The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster– Small Things Like These [ About the Book ] It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to…
‘A young writer is fictionalising the lives of Dolly’s guests.Will it get him loved or killed – or both?– Dolly Considine’s Hotel [ About the Book ] Dolly Considine runs a late-night drinking establishment catering to the needs of thirsty politicians and theatricals in Dublin’s legendary drinking area, the Catacombs. Julian Ryder (aka Paddy Butler)…
‘When your heart belongs to two places, can you ever truly find home?‘– The Moon Over Kilmore Quay [ About the Book ] Brooklyn, New York. Bea has grown up in the heart of the Irish community, always hearing stories of home. When she discovers a letter from her younger self, written years before, it sends…
EMMET AND ME Palas Print and Honno Welsh Women’s Press present Author Sara Gethin in conversation with Mairéad Hearne, of Swirl and Thread I am so very excited to announce that on Thursday, June 10th, 7.30pm I will be chatting to the gorgeous Sara Gethin, about her new release Emmet and Me, which was just…
‘I once had a forbidden friend.He was funny and brave, had scabbed knees and grubby shorts,a gleeful grin and fathomless eyes. My co-conspirator and hero.He called himself Emmet.’– Emmet and Me [ About the Book ] Summer 1966. Claire and her brothers are packed off to Granny Connemara when their mother runs away. Granny’s rural…
‘Boy 11963 is a memoir for our times. A unique story of survival against all odds’ Ciara Considine, Hachette Ireland [ About the Book ] At only five months old, John Cameron was abandoned in a Dublin orphanage, and fostered out as a child labourer byage three. In 1944 when he turned eight, he was…
WHEN SECRETS RESURFACE THE PAST REACHES OUT…– Under the Bridge Today it is a pleasure to introduce you all to Jack Byrne, author of Under the Bridge, book 1 in The Liverpool Mysteries. Under the Bridge has just been published (February 18th) with Northodox Press who are a new publisher catering to readers of crime…
‘The riveting memoir by Ireland’s former State Pathologist’– Beyond the Tape [ About the Book ] In 1997, Dr Marie Cassidy arrived in Dublin from Glasgow. There to discuss a possible deputy state pathologist post with Professor John Harbison, instead she was whisked by police escort to a Grangegorman murder scene. There was no turning…
‘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,…
‘The literary phenomenon of the decade.’ – Guardian– Normal People [ About the Book ] Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts…