Gutter Bookshop changes hands; Irish on Edge Hill prize shortlist; Dublin Book Festival launched

In The Irish Times this Saturday, Mary Beard talks to Anna Carey about her new book on Roman emperors. There is an extract from Goth: A History by Lol Tolhurst of The Cure. Jason Byrne is interviewed by Kate Demolder about Memoirs of a Wonky-Eyed Man. Manchán Magan talks to Róisín Ingle about his new book, Wolf-Men and Water Hounds: The Myths, Monsters and Magic of Ireland. Richard O’Rawe talks to Mark Devenport about Stakeknife’s Dirty War.

Bob Johnston commented, “As Irish booksellers with many years of experience I am certain that Dubray will continue to run our bookshops in a customer-focused style – which is all I could ever hope for. I really want to thank everyone – loyal customers, authors, publishers, festivals, friends, family, our amazing staff and everyone else – who have made The Gutter Bookshop such a huge success over the past 14 years.

A £1,000 Reader’s Choice Award will be presented to one of the shortlisted authors, as well as a £500 prize for the best short story submitted by an Edge Hill MA Creative Writing student. There will be launches celebrating new books and the latest issues of literary journals and magazines, including Winter Papers and Sonder, as well as special events celebrating the works of late poet Brendan Kennelly, and 30 years of great stories brought to you by independent publisher New Island.

Elaina Ryan, CEO of Children’s Books Ireland, said: ‘It might be easy to think, sometimes, in a busy world, that reading doesn’t matter quite so much as it used to for children and young people when there are so many ways for them to spend their time. And yet, we believe that reading matters. It really matters. Sometimes, it can be life-saving.

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