New Irish Fiction

The twelve stories in Lost Estates offer antiquarian mysteries, book-collecting adventures, and otherworldly encounters. Mark Valentine’s amiable scholars and wanderers explore lonely and mysterious landscapes, places of legend, and secret history.

Anthology of Galway based writers who have been published in Crannóg magazine over the 18 years since it was founded.

Tides Go Out is about the secrets we hide, even from ourselves, the shifting sands of memory, and the redemptive power of music. Raw and honest, Julian Vignoles’ novel marks him out as a perceptive and heartfelt observer, of both the deep truths of a long relationship, and the ebb and flow of life.

"In The Bower, Voisine gives us a gloriously astute travelogue poem in which the conflicts and reconciliations in Belfast serve as metaphor for our current, increasingly intense world. She braids Irish folklore, history, the fragility of the environment, and the politics of class, race, and gender with our unnerving American moment. The Bower is political, profound, wise, and deeply engaging."--Denise Duhamel, author of Blowout

It starts as it always does for Gerald Otley, a petty theft gone wrong. But when the bodies of associates (Otley doesn't really have friends) start turning up dead, he suddenly finds himself caught in a much larger web than he imagined. Recruited by the alluring and enigmatic 'Grace' and blackmailed into service, Otley finds himself playing at spy in a realm he only half understands. As readers soon find, it turns out that being a fast-talking conman is all it takes to succeed as a spy - as long as Grace is around to break bones and generally pull you out of the fire.

The Highwayman Joseph MacTire takes an orphan boy under his wing and gets caught up in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. This is a Historical Fiction based in 18th century Ireland.