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WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 A darkly funny memoir about the strange and fascinating world of professional tennis. 'As elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... Its Kitchen Confidential for tennis.' ...

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The bestselling guide to Indian cooking from multi-award winning chef Sunil Ghai - and the perfect gift for foodies! 'Beautiful food ... vibrant dishes layered with flavour' Irish Times 'Brilliant and inspirational' - Sunday In...

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**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023** **WINNER Crime Novel of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023** **SHORTLISTED for The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award** **SHORTLISTED for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2024** Sa...

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From the Number 1 bestselling author of Our Little Cruelties and Skin Deep Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died. Now Sally ...

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'A riveting tale gripping The Irish Independent An incredibly gripping and entertaining page-turner The Irish Times ----- Two mothers. Two daughters. Two sides to the story. When Sara leaves her high-flying London life to move to Dublin, her ...

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WINNER OF THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 'A quiet work of art that explores the complexity of trauma in the wake of the Enniskellen bombing. McKeons writing is sensitive, elusive and philosophical, and pursues an elusive t...

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'Pacy and intense . . .kept me frantically turning pages till the nail-biting end' ANDREA MARA 'Terrific . . . totally gripping and tightly plotted' JANE CASEY 'Thrilling . . .an adrenaline-charged page-turning read that l...

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THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER In his hotly anticipated autobiography, Johnny Sexton tells the story of his life and explores the sources of his unmatched will to win. 'Sexton will go down as Ireland's greatest ever player' Gordon D'Arcy...

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The Irish do death differently. Funeral attendance is a solemn duty - but it can also be a big day out, requiring sophisticated crowd control, creative parking solutions and a high-end sound system. Despite having the same basic end-of-life infras...

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'A book which will very soon be acknowledged as a classic of Irish sportswriting' Ciarn Murphy What is it like to be female in a male-dominated sporting world? If you play with the boys, more people pay attention - but you get treated li...

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'A charming, laugh-out-loud read' - SUNDAY INDEPENDENT SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 Three couples. One therapist's couch ... Alice and Niall used to be lovers, best friends and parents, in that order. Now they're no longer on the sam...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD 2022 'A stunning debut from this new Irish talent' STELLAR A young woman comes of age in the shadow of her family's tragic past When Beth Crowe starts university, sh...

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 A love affair born in rural Ireland! Two mismatched lovers, locked in a relationship that will change both of them . . . forever! From the day I was born, I was brought up to bel...

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER Ireland, Ireland - no longer standing Dil ... Leinster House had been burned to the ground. All that was left was a smouldering ruin and the blackened remains of an Irish flag. The old man was trying to pin the blame on B...

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Marty Morrissey - GAA broadcaster extraordinaire and one of the hardest-working people in show business - has been to every corner of Ireland (and a few interesting ones further afield) in his illustrious career. Everywhere he goes, he makes frien...

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SHORTLISTED FOR TWO IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 'Something they don't tell you about getting older is that you fall. Oh, you hear about it in passing, of course, "She had a fall, poor thing". Falling is not something you ever think about as a...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 The riveting story of a nation at a crucial crossroads From the start of his stint as RTE's Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan's lively and authoritative reporting of a tumultuous period in American...

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IRISH BOOK AWARDS' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 Nothing warms us up quite like a hug, but what can we do when we can't be together? This is the story of a new hug's adventure and the boy who shared it with the world. Adam K...

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'THIS BOOK is EVERYTHING' Marian Keyes 'Unputdownable . . . one of the best novels of the year' Sunday Independent In the seaside town of Tramore, County Waterford, visitors arrive in waves with the tourist season, reliving the best days of their ...

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An inspiring new cookbook from the home of Ireland's most indulgent and comforting food For decades, Avoca cookbooks have been staples in kitchens in Ireland and beyond, filled with wonderful, reliable recipes for every occasion. Back with a ...

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'An engrossing, urgent, and entertaining read. I couldn't put it down' Roddy Doyle ______ Marguerite Penrose's is an extraordinary story of making a great life from complicated beginnings. Marguerite was born in a Dublin mother...

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'There isn't a funnier sports book this year - there might not be one for the next decade' Irish Times Books of the Year _________ The hilarious memoir from the funniest man in football! Roddy Collins is a football man - now in the sixth decade of...

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"MacMahon writes with such beautiful simplicity, conjuring real and complex people straight off the page ... subtle and authentic" - Claire Fuller On opposite sides of the world, half-siblings Cassie and Christo have built their lives ar...

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'Should be required reading for everyone - including unionists - who are interested in and concerned about the fate of this island' Dublin Review of Books 'Compelling' Financial Times Will Ireland really reunite? A century ago ...

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WINNER OF THE AN POST SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022 The bestselling memoir of an Olympic champion After Kellie Harrington won gold at the Tokyo Olympics, the Irish public recognized her as not merely a sporting hero, but a deeply inspirationa...

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If there's one thing that Joanne McNally knows it's that we may have smart phones, Prozac and Prosecco, but we're still just animals trying to survive. And in Femme Feral, she explores the chaos and exhilaration that results from fo...

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'The one-woman backbone of menopause care in Ireland' IRISH INDEPENDENT Suddenly feeling hot? Tired? Irritable? Not yourself? Having our bodies and minds change rapidly as we approach mid-life can be bewildering and even upsetting. It ma...

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The bestselling guide for understanding how your family made you, and how you can make yourself even better. 'Excellent' - Brendan O'Connor, RT 'I loved it' - Sle Seoige, Ready to Be Real * * * Our early years at home are ...

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Simon Hanlon, an Irish architect in New York, has a chance encounter with a childhood friend. Something she says provokes a rush of dark recollection, and a seizure. Every day, then, there is another seizure. As Simon waits for an operation that c...

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Shortlisted for The Irish Book Awards Junior Children's Book of the Year 2022! From the Number One bestselling author of A Hug For You When a trio of moody monsters jeopardise the Wompie Wonder Fair and throw the kingdom into chaos, something...

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