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
Theo Dorgan
All things considered, I wonder if shooting that policeman made me the man that I am? In this masterful new work, award-winning author Theo Dorgan has written a philosophical thriller of extraordinary depth. An Irishman in Paris considers the weight and impact of a single violent act that forced him to flee Ireland forty years ago. When Vincent, a young Algerian friend, suggests Joseph should write his life story, Joseph embarks on a self-examination that will lay bare, perhaps only to himself, a singular and surprising life.
Set against the evocative backdrops of Paris and Cork, Camarade explores a life shaped by one fateful moment and the quiet violence of self-reckoning. The story unfolds in a dual timeline: Joseph’s present-day existence in Paris, with its muted rhythms and introspective solitude, and his youth in 1960s Ireland, raised on his grandfather’s stories of the Flying Column and revolution.
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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
Brighid ‘Biddy’ McLaughlin, the acclaimed Irish journalist and storyteller, has endured unthinkable tragedy—the murder of her beloved sister Siobhan and the devastating drowning of her husband. Yet, in the face of overwhelming grief, McLaughlin refuses to be consumed by darkness. From behind the half-door of her enchanting Dalkey cottage, in exquisite and honest prose, McLaughlin reflects upon the cherished memories evoked by the objects surrounding her, carrying the reader along on a journey of grief, resilience and hope. From the delicate Madeleine tray that whispers Siobhan’s name to her own folk art illustrations that dance across the pages, McLaughlin’s memoir is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of storytelling to heal even the deepest wounds.
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Seamus Murphy STONE MAD
50th Anniversary Limited Edition. Mercier Clothbound Classic
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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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Featured Author: Judith Hermann
Judith Hermann was born in Berlin in 1970. Her debut Summer House, Later (1998) was extraordinarily well received. She followed up in 2003 with the short stories Nothing But Ghosts, some of which were dramatised for cinema in 2007. Her internationally celebrated collection Alice came out in 2009. Judith Hermann published her first novel, Where Love Begins, in 2014, followed by Letti Park in 2016, which was awarded the Danish Blixen Prize for short stories. Her 2021 novel Daheim was nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize. Judith Hermann has won numerous awards for her work, including the Kleist Prize and the Friedrich Hölderlin Prize. Her most recent book, We’d Have Told Each Other Everything, was awarded the Wilhelm Raabe Prize in 2023. She lives and writes in Berlin.
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Featured Translator: Katy Derbyshire
Katy Derbyshire translates contemporary German writers, including Olga Grjasnowa, Inka Parei and twice-Booker-nominated Clemens Meyer. She lives in Berlin, where she heads the V&Q Books publishing imprint and co-hosts a monthly translation lab. She is co-founder of the live show and podcast Dead Ladies Show.
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