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Way Out West
gentle coming-of-age story that will enthral with its texture and world-building, the many delicately and affectionately observed characters and its subtle reflections on trauma, loss and a hope that somehow renews.
Anthony Glavin
Published: March /
2024
New Island Books
9781848409095
288 Pages
€15.95
£13.99
Paperback
Ireland
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Knight Errant: A Bank Clerk Goes to War
Robert Irwin Knight, bank clerk, left Downpatrick for Army service, initially as a sergeant with the British Expeditionary Force in France, surviving its chaotic retreat and subsequent evacuation from Dunkirk.
Robert Irwin Knight
Published: March /
2024
Dermot Scott
9781399966061
115 Pages
£12.50
Paperback
Ireland
Memoir/ Millitary History
I Will Be Good: The Memoir of a Woman Before Her Time
In the tradition of classic Irish memoirs such as Are You Somebody? and Angela's Ashes comes an unforgettable story of a life less ordinary.
Peig McManus
Published: March /
2024
Hachette Books Ireland
9781399715867
288 Pages
£10.99
Paperback
Ireland
Memoirs
Barcelona
A captivating short story collection from award-winning novelist Mary Costello exploring love, loss and the turbulent lives of ordinary people
Mary Costello
Published: March /
2024
Canongate Books
9781805301837
192 Pages
£14.99
Hardback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Finscealta na hEireann
FINSCEALTA AS EIRINN An Bradan Feasa Conas Mar a Fuair Cu Chulainn a Ainm Clann Lir Labhrai Loingseach Fionn agus an Fathach An Cu Faoil Ban Oisin
Eithne Massey; Lisa Jackson; Patricia Nic Eoin
Published: March /
2024
O'Brien Press Ltd
9781788494731
64 Pages
€12.99
£11.99
Paperback
Ireland
Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage)
Into the Night that Flies So Fast
collection of poems from Belfast-based Milena Williamson, the speaker journeys to the small County Tipperary village of Ballyvadlea, to investigate the life and death of Bridget Cleary, in 1895 burned to death by her family on suspicion of being a fairy changeling.
Milena Williamson
Published: March /
2024
Dedalus Press
9781915629173
88 Pages
€12.99
£11.00
Paperback
Ireland
Poetry by individual poets
Puffling and the Egg
When Puffling finds a lost egg on Skellig Michael, she sets off on a brand new adventure to return the egg to its nest!She travels all over the island searching the owner of this stray egg, meeting lots of new friends along the way … but who lost this mystery egg?
Gerry Daly; Erika McGann
Published: March /
2024
Brandon
9781788493611
32 Pages
€9.99
£8.99
Paperback
Ireland
Picture storybooks
The Whispering Land: Myths, Legends and Lore from the Wild Atlantic Way
A breathtaking photographic tour of the Wild Atlantic Way.
Carsten Krieger
Published: March /
2024
Merrion Press
9781785375088
224 Pages
€19.99
£17.99
Paperback
Ireland
Celtic religion & mythology
The Golden Hare
Grandad tells Meara about the mythical, shape-shifting Golden Hare that can jump to the moon in two-and-a-half leaps. And together they set out to find this magical creature. Along the way, they discover all sorts of wildlife wonders.
Paddy Donnelly
Published: March /
2024
Brandon
9781788494939
32 Pages
€14.99
£13.99
Hardback
Ireland
Picture storybooks
Soldier Sailor: ‘One of the finest novels published this year’ The Sunday Times
Claire Kilroy takes us deep into the mind of her unforgettable heroine. Exploring the clash of fierce love for a new life with a seismic change in identity, she vividly realises the tumultuous emotions of a new mother.
Claire Kilroy
Published: March /
2024
Faber & Faber
9780571375578
256 Pages
£9.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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