+34From the collected short fiction of Eoin McNamee to an anthology from thirty-two Irish female crime authors, these are the Irish titles...
From the collected short fiction of Eoin McNamee to an anthology from thirty-two Irish female crime authors, these are the Irish titles to have on your radar this October.
, a complete collection of Eoin McNamee’s shorter fiction, published in one volume for the first time. Each of these stories is a world to itself, steeped in eerie beauty. At once realist and magical, contemporary and timeless,confirms Eoin McNamee’s status as one of Ireland’s greatest prose stylists and a storyteller of inalienable power. A frosty northern witch changes the life of a twelve-year-old girl by teaching her that women keep their dreams in their hair.
The wondrous souls of the dead become bright comets arcing over a seaside town. A girl on fire runs through the snow, and a woman on the run is transformed into an ice queen by her own will. Lives unravel and are remade and if they are lost, they are lost to beauty. What if growing older wasn’t about fading away, but finally stepping into your full power?
Here, one of Ireland’s most beloved voices invites us to rethink what it is to age – personally, socially and spiritually. With warmth, openness and insight, Mary shares her own experience of growing older, alongside the reflections of wise and remarkable elders who have lived, strived and thrived through life’s seasons.
While Mary doesn’t shy away from the realities of ageing – loneliness, forgetfulness, slowing down – she also celebrates the gifts of later life: greater freedom, self-understanding, and the quiet joy of prioritising your own needs. She shows how age can be a time of healing, of returning to the past not to dwell on it but to liberate ourselves in the present.
A beautiful celebration of the richness of age, and a reminder that the later chapters may be the most powerful of all. Rome, 1819. Into the sun?struck streets of the Eternal City arrive the Shelleys: brilliant, volatile, and dangerously entangled. When Irish artist Amelia Curran encounters Mary Shelley, her mercurial husband Percy, and Mary’s dazzling stepsister Claire Clairmont, she is drawn into a household shimmering with genius and shadows.
As Amelia becomes confidante, witness and reluctant guardian, she observes the trio’s rivalries, secrets and griefs sharpen in the heat of an Italian summer. Haunted by the portrait of the executed noblewoman Beatrice Cenci, Amelia confronts the limits of art, loyalty and female agency while the Shelleys’ lives begin to unravel: illicit desires flare, past tragedies resurface, and the future of a child hangs in the balance.
Layered, intimate, and steeped in historical detail,On his death in 2006, John McGahern was hailed as the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett. But who was the enigmatic man behind the literary myth? McGahern is often portrayed as a country farmer who happened to have a talent for writing. Others think of him as a radical truth-telling pioneer who shattered Ireland’s censorship culture.
But McGahern’s personal life has remained deeply private, from his failed first marriage and the secret birth of a son to the moment he met his future wife, Madeline Green. In this magisterial biography, Frank Shovlin argues that McGahern was above all a great artist. After decades of research, he illuminates this elusive figure, drawing on exclusive new interviews and archival material.
Rich in dramatic and intimate revelations, Shovlin brings to life the world that inspired McGahern’s literary masterpieces – and offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of modern Ireland as a nation. The result is the definitive biography of Ireland’s greatest post-war writer. A wise, tender, life-affirming return to the beloved town of Faha by the award-winning master of Irish literature Niall Williams. October in the parish of Faha, County Clare, the beginning of the season of spirits.
Four nights a week, Bat Considine calls on his neighbour Mossie Crowe, a beloved widower known to all in the townland of Faha as Ganga. They sit by the fire and, as Bat reads the newspaper aloud, wait to see which of them will die first. But this week, Bat will make a discovery that changes this routine forever.
In the coming days, Ganga’s small community will gather, and his family will travel home from far away to celebrate a quiet life, in all its miracles. Funny, beautiful, transcendent and wise,leads readers back down the road that leads to Faha, and explores what it means to live a meaningful life, and what it means to leave it behind.
