The Kidnapping
November 1983. As top supermarket executive Don Tidey sets out on the school run, he is snatched from his car and driven away at speed. The IRA, using kidnapping to fund its armed campaign, has its latest victim. What follows is a massive manhunt and, twenty-three days later, a chaotic rescue in a Leitrim wood. No one emerges unscathed – not the man at the centre of the drama, not the local community, not the gardaí, not the Irish state. And especially not the families of the soldier and the young garda killed as Tidey is freed.
Tommy Conlon; Ronan McGreevy
Published: October /
2023
Sandycove
9781844886630
384 Pages
£16.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
British & Irish history
Resilience: Lessons from Sir William Wilde on Life after Covid
Covid-19 changed how we see ourselves in the world. The pandemic brought loss and uncertainty, but also resilience and coping. People found ways to persevere, survive, and grow. What does the single most traumatic event of our generation mean? Can we learn its lessons? Do societies ever learn lessons? There was collective amnesia about the 1918 Spanish flu. Will we forget Covid-19? This book reflects on the pandemic in Ireland, what we might learn as a society, and what pandemics teach us about ourselves. The history of similar events is explored through the work of Sir William Wilde, Victorian doctor and father of playwright Oscar. Wilde knew the impact of infection through his clinical work, his studies of plagues in Irish history, and the tragic meningitis of his beloved daughter, Isola – the same condition from which Oscar later died.Infection is eternal, but each pandemic is new to each generation. This book explores how Covid-19 showed that we are more fragile than we thought, but also stronger, smarter, wiser, and kinder.
Brendan Kelly
Published: October /
2023
Eastwood Books
9781913934569
230 Pages
€16.99
£14.99
Paperback
Ireland
Popular psychology
Gods Don’t Cry: Unsung Stories of Ireland’s Forgotten Immortals
Ancient stories that challenge modern notions of what it means to be a hero.
Ellen Ryan; Conor Merriman
Published: October /
2023
HarperCollins Children's Bookss
9780008646912
272 Pages
£20.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage)
Old Ireland in Colour 3
Old Ireland in Colour celebrates the rich history of Ireland and the Irish through the colour restoration of stunning images of all walks of Irish life, and the Irish abroad, throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From the chaos of the Civil War to the simple beauty of the islands, each image has been exquisitely transformed and every page is bursting with life. Using a combination of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology and his own historical research, John Breslin has meticulously colourised these pictures with breathtaking attention to detail and authenticity. With over 170 photographs from all four provinces, and accompanied by fascinating captions by historian Sarah-Anne Buckley, Old Ireland in Colour revitalises scenes we thought we knew, and brings our past back to life before our eyes.
John Breslin; Sarah-Anne Buckley
Published: October /
2023
Merrion Press
9781785374715
272 Pages
€24.99
£22.99
Hardback
Ireland
Social & cultural history
Penelope Unbound
Trieste, 1904. James Joyce - not yet famous - arrives in the city by train with Norah Barnacle. Penniless, he goes to seek out a loan, leaving Norah sitting on a suitcase outside the train station for almost an entire day and night. In reality, Norah waited for him; they were reunited, and the rest is history. But what if she hadn't?
Mary Morrissy
Published: October /
2023
Banshee Press
9781838312688
336 Pages
€15.00
£12.99
Paperback
Ireland
Historical fiction
Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place
A personal, intimate history of the Troubles seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, the author’s own, part of both the Linen Triangle – heartland of the North’s defining industry – and the Murder Triangle – the Badlands roamed by the Glenanne gang of security forces colluding with loyalist paramilitaries.
Martin Doyle
Published: October /
2023
Merrion Press
9781785374609
368 Pages
€24.99
£21.99
Hardback
Ireland
Memoirs
First Quarter
In this reflective and enriching memoir, John Tuomey navigates the places and memories of his life over the scope of twenty-five years. First recognised for the urban regeneration of Dublin’s Temple Bar, which included the construction of the Irish Film Institute, the National Photographic Archive and Gallery of Photography, his life in architecture led him to design social and cultural spaces such as the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, the Glucksman Gallery in UCC and the Victoria & Albert East Museum in London.
John Tuomey
Published: October /
2023
The Lilliput Press Ltd
9781843518747
160 Pages
€15.00
£13.00
Paperback
Ireland
Memoirs
Tearing Stripes off Zebras: Forty Years of Women Writing in Ireland
Tearing Stripes off Zebras is an anthology of new literary writing by women who, at one time or another, have participated in the WEB writers' group in Dublin which emerged in the mid 1980s after some contributors attended workshops organised by the Women's Education Bureau (WEB), the national association of Irish women writers.
Nessa O'Mahony
Published: October /
2023
Arlen House
9781851323104
256 Pages
£40.00
Hardback
Ireland
Anthologies (non-poetry)
I am the Wind: Irish Poems for Children Everywhere
A fully illustrated collection of Irish poems, ranging from medieval to modern poems in English and Irish, edited by Lucinda Jacob and Sarah Webb and illustrated by Ashwin Chacko. This includes old favourites and new voices.
Lucinda Jacob; Sarah Webb; Ashwin Chacko
Published: October /
2023
Little Island
9781915071460
128 Pages
€21.99
£19.99
Hardback
Ireland
Anthologies (Children's / Teenage)
Closing In
'Tis the season ... to go into hiding. Taut and compelling, Closing In is a thrilling page-turner.
E.D. Thompson
Published: October /
2023
Hachette Books Ireland
9781529370447
336 Pages
£9.99
Paperback
Ireland
Thriller / suspense