‘Hanging beside the door is a painting of a wedding feast. The light is centred on the bride; the guests are banished to the shade. That is how it is when he looks at her: all others fade away.‘– Rembrandt’s Promise [ About Rembrandt’s Promise ] 1642. The Dutch Golden Age is underway,…
‘I was at the time in my life where I got to thinking more about people’s choices – how everything would be different if just the slightest decision changed…’– Confessions [ About Confessions ] It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora…
‘The world’s most beloved literary characters. The gilded opulence of the Roaring Twenties. A murder that scandalises high society. And a clever young woman of unusual persistence… Be ready to re-think the world of Gatsby.‘– The Gatsby Gambit [ About The Gatsby Gambit ] 1922: You are cordially invited to summer at the Gatsby Mansion in…
‘Schism and solitude, plague and politics…The life of St Cuthbert as witnessed by Holy Island’s lowliest scribe’– Let These Things Be Written Let These Things Be Written by Fiona Whyte published October 2024 with Eye Books and is described as a novel that ‘vividly conveys the hardships and compensations of monastic life in a brutal…
‘My mother was a cantankerous wagon. She was a pig-headed woman who never listened to a word of advice. She held everyone around her to impossibly high standards. She held herself to impossibly high standards. She was her own worst enemy, and mine. She disagreed with every word I said. She crossed me at every…
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CITY GIRL SERIES– City Girls Forever [ About City Girls Forever ] The City Girls are back! And as City Girl, Devlin Delaney’s iconic gym and spa, prepares to mark a big anniversary, Devlin and her best friends Caroline and Maggie are looking forward to a fabulous party where they can all put their…
‘A heartfelt picture book about celebrating individuality.‘– The One and Only You [ About The One and Only You ] Take an incredible trip across space and time to discover just how special YOU are. In this whole wide world of people and animals,and plants and flowers,and oceans and lakes,and so, so many things,there is…
‘When the path ahead seems unclear, sometimes all you need is a week to remember what truly matters’ – A Week to Remember [ About A Week to Remember ] Three strangers, the Camino, one week to change everything. Paula has an anxiety attack at her 60th birthday party and realises that her life must…
Irish Times: Books to Look Out for in 2025– I Hear You [ About I Hear You ] This collection of stories, written especially for BBC Radio 4, includes a ten-part sequence: ‘The Circus’, set around Cliftonville Circus, where five roads meet in North Belfast. It’s five minutes from the nationalist Troubles flashpoint of Ardoyne,…
**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024**‘Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft contemplating the world below‘– Orbital [ About Orbital ] A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling…