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Day 8 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a one word title.
#RIWC26

Day 8 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a one word title My picks for today are - Foster by Claire Keegan & Shorelines by Ruth Ennis What's your one and only pick for today's #RIWC26 prompt? #onewordtitle #ReadIrishWomen

Day 8 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a one word title. @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines, we chose - Charlotte by Martina Devlin Resonance by Celine Kiernan Songlight by Moira Buffini Service by Sarah Gilmartin Hekate by Nikita Gill Poor by Katriona O'Sullivan Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Day 8 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a one word title. What's your one and only pick for today's #RIWC26 prompt? #onewordtitle #ReadIrishWomen

Day 8 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a one word title.
@dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines, we chose the titles in the second picture (list in alt text)

My picks for today are

Foster by Claire Keegan
&
Shorelines by Ruth Ennis

What's your one and only pick for today's #RIWC26 prompt?

Day 7 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a singular character My colleagues @dubraybooks Rathmines picked these titles: Brigid by Kim Curran Nora by Nuala O'Connor Foster by Claire Keegan Solo by Gráinne O'Brien Wildflower Girl by Marita Conlon-McKenna The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire I chose: The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood & Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue What book would you single out? #RIWC26 #singularcharacter

Day 7 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a singular character I chose: The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood and... What books would you single out?

Day 7 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a singular character I chose Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue ##RIWC26

Day 7 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with a singular character

Day 7 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26

A book with a singular character

My colleagues @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines picked the titles in the first picture (list in alt text)

I chose:

The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood
&
Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue

#RIWC26 #singularcharacter

Day 6 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with LGBTQ+ themes Our booksellers Dubray Books Rathmines chose the following books - Eva Gore-Booth by Sonja Tiernan Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey What Walks These Halls by Amy Clarkin Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar A Family Matter by Claire Lynch Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Day 6 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with LGBTQ+ themes The two titles I picked are Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth & Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin #RIWC26 #lgbtq+

Day 6 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with LGBTQ+ themes

Day 6 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with LGBTQ+ themes

Our booksellers @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines chose the books in the first picture.

The two titles I picked are Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth
&
Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin

#RIWC26 #lgbtq+

Day 5 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with fantastic food Happy Easter everyone! For today's prompt, we chose the following books @dubraybooks Rathmines Scéal by Charlotte Leonard-Kane & Shane Palmer Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons by Diana Henry Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar Any Way You Slice It by Méabh Collins Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland by Dr Christina Wade Have a wonderful Easter Sunday & let us know what books you find delicious! #RIWC26 #food

Day 5 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with fantastic food Happy Easter everyone! For today's prompt, I first chose Around the Table: 52 Essays on Food & Life by Diana Henry Have a wonderful Easter Sunday & let us know what books you find delicious! #RIWC26 #food

Day 5 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with fantastic food Happy Easter everyone! For today's prompt, I also chose Any Way You Slice It by Méabh Collins Have a wonderful Easter Sunday & let us know what books you find delicious! #RIWC26 #food

Day 5 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with fantastic food Have a wonderful Easter Sunday & let us know what books you find delicious! #RIWC26 #food

Day 5 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book with fantastic food

In @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines we chose the books in the first picture; I chose the other two titles.

Have a wonderful Easter Sunday & let us know what books you find delicious!

#RIWC26 #food

Day 4 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book that features fire 🔥 The books we chose @dubraybooks Rathmines are: The Boy who Lost his Spark by Maggie O'Farrell & Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini The Fire Starters by Jan Carson Her Kind by Niamh Boyce Her Hidden Fire by Clíodhna O'Sullivan The Burning by Jane Casey Torchfire by Moira Buffini The Weather Girls by Sarah Webb Frail Little Embers by Fija Callaghan Bright I Burn by Molly Aitken Burn After Reading by Catherine Ryan Howard #RIWC26 #Fire

Day 4 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book that features fire 🔥 The books I picked are... Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong and... #RIWC26 #Fire

Day 4 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book that features fire 🔥 The two bolks I picked are: Her Hidden Fire by Clíodhna O'Sullivan #RIWC26 #Fire

Day 4 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book that features fire 🔥 #RIWC26 #Fire

Day 4 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book that features fire 🔥

The books we chose @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines are shown in the first picture.

