My eye lit upon this book in the list of the few brave titles remaining in the publication schedule once the Coronavirus lockdown took hold. I’m so glad it stood its ground: there is balm for what ails us in the pages of this beautifully bound book. From meliorism (for when you’re worried about the world) to dolorifuge (for when you’re overcome with sadness) to the wonderfully expressive growlery (for when you’re in a bad mood) and antipelargy (for when you’re missing your family), there is wisdom for …
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Agus muid go léir sa bhaile anois de bharr an ordú dianghlasála, ceapaim gur deis iontach é píosa Gaeilge a chleachtadh leis na páistí sa theach, nó duit fhéin, chun …
By Elena Browne, author of Take the Lead: How to Care for Your Dog – A Fun & Practical Guide written by Elena Browne and illustrated by Jennifer Farley Walks …
My book is coming out in the time of coronavirus. This doesn’t bother me as much as you might expect, but it does, perhaps, somewhat date its treatment of the …
handiwork is my first book of non-fiction. It was written quickly, almost impulsively, over the course of six months in 2018, and in response to a period in which I was …
I became a child again while writing Tatty. A child from the age of four to fourteen. At least that’s what I tried to do, physically and mentally. I started …
The first gay book I remember reading was Life Mask by Emma Donoghue. I was fourteen or so, and I found it in Dubray’s Rathmines branch. It was there in …
Hi folks, I’m honoured that Dubray Books have chosen to highlight my new book, Fifty Fifty. They’ve been a great supporter of my books and you couldn’t ask for a …
It starts with almost nothing. A throwaway anecdote from a friend about the BSE crisis; about the late-nineties when the cows – and the country – were going mad. You …
The Temple House Vanishing is a dark and, I hope, atmospheric tale of desire set in a convent school in the early 1990s. The story emerged from a kind of …
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