Read
Mór 2024
Following its initial success, the Read Mór Book Gifting initiative has become an annual nationwide event which aims to share the joy of reading with diverse communities, in particular with people who may not be able to participate in Culture Night activities.
It also supports Irish and Irish based authors and promotes reading for pleasure.
For its third edition, Read Mór will be rolled out in partnership with the Irish Prison Service. On the 20 September the Arts Council, via Read Mór, will gift a curated list of 30 book titles from some of Ireland’s most beloved writers to all 13 prisons nationwide. The list of books was developed in consultation with teaching staff from the Irish Prison Service, and will offer a diverse selection of novels, short stories and poetry, reflecting the vibrant literary landscape of Ireland. Seven prisons will also host events featuring readings and discussions with participating authors.
Download the Read Mór Reading
Guide
| Title |
Author |
Genre |
| The Poison Glen |
Annemarie Ní Churreáin |
Poetry |
| The Wing Orderly's Tale |
Carlo Gébler |
Short Stories |
| Small Things Like These |
Claire Keegan |
Literary Fiction |
| Homesickness |
Colin Barrett |
Literary Fiction |
| Randomer |
Colm Keegan |
Poetry |
| Heart, Be At Peace |
Donal Ryan |
Literary Fiction |
| Eyewitness to War and Peace: My Life in News |
Eamonn Mallie |
Memoir |
| The Love Object: Selected Stories |
Edna O'Brien |
Short Stories |
| The Illusion of Perception |
Emmett O'Brien |
Poetry |
| Ravelling |
Estelle Birdy |
Literary Fiction |
| Bend, Don’t Break: A Memoir of Endurance |
Frank O'Mara |
Memoir, Sport |
| Frankie |
Graham Norton |
Literary Fiction |
| The Irish Words You Should Know |
Hector Ó hEochagáin |
Gaeilge |
| The Instruments of Darkness: A Thriller (Book #21 of Charlie Parker) |
John Connolly |
Fiction, Thriller |
| Poor |
Katriona O’Sullivan |
Memoir |
| Youth |
Kevin Curran |
Literary Fiction |
| This is Not a Self-Help Book |
Mark Mehigan |
Memoir |
| Close to Home |
Michael Magee |
Literary Fiction |
| This Plague of Souls |
Mike McCormack |
Literary Fiction |
Why the Moon Travels
|
Oein DeBhairduin
|
Short Stories |
| A Hundred to One |
Pat Sheedy |
Memoir |
| Voices: An Open Door Book of Stories |
Patricia Scanlan (editor)
|
Short Stories |
| Playing Dead: How Meditation Brought Me Back to Life |
Robert Sheehan
|
Memoir |
| The Last Disco: The Story of the Stardust Tragedy |
Sean Murray, Christine Bohan, Nicky Ryan |
Non-Fiction |
| On Blueberry Hill |
Sebastian Barry |
Theatre Play |
| Rememberings |
Sinéad O'Connor
|
Memoir |
| The Hunter |
Tana French |
Fiction, Thriller |
| Dance Move |
Wendy Erskine |
Short Stories |
| Hell to Pay |
Will Sliney |
Comic |
| Braids Take a Day |
Zainab Boladale |
YA Fiction
|
Read Mór 2023
The Read Mór book gifting project returned for a second year in 2023. This time patients in selected hospitals across the country had an opportunity to participate in Culture Night and escape to the furthest reaches of their imagination
with a choice of 29 different books by Irish based authors and publishers. The Arts Council was proud to partner up with HSE Healthy Ireland. Read Mór ensured that more people in more places enjoyed Culture Night.
Watch highlights of the 2023 book-gifting project below:
Read Mór 2022
On Culture Night 2022, we gifted 4,500 books by Irish and Irish based authors to passengers travelling on Irish Rail Intercity and Bus Éireann Expressway services to mark our 70th anniversary year.
Watch highlights of the 2022 book-gifting project below: