Míle buíochas le Fiachna Ó Braonáin as an bhfíseán seo de féin ag léamh ó bhailiúchán Paul Laughlin, Dorn San Aer (Filíocht ó Dhoire go Gaza). Thug an t-amhránaí Bronagh Gallagher cóip den leabhar dó i ndiaidh cheolchoirm Hothouse Flowers i Halla na Guild an tseachtain seo caite.

Joe Mahon has generously started 'Ciste Mhic Gabhann' with a donation of £5000 and says he hopes other funders will now also contribute to it.

There have been hundreds, if not thousands, of people who have contributed to the DUG campaign for an independent, cross-border university in northwest Ireland over the past year. We are grateful for all the support - and would like to mention a few in our first annual awards list. Parliamentarian of the Year (Stormont) Winner: Sinead McLaughlin MLA (nominated for her work on the new Regional Balance Bill) Honourable Mention: Dr Caoimhe Archibald MLA (nominated for refusing t

Dundalk and Queen’s have shown what can be done when the civic and political will is there. And done quickly. Derry’s urgency is even greater. It is time for the political and civic elite - and for the Executive and Derry/Strabane Council - to decide what side they’re on. 

Your starter for ten: what has been the fasting-selling local book in the North West this season? And for your bonus: why shouldn't you be alarmed?

Derry authors Felicity McCall, Ken Thatcher, Paul Gosling, Colum Arbuckle and Pat McArt were among the audience at Ráth Mór on Friday Dec 5

'We were a band of mostly elderly people trying to squeeze as much comfort as possible from a hard chair, praying for a moment of sleep which never came'

Still looking for that perfect Christmas present? Signed books from a range of our authors are now available online will also be available at Conor Bowman's launch at Ráth Mór this week, including copies of:  * BBC broadcaster and latter-day seanchaí Ken McCormack's collection of curious old tales from the North West, The Lady in Black * Guitar maestro Colum Arbuckle's memoir, Radio, Romance & Rock'n'Roll (CA will also be playing a tune or two) * Royal Literary Fellow Feli

Writer Conor Bowman at the cemetery in Castlepollard Mother & Baby Home, where he was born COLMCILLE PRESS is hosting a pre-Christmas  launch and Oíche Airneáil at Ráth Mór’s Hive Studios on Friday, December 5. Proceedings will open at 5.30pm with the launch of ‘The Half-Life of Edith Hopkins and Other Stories’, new fiction collection centring on the Tuam Mother & Baby Home, penned by barrister Conor Bowman.  Following on from this, the guitar virtuoso and recent author, Colu

You think you know Derry? But how much do you really know? Take up the gauntlet today!