New Irish Fiction

Tongues is a radical retelling of the twelfth-century legend of Heloise and Abelard, she the rapt acolyte, he the brilliant logician.

The hatreds and loves hidden in ordinary lives, carved from the backgrounds of urban and rural mindscapes. They contain the life spirits and losses of people as changes arrive oddly. Nothing is simple. Life as we wish it to be might not be so.

Novel in Irish by Thaddeus Ó Buachalla

Set in the village where Billy O'Callaghan's family has lived for generations, this novel is partly based on stories told by his parents and grandparents. His writing is imbued with truth and lived experience - creating a novel so rich in life and empathy it is impossible to let go of his characters.

The breathtaking short story collection from the Costa-shortlisted Irish writer Three gunshots on the Irish border define the course of a young man's life;

a must read' Elaine Feeney '...the book stays with you, a haunting presence you cannot - and do not want to - escape...astounding.' Ruth Gilligan Extraordinary...achingly sad and tender and sexy, and the writing is very beautiful.' Louise Kennedy 'Wonderful, wrenching .

Heartbroken after a long, painful love affair, a man takes a job driving a haulage lorry through France. Travelling with him is a secret passenger - his daughter. Twenty-something, unkempt, off the rails.

This gripping crime fiction debut by one of Ireland's former leading crime detectives, Gerry O'Carroll, follows Detectives Moss Quinn and Joe Doyle in a race against time to find Quinn's abducted wife.