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County Donegal was #24 in my Read Around Ireland challenge this year with Saoirse by @charleen_hurtubise. It tells the story of Sarah who escapes life in America for a fresh beginning in Ireland, along the way adopting a new name, Saoirse. This gaelic name means freedom which seems fitting for her new start. The idyllic life she builds as a promising artist with a young family and partner she adores begins to unravel when she is named as a prize winner in a national competition and the secrets of her former life are revealed, threatening to destroy everything.
Set in the 1990s, which seems a recently short time ago (well to this 50 something reader), what struck me was the lack of freedom women had in Ireland particularly around pregnancy. It was also pre-internet which meant that Saoirse’s true identity staying anonymous was totally plausible, something that today seems unimaginable!
The descriptions of remote Donegal are beautiful, I could see why Saoirse found such peace there. It is a definitely a place that I would like to visit.
I liked the development of Saoirse who is in her late teens at the start of the book. Yet the abuse that she has suffered as a child has shaped and aged her so that she seems more mature. Art is used to gradually reveal Saoirse’s past and serve almost as a therapy. Saoirse is far from perfect, yet I found myself rooting for her and hoping she could shake off her abusive past. This book poses the questions can we ever be free of a trauma from our youth? Can we love and be loved when that hasn’t been experienced in the formative years?

❓If you needed to change your identity, what would your new name be?

#saoirse #charleenhurtubise #readaroundireland2026 #countydonegal

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Wow what a year

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It is finally here, the new book by UCD stalwart and former Traitor, Paraic Kerrigan and we are thrilled to have it on sale in The Campus Bookshop.
If iodine tablets and Nadine Coyle's missing passport mean something to you, then this is the book for you. It is a captivating and witty walk through Irish culture. It will make you smile, maybe it will make you give a sigh of rememberance, you might even roar laughing. It's a good 'un folks.
#paraickerrigan #popculchie #campusbookshoprecommends
#eriu #bonnierbooks

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So much for my self-imposed book buying ban!🤣Well...that didn't last long,did it?🙈But in my defence, these two are for my boys for Christmas, so surely that doesn't count as breaking the ban...right?🌲🤣Tell me I'm not the only one whose book buying ban never lasts!#bookstagram #irishbookstagram #bookhaul📚 #bookishgifts #kidsbooks

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Happy publication day to Pop Culchie: The Irish Popular Culture That Made Us, out nationwide in all good bookshops today📚🇮🇪

I always appreciate when writers are honest on here about how their books actually come together, so I thought I’d give you a little insight into the road that brought me to this very day of publication on the slides that follow (soundtracked by Shayne Ward obviously - it is a book on pop culture after all)!

Basically, if you really believe in your idea and your book, it will find a home somewhere and it will get published. Rejection and failure is just all part of the process!

Now, please buy Pop Culchie by the truck load people 🤣🤣

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Interlude goes to print on Thursday! So exciting—and yes, I’m slightly spiralling.

Preorders are available through the link in my bio and would be hugely appreciated. Thank you so much to @liascrowe for her unwavering patience through all those “one last thing” emails!

I cannot wait for you all to meet Dave, Cian and Katie. 🤍

#Interlude #IrishFiction #Bookstagram #LiteraryFiction #BookLovers

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So it’s finally publication week for Pop Culchie, which hits bookshops this Thursday, October 8th 📚🇮🇪

If you see a copy out in the wild, please send me a picture. I’d like proof that they actually exist outside my house 🤣

I’ve also got a few launches, signings and events coming up over the next couple of weeks, so here’s where you can find me:

📚 DUBLIN LAUNCH

Wednesday, October 14th
18:30–20:00
📍 Chapters, Parnell Street

🎤 Moderated by Vicki Notaro
🗡️ Joined by Traitors castmates Carla Geary, David Moran & Janet Takuz for a panel discussion on the book and maybe some goss 🤭
📖 Book signing afterwards

SOLD OUT — but Chapters have a waiting list, so get your name down in case spaces become available.

📚 CORK LAUNCH

Thursday, October 15th
18:30–20:00
📍 Waterstones, Patrick Street

🎤 MC’d by my faithful, murdered Traitors pal Laura Howard
🗡️ Joined by some of our Cork Traitors castmates, to be announced
😂 An evening of chat, laughs and wine

📚 KILDARE SIGNING & TALK

Saturday, October 17th
14:00–16:00
📍 Kildare Town Library

🎤 In conversation with Faithful statistician Sean Cooke
📖 Books available from Woodbine Books
✍️ Signing + chat about Pop Culchie

Would be brilliant to see some of you at any of the events ❤️

And scroll to the final slide to meet the very special guest who joined the Pop Culchie launch at home today 😂

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🎤 Brian Cowen: Anatomy of a Taoiseach by Gary Murphy 🎤

An insightful, searing and clear-eyed account of Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his time as leader of the country during Ireland's greatest crisis

From the author of the bestselling Haughey, Gary Murphy returns with a major reassessment of Ireland's most turbulent political era. In this richly textured account of Brian Cowen's inexorable rise to the office of Taoiseach and his dramatic fall, Murphy offers a ground-breaking portrait of a man and an era that defined modern Ireland. This rigorously researched study examines the decisions, pressures and circumstances that shaped Brian Cowen's 1,036 days as Taoiseach, a period that coincided with the collapse of Ireland's banking system and the state's entry into an EU-IMF programme.

