Top juvenile fiction titles of 2023 as determined by your borrows! Arranged by number of borrows in descending order.

Top juvenile picture book titles of 2023 as determined by your borrows! Arranged by number of borrows in descending order.

Top juvenile board book titles of 2023 as determined by your borrows! Arranged by number of borrows in descending order.

These books either feature Irish characters or take place in Ireland. Print, Large Print, and eBooks.

Celebrate National Indigenous People's Day on June 21! This is a day that celebrates and recognizes First Nations, Métis, and Inuit cultures.

Films within the noir genre are quite diverse, but have a few things in common: a dark and brooding atmosphere, a cynical protagonist with a complicated past, and plotlines that are fatalistic. Noir fiction has developed alongside these films since the 1930s and 1940s and has the same characteristics. Although classic noir novels by such authors as Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett are detective stories, others are written in the form of psychological thrillers, and horror, western and science-fiction novels.

History books tend to focus on certain people and to ignore the stories of others. Black History Month reminds us that everyone participates in history, and everyone deserves to have their story heard.

A Dublin Student Doctor

The #metoo movement has sparked many interesting conversations online, in the media and among friends and colleagues about consent, equality and using the power you do have to raise up others. With International Women’s Day falling in March, this is an excellent time to highlight books that will keep this discussion going.

Books about residential schools and the impact this system had on Indigenous communities. Orange Shirt Day is September 30 and is designed to educate and promote awareness about residential schools.