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The Annual Graiguenamanagh Town of Books Festival returns this weekend and one bookseller has come up with a ‘novel’ idea to promote reading. Wally O’ Neill, owner of Red Books in Wexford and Gorey, and one of twenty-five booksellers in the town of books, is giving away a wheelbarrow of new books to one lucky customer over the weekend of August 18th - 20th. “The Town of Books Festival is renown across Ireland as the premier annual event for book lovers of all ages,” Mr O’ Neill said. “It’s probably the biggest gathering of bibliophiles in the state and, in...

A new Red Books outpost is opening in Gorey town on Wednesday the 1st of March.   We are delighted to be opening the new Red Books with our friends in the existing Hawthorne & Mayblossom vintage shop at 2 Rafter Street (Beside Pettitt's), giving us the perfect blend of books and antique jewellery. Hawthorn & Mayblossom have been in existence on Rafter Street for a year now and share a similar ethos of reuse and the glorification of the old and the odd as ourselves. We are a good match.   This new Red Books will follow in the...

Spring Events Friday 20th January (7.30pm) – Wexford Documentary Film Series Thursday 26th January (7pm) – The Dangerous Book Club #1 – “Cosmopolis” by Don Delillo Saturday 28th January (7pm) – “When I grow up I want to be” Alanna Hammel Book Launch Thursday 2nd February (7.30pm) – Brigid’s Fire – Music, Poetry & Customs Thursday 9th February (7pm) – Write Club Friday 17th February (8pm) – OUTSPOKEN Thursday 23rd February (7pm) – The Dangerous Book Club #2 – Book TBA

Upcoming events at Red Books   Friday 18th November:   OUTSPOKEN   (Monthly spoken-word open-mic hosted by Alanna Hammel and Deirdre McGarry.  This month's special guest poet is Margaret Galvin) Thursday 24th November:   WRITE CLUB   (Our Writers Group returns after a break over the Opera Festival.  New writers welcome.  Three euro fee to cover refreshments.) Friday 2nd December:   BOOK LAUNCH   (Pheme Glass will launch the third installment of the Blossom or the Bole series.) Thursday 8th December:   WRITE CLUB    (Meeting of our Writers Group.  New writers welcome.  Three euro fee to cover refreshments.) Friday 9th December:   WEXMAS   (A celebration of local writing...

A string of fringe events will take place at Wexford independent bookstore Red Books during the Wexford Opera Festival. Owner Wally O’ Neill said that the events would be ‘live literature’, an attempt to bring books alive and put their merit at the centre of artistic expression. “We are lucky to have twelve live events coming up in the bookstore over the festival,” Wally said. “These events are provided by the artistic community that has evolved around Red Books, including writers, poets, historians, film-makers and musicians. We’re going to increase our opening hours again to facilitate these events so we’ll...