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GUIDE: Some of the best books to help children explore mental health

Books have the power to transport children outside of their own lives, into magical worlds and places they never could have imagined seeing. However, they can also be hugely important in helping young people come to grips with serious issues that ...

09 Oct 2022 at 12:48

Newsletter KilkennyLive

Bookville Kilkenny unveils fabulous Bookville exhibition this weekend

For 2022 Bookville will be bringing a fabulous Bookville exhibition to Kilkenny City over four days from Friday, October 7. The exhibition will highlight some of the festival’s talented illustrators and their artwork while also giving an insight ...

05 Oct 2022 at 20:00

Kilkenny City

Book of Condolences to open in Kilkenny's City Hall for victims of Creeslough tragedy

A Book of Condolences will be opened at City Hall in Kilkenny as a mark of respect for the victims of the Creeslough tragedy. The book will be in place from 10am this morning (Monday). "Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of all ...

10 Oct 2022 at 09:58

Arts & Entertainment

Bono sets Irish date for book tour

World-renowned Irish singer-songwriter Bono is bringing his book tour "Stories of Surrender" to Dublin's 3Olympia Theatre this November. The U2 frontman will present his new book - "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story" during an "an evening of ...

03 Oct 2022 at 17:06

What's On

Read all about it! Kilkenny’s Town of Books Festival is here again

The longest-running book festival in Ireland - Graignamanagh Town of Books Festival - will take place from August 19-21, where over 25 booksellers will congregate in all things literary and creative in the picturesque medieval hamlet of ...

17 Aug 2022 at 13:52

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Nationwide search underway to find An Post Bookshop of the Year 2022 - Kilkenny Live

The search is underway to find the An Post Bookshop of the Year for 2022. After a hugely successful inaugural year in 2021, the category is now back for the second year running in the An Post Irish Book Awards, the annual literary ...

09 Aug 2022 at 12:00

Local News

5 new books to read this week - Kilkenny Live

Frankie Boyle swaps comedy for crime with his debut novel… Fiction 1. Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson is published in hardback by HarperVoyager. Available now. Who's reading #HerMajestysRoyalCoven this weekend? Share ...

01 Aug 2022 at 14:49

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Kilkenny GAA stars launch children’s book to help local charities

The kind-hearted actions of a Kilkenny man and his family will benefit both local charities and schoolchildren across the city and county. Brendan Bolger is originally from The Rower but now lives in Singapore with his ...

24 Mar 2022 at 13:47

National News

Bag of books to be provided to all 4 and 5 year olds starting school in 2022

A new initiative to provide books to all four and five year olds starting school has been announced. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth today (Wednesday March 23) posted a ...

23 Mar 2022 at 11:52

National News

School libraries in Ireland to receive €20million for 'highest quality' books

Twenty million euro has been announced for the provision of books, audio books and other media for school libraries. The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, announced news of the funding on Sunday (April ...

19 Apr 2022 at 11:44

Arts

New book set to be published on Kilkenny's Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory

A new book on Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory (1634-80) will be published by Four Courts Press on April 22. The new work charts the untold story of an adventurous life lived at the heart of some of the ...

14 Apr 2022 at 12:31

National News

Ireland's largest independent bookstore to re-open under new ownership

Ireland's largest independent bookstore has today (Tuesday March 8) announced it is re-opening under new ownership. Staff of Chapters Bookstore in Dublin confirmed the owners of Gamers World are ...

08 Mar 2022 at 18:14

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