Ennis Book Club Festival will return in September with a vibrant day of events, live and in person in glór, Ennis, and will feature a mix of major international, national, and local authors.

Perfectly Imperfect Parenting is a practical and accessible guide which will help parents get into the right frame of mind for effective parenting without making them feel guilty or inadequate in their desire to be the best parent they can be.

A light-hearted new novel by Australian authors Kim Boehm and Peter Withy will be of particular interest to people living in Kilkee.

In 1913, the ‘Irish Question’ was hotly discussed in European capitals, because on the eve of the Great War the stability in the British Empire’s ‘back yard’ was considered of the utmost strategic importance.

Declan Murphy’s first encounter with a kingfisher as a young boy was unforgettable. Returning to the rivers years later, he embarks on a quest to study this most brightly-coloured bird during its nesting season, a seemingly straightforward challenge. But the river is slow to reveal the habits and secrets of its residents.

Words of wisdom from older generations are being shared with children throughout Ireland and as far afield as the US, thanks to A Book of Hope, edited and illustrated by artist Ana Colomer.

Ireland’s favourite force of nature, Éanna Ní Lamhna, is on a mission to open our hearts and minds to our wonderful, wild world – to help us find the balance between our needs and the future of our precious planet.

In July 2018 the nation held its breath when news reports confirmed that an Irish man had tragically lost his life in the wildfires in Greece.