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Authors Roisin Meaney and Felicity Hayes-McCoy visited our Ennistymon shop for a wonderful evening of conversation about books and writing, and readings from their new novels. For those of you that couldn’t be there, this is an edited recording from…

We are delighted with the new Banner Books publication, Powerful People – Ardnacrusha Power Station By the People Who Worked There, by Dan Danaher, with a foreword by President Michael D. Higgins. Dan is an award-winning journalist with The Clare…

In this episode, we talk to Mary Greene, Peter Miller and Ger Wolfe, who will all be performing at our Kilrush shop at the end of September. You can purchase your ticket for Greene and Shine’s concert HERE and for…

In this episode, we’re celebrating National Heritage Week 2025 and participating in a very special local project, ‘Kilrush Heritage Quarter’. Supported by Kilrush and District Historical Society and Clare County Council, it’s a collaboration between local businesses and community groups…

In this episode, we’re joined by Elizabeth O’Shea and Mollie Barrow of Sheelagh na Gig Bookshop, Cloughjordan, to celebrate Independent Bookshop Week.  This annual event celebrates independent bookshops throughout Ireland and the U.K., with 700 shops getting involved.  It’s a…

In this episode we celebrate Poetry Day Ireland, with poet Martin Vernon and Mary McGraw of Poetry Ireland. For details of poetry events in your local library, see the Clare Libraries website. Find the Facebook group for the Clare Poetry…

In this episode, we focus on Rainbow Banner Books, our sister social media account for all things LGBTQ+. You can follow us on Facebook (here) or on Insta @rainbowbannerbooks We’re joined by Aoife Hammond of Queer Sheds to talk about…

In this episode we meet Gráinne O’Brien to talk about her new book, Solo, a verse novel for Young Adults. Produced by Banner Books Edited and co-produced by Lily de Sylva Music by Peadar MacMahon, from his album Aniar available…

Produced by Banner Books Edited and co-produced by Lily de Sylva Music by Peadar MacMahon, from his album ‘Aniar’ available at peadarmacmathuna.bandcamp.com To find out more about D’or, and to buy a copy of her collection, visit her website www.dorseifer.com If…

  In this episode we celebrate National Tree Week, with Fiona Whelan and Carla Duggan from The Forest That Won’t Forget , and Ragna Gruendler of Cloontabonnive Agroforest Produced by Banner Books Edited and co-produced by Lily de Sylva…