Myths & Legends

Selected cover illustrations from our Folk Tales series in full colour, plus a unique insight into their creation

Haunted Carlow

Historian Tabitha Stanmore transports us to a time when magic was used day-to-day as a way to navigate life's challenges and to solve problems of both trivial and deadly importance.

A wise and beautiful fairytale for grown-ups, considered one of the greatest novels in the Irish comic tradition.

A riveting, heart-stoppingly scary novel of Gothic suspense, Dracul reveals not only the true origins of Dracula himself, but also of his creator, Bram Stoker . . . and of the elusive, enigmatic woman who connects them.

From bumps in the night to poltergeist farms, this is a book that will take the reader into the chill of the night across the beautiful county of Tyrone. On the way you will meet a lady who reputedly haunts a locked room in Knocknamoe Castle Hotel in Omagh, the ghost of Philly's Phinest and even a haunted bed.

A dark & witchy feminist retelling of the Irish myth of The Children of Lir

Weave is a collaboration between writers Deirdre Sullivan and Oein DeBhairduin, with the artist Yingge Xu.

A vivid and contemporary retelling of the ancient Egyptian myths.

A feast of folk tales about food, with a foreword from Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food Movement