Selected Stories | Blackstaff Press The 14 stories in this collection demonstrate the breadth of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s achievement across her writing career, particularly in terms of her depiction of the complex territory of women’s lives...

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#readirishwomenchallenge Day 21: A book with element of #fantasy, #mythology or #fairytale

Jane Talbot’s 'The Faerie Thorn' will draw you into a world of fairy tales & magick, devilish debts, trysts & trades, broken bargains & unjust trials, quick-wittedness, hoodwinking & revenge.

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#readirishwomenchallenge Day 18: A book with a green cover
'Selected Stories' by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

A beautiful collection of short stories that demonstrates the breadth of The Laureate For Irish Fiction's achievement across her writing career.

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#readirishwomen Day 16: a book about looking for a place to belong

Brilliantly written, witty, and full of sharp observation, 'Moving About the Place' brings together some of the best of Evelyn Conlon’s work to show how borders, movement and history change and transform people’s lives.

Collage of authors coming to West Cork Literary Festival 2026. Sara Baume, Jung Chang, Jonathan Coe, Paddy Donnelly, Elaine Feeney, Karl Henry, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Anton Hur, Charlie Mackesy, Dearbhla Mescal, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Miriam O'Callaghan, Louise O'Neill, Katriona O’Sullivan, Ian Rankin

And we're live! Check out our 2026 line-up. Priority booking for Festival Friends opens 10am on 7 April. General booking for workshops at the same time and then general booking for all other events at 10am on 14 April. Hope to see you all in Bantry 10-17 July 📚❤️
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Anna Lo MBE tells her incredible story of a life straddling two cultures and two continents, taking her far from the conventional life mapped out for her into political activism and finally all the way to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

#equality #inclusivity #annalo #belfast

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026
Day 15: A book set in the world of the arts - Fox, Swallow, Scarecrow by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

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Happy world puffin day!

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Read Irish Women Challenge 2026
Day 9: a book about sound or listening

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Little Red and Other Stories

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne draws us into the lives of characters struggling to find equilibrium. Visited by change & crisis, they are forced to confront the stories that define their sense of themselves.

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Day 8 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a one word title.
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Part memoir, part historical research, #Heartlands tells the story of the #WhiteCity, an under-documented time in Belfast’s history. The story of a pre-Troubles #Belfast in which Catholics and Protestants lived side by side.

#MarianneEiliott #PatriciaCraig #DavidPark #irishtimes #belfast

Reviews of Ruby Free's beautiful book on #rathlinisland. Artwork all Ruby's own.

Rathlin, A Wild Life is a love letter to the island and the #wildlife Ruby finds there, but it’s also a call to action; a reminder of everything we stand to lose if we don’t change.

#puffins #ChrisPackham #jilltaylor

Field of Dreams | Blackstaff Press The inspiring story of how the Salisburys, enthusiastic but amateur gardeners, transformed an unloved rural wasteland into a thriving, renowned wildlife garden. A celebration of the Irish countryside ...

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Greatest Gardens with Diarmuid Gavin and Carol Klein - Series 1: Episode 5 Diarmuid Gavin and Carol Klein, along with guest judge and gardening fan Fred Sirieix, continue the search to find Northern Ireland’s greatest garden.

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#bbcgreatestgardens visited 17 acres of once-barren farmland that’s been transformed with #wildlife in mind. You can watch the episode on #BBCiplayer

You can also read about the journey in Bob Salisbury’s book #fieldofdreams

#CarolKlein #Diarmuidgavin #fredsirieix #omagh #wildlifegarden #birds

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As featured in #BBCGreatestGardens 🎬
📅 Thursday 26 March | 7:00pm
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Enjoy a fabulous seasonal talk from Bob and Rosemary Salisbury celebrating the arrival of #Spring 🌿

#Tyrone #Fermanagh #gardening
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Monica McWilliams broke the mould in so many ways, as a woman, an activist and a politician. In her frank and fascinating memoir, #StandUpSpeakOut she tells her extraordinary story.

#northernireland #thetroubles #womeninpolitics #BertieAhern #PeaceProcess #womensrights #equality #genderequality

☘️ Happy St Patrick's Day! There’s no better way to brush up on your knowledge of the man himself than with the late John Killen’s beautiful anthology.

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Old School | Blackstaff Press Liam Beckett is old school. One of Northern Ireland’s best-loved sports pundits, few can touch him when it comes to talking about road racing and football. Straight-talking, funny and generous, this i...

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Liam Beckett is #oldschool. One of Northern Ireland’s best-loved sports pundits, few can touch him when it comes to talking about #roadracing and #football.

Straight-talking, funny and generous, this book is pure #LiamBeckett – telling it like it is!

#nifootball #HarryGregg #sports #ballymoney

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To Keep a Bird Singing | Blackstaff Press ‘An impressive and thrilling debut that looks corruption in the eye and never blinks.’ DAVID PARK When Noelie Sullivan finds his stolen punk records for sale in a charity shop in Cork, it seems like a...

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Kevin Doyle's gripping #crime #thriller "looks corruption in the eye and never blinks." – David Park

#emeraldnoir #irishnoir #CrimeFiction #crimefictionbooks #cork #noir #thetroubles #purecork #KevinDoyle #politicalthriller #tokeepabirdsinging #ariverofbodies #corruption

Northern Protestants: On Shifting Ground | Blackstaff Press Twenty years on from her critically acclaimed book, 'Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People', Susan McKay talks again to the Protestant community in Northern Ireland. Based on almost 100 brand-new ...

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Based on almost 100 interviews with the #Protestant community in #NorthernIreland, and told with McKay’s trademark passion and conviction, 'Northern Protestants on Shifting Ground' is essential reading.

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New 2026 Catalogue
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