New Island Books imprint: 96 books

The House on Parkgate Street

And Other Dublin Stories

by Christine Dwyer Hickey
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013

A child wandering alone through a racecourse; an elderly lady grasping at a thread of memory; a young girl watching prostitutes from her window as they ply their trade; an Indian taxi driver living in his cab: these are some of the fractured lives and fragile hearts we meet in The House on Parkgate...

An Accidental Diplomat:

My Years in the Irish Foreign Service 1987-95

by Eamon Delaney
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001

John Le Carre meets Bill Bryson with a touch of yes, Minister' - The Irish Times Eamon Delaney's controversial Number 1 bestselling exposé of backstage life at the Department of Foreign Affairs . From the lonely nights at the Soviet Desk to glamorous soirées during Ireland's presidency of the emerging...

The Pillar

The Life and Afterlife of the Nelson Pillar

by Donal Fallon
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014

On 8 March 1966, Irish republicans blew up Dublin’s Nelson Pillar, which had stood for over 150 years, irrevocably changing the landscape of the city. No monument in the history of Ireland has proven quite as controversial as the Nelson Pillar on O'Connell Street. The story of the Pillar and its...

New Planet Cabaret

An Anthology of New Writing from Ireland

by Dave Lordan
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2013

I believe in the value and vitality of every piece of writing in this book. I hope you enjoy the whole array of it. I hope it inspires you, as the New Planet Cabaret always intends, to be excellently different yourself. Dave Lordan, Editor In December 2012, New Island and RTÉ Radio One’s ARENA...
by Paul Charles
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014

'A beautifully written novel about smalltown secrets and the mysteries of the human heart. The Lonesome Heart is Angry may just be Paul Charles's best book yet.' - John Connolly What seems like a routine job for the matchmaker, Michael Gilmour, in a 1960s small Northern Irish town becomes something...
by Mary Lavin
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011

Happiness is perhaps the most cherished of all the acclaimed collections by Mary Lavin, who was not just one of Ireland's major writers, but ranked among the greatest short-story writers of the twentieth century in the English language. The stories in this classic collection explore the relationships...

Heroes of Jadotville

The Soldiers' Story

by Rose Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006

"It is a pity that we, who never believed in the use of force, must suffer for the blunders of little dictators and stupid military leaders...We did not come here to shoot Africans, we came to help them...I was not prepared to let my brave men die for nothing." - Comdt Patrick Quinlan, Jadotville,...
by Ferdia MacAnna
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011

"Perceptive...funny...touching...Ferdia Mac Anna has that gift so rare: the ability to write humour." - Irish Independent "A debut of astonishing assurance and maturity...Ferdia Mac Anna's tender and whimsical account of the Griffin household is...long on resonance, easy on the ear...

Us

Us

by Martin Malone
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015

‘An unusual family, US. There’s Dad, who isn’t here but whose shadow is, Mum who is here but whose heart is broken. There’s Gina who’s sad and Karen who’s not. There’s Victor who’s intelligent and me who isn’t. There was Adam too, who hurt us more than we imagined we could be hurt...
by Walter Macken
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2011

Orphaned at a young age, Cahal Kinsella returns from Dublin to the small farming village of Caherlo to his tyrannical grandfather, and must assert his individuality if he is to have any hope of freedom from his misery. Walter Macken paints a haunting and memorable portrait of the hard life of subsistence...

Without Power Or Glory

The Greens In Government

by Dan Boyle
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012

The inside story of the Green party’s role in the government that brought Ireland into the IMF Bailout. This is the first insider account from a senior Green Party leader describing events from before the 2007 election through the trauma of the bank bailout and defeat in the 2011 General Election....
by David Blake Knox
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017

There are nine breeds of dog that are native to Ireland: four terriers, three gun dogs, and two