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A book of short stories, poems and illustrations by Wexford Children will capture a unique view of an historical period, according to publishers Red Books Press. "A Little Bit of Magic: Stories by Children of Wexford in Lockdown" will be launched at 3pm on Sunday at the 50th Annual Wexford Book and Collectors Fair in the Talbot Hotel. The book contains submissions by over fifty Wexford children, aged between 5 and 16, originally collected during the Great Wexford Short Story Competition, a lockdown inspired endeavour which ran for fourteen weeks in 2020. The book features work by the following children;Martha...

The Wexford Book and Collectors Fair will take place in Wexford towns Talbot Hotel on the 31st of October, marking the 50th anniversary of Irelands longest running book fair moving from Enniscorthy to Wexford. In 1971, Wexford book seller and stamp dealer Anton O’ Broin cut a deal with the then manager of the Talbot Hotel, the late Sean Scallan, to secure it as the venue for all future fairs during the annual Wexford Opera Festival. Anton has attended every subsequent Fair and will be in attendance once again in 2021, selling his beloved ‘leabhair as gaeilge’ and spreading his...

Have you had a chance to visit the new Dublin City Books & Browsables Market which takes place every Sunday from 11-4pm in St Patricks Park? As a bookseller, I have to commend Dublin City Council for trying to revive the romanticism and mystique of the ancient city book markets which once flourished along the banks of the Liffey. These ragtag collections of bookshops, book barrow marketers and chap hawkers were the focal point of a melting pot of society. Revolutionary's, aristocrats, philosophers and labourers met on equal ground over a shared love for books. These markets blossomed during the...

Over 30 individual acts took part in Culture Shock, an event organised jointly by Red Books and the Little Geek Shack to coincide with Culture Night 2021. Featuring poetry, music, spoken word, art and performance acts, Culture Shocj saw the return of Live Lit to St Peter’s Square. The Following acts took part in Culture Shock; * Art Souls* Tina Fortune* Daithi & Rory Kavanagh * Trish Cavanagh * Lyndsey Jackson * Grace O Reilly* Anne Ireton* Dr Maybelle Wallis* Ger O Neill* "The Virginian" Anthony Bates * Wexford Folk Orchestra and Wexford Sea Shanty Singers* Alecia & Suzie *...

An array of events at multiple locations in and around Wexford's St Peter’s Square are being planned to celebrate Culture Night next Friday. The events are being sponsored by Red Books, The Little Geek Shack, Harpers 11 and Art Souls in an effort to continue to develop the cultural and artistic merit of the area. A bucket collection will also be held at each location for Wexford People Helping People. The last Culture Night event held at Red Books in pre-Covid 2019 was a huge success. This year looks to be even bigger. Among artists lined up to perform are...