Irish Biography

Reading this collection reminded me once more of how significant and multi-faceted Jim Kemmy's legacy is.

She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. 'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending a lifeboat out.' 'The RNLI?' I said, surprised. 'They do that?'

'There's water in the engine,' he said. 'The engine has stopped.' This changed everything...

For over three years, photographer Heike Thiele and writer Winifred McNulty have captured images and stories from the last traditional shops in the North West of Ireland.

Small Hours is an intimate, unflinching biography of one of the great maverick artists.

Cowboy Song is the definitive authorised biography of Thin Lizzy guiding spirit, Philip Lynott, the instantly identifiable singer, charismatic stage performer and supremely gifted songwriter.

An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices.

A book about writers and their families that explores the often tense relationship between writers and their families.