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The Grateful Water
A detective story that swelters and smells of the oppressively hot Dublin summer 1866, by a debut fiction author steeped in the history of the city.
Juliana Adelman
Published: May /
2024
New Island Books
9781848409248
312 Pages
€16.95
£14.99
Paperback
Ireland
Historical fiction
The Honeymoon Affair
Two strong women, one complicated man, and the secrets that draw them together – with explosive consequences . . . The unforgettable new contemporary novel from the bestselling author of What Eden Did Next and Three Weddings and a Proposal
Sheila O'Flanagan
Published: May /
2024
Headline Review
9781035402878
480 Pages
£20.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Parcels in the Post: Growing Up With Fifty Siblings
Fiona's huge-hearted mum decides to take in foster children – a decision that will change all their lives. Over the next decade, a procession of faces passes through the house. Every child has their own story, and each story claims a little piece of Fiona's heart.
Fiona Neary
Published: May /
2024
New Island Books
9781848409262
232 Pages
€17.95
£15.99
Paperback
Ireland
Memoirs
Land Is All That Matters: The Struggle That Shaped Irish History
In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe everyone lived 'off the land' in one way or another. In Ireland, however, almost everyone lived 'on the land' as well. Agriculture was the only economic resource for the vast majority of the population outside the north-east of the country.
Myles Dungan
Published: May /
2024
Apollo
9781801108140
672 Pages
£30.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
British & Irish history
Hunted: The Kevin Barry Artt Story: His Wrongful Conviction for Murder, Daring Escape from the Maze Prison and Long Fight for Justice
In 1983 twenty-four-year-old Catholic taxi driver Kevin Barry Artt was convicted and sentenced to life for Miles’ murder, falsely named by an IRA member-turned-jailhouse-informant. On his way to the Maze in handcuffs, Artt resolutely professed his innocence. The epic legal saga that followed spanned one ocean, two court systems and nearly three decades, as Artt was relentlessly pursued by the British government, aided by the US Department of State and the FBI.
Dan Lawton
Published: May /
2024
Merrion Press
9781785375200
400 Pages
€19.99
£17.99
Paperback
Ireland
Autobiography: historical, political & military
Bellies
It begins as your typical boy meets boy. While out with friends at a university drag night, Tom buys Ming a drink. C
Nicola Dinan
Published: May /
2024
Penguin (Transworld)
9781804991237
336 Pages
£9.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
A Cork Fairytale
The Three Bears can't agree on the perfect presents for a special friend. Can Goldilocks help them find gifts that are JUST RIGHT? Join them on a fun-filled trip around Cork's best-loved locations. Shandon Tower – Fitzgerald's Park – English Market – Everyman theatre – Blarney – Cobh – Blackrock Castle
Amy Louise O'Callaghan
Published: May /
2024
O'Brien Press Ltd
9781788494151
32 Pages
€12.99
£11.99
Hardback
Ireland
Picture storybooks
dismantle
‘dismantle’ is a moving excavation of what it means to be a woman in the world today. Peeling back layers of meaning with precision, Tannam brings us a wild underworld of lost children, mothers and crones, each imbued with a fierce agency often denied them in the old myths.
Anne Tannam
Published: May /
2024
Salmon Poetry
9781915022585
€12.00
£11.00
Paperback
Ireland
Poetry by individual poets
Long Island
A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2024, the sequel to the beloved bestseller, Brooklyn
Colm Toibin
Published: May /
2024
Picador
9781035029440
304 Pages
£20.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Ravelling
SET IN DUBLIN'S LIBERTIES, Estelle Birdy's explosively original debut Ravelling channels the energies and agonies of young men let loose in the city, where they balance their hopes with the harsh realities of their present. Hurtling between friendships, feuds, drug-deals, family and brushes with the law, this is modern Dublin as never before portrayed.
Estelle Birdy
Published: May /
2024
The Lilliput Press Ltd
9781843518648
320 Pages
€16.95
£14.99
Paperback
Ireland
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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