Thirteen ways of looking by Colum McCann
A novella, Thirteen ways of looking and short stories, What time is it now, where you are?, Sh’hkol, Treaty. Trigger warning...
9 June 2019
Badgers, beeches and blisters by Julian Evans, Ken Gill
: tree planting and woodland ownership, Irish edition As part of Biodiversity week there was a talk on trees on nearby...
1 June 2019
Notes to self by Emilie Pine
This was my book club’s choice for May. I had heard about it before that and had meant to read it...
25 May 2019
Humorous Irish tales for children by Eddie Lenihan
Some Irish people might remember Eddie Lenihan’s Ten minute tales from children’s tv back in the eighties. If not you should...
19 May 2019
Last ones left alive by Sarah Davis-Goff
Orpen is travelling alone across Ireland. She’s left the only home she ever knew and is looking for something. She’s left...
10 April 2019
Normal people by Sally Rooney
What is a normal person? Is anyone normal? and if not, does that not mean that everyone is? I guess normality...
31 March 2019
Eggshells by Caitriona Lally
I first noticed Eggshells when it arrived at work, with those hints about changelings and fairy tale echoes. But I didn’t...
2 December 2018
Masterminds of the right by Emily O'Reilly
This is a short but fascinating book. Written in 1992 it details the growth of hard-line right-wing religious individuals and organisations...
9 July 2018
Mollie on the March by Anna Carey
Mollie Carberry ; book 2 I quite enjoyed the first book in this series, The Making of Mollie, and this second...
17 March 2018
The making of Mollie by Anna Carey
Mollie Carberry ; book 1 Mollie Carberry’s life seems pretty dull until she discovers her older sister Phyllis is a suffragette!...
11 February 2018
Old ways old secrets : Pagan Ireland: myth landscape tradition by Jo Kerrigan
I requested this from the library because I came across it on @Justaddbooks’ twitter feed and it looked interesting. I think...
28 January 2018
Tangleweed and brine by Deirdre Sullivan
A collection of thirteen short stories, retellings of various fairy tales, with a feminist slant. Deirdre Sullivan is one of those...
31 December 2017
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