‘The brand new novel from the Costa-shortlisted author of Big Girl, Small Town’– Factory Girls [ About the Book ] Smart-mouthed and filthy-minded, Maeve Murray has always felt like an outsider in the shitty wee town in Northern Ireland that she calls home. She hopes her exam results will be her ticket to a new…
‘They’re dead.They’re all dead.It’s my faultI killed them…’Who Took Eden Mulligan? [ About the Book ] ‘They’re dead. They’re all dead.It’s my fault. I killed them…’ Those are the words of Iona Gardener, who stands bloodied and staring as she confesses to the murder of four people in a run-down cottage outside of Belfast. Outside…
‘The metal door of Cell 5 clanged heavily behind me. I realised I was in someone else’s space as I eyed the resident prisoner for the first time. In effect, I had just moved into his bedsit. It was 1 March 1981’– The Skelper and Me [ About the Book ] From a young age,…
‘In the seconds before the visitor pulls a balaclava over his five o’ clock shadow you already know he is bad news. A solitary figure slouching up the long farm path, no friendly wave, no shouted greeting. Skin-tight denim – drainpipes, your father would have called them. No dungarees, no boiler suit. You know this…
Honeysuckle and Custard Creams ‘That’s what you get for going around with Protestants, Sinéad Reilly’ I have a review today of a very special novel, one with a very authentic and personal feel to it. Written by Deirdre Foley and ‘set in the early years of the Troubles, Honeysuckle and Custard Creams explores the enduring…
Today I review The Dead Beside Us : A Memoir of Growing Up in Derry by Tony Doherty. Published by Mercier Press in October 2017, it is the sequel to the acclaimed This Man’s Wee Boy.