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In celebration of Penguin’s 90th birthday this year, we are showcasing some of Ireland’s independent bookshops! This wee...
22/07/2025

In celebration of Penguin’s 90th birthday this year, we are showcasing some of Ireland’s independent bookshops! This week we have Kennys Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway city ❤️

‘Kennys Bookshop is an independent bookshop located in Galway city. They sell both new and secondhand books, and their website kennys.ie is the oldest online bookshop in the world, having launched in 1994. They also have an art gallery which sells original works of Irish art, and regularly run launches and free author interview events. Kennys are 85 years in business this year - the shop was opened in 1940 by Maureen and Des Kenny, and members of the second and third generation work here today.’

☀️ New books out in July! ☀️ Swipe to find out more about this amazing selection, and comment down below which one has e...
15/07/2025

☀️ New books out in July! ☀️

Swipe to find out more about this amazing selection, and comment down below which one has entered your TBR this month ✨📚

In celebration of Penguin’s 90th birthday this year, we are showcasing some of Ireland’s independent bookshops! This wee...
24/06/2025

In celebration of Penguin’s 90th birthday this year, we are showcasing some of Ireland’s independent bookshops! This week we have Bridge Street in Wicklow Town 🧡

‘Bridge Street Books is a multi-award winning, family run, independent bookshop, open since 1999. Set in an old house, it is a maze of rooms and nooks and crannies, perfect for browsing! Selling books for all the family, all ages and all interests, including reluctant readers, we pride ourselves on our recommendations and on our fast, efficient ordering service.
We love to recommend books for all occasions - so pop in for the book you wanted and pick up the book you didn’t know you needed!’

We are delighted to announce that Penguin Sandycove will be publishing 'The Lie of the Land', the first book by environm...
10/06/2025

We are delighted to announce that Penguin Sandycove will be publishing 'The Lie of the Land', the first book by environmental journalist John Gibbons, on the 4th of September.

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Ireland has tended to think of itself as a ‘Goldilocks’ country: not too hot, not too cold, and well positioned to ride out the climate emergency. But this is a fantasy: the effects of climate change in Ireland will be profound, and at the moment we’re not doing nearly enough about it. That’s the bad news. The good news is that Ireland has the wherewithal to dramatically cut its emissions while making itself far more resilient. This book shows how it can be done.

Above all, we must reimagine the ways in which we use the land. Agriculture accounts for 38 per cent of Ireland's greenhouse emissions – and just 7 per cent of gross national income. As Gibbons shows, Ireland's dramatic shift towards the most polluting food sectors – driven by a small number of agribusiness giants and facilitated by the state – benefits the few while imposing huge costs on the many. It doesn't have to be this way, and Gibbons, who grew up on an arable farm, shows how we can embrace a low-emissions farming model while preserving farmers' livelihoods, making the countryside a better place to live, and delivering something Ireland conspicuously lacks: food security.

The Lie of the Land is a bracing critique of the bad decisions that have put Ireland into such a vulnerable position, and a devastating dissection of the wishful thinking and outright dishonesty that have propped up the status quo in Irish agriculture. It also offers an inspiring vision of how – through a revolution in farming, development of renewable energy (including our vast offshore wind resource), and a dramatic acceleration of moves to decarbonize transport and housing – we can prepare for the new realities of the climate crisis.
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Take a look at some of the exciting new books that have arrived in our office this week, all out this month!
09/06/2025

Take a look at some of the exciting new books that have arrived in our office this week, all out this month!


From memoir to fiction, classic to contemporary, celebrate Pride this month by reading! 🌈
04/06/2025

From memoir to fiction, classic to contemporary, celebrate Pride this month by reading! 🌈

Congratulations to Dr Katriona O’Sullivan! Her extraordinary memoir, ‘Poor’, celebrates not only two years since publica...
01/06/2025

Congratulations to Dr Katriona O’Sullivan! Her extraordinary memoir, ‘Poor’, celebrates not only two years since publication this week, but also a incredible two years in the Irish Top 10 Bestsellers Chart!

Winner of the Bookselling Ireland Biography of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards in 2023, ‘Poor’ tells the remarkable story of Katriona’s journey from an impoverished childhood shaped by her parents' addictions, to becoming a prize-winning academic. Katriona tells her story with devastating candour, humour and warmth, and it has resonated with readers everywhere.

🌟 PRAISE FOR POOR 🌟
‘Moving, funny, brave and original - just like the author . . . absolutely incredible’ (Irish Times Women's Podcast)
‘Raw and remarkable’ - Irish Independent

‘They should put it on the leaving cert . . . an extraordinary book’ - RTÉ Radio One

‘One of the most important books I have ever read . . . a beautiful telling of determination despite the odds’ - Irish Times

We are excited to announce that we will be publishing ‘Speaking My Mind’, the remarkable memoir from former Taoiseach Le...
29/05/2025

We are excited to announce that we will be publishing ‘Speaking My Mind’, the remarkable memoir from former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, out 11th September 2025. Pre-order your copy here: https://linktr.ee/speakingmymind

‘Leo Varadkar was an unlikely Taoiseach – the youngest on taking office in 2017, the first Taoiseach to be gay, and the first person of colour to be Taoiseach.

Equally unlikely was his decision to bow out of politics in his mid-forties. Now, liberated from the constraints of office, he tells his fascinating story with characteristic courage and candour, and provides a unique insight into the formation and evolution of a senior politician.

