The Uncertain Land and Other Poems
The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures.
Patrick O'Brian; Nikolai Tolstoy
Published: March /
2023
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
9780008609757
176 Pages
£9.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Poetry by individual poets
The Tilson Case: Church and State in 1950s' Ireland
David Jameson's The Tilson Case: Church and State in 1950s' Ireland tells the story of one the most extraordinary causes celebre of twentieth-century Ireland, which followed the marriage of Ernest Tilson, a Protestant, to Mary Barnes, a Catholic, in Dublin in 1941.
David Jameson
Published: March /
2023
Cork University Press
9781782055600
€39.00
£35.00
Hardback
Ireland
British & Irish history
The Táin: The Great Irish Battle Epic
A new children's retelling of Ireland's great epic legend featuring the hero Cu Chulainn and the warrior Queen Maeve.
Alan Titley; Eoin Coveney
Published: March /
2023
Little Island
9781915071064
176 Pages
€9.99
£8.99
Paperback
Ireland
Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage)
The Sleep Scan - A mindful moments book
Niall Breslin's latest Mindful Moments picture book, now in paperback, brings calm to bedtime by teaching children a body scan meditation technique for an easy countdown to sleep.
Niall Breslin; Sheena Dempsey
Published: March /
2023
Gill Books
9780717197446
32 Pages
€10.99
£9.99
Paperback
Ireland
Picture books: character books
The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth Century
This book examines Irish portraits during the long nineteenth century in which figures read or hold a book. Reading fiction was cast as unmanly, while ‘silent reading’ allowed women of means to read widely and privately. Portraits of such women helped construct the idea of the ‘New Woman’ in Ireland.
Tricia Cusack
Published: March /
2023
Anthem Press
9781839988707
250 Pages
£25.00
Paperback
United Kingdom
Portraits in art
The Quiet Whispers Never Stop
Set in Northern Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s, The Quiet Whispers Never Stop is a story of love, obsession and escape, an uncompromising, lyrical tour-de-force that marks the arrival of an extraordinary new voice in Irish fiction
Olivia Fitzsimons
Published: March /
2023
John Murray Publishers Ltd
9781529373592
320 Pages
£8.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
The Little Otter Who Tried
Little Otter is scared to swim on her own. Can her riverside friends help her become more confident? A charming story of resilience and support.
Katie O'Donoghue
Published: March /
2023
Gill Books
9780717196036
64 Pages
€13.99
£13.99
Hardback
Ireland
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
The Last Good Funeral of the Year: A Memoir
A pensive and poignant recollection of love, loss, marriage, mental health and the life events that have shaped his identity.
Ed O'Loughlin
Published: March /
2023
riverrun
9781529417098
208 Pages
£9.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Sociology: death & dying
The Last Days of Joy
A family brought together by the person they said goodbye to long ago . . .
Anne Tiernan
Published: March /
2023
Hachette Books Ireland
9781399714051
400 Pages
£13.99
Paperback
Ireland
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
The Land War in Ireland: Famine, Philanthropy and Moonlighting
This book addresses perceived lacunae in the historiography of the Land War in late nineteenth-century Ireland, particularly deficiencies or omissions relating to the themes of the title: famine, humanitarianism, and the activities of agrarian secret societies, commonly referred to as Moonlighting.
Laurence M Geary
Published: March /
2023
Cork University Press
9781782055525
€39.00
£35.00
Hardback
Ireland
British & Irish history