How do you feel about embracing Ireland’s native tongue? At odds after a tricky relationship at school? Maybe you’ve given up, or don’t know where to start? Well, is fada an bóthar nach mbíonn casadh ann – long is the road that has no turn and, in this book, the road is about to turn.…
‘Japan is a country of islands, strung like a necklace around the Asian mainland…‘ [ About The Shortest History of Japan ] Ever since US Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan to open its borders in 1853, the culture of this remarkable and distant archipelago has enriched western life. At the same time the country has…
‘It all began the day he found out that his sister was his mother’– The Inheritance [ About The Inheritance ] It’s 1986 and 29-year-old Marlo O’Sullivan of London-Irish stock has just found out that his sister is his mother. To steady his life, he moves to Glengarriff, to a cottage he has inherited, in…
‘An unforgettable story of love, loss, regret and the indelible marks one person can make on your life’(Publisher’s Quote) When I read Boys Don’t Cry, the debut novel by Irish writer Fíóna Scarlett, I was absolutely blown away by the enormity of the impact it had on me. I was honoured to moderate an event…
‘What you see isn’t always what you get…’– The Perfect Place [ About The Perfect Place ] Elle Littlewood can barely believe her luck when her producer tells her about the chance to get her hands on a dilapidated chateau in Aix-En-Provence, France for a rock bottom price. It seems too good to be true,…
Praise for Girl in the Making ‘Devastating’ Anne Enright ‘Beautiful’ Louise Nealon ‘Magnificent‘ Aingeala Flannery ‘Masterful‘ Kathleen MacMahon [ About Girl in the Making ] Jean Kennedy is a gentle, perceptive girl growing up in a very strange world: suburban Dublin in the 1970s and ’80s. In the company of her mother, her Aunty Ida,…
Clancarty: the high times and humble of a noble Irish family by Rod Smith will publish with Eyeglass Press Ltd September 8th. Clancarty is ‘not only a family chronicle; it’s a microcosm of Irish history, exploring themes of power, adaptation, and the changing face of aristocracy in the modern world.’ Rod has kindly provided us all…
‘A missing daughter, a gangster kingpin bent on revenge and a locked laptop…’The Bone Fire [ About The Bone Fire ] A fatal fire in a holiday let on Slievemore, Achill Island, leaves one person dead and another missing. Deemed arson, DS Lucy Golden and her team are tasked with solving the murder and locating…
‘Ravelling’s diverse, captivating cast of characters, rendered in pin-sharp dialogue reminiscent of Roddy Doyle, leaves the reader with an immersive sense of multi-cultural Ireland.’ (Publisher Quote) [ About Ravelling ] SET IN DUBLIN’S LIBERTIES, Estelle Birdy’s explosively original debut Ravelling channels the energies and agonies of young men let loose in the city, their city, navigating the tumultuous…
Investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton are back!!– This is Why We Lied [ About This is Why We Lied ] One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty. But who is a killer? Welcome to the McAlpine Lodge: a secluded mountain getaway, it’s the height of escapist luxury living. Except that…