A few words by Alice Bell, for her forthcoming book, Grave Expectations. Anyone who grew up in a rural area with no internet will be familiar with “making your own …
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Claire Kilroy shares a few words about her new novel, Soldier Sailor. This takes the reader “deep into the early days of motherhood. It’s been a long time since I published …
Books tend to form slowly for me. Usually there’s a novel or two in various states of progress, and particularly early on, and then again between drafts, I’ll bounce between …
Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out is a debut novel by Ryan Love. The story opens with Arthur, Teddy’s 79-year-old grandfather, coming out to his children. Teddy has a secret …
Carmen and Grace is a story set in the Bronx about feeling both trapped and loved. Not just stuck, but attached to the very people and places that threaten, yet …
The seed of the inspiration for my debut novel There’s Something I Have To tell You was sown one day as I listened to Lunchtime Live on Newstalk. I loved …
My debut novel, The Red Bird Sings, is inspired by the true story of a murder trial in West Virginia in 1897. When a blacksmith named Trout Shue was charged …
It’s that time of the year once again! It means only one thing for our bookseller, Karina, from our Rathmines shop: the annual #ReadIrishWomenChallenge23, and we at Dubray are delighted …
The mother of the protagonist in The Middle Daughter has an unusual job: she’s a trained midwife with a clinic that functions as a baby factory. The first time I …
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