The Art of Reading Book Club with the Laureate for Irish Fiction

In partnership with libraries, Colm Tóibín, the Laureate for Irish Fiction will present The Art of Reading monthly book club for library book clubs across the country and offered as an online event for readers everywhere.

The Art of Reading book club will be hosted by Colm Tóibín. Over the course of the year, the Laureate will discuss a selection of titles by Irish writers, highlighting outstanding Irish writing and celebrating the reader and book clubs. In some cases, the Laureate will be joined by the featured writer in conversation about their book.

The monthly book club event will be hosted by a different library each month and will be available to view online on the last Thursday of each month.

The first online book club event will be available for streaming on Thursday 24 February. In this event Colm will be in conversation with Claire Keegan about her recent book Small Things Like These.



Readers, book lovers and book clubs everywhere are invited to join in the Art of Reading with the Laureate, to read these outstanding books and tune in every month for the discussion.

The Arts of Reading Book Club is an initiative of the Arts Council and the Laureate for Irish Fiction, in partnership with Libraries Ireland.