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  Type: Web Page Date: 24/02/2026
  
  
• Place Names and Townlands
  Calling all young historians! At Libraries NI we believe in the significance of connecting children with cultural heritage and encouraging them to think about their local history. Being a young histor...
  Type: Web Page Date: 12/11/2025
  
  
• Magic Lessons
  I have been reading a book by Alice Hoffman called Magic Lessons, which is a prequel to Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic. This book tells the story of the matriarch of the Owens women, Maria Owe...
  Type: Web Page Date: 24/04/2023
  
  
• Class Trip
  This French novella, translated by Linda Coverdale, was originally published in 1995 under the title ‘La Classe de Neige.’ (A good alternative English title might be ‘The Skiing Trip.’) Nicolas is a “...
  Type: Web Page Date: 24/04/2023
  
  
• Mr Standfast
  Mr Standfast by John Buchan is one of the BBCs '100 Novels that Shaped our World' books. It comes under the March heading of 'Adventure' and it is certainly in the right place. It is one of the most a...
  Type: Web Page Date: 24/04/2023
  
  
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  This classic downbeat spy thriller was made into a famous film (suitably or ironically perhaps in black and white) in 1965 starring Richard Burton playing the lead character Alec Leamas; and when you ...
  Type: Web Page Date: 27/04/2023
  
  
• Dear Edward
  A really lovely heartfelt read. It tells the story of 12-year-old Eddie who is the sole survivor on a plane crash, 191 dead including his parents and 15-year-old brother Jordan. How Eddie becomes ‘Edw...
  Type: Web Page Date: 24/04/2023
  
  
• The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
  Think back to 1979 when Margaret Thatcher was first elected as the UK Prime Minister, Elton John was top of the charts, and the Yorkshire Ripper was at large. Well, this was the era that this book was...
  Type: Web Page Date: 15/09/2025
  
  
• April in Spain
  On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Spain, Dublin pathologist Quirke is struggling to relax, despite the beaches, cafés and the company of his disarmingly lovely wife. When he glimpses a familiar f...
  Type: Web Page Date: 04/02/2026
  
  
• Award Winning Irish Authors
  In conversation with a Reading Group member recently I was reminded of some of the great contemporary Irish authors and the books of theirs that I love. I challenge anyone to read ‘The Hearts Invisibl...
  Type: Web Page Date: 10/02/2026