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04/09/2025

The new children’s book from the multi-award-winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell, paired once more with Daniela Terrazzini’s stunning illustrations.

Winner of the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Award 2023.

Someone in this house was sad but pretending not to be. Someone - and this thought made a smile curl up on its face - needed some nouka-mischief.

When Jem and his family move to the countryside, he doesn’t like his new home one bit. It’s an old cottage on the side of a hill, where strange things keep happening: shoes are filled up with conkers, the stairs become tangled in a woollen maze. Jem’s sister Verity is certain it is the work of a “nouka”, an ancient creature from local folklore that lives deep down inside the hill. Jem, however, is adamant that there is no such thing.

But this small mythical creature, so attuned to the hearts and minds of others, does exist. And, what’s more, it is determined, through mischief and mayhem, to help Jem reignite the spark within himself once more.

29/08/2025

New Fiction

29/08/2025

There us a wealth and variety of oral tradition about Daniel O’Connell which is not to be found about any other historical personality in Irish folklore. O’Connell is an example of someone whose image in folklore differs from that presented in documentary sources. Oral tradition expresses the attitudes of those who are spellbound as much by the rhetoric and imagery of their champion as by the substance of his great achievement. In the vast body of oral material recorded in the first half of this century by dedicated collectors and now in the archives of the Department of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin, O’Connell emerges first and foremost as a folk hero.

25/08/2025

New children’s books in our shop!

25/08/2025

From prehistory to the present day, the wolf has always loomed large in the human imagination. An iconic symbol of the untamed and the wild, the wolf, as Ireland’s last great predator, has always provoked fear, excitement and wonder. In this book, Kieran Hickey examines a vast array of sources relating to wolves in Ireland. The author considers archaeological remains, name evidence (place and person, both in Irish and in English) and folklore. The book also looks at the historical records of wolves in Ireland including wolf attacks on livestock (and more rarely people), and describes how the extermination of wolves took place, with the last wolf being killed, most likely, in 1786. The causes of extermination are discussed in detail, including legislation, the role of bounties and professional wolf hunters and deforestation. The book closes by assessing whether the Irish wolf could have been a unique sub-species and considers the controversial possibility of re-introduction. PRAISE FOR THIS BOOK: ‘[...] a fascinating book [...] which traces the history and lore of the species from ancient times into the modern era and the death of the last known survivor’, Irish Times. ‘Hickey has written a history with abundant material on the zoology, folklore, history and cultural legacy of the wolf in Ireland [...] the natural historical detective work is impressive’

23/08/2025

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Thinking about weekend adventures already 🤭

15/08/2025

n a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.

But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of their first live case.

Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron might be pushing eighty but they still have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer before it’s too late?

15/08/2025

She promised she wouldn’t fall for her best friend’s brother. But a summer in Italy might change everything...

Out of all her friends, Rose is the ‘single’ one. She isn’t lucky in love; in fact, she’s the opposite. So, when her best friend Katie decides to whisk her away for a few weeks of sun and relaxation, of course, she says yes.

There’s only one problem - they’re off to visit Katie’s brother, Thomas, at his magnificent Italian ranch. And Rose is petrified of horses.

Deep in the Tuscan countryside, Rose leaves her mundane accounting job behind and begins to settle into life on the ranch. It is just as beautiful as she expected, but she is shocked to discover how much Thomas has changed; the shy teenager she used to know has morphed into a handsome cowboy with a dazzling smile, and she knows she’s going to find it hard to keep her cool around him.

When Katie is unexpectedly called home for an emergency, Rose is left alone with Thomas. As she helps him care for a pregnant mare, she faces her fears and begins to see herself-and Thomas-in a new light.

But as her feelings deepen, Rose must decide if she’s ready to trust her heart again. Is Thomas as wonderful as he seems, or is she risking it all for another heartbreak?

11/08/2025

Bestselling author Amy Odell takes readers inside the world of one of the most influential, aspirational and polarising celebrities of the last thirty years.

Love her or hate her, Gwyneth Paltrow has remained magically entrenched on the A-list, her influence spanning entertainment, fashion and wellness. After winning an Oscar at just twenty-six years old, her immense privilege turned her into a target of backlash. She channelled that interest into valuable endorsement deals and film roles and eventually the founding of her controversial wellness company, Goop. She has participated in hundreds of carefully managed interviews, but the real Gwyneth - her unrelatability, privilege, motives, strengths and faults - has never been fully revealed until now.

Based on in-depth conversations with more than 215 sources, including close current and former friends and colleagues, this deeply researched biography provides insight and behind-the-scene details of her relationships, family, friendships, films and tenure as the CEO of Goop. Gwyneth offers a definitive look at how she got to where she is today and how she has managed to impact culture - for better and worse - for so long.

11/08/2025

From the No.1 bestselling author of The Shepherd’s Life, an unforgettable story of friendship, redemption and a life-changing voyage of discovery on a remote Norwegian island

How far do you have to go to find yourself?

One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich, but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on.

Back at home, Rebanks couldn’t stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly - and yet strangely familiar. Years passed. Then, one day, he wrote her a letter, asking if he could return. Bring work clothes, she replied, and good boots, and come quickly: her health was failing. And so he travelled to the edge of the Arctic to witness her last season on the island.

This is the story of that season. It is the story of a unique and ancient landscape, and of the woman who brought it back to life. It traces the pattern of her work from the rough, isolated toil of bitter winter, to the elation of the endless summer light, when the birds leave behind their precious down for gathering, like feathered gold.

Slowly, Rebanks begins to understand that this woman and her world are not what he had previously thought. What began as a journey of escape becomes an extraordinary lesson in self-knowledge and forgiveness.

*Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award*

01/08/2025

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Jo Kerrigan and Richard Mills’ fabulous ‘Irish Fairy Forts’ has been in the bestseller charts for 15 consecutive weeks and is now back in stock!

Fairy forts are an iconic feature of the Irish landscape and an integral part of the country’s folklore. In her signature engaging style, Jo Kerrigan delves into the history and beliefs behind these striking landmarks.

“Far more than just a faint echo of the past, Ireland’s fairy forts are still vibrantly alive.” – Jo Kerrigan

31/07/2025