Irish Fiction

Ireland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama...

Street-wise and often very funny, Nighthawk Alley is the story of Mickey McKenna, a Dublin-born mechanic who dislikes cars, distrusts blacks, loves his garden and t he occasional drink. '

The "Wormdigger's Daughter" is the heartbreaking story of a family on the run. It is a tale of tragic resonance, which depicts a universal struggle against injustice and oppression. The...

The "Wormdigger's Daughter" is the heartbreaking story of a family on the run. It is a tale of tragic resonance, which depicts a universal struggle against injustice and oppression. The...

Inspired by Greek mythology, The Years That Followed is a compelling tale of two women, thousands of miles apart, whose lives are thrown into turmoil by the power of love...

By the author of "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha", winner of the 1993 Booker Prize, this is the life history of Paula Spencer - her contented childhood, her romance with...

'Tis the season to be jolly, except for single Dubliner Jenny Breslin ... 'An absolutely dreamy holiday read.' Goodreads 'A funny, heart-warming novel ... with Jenny Breslin, Maria has created...

You have to see what's through and under and over and behind things. You have to pay real attention. Tom, an aging music executive, retiree and sailor meets Clare, a...

You have to see what's through and under and over and behind things. You have to pay real attention. Tom, an aging music executive, retiree and sailor meets Clare, a...

Behind every great man there stands a great woman, so the adage goes - and never does it apply more wholeheartedly than in Barry and Bob Cryer's hilarious reimagining of...

Behind every great man there stands a great woman, so the adage goes - and never does it apply more wholeheartedly than in Barry and Bob Cryer's hilarious reimagining of...

'Smart, funny and thought-provoking.' Sunday Mirror Everyone who meets her thinks they know Liddy James. A single mother of two, she is one of New York City's top lawyers (with...

'Smart, funny and thought-provoking.' Sunday Mirror Everyone who meets her thinks they know Liddy James. A single mother of two, she is one of New York City's top lawyers (with...

'You know that moment between sleep and waking? I read somewhere that the first thing that comes into your head is what you desire or fear the most. I don't...

The new novel from bestselling author Claudia Carroll, perfect for fans of Emma Hannigan and Marianne Keyes.Frank Woods at number seventy-nine Primrose Square is about to turn fifty, and nobody...

In the leafy suburb of Booterstown in the height of mid-Summer, the brutal and shocking murder of a local woman is the last thing that anyone expects. What is more...

In the leafy suburb of Booterstown in the height of mid-Summer, the brutal and shocking murder of a local woman is the last thing that anyone expects. What is more...

The six stories at the heart of this book ar e linked by a young girl, Una Fitzsimons who, puzzled and fa scinated by issues of sexuality and fertility, gradually...

Everything is changing in Rossmore. No longer a sleepy Irish town, where the young people leave to travel the world; nowadays it's a prosperous place, so busy that a new...

Fascinating and informative - advice to inspire budding writers as well as entertaining Maeve Binchy fans the world over.'A motivating, and pleasingly undaunting volume for the would be writer in...

The town of Rossmore is a special place, full of character charm. Nestled beside the Whitethorn Woods, the town has grown since the days when it was small and friendly...

2 Woman - 1 Irish, 1 American - set up a home exchange business; their unlikely and touching friendship unveils secrets and changes lives.

Four strangers, with nothing in common but a need to escape, meet in a Greek taverna high above the small village of Aghia Anna. From Ireland, America, Germany and England,...

'Billy Gray was my best friend and I fell in love with his mother.' Alexander Cleave, an actor who thinks his best days are behind him, remembers his first unlikely...

Edited by Joseph O'Connor (author of Star of the Sea and Ghost Light) New Irish Short Stories is a stunning collection from a fascinating variety of writers, both new and...

The short-story tradition in Ireland is a long and noble one, and yet the world mirrored in the Irish short story of the past is fast disappearing. In the twenty-first...

A story of obsessive young love and the power of grief, Ancient Light is the best novel yet from the Booker Prize winner of The Sea'Billy Gray was my best...