Standing on the edge of the icy Irish sea, the village of Ballybrady typically has a warm embrace for locals and a cold shoulder for outsiders. So when corporate interests threaten the nearby island colony of rare birds, all-weather swimmer Grace – usually so keen to do things on her own – is alarmed to find that her allies in the fight are the Duckie Divers Swimming Club, a raft of city women with expensive gear and good intentions.
Grace reluctantly joins forces with the Duckies to mount an audacious fundraising event that will draw in villagers and city folk alike. As she teaches them the art of the cold swim, she finds herself softening in their company, learning that each woman has her own powerful reason to commit to their cause. Irreverent and irrepressible like Grace herself,is a delightful celebration of found family, unlikely friendship and the thrill of open water.
“How did you get so old? ” The morning when Ann Ingle’s grandson asked her that question led to musings on ageing and a life well lived. Through this book, Ann Ingle takes readers on a funny, honest and moving look at the ups and downs of being an older woman in today’s Ireland.
Told with warmth and humour, Ann grapples with how ageing has thrown all sorts her way, from losing eyesight and mobility to growing a beard and becoming invisible. But she also celebrates family, loved ones, staying connected, her life’s passions, and the woman she has become as she finds ways to greet each day and treasure precious moments and memories.
Thirty-two Irish female crime authors come together to explore some of life’s greatest fears in an anthology of original stories teeming with terror. Edited by crime authors Sam Blake and C.L. Murphy, and including a foreword by Emmett J. Scanlan, this collection explores a pulse-quickening spectrum of the fears that keep us awake at night – from dolls, clowns and ghosts to fire, heights and doors in hidden rooms.
Here you’ll find tales of being buried alive, being forgotten, of loss and betrayal – and more. Full of thrilling twists and chilling reveals, Fear will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. Authors featured include Cecelia Ahern, Amanda Cassidy, Edel Coffey, Catherine Ryan Howard, Andrea Mara, Gill Perdue, and Mary Watson.left off, recalling formative scenes from John’s adolescence and early adulthood.
A rapidly changing Ireland of the 1970s and 1980s forms the backdrop to these stories as John observes the world around him while trying to make a mark on it. Scenes include John’s experiences in the seminary at age 11 and the loneliness felt there, his adventures as a failed delinquent and first time being arrested, joining the FCA and learning to shoot with guns that probably dated back to the War of Independence.
There’s young love, going mad and pints. Discos, nightclubs and pirate radio. Man United, becoming a commie, and finally, the birth of John’s four daughters, when his heart was never to be his own again. Vincent Browne turns his renowned intellect and investigative skill to the life and legacy of Charles J. Haughey, one of the most controversial and influential figures in modern Irish politics.
This standalone biography offers a penetrating exploration of Haughey’s rise to power, his complex personality and the political landscape he helped shape. Drawing on decades of experience in political commentary and broadcasting, Browne brings a sharp, uncompromising lens to the story, illuminating the tensions, triumphs and scandals that defined Haughey’s career.
Rich in historical detail and personal memories, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in Irish history, politics or the enduring impact of charismatic leadership.travels across Ireland’s early- to mid-twentieth-century modernist landmarks – buildings that broke from tradition and imagined a different future. From civic centres and factories to churches, housing and schools, these structures tell a story of ambition, progress and new ways of living.
Together they form a vivid portrait of an Ireland looking outward, embracing international modernism while forging its own architectural voice. Clear-eyed, visually driven and unapologetic,Liveline , the radio show that became Ireland’s national sounding board. In this walk down memory lane, Joe takes readers inside the studio and beyond, sharing the stories, voices and moments that defined a generation.
With warmth, honesty and trademark wit, Joe reflects on the privilege and responsibility of platforming the nation’s voice, through heartbreak, humour, anger and hope.is more than a memoir: it’s a chronicle of Ireland in transition, told by the man who listened hardest – and made talking feel easy.
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