451 Editions

27/07/2025

"A fine collection" – great review today in The Sunday Independent of "The Decades," from the AdNibs Collective. Bravo, all six writers! Many thanks to author/reviewer Estelle Birdy. Please pass the word: the book is available from all good online bookstores and can be ordered for you by your favourite local bookshop. See more here: https://451editions.com/the-decades-sunday-independent-review/

Read the online review in the Sunday Independent here: http://bit.ly/4ffdFP8

13/06/2025

Looking forward to this day next week for the Killarney launch of "The Decades" - we'll have readings from authors Gio, Mairín Stronge and Seán Coffey, and a Q&A afterwards with poet Eileen Sheehan. Please pass the word to friends in the South East, and join us for this Solstice-Eve celebration !
Also, see more at: www.451Editions.com/decades

14/04/2025

Just two nights until the launch of "The Decades" in Dublin, at The Coliemore, upstairs, in Dalkey. Our launch in Athlone went really well, and we're looking forward to Wednesday night - anyone in south Dublin please join us - all welcome!
see more at: https://451Editions.com/decades

31/03/2025

Please join us in Athlone for the launch of "The Decades" tomorrow week, 8th April at The Dean Crowe Theatre Bar! It'll be a wonderful evening, with readings from the authors, a Q&A with Jackie Gorman and BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS! All welcome.

27/03/2025

Excited to announce the second 451 Editions Spring title: "The Decades," by the AdNibs Collective. Our February book, "A Time Outworn" by Val Mulkerns, was an anniversary edition of the author's 1951 novel. This time out, we have a brand new, wonderfully eclectic short story collection, comprising work from six different authors, several of them grads of the UL Masters in Writing. It's a carefully-woven tapestry that charts tales from the 1960s to the 20-teens, taking us from the wild north western coast of Donegal to the wild west coast of the US and beyond, its cast of characters all having connections in an Irish homeland. Launching on 8th April in Athlone and 16th April in Dublin – see more here: www.451editions.com/decades

20/02/2025

Many thanks to Irish author Eilis Ní Dhuibhne, who wrote a really lovely piece about "A Time Outworn" by Val Mulkerns today in The Irish Times:

Reissued 1951 novel provides an extraordinarily vivid picture of Irish society in the 1940s

11/02/2025

This short video gives a taste of "A Time Outworn" and its author, Val Mulkerns, edited by Cadhla Kennedy Ko.

This special anniversary edition of "A Time Outworn" celebrates the centenary of the birth of Irish author Val Mulkerns, who was born on 14th February,…

09/02/2025

In another review published in The Sunday Independent, Ruby Eastwood says astutely of A Time Outworn's heroine, Maeve Cusack, "Her charm radiates off every page. She is up there with Dodie Smith's Cassandra and Mercè Rodoreda's Natalia, heroines at the cusp of girlhood who are somehow both dreamily removed and sharply observant."

09/02/2025

The centenary edition of "A Time Outworn" by Val Mulkerns got some great coverage today in the press. Dermot Bolger, in his very honest and detailed review in The Sunday Business Post notes, "Three quarters of a century later, this is still a rare and vivid account of how Ireland looked to a thoughtful, sceptical, independent-minded, free-spirited woman coming of age in the restrictive society she is ensnared within".

07/02/2025

Road trip yesterday! We drove to Galway to deliver copies of "A Time Outworn" by Val Mulkerns to the legendary Kenny's Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway, and had a great time chatting with the wonderful Tom Kenny, who was full of memories of Val Mulkerns. She would have been a regular visitor to the original Kenny's in Galway city centre. Many tall tales and literary stories were exchanged. Great to know that Kenny's continues to warmly support authors and independents, long may they thrive. Gallery Manager Dean Kelly did the honours with the pix.