The two I picked are

Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong
&
Her Hidden Fire by Clíodhna O'Sullivan

#RIWC26 #Fire

What books set your world aflame?

If you are joining in #readIrishwomenChallenge26 The Planter’s Daughter covers day 4, 6, 17 and 22 🙂 Ebook and PB can be ordered here. Praised by the Irish Examiner.

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Day 3 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 is A book about renewal or transformation The booksellers in Dubray Books Rathmines chose - Saoirse by Charleen Hurtubise Little Passenger by Deirdre Sullivan & Jessica Love Contentious Spaces by Rosaleen McDonagh Still by Julia Kelly Shorelines by Ruth Ennis The New Girl by Sinéad Moriarty Nesting by Róisín O'Donnell Foster by Claire Keegan Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan What books would you choose? #RIWC26 #transformation #renewal

Day 3 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 is A book about renewal or transformation My two choices are - Little Passenger by Deirdre Sullivan & Jessica Love & The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell What books would you choose? #RIWC26 #transformation #renewal

Day 3 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 is A book about renewal or transformation What books would you choose? #RIWC26 #transformation #renewal

Day 3 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 is

A book about renewal or transformation

The booksellers @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines chose the titles in the first picture; I chose the two in the second.

What books would you choose?

#RIWC26 #transformation #renewal

Day 2 A book that deals with mental health or neurodivergence #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 The titles we chose @dubraybooks Rathmines are: Have I Got Your Attention by Ailín Kennedy & Mike McGrath-Bryan Wired Our Own Way efited by Niamh Garvey Bear Shaped by Dawn Coulter-Cruttenden Thin Places by Kerri ní Dochartaigh The Raptures by Jan Carson Finding my Voice by Aoife Dooley How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney Freya Harte is not a Puzzle by Méabh Collins City Girl by Patricia Scanlan #worldautismawarenessday #neurodivergence #mentalhealth #RIWC26

Day 2 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book that deals with mental health or neurodivergence. I chose Finding my Voice by Aoife Dooley

Day 2 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book that deals with mental health or neurodivergence I chose As You Were by Elaine Feeney

Day 2 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 A book that deals with mental health or neurodivergence

Day 2 A book that deals with mental health or neurodivergence #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26
Titles chosen @dubray-books.bsky.social Rathmines are on the table
I chose -
Finding my Voice by Aoife Dooley & As You Were by Elaine Feeney

#worldautismawarenessday #neurodivergence #mentalhealth #RIWC26

In Dubray Books Rathmines, we've chosen: Scarlet Feather by Maeve Binchy Wrong Women by Caroline West The Cleaner by Mary Watson Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen How to Write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh Home Economics by Caitriona Lally The Wardrobe Department by Elaine Garvey Mrs Hart's Marriage Bureau by Sheena Wilkinson

My own picks are the brilliant Home Economics by Caitriona Lally and Lily at Lissadell by Judi Curtin. What are your choices?

April Daily Prompts for Read Irish Women Challenge

Welcome all, to the first day of #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 - I hope you enjoy taking part & that you find lots of great reading suggestions.
Day 1 prompt - A book set in a workplace...what book would you choose?
#RIWC26

#ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 There is a different prompt for each day of April, starting on the 1st and running for the whole month, in order to encourage conversation, discovering new authors and new-to-you writers. The 30 prompts are listed here - the picture also shows an illustration of a trio of people engrossed in reading.

The Read Irish Women Challenge 2026 is supported by @dubray-books.bsky.social so you'll find suggestions online as well as in stores too. The challenge aims to be inclusive, so welcomes books by women of colour, ethnic minorities and the diaspora as well as trans women.

Read Irish Women Challenge is back starting 1st April - here's the list of prompts so you can start combing your memory & shelves & get ready to join in!
There are 30 prompts, one for each day in April, in order to encourage conversation & discovering new-to-you writers.
#ReadIrishWomenChallenge26

The #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 aims to highlight the great range of women writers in Ireland, past & present.
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