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29/09/2026

Berlin-Based Author Roisin Kiberd On What It Means to Be Normal: The author of 'The Most Normal Woman' discusses lobotomycore, beauty standards and writing as a craft:

https://www.the-berliner.com/books/cant-you-just-be-normal/

Berlin-based author Fionnuala Kavanagh on her debut novel 'I Keep My Shadow Light' about belonging in Berlin.

24/09/2026

https://www.her.ie/books/here-are-the-top-events-happening-at-dublin-book-festival-this-year-1012550

Dublin Book Festival has, and continues to, give a platform to writers, both established and emerging, to come together over five days

21/09/2026

‘I should have bargained. I didn't have enough cash, so the woman walked with me to a nearby ATM. I wondered if sinister armed heavies would emerge at the cash point and coerce me into handing over more than I’d agreed to. They didn’t. I just paid and she gave me the bag.’

Read a free extract from The Most Normal Woman by Roisin Kiberd:

In her new collection of essays, Roisin Kiberd explores the many ways we change ourselves in pursuit of perfection – or simply normality – and the toll it takes on our inner lives.

16/09/2026

Today (Wednesday)! Join us in Waterstones Cork at 6:30pm for Roisin Kiberd interviewed by Sara Baume.

14/09/2026

Join us at Waterstones Cork this Wednesday (16th Sept) at 6:30pm, Roisin Kiberd will be interviewed by Sara Baume about her latest collection, The Most Normal Woman. All welcome!

14/09/2026

Cork friends: join us in Waterstones this Wednesday (16th) for a special evening with Roisin Kiberd interviewed by Sara Baume!

11/09/2026

In case you missed it, Roisin Kiberd spoke to Doireann Garrihy about The Most Normal Woman and you can listen back now, it's at approx 27 minutes in:

Doireann will bring engaging conversation and her unmistakable Irish humour to her two-hour show.

11/09/2026

Love these recommendations from Roisin Kiberd!

In her new collection of essays The Most Normal Woman, critically acclaimed author Roisin Kiberd explores the many ways we change ourselves in pursuit of perfection – or simply normality – and the toll it takes on our inner lives.

08/09/2026

Roisin Kiberd interview: the scary extent of how algorithms are now dominating our lives

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41905090.html

08/09/2026

Looking forward to this year's Dublin Book Festival! We have two events coming up: Juliano Zaffino, author of The Steps will be on the Emerging Voices panel on Thurs 5 November with Ruth McKee and Patrick Holloway:

https://dublinbookfestival.com/event/emerging-voices-2/

and we will launch a revised and updated edition of the classic Irish novel The Professor in Erin by Charlotte McManus, introduced by Joachim Fischer on the 6th of November:

https://dublinbookfestival.com/event/book-launch-charlotte-mcmanuss-the-professor-in-erin/

It's a great programme again this year, check it out!

https://dublinbookfestival.com/

One of Ireland's leading book and literary festivals. DBF26 takes place 4 - 8 November 2026