The Library Project

The Library Project Ireland’s Art Bookshop, a library dedicated to Photography, a gallery and events space. Run by PhotoIreland.

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WHAT IS THE LIBRARY PROJECT? Far more than an Art bookshop, a specialised photobook library, and a gallery, The Library Project is a cultural hub, multidisciplinary in its approach, and focused on Photography. The space offers visitors an

open door to discover local and international contemporary Art practices through a careful selection of publications, and a variety of exhibitions and events. The Library Project is run by PhotoIreland since September 2013 at its present address; it is the ground floor gallery space of Black Church Print Studio’s purpose-built premises at 4 Temple Bar Street. Closing every January and September by contract to accommodate Black Church Print Studio’s exhibitions, the space is hypermobile in nature, ever-changing, and permanently creative, always preserving to some degree three elements: bookshop, library and gallery.

NEW IN: Jacobin, Issue 61: Teen IssueJacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on...
25/05/2026

NEW IN: Jacobin, Issue 61: Teen Issue

Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. The print magazine is released quarterly and reaches 50,000 subscribers, in addition to a web audience of over 2,000,000 a month.

With the strap line ‘Reason In Revolt’, Jacobin tackles politics from a firmly leftist standpoint, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Recent issues of Jacobin have seen the New York-crafted magazine expand; in terms of its physical size, pagination, and (by the looks of things) its team, which has also seen a reshuffle.

“All of [our] policies strive to inspire the youth with belief in its own strength and in the future. Only the fresh enthusiasm and aggressive spirit of the youth can guarantee the preliminary successes in the struggle; only these successes can return the best elements of the older generation to the road of revolution. Thus it was, thus it will be.”

— Leon Trotsky, “The Transitional Program,” 1938

Published by Jacobin 
Softcover 
159 pages 
205 x 275 mm 
ISSN 725274262816

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NEW IN: She Breathes in Dirt and Exhales Flowers/Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompañada Vol 2., Jaklin RomineThis is Jaklin Romin...
23/05/2026

NEW IN: She Breathes in Dirt and Exhales Flowers/Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompañada Vol 2., Jaklin Romine

This is Jaklin Romine’s 4th zine in relation to her 2nd Solo Show, She Breathes in Dirt and Exhales Flowers/Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompañada. It is a body of photographic work that combines the beauty and mastery of her grandmother sewing art and her photographic practice. This body of work seeks to combine her older project, Why Give Me Flowers When I’m Dead?…, taking the flowers that she gave to her abuela when she was still alive and putting them back into a form/body to celebrate her after she has passed. The flowers spilling out of every collar, sleeve, pant leg, and skirt adorning a body that is no longer alive, to give it a revitalized expression. The title comes from Romine’s grandma and herself having a very beautiful close relationship and Romine’s family keeping her away from her grandma when she was passing to the next realm.

Self-Published
Softcover
30 pages
140 x 215 mm

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NEW IN: Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 148Poetry Ireland Review is a highly-regarded journal of poetry. Published three ti...
19/05/2026

NEW IN: Poetry Ireland Review, Issue 148

Poetry Ireland Review is a highly-regarded journal of poetry. Published three times a year, the Review includes the work of both emerging and established Irish and international poets, essayists, critics and visual artists.

Poetry Ireland Review Issue 148, edited by Sinéad Morrissey, is now available for pre-order purchase. It features new poems from Leontia Flynn, Frank Ormsby, Mai Ishikawa, and Jim McElroy, as well as work from rising poets Judy O’Kane and Joshua Beatty, among many others. Irish-language editor Aifric Mac Aodha’s selection includes poetry from Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh and Cúán de Búrca.
The issue includes an interview with Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin to celebrate and commemorate the publication of the 100th and final issue of Cyphers magazine. Vona Groarke visits Thoor Ballylee, once home to William Butler Yeats and his wife George, documenting their domestic lives at that time and speculating on the part the tower’s physical presence played in the crafting of the memorable poetry W.B. Yeats wrote there.

Also included in this issue are two quick-fire Q&A’s with poets Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha and Louis de Paor. There are 23 titles reviewed in PIR 148, including new work from Tom Paulin, Mark Granier, Moya Cannon, Audrey Molloy, and Éireann Lorsung. At opposite ends of the publishing journey, a landmark publication of The Poems of Seamus Heaney is reviewed, as are debut collections from Susanna Galbraith and Sam Furlong, both poets published by Belfast’s newest publishing house, Macha Press.

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NEW IN: Bia! Zine Issue 003Bia! – meaning ’food’ in Irish and ‘come’ in Igbo – is a community storytelling project. Thr...
18/05/2026

NEW IN: Bia! Zine Issue 003

Bia! – meaning ’food’ in Irish and ‘come’ in Igbo – is a community storytelling project. Through the words and images of immigrant and diasporic communities in Ireland, Bia! seeks to document our commonality, counterbalance mainstream food narratives, and celebrate how immigrants and diasporas assert their presence in Ireland through food.

Bia! Zine Issue 03 brings together stories and art from nearly 60 contributors connected to Ireland from across Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and mixed-heritage communities to explore their diasporic identity through food.

This issue traces how identity is formed in the kitchen through memory, unravels in movement, and is repaired through care and resistance, ultimately inviting readers to consider food not only as personal, but also as relational, fluid and a site for radical cultural possibility.

Available in-store or online at thelibraryproject.ie

NEW IN: gitai play, Tomoyuki KosekoA coloring book born from the experiments of the gitai collection. The planets here h...
16/05/2026

NEW IN: gitai play, Tomoyuki Koseko

A coloring book born from the experiments of the gitai collection. The planets here have been stripped of color and depth — their textures laid bare. What do you see in them? A slice of bread? A fried egg? A cut of ham? Here, the rule is simple: do not color these planets as planets. Instead, let yourself be guided by appetite. Find the color that makes a surface taste like something. In doing so, you are retracing the creative method at the heart of our work — the moment when one thing becomes, unmistakably, another.

Published by Koseko Bunko (小瀬古文庫)
Softcover
32 pages
210 x 297 mm

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Join us on Thursday 21st May @ 4pm to celebrate the launch of Vernal Thaw: A Novel of Love at a SlantThe graphic novel t...
12/05/2026

Join us on Thursday 21st May @ 4pm to celebrate the launch of Vernal Thaw: A Novel of Love at a Slant

The graphic novel traces the entangling and unraveling of a q***r relationship through love and tumult over the course of a year in Vermont. Franky, a young adjunct professor haunted by encounters with violent men, falls into an intense relationship with Vera, an older neurosurgeon shaped by a childhood in homophobic Soviet-era Ukraine. As they attempt to build a life together, their shared desire snags on unhealed wounds. An ambiguous darkness drifts between literature, dreams, and reality—ghostly forms beneath the ice, a midwinter house flood, the death of a mutual friend, secret longings—testing the tenuous intimacy between Franky and Vera.

The Library Project will also be hosting an event at the International Literature Festival Dublin on 21 May @ 12:30pm in Merrion Square. This event will be free but booking is required.

BACK IN STOCK: Dreamland Issue 01At a time when social feeds flatten nuance and clubbing can be reduced to quick-hit spe...
05/05/2026

BACK IN STOCK: Dreamland Issue 01

At a time when social feeds flatten nuance and clubbing can be reduced to quick-hit spectacle, Dreamland Issue 01pulls the lens back to basics: intimacy, connection, belonging. Dreamland believes that the intimate club setting is irreplaceable and Issue 01 sets out to highlight, celebrate and preserve that space. The aim is to inspire a wider dialogue around the importance of small clubs and highlight the intimate connection of clubbing as a human experience. It’s an honest snapshot of some of the dance floors that are foundations to the scene, from the voices of the people who are actually behind it.

Dreamland issue 01 is a limited edition Risograph print zine edited by Peach, designed by Ellyson Gasparetto and printed by Pagemasters.

The 72-page zine is made up of three parts - Part One collects reflections from the Dreamland community with poems and essays from London to Bogotá.  Part Two is a series of interviews with some of the best intimate clubs in the UK + Europe.  Part Three compiles contributions from friends of Peach - DJs, artists, promoters and writers - such as Call Super (Joseph Richmond Seaton), Parris (Dwayne Parris Robinson), Jay Duncan, Johanna Schneider, Ilyas Nofi, Joe Delon, Rebecca, Josh Bayat, Gray Rimmer and Kyle Rogers. 

