Irish Top Ten Week Ending 02/04/2011

6 April, 2011 · by · in

Mother’s Day clearly worked wonders for book sales, and the winner, as seems to be the case at the moment, was fiction. Patricia Scanlan sold a positively Christmas-like 5,759 units last week, while Joseph O’Connor (aided no doubt by the…

Eason Celebrates … Irish Women’s Fiction

4 April, 2011 · by · in

Eason hosted a celebration of Irish Women’s Fiction at an intimate event on Thursday 31 March, 2011 in Eason O’Connell Street. The event provided readers with the opportunity to meet their favourite female writers. The event was the first in an “Eason Celebrates….”…

The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards Shortlist Announced

28 October, 2010 · by · in

The shortlist for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards was announced this evening at an event in the Royal College Of Physicians on Kildare Street. Among those nominated are, Ryan Tubridy, Joseph O’Connor, Roddy Doyle, Colm Toibin, Colum McCann,…

Irish Top Ten Week Ending 25/09/2010

30 September, 2010 · by · in

Another huge week for Lorna Byrne’s Stairways To Heaven. But also a string week for Cathy Kelly and a still impressive result for Emma Donoghue. Larsson’s books continue to sell in the region of 1,000 copies each a week, I…

Irish Top Ten Week Ending 18/09/2010

22 September, 2010 · by · in

A  fine week for Lorna Byrne as already noted in our story about her number one. But equally a fine week for Emma Donoghue, whose sells continue to impress. Cathy Kelly’s newest is having an impact as well and the…