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As the big yellow pencils are taken out of storage for another year of the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, Méabh McDonnell, children’s book author and bookseller with Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, looks ahead to her events.

Irish Times journalist Paul Cullen will launch his autobiography in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, on Middle Street, tomorrow, Friday, April 17, at 6pm.

Cúirt is one of Europe’s oldest literary festivals, and this year’s week-long celebration in Galway, running from April 21 to April 26, will interrogate Irish and international writing, in English and Irish, for lovers of the written word of all ages.

This year’s theme is ‘Turning Tides’ and more than a dozen events are scheduled over the weekend until Sunday, February 1.

The Celtic World: A History, from Four Courts Press, will be introduced by renowned medievalist and scholar of the Hill of Tara, Edel Bhreathnach.

Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Middle Street is welcoming all its customers for the festive season, with six rooms of more than 150,000 books of all shapes, sizes, and varieties that will surely satisfy your every Christmas book-shopping need.

Nine writers from Galway are shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 An Post Book Awards.

Celebrating its 10th year, the award-winning Food On The Edge symposium returns to ATU Galway this month with “Evolution” as its central theme.

Denis Mockler will launch his fifth collection of self-published poetry at Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Middle Street next Thursday, August 28, at 6pm.

Two local independent Galway bookstores have each secured a €5,000 grant as part of the Books At One Community Fund 2025. Charlie Byrne’s and Kennys Bookshop and Art Gallery were successful following a national call for submissions to deliver interesting and innovative community initiatives.