Storytime for Ages 3 and Under at Thurles Library
Each Wednesday at 11am Thurles Library holds a Storytime session for toddlers. These 30-minute sessions are suitable for ages 3 and under with fun filled stories read to the children every week. This event is not only fun for the children to meet others of a similar age but being read stories regularly is […]
Roscrea Library Adult Book Club
New York Times Bestselling author Susan Wiggs says, “You’re never alone when you’re reading a book” and this is certainly true for Roscrea Library’s Adult Book Club who meet on the last Wednesday of every month from 3:30pm to 4:30pm to discuss the latest book they have been reading. Book Clubs such as this […]
Green Guru Michael Kelly shares tips on how we can all enjoy a Greener Christmas
Founder of GIY Michael Kelly along with Muireann Ní Chíobháin have a new book out. It is beautifully illustrated by Fatti Burke and aims to teach children how to grow and cook food as well as live more sustainably. They are sharing some of their top tips on how we can all have a more […]
New Book Celebrating Irish wildlife
A new book featuring a collection of wildlife and nature writing by West Cork based author Calvin Jones celebrates the incredible diversity of life on and around the island of Ireland. Volume one of “The Irish Wildlife Collection” featuring wildlife profiles and articles covering a wide selection of species from humpback whales to dandelions and […]
Ten Red-Hot Tips To Promote Your Business – New Book by Ellen Gunning
Who could better placed than Ellen Gunning MA, MIAPR, FPRII, NUJ, director of Irish Academy of Public Relations to advise small and medium-sized business on the best PR techniques and how to use them? In Ten Red-Hot Tips Ellen cuts through the jargon to provide the reader with the techniques to create the ‘angles’ that […]
New book exposes story behind Ireland’s gas and oil
With estimates of a ‘potential of at least ten billion barrels of oil equivalent’[1] (oil or gas) said to exist offshore and onshore Ireland, questions about who owns and benefits from Ireland’s resources have arisen in recent years. The prolonged Corrib gas conflict and allegations of a ‘gas giveaway’ have also prompted many people to inform […]
Mercier Press announce fiction competition for first-time authors
Ireland’s oldest independent publishing house, Mercier Press has launched a fantastic competition to find a first-time fiction author with the potential to become a bestselling writer. The Mercier Press Fiction Competition will be accepting manuscripts from unpublished authors from 21 September 2016 to 1 February 2017. In addition to a publishing deal, the winner will […]
