich.com/en/

1pm today: Small Country, Big Continent: Translating Gaël Faye's Burundi and Rwanda. This wonderful book is translated from French into English by Sarah Ardizzone & French into Irish by Antain Mac Lochlainn. Join WCLF & Literature Ireland for this free event westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/sm…

Ireland supports the statement from the High Representative condemning Russia’s persistent hybrid campaigns against the EU, its Member States and partners. It also joins EU partners in standing in solidarity with the United Kingdom in response to this threat.