While I was writing my previous post on my favourite books of 2019, I accidentally expanded into an entirely separate article: the most important books for Irish people and Irish society that I read in 2019. In no particular order… The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne One of the best books I have read in years, I couldn’t put it down. A touching and human story of a gay man growing up in Ireland, and how the faults in …
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What are end papers, you ask? In making a hardback book, the block of printed pages is attached to the boards of the cover by glueing a folded sheet of …
I have never been one for new year’s resolutions. However, in the last few years the idea of beginning as you mean to go on has grown on me. I …
As the year comes to an end, I asked our regular bloggers to pick two books for 2019 — their favourite book published this year, and the best book from …
As the year comes to an end, I asked our regular bloggers to pick two books for 2019 — their favourite book published this year, and the best book from …
It is a truth universally acknowledged that there are never enough books in the world to fulfil the avid reader. It is equally true that there are also far too many books out there …
Paperbacks have been around Europe since the 17th century but initially they were expensive and available only to the few. They became more widely accessible with the invention of the …
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