In Speaking My Mind, Leo Varadkar shares his pride in helping to bring about transformational changes, and he describes experiences that only a prime minister could have – speaking frankly to Pope Francis on the legacy of church abuses, connecting with Barack Obama about both being the ‘tall, dark guy with the funny name’, navigating challenges such as the pandemic and the fallout from Brexit. And he writes honestly about the costs that go with the immense privilege of holding high office.

Speaking My Mind is a revealing, intimate and important memoir from a singular public figure.’

29/05/2025

Happiest of publication days to the fabulous ‘Long Story’, the glamorous new novel from best-selling author Vicki Notaro! 💕

TWO BEST FRIENDS, ONE OLD FLAME 🔥 IT’S A LONG STORY…

After the huge success of her debut novel ‘Reality Check’, fans can’t wait to get their hands on ‘Long Story’, out now on shelves, in e-book and audio.

💕‘So much emotional intelligence and warmth. I HARED through it.’
Marian Keyes

💕‘Once you pick up this book you won’t be able to put it down! I devoured it.’
Laura Whitmore

💕About ‘Long Story’:💕
Tara is a beloved Irish actress and queen of the rom-com, taking the US by storm.

Alex is a powerhouse podcast host and writer, comfortable in her native Dublin.

As teenagers, they swore boys would never come between them. But now a ghost from the past has written a memoir, revealing his history with them both. Their friendship has survived jealousy, heart break, grief and time zones, but could this betrayal break them for good?

Happy publication day to ‘The Episode: A True Story of Loss, Madness and Healing’ by Mary Ann Kenny! And thanks to all w...
15/05/2025

Happy publication day to ‘The Episode: A True Story of Loss, Madness and Healing’ by Mary Ann Kenny! And thanks to all who joined us yesterday in to celebrate the launch of this incredible memoir. Out now in all good bookshops ❤️

‘One fine April day, Mary Ann Kenny’s husband died suddenly while jogging near their family home. In the months that followed, Mary Ann – who had no history of mental illness – began suffering from depression, and then from a terrifying succession of physical and psychological symptoms, including the delusion that her young children had been harmed by her medications.

In this gripping memoir, Mary Ann details her descent into psychosis, her hospitalization, and her inspiring journey back to health and happiness. Drawing on her detailed medical files and on her own recollections, she has created a day-by-day account of what it is like to lose touch with reality while dealing with grief and living in the dreadful knowledge that everything you care about in life is under threat. It tells the inspiring story of how Mary Ann recovered from her illness, came to terms with her trauma, and spoke truth to the health service about the limitations of medical psychiatry. It reminds us that anyone could end up in Mary Ann’s situation, while also showing that recovery and happiness are possible even after severe mental illness.

Written with the pace of a thriller and the insight of a great psychological novel, The Episode is a brilliant act of personal reclamation and an essential read for anyone who is interested in the workings of the mind.’

Happy publication day to ‘Air’ by John Boyne ()! 💨✈️ The final standalone instalment in the Elements quartet is out toda...
01/05/2025

Happy publication day to ‘Air’ by John Boyne ()! 💨✈️ The final standalone instalment in the Elements quartet is out today in hardback!

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‘Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it’s an opportunity to connect with his 14-year-old son as they travel halfway across the world to meet a woman who isn’t expecting them.

Unsettled by his past, and anxious for his future, Aaron is at a crossroads in life. The damage inflicted upon him during his youth has made him the man he is, but now threatens to widen the growing fissures between him and his only child. This trip could bind them closer together, or tear them further apart.

In this penetrating examination of action and consequence, fault and attribution, acceptance and resolution, John Boyne gives us a redemptive story of a father and a son on a moving journey to mend their troubled lives.’

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PRAISE FOR JOHN BOYNE

‘... powerful and intense [...] told with Boyne’s customary flair...’ - Caroline Kelly, Hot Press

‘... among the world’s greatest storytellers...’ - Donal Ryan, author of ‘Heart, Be At Peace’

03/04/2025

We are so excited to share the cover of ‘The In-Laws’, the brand-new novel from no. 1 bestselling author Sinéad Moriarty, coming out July 3rd 2025! Pre-order your copy here: https://linktr.ee/penguinbooksireland_

⭐Family life is enough of a juggle without ... The In-Laws⭐

Amanda. Katie. Melanie.

Three wildly different women with one big problem – their impossible mother-in-law, Nancy.

When an unexpected crisis hits the family business, the sisters-in-law find themselves navigating stormy waters. Amanda is back in town and ready to reclaim her spot at the top. Katie, the feisty outsider, knows she'll never earn Nancy’s approval – and has stopped caring. Melanie, ambitious and savvy, is more than capable of running the business, if only Nancy would loosen her iron grip.

Forced to confront messy truths about marriage, motherhood, succession and family loyalty, the three women soon realise their greatest strength might just be each other.

The In-Laws is a sharp, funny, and relatable novel about surviving the family you didn’t choose.

⭐Praise for Sinéad Moriarty⭐

❤️’Moriarty captures the intricacies of contemporary family life with flawed, relatable characters in a heartfelt and humorous tale’ - Sunday Independent

❤️There is no living author who writes about the intricacies of family life quite like Sinéad - Claudia Carroll

❤️Fans of Sinéad know they can expect honesty, humour and great story-telling – Hello

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