(Published by New Island)
Eva Frawley was abandoned at birth, born on a desolate headland and left on the doorstep of a local farm, for weeks she was known as the Anaskeagh Baby, but like all stories this one too faded from the headlines. Growing up in a happy home
Åsne Seierstad is a journalist. Based in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, she met a bookseller called Sultan Kahn. Sultan and Åsne developed a relationship and her fascination for the Afghanistan way of life grew. Eventually Sultan agreed
Do you live in Dublin? If you do you are bound to have a Bono story, like the time you saw him on Grafton Street, or how he offered to carry your Granny’s shopping, or you saw him sitting at the bar in some hip and trendy nightclub
When Françoise Sagan failed to pass her Sorbonne exams in 1953, she decided to write a novel. At just 18 she wrote Bonjour Tristesse and the book is a remarkable achievement, not just due to her youth, but because it’s a total classic. It follows
Having just purchased a new home in Leeds, ex football player and rising radio star Matt Harper, is horrified to find a skeleton of a small child in the attic. His grisly discovery takes him back to the Summer of 1969, when he lived with his aunt just
Based on extensive historical research by author Philippa Gregory, ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ is the story of Mary, younger sister of the tragic Anne Boleyn, who was queen of England for three short years in the 1500s. Brought to King
The story of Bobby Sands is well known to anyone who has taken even a cursory glance at Northern Irish history. A member of the IRA since the early seventies, Sands served his first prison term as a ‘special category’ or political prisoner in
Faith and Peter have been married for fifteen years, which is a minor feat in itself in this day and age. Faith arranges an anniversary party; they have a lot to celebrate. Or do they? Faith is 34 years old, a mum and a minor celebrity, maintaining a daily
Fourteen years after the success of his first book ‘Three Summers with Jackapple Joe’, all Jay Mackintosh can do is write trashy science fiction novels under a pseudonym and drink heavily coasting on the remnants of his literary reputation. He’s
Winner of numerous literary awards, ‘Birthday Letters’ is worth reading for the insight into his relationship with Sylvia Plath. Hughes’ writing is elegant and measured but there is an underlying arrogance in his viewpoint and style. It
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