We’d Have Told Each Other Everything

Judith Hermann

Very occasionally a book comes along that feels as if it were written just for me, and this is one of those rare books. All my life’s defining concerns, as a writer and a woman, are here – ageing, home, the past, losing people, secrets, childhood, strategies of disclosure, the purpose of art and the relationship it has to life – god, that is an ongoing riddle – and Hermann conveys and examines them with generosity and honesty and insight. This book stimulated my mind and touched me to the core.

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Walking Ghosts

O’Donnell, Mary

In these masterful stories, Mary O’Donnell captures characters caught between certainties and change – from urban encounters to sun-drenched beaches, lockdown anxieties to nightclub tensions. Her walking ghosts navigate the liminal spaces of contemporary life.

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Friendship cup

Clarke, Winnie

When a Palestinian team arrives in Ireland, nobody realises how deeply these new friendships will change everyone’s lives. Inspired by a real football exchange from 2017, this moving novel follows Irish children as they welcome visitors into their homes and hearts. When October conflict erupts, maintaining contact becomes difficult. How do children help distant friends in potential danger? A story of cross-border friendship and finding your voice. Money from each book sold will help support the Al Hilal Football Academy in Gaza.

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CAMARADE

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Spring Seaweed: Feamainn Bhealtaine

Ó Direáin, Máirtín  Ó hAodha, Mícheál  

Spring Seaweed stands as both a vital record of Irish island life and a timeless collection of essays from a master stylist – one that rewards both first-time readers and those returning to discover new depths in Ó Direáin’s writing.

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Tales of a Patchwork Life

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Seamus Murphy STONE MAD

50th Anniversary Limited Edition. Mercier Clothbound Classic

Exclusive limited edition (1 of 300)

Linen, creamy paper, photo inset with foil on the title.

In the sharply formal conversations of the stonemen, the bittersweet flavour of provincial Ireland is presented with neither sentiment nor adornment.‘ —William Trevor, The Guardian

The men who have gone before us have left us a heritage to be proud of; and we feel our own contribution has been for the good.‘ —Seamus Murphy, from the preface to Stone Mad.

In ‘Stone Mad’ Seamus Murphy tells the story of his seven years spent as an apprentice to the stone carving trade, the growing knowledge of the challenges and joys of stone – and of the men who worked it. His artistic feeling for the quality responded to his workmates’ reverence for ‘the well made thing’. The result is a book of surpassing beauty, full of warmth, humour and profound perception.

ISBN: 9781917453301

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