Everything was a puzzle, everything a trap set to mystify and hinder me…– Venetian Vespers [ About Venetian Vespers ] 1899. As the new century approaches, English hack-writer Evelyn Dolman marries Laura Rensselaer, the daughter of a wealthy American plutocrat. But in the midst of a mysterious rift between Laura and her father, Evelyn’s plans…
WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell publishes September 30th with UCD Press. It is described as a book that ‘captures the passion, power and legacy of the grassroots movement that reshaped Irish theatre and reverberated far beyond’. My thanks to UCD Press and Yvonne Reddin…
‘A campaign in France that began too late in the season, a rebellion in London that paralyzed king and Commons, and a young serf named Haukyn caught up in both: therein lie the seeds of The Arrows of Fealty.‘ The Arrows of Fealty by Jill MacLean will publish September 21st with OC Publishing and is described…
‘In the inner circle, where can you hide a secret?‘ [ About One of Us ] Martin and Ben were friends for decades — best friends, Martin would have said — before the terrible events at Ben’s 40th birthday party tore them apart. So when Martin receives a surprise invitation back into the inner sanctum…
No Coward Soul Have I by Kathleen Williams Renk published in November 2024 and was conceived as a “what-if” alternate historical fiction imagining Percy Shelley meeting Anne Devlin. Anne Devlin was an Irish rebel who had been imprisoned for three years in Dublin’s notorious Kilmainham Gaol for her involvement in Robert Emmet’s failed 1803 rebellion.…
‘With his usual meticulous research writing historical fiction O’Connor captures the turbulent times of Ireland in the early 1920s as the fledgling country fought for survival’– Poolbeg Press, The Sins of Armstrong House [ About The Sins of Armstrong House ] Present Day During a lavish wedding at her husband Nico’s ancestral home, Armstrong House,…
‘A doctor’s story of healing, heartbreak and hope in Irish children’s healthcare’– Intensive Care: A Memoir [ About Intensive Care ] IT ALL RESTS ON A STORY. THIS IS ONE YOU WON’T FORGET In these pages, Dr Suzanne Crowe opens the doors to a world few ever the charged and fragile realm of paediatric intensive care.…
Aegolius Creek by Micah Thorp, publishes on September 16 with Type Eighteen Books and is described as ‘a story that leaves readers contemplating our ties to place and family, how we strive for worth and meaning, and ultimately, what—if anything—we can claim as our own‘. In celebration of its upcoming release, Micah has shared the…
‘For anyone who has ever lost, longed, or held on when letting go felt impossible.Inspired by her own experience, This Wasn’t Meant to Happen is Ali Harris’s exploration of grief and recovery’ [ About This Wasn’t Meant to Happen ] This wasn’t meant to happen. But it did. Sofie Jensen has always lived by logic…
The Way Beauty Comes Apart by Christina Marrocco has just been published August 25th and is described as ‘a transportive and magical, yet grittily real account of life told by the dead of Nefin, a close-knit, fictional community in North West Wales.’ In celebration of the publication of her novel, Christina is sharing an extract…