Published by Dreamland
Limited edition riso print zine limited to 500
72 pages
145 x 200 mm

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NEW IN: The Circle: Timeline for a Constellation, Bouchra KhaliliThe Circle: Timeline for a Constellation concludes Bouc...
03/05/2026

NEW IN: The Circle: Timeline for a Constellation, Bouchra Khalili

The Circle: Timeline for a Constellation concludes Bouchra Khalili’s ten-year investigation into the Arab Workers Movement (MTA), focusing on its theatre troupes, Al Assifa (the tempest) and Al Halaka (the circle, the assembly). Formed by undocumented North African workers in France (1973-1978), the MTA’s theatre groups were central elements in Khalili’s works The Tempest Society (2017) and the book of the same title (Book Works, 2019), the sound piece An Audio Family Album (2020) and the multi-screen film installations The Circle, and The Storytellers (2023) and The Public Storyteller (2024).

The publication brings together archival materials, chronological elements, essays, interviews with members of Al Assifa and Al Halaka, performers from The Circle, and a contribution and conversations with the artist. This ‘constellated’ examination highlights the MTA theatre troupes’ pioneering exploration of emancipatory belonging, agency, and artistic expression as fundamental human rights. These experiments culminated in the 1974 presidential candidacy of Djellali Kamal, an anonymous member of Al Assifa. Despite remaining anonymous, Kamal’s candidacy symbolized the potential for a new, egalitarian community, brought to life through performance.

This publication invites a new generation of readers to reflect on the lasting legacy of Al Assifa and Al Halaka, exploring how performance and storytelling can harness transformative civic power.

Available in-store or online at thelibraryproject.ie

NEW TLP EDITION: the right hand holds the left, Emily O’ConnellThe right hand holds the left (2026), an extension of and...
01/05/2026

NEW TLP EDITION: the right hand holds the left, Emily O’Connell

The right hand holds the left (2026), an extension of and the I ran’(2023), further develops the visualisation of the artists’ grandmother’s recollection of her time in a mother and baby home, Ireland, 1964.

These state-funded, religiously operated institutions frequently failed to provide adequate care for mothers and babies. Many babies were given up for adoption, like the artist’s dad. At Castlepollard mother and baby home, women were forced to change their names, some assigned house numbers, others saint’s names, erasing personal identity. O’Connell’s grandmother Muriel became “Bernadette”.

emioconnellphotography.com

For those that are not familiar with the project, TLP Editions is an ongoing collection, produced and designed by PhotoIreland, that presents work by contemporary artists in the form of uncomplicated publications. These are available through The Library Project in-store and online. All and any funds generated by the project go to producing more copies of the publications, ensuring we can keep promoting the artists and practices represented. These editions are regularly showcased and donated to international events and festivals, such as the Icelandic Photography Festival recently. In addition, TLP Editions also grace some important shelves and collections, including that of the Hasselblad Foundation Library and the Martin Parr Foundation.

You can find a list of all the TLP Editions here.

PhotoIreland is kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland to develop support projects such as the TLP Editions.

Join us at 4pm on Saturday, 9th May to launch the second issue of D**e Affair at The Library Project. The evening will b...
01/05/2026

Join us at 4pm on Saturday, 9th May to launch the second issue of D**e Affair at The Library Project.

The evening will be a chance to celebrate the latest issue, as well as Issue 01, both of which are stocked at The Library Project. We’ll have contributors from both issues reading their work, including poetry, essays, and fiction.

D**e Affair, a tiny press by and for d***s everywhere, was formed in January 2025, at a time when far-right ideologies are gaining ground and q***r people are increasingly targeted around the world. DIY q***r publishing that’s passed from hand to hand, friend to friend, and lover to lover, is more important than ever, as a tool of resistance and celebration of our lives and voices.

D**e Affair’s editors are based in Dublin, Paris, and Lisbon, though they publish work by d***s all over the world. So far, they have published two issues of D**e Affair, as well as a poetry pamphlet, allowing them to donate funds to q***r mutual aid (The Small Trans Library, Visual AIDS, individual transition funds on GoFundMe, etc).

The Library Project
4pm
Saturday 9th of May

NEW IN: Found Wanting, Aiden CosmoFound Wanting is a short comic exploring personal feelings around relationships and se...
30/04/2026

NEW IN: Found Wanting, Aiden Cosmo

Found Wanting is a short comic exploring personal feelings around relationships and sexuality, always striving to get relationships right and be the perfect partner with little regard for what I want. It touches on my personal experiences being both transgender and autistic.

-Aiden Cosmo

Self Published
Softcover 
14 pages
125 x 185m

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