Drawing on extensive interviews, documentation and contemporaneous accounts, Murphy explores the context surrounding the bank guarantee, the loss of economic autonomy and the path that led to external intervention. Balanced, detailed and accessible, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of how government, institutions and global forces interacted during a crisis that transformed modern Ireland.

#bookstagram #tbrpost #westmeathbookshop #westmeath #irishbooks #TBR #brandnewbook #currentread #currentreads #read #reading #readers #TBRList #tbrpile #books #newbookrelease #athlonebookshop #athlone #book #briancowen #GaryMurphy

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Your calendar is about to get a lot more interesting

October and November bring a brilliant run of authors to Eason, from YA fantasy on O'Connell Street to signings in Cork and Liffey Valley. Here's who's coming:

A YA evening with Bea Fitzgerald, A.B. Poranek, and Clíodhna O'Sullivan
📍 Eason, O'Connell Street, Dublin
📆 Wednesday, October 7th at 7pm
🎟️ Through the link in bio

An evening with Rachel Harrison
📍 Eason, O'Connell Street, Dublin
📆 Thursday, October 8th at 7pm
🎟️ Through the link in bio

Book signing with Patrick Horgan
📍 Eason, Patrick Street, Cork
📆 Saturday, October 10th at 12pm
🎟️ No tickets needed

An evening with Adalyn Grace
📍 Eason, O'Connell Street, Dublin
📆 Saturday, October 10th at 7pm
🎟️ Through the link in bio

Book signing with Simon Zebo
📍 Eason, Patrick Street, Cork
📆 Saturday, October 17th at 12pm
🎟️ No tickets needed

An afternoon with V.E. Schwab
📍 The Alex Hotel, Dublin 2
📆 Sunday, October 18th at 2pm
🎟️ Through the link in bio

An evening with Veronica Roth
📍 1 WML, 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin 2
📆 Thursday, October 22nd at 7pm
🎟️ Through the link in bio

Book signing with Joe Duffy
📍 Eason, Liffey Valley
📆 Saturday, October 31st at 12:30pm
🎟️ No tickets needed

Book signing with Evanne Ní Chuilinn
📍 Eason, Douglas Court, Cork
📆 Sunday, November 8th at 12:30pm
🎟️ No tickets needed

Book signing with Lucy Kennedy
📍 Eason, Liffey Valley
📆 Saturday, November 14th at 12pm
🎟️ No tickets needed

Book signing with Lucy Kennedy
📍 Eason, Mahon Point
📆 Sunday, November 29th at 12pm
🎟️ No tickets needed

#EasonEvents #IrishBooks #Bookstagram #AuthorEvents @gillbooks @hachetteireland @harpercollinsire @gillhessltd

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Here’s a stunning ombré of blue and green from our Red Line Book Festival shelves 💙📘
Each of these brilliant books comes from an author who’ll be joining us this October!

📘into the storm by Cecelia Ahern @official_ceceliaahern
📘Finding Joy by Dearbhla Mescal @dearbhlam
📘Queer Georgians by Anthony Delaney @anthonydelaneyhistory
📘A Plot to Die For by Ardal O'Hanlon @Ardal @ArdalOHanlon
📘Accents by Emmet Kirwan @emmetkirwan
📘Have I Got Your Attention by Ailin Kennedy @ailsdhd & Mike McGrath-Bryan @mike_mcgb
📘Buyer Beware by Catherine Ryan Howard @cathryanhoward
📘The Lies Between Us by Jen Bray @jenniferbrayinsta
📘Never To Be Found by Jo Spain @jospainscreenwriter
📘All Of them Lied by Gill Perdue @gillperduewriter

Discover the full line-up and plan your festival journey at www.redlinefestival.ie or click the link in our bio✨

#RedLine26 #redlinebookfestival #SDCCLibraries

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#jackieob

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How is it October already?
Time to think about the books I’d like to prioritise this month. I did really well with completing the 5 books I chose for September, so am hoping these 6 are manageable - 3 are for my read around Ireland and the others are ones I’ve been looking forward to picking up.

I’m often influenced by reviews on Bookstagram, so this month I’ve included highlights of the reviews I’ve seen about these books that make me excited to read them. Reviews are still the reason that I’m on here, so please keep posting them everyone!

🍁What do you have planned this month reading or otherwise? Any of my chosen six that you’ve read and loved?

#octobertbr #booksiwillbereading #readaroundireland2026

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