“We live at a crux time, where burning ecological issues have never been so urgently in need of attention. As we grapple with matters of loss and destruction, it can be easy to lose sight of the natural bounty that exists all around us”Wild Embrace – Connecting to the Wonder of Ireland’s Natural World Wild…
Interviews with leaders from business, community and the arts [ About Talk Learn Connect ] You may find from reading these interviews a greater understanding of a topic or a comprehension that other people have gone through similar challenges; perhaps you will discover how running a business can be both scary and exhilarating. Whatever you…
“This book is about really looking at yourself, taking stock of the flawed image peering back, and learning to move forward, despite how hard the road ahead looks” – Daragh Fleming, Lonely Boy [Synopsis of Lonely Boy] Daragh Fleming’s honest portrayal of mental health, wellbeing and recovery opens with a quote from Seneca, Moral Letters…
‘This book is intended for anyone who wants to enter into the sacred stillness that is at the heart of all things and from which all that is arises‘– Still Points Still Points – A Guide to Living the Mindful, Meditative Way by Brother Richard OFM Cap will publish September 22nd with Hachette Ireland and…
‘Three Women.Three Decades.Three Stories of Courage.’ [ About the Book ] For over seventy years, Bessborough House, a grand country mansion on the outskirts of Cork city, operated as one of Ireland’s biggest mother and baby institutions. Women and girls who walked up its stone steps were warned never to reveal their true identities and…
The Vanishing Triangle: The Murdered Women Ireland Forgot The Vanishing Triangle: The Murdered Women Ireland Forgot, by Claire McGowan, will be published by Little A, 1st May 2022. Described as ‘an insightful sensitively drawn account’, it focuses on the tragedy of the eight women who went missing from an area around Dublin between 1993 and 1998. I…
‘The incredible true story of a resistance fighter who survived three concentration camps‘– Sabine’s War [ About the Book ] Sabine’s War is the previously untold story of a remarkable resistance fighter and her incredible story of survival against the odds. When Germany invaded Holland in May 1940, Sabine Zuur joined the resistance movement without a…
‘A CELEBRATION OF OUTSTANDING TRAVEL STORYTELLING FROM AROUND THE WORLD’ [ About the Book ] The world has changed, but our desire to explore new places remains as strong as ever. The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century includes 30 outstanding travel stories published in British media over the last two decades, as chosen…
Happy New Year folks. Here’s hoping 2022 will be the year that we can look forward to brighter days ahead. I think we are all craving some small sense of normality, a need to do something spontaneous just because. I’m dreaming of meet ups and events where there are no rules attached, where we can…
‘The sensational true story of a Victorian murder mystery‘– The Dublin Railway Murder [ About the Book ] Dublin, November 1856. George Little, the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus, is found dead, lying in a pool of blood beneath his desk. He has been savagely beaten, his head almost severed; there is no…