Reader's Choice

If you've ever wondered what goes on in the mind on an Irish news editor, particularly in an era where it is fashionable to knock the media, then this is the book for you. Eighteen Irish news editors, all in the print media bar RTE's Joe Mulholland and BBC Northern Ireland's Keith Baker, were interviewed by Ivor Kenny and the result is Talking to Ourselves - a series of conversations with editors of the Irish news media (Kenny's Bookshop & Art Gallery, £15.95). The editors outline their upbringing, progression into journalism and expand into how they see the role of editor and their views of contemporary Irish life. All the topics your mother told you not to raise - religion, politics and sex - arise. You'll never view your newspaper in quite the same way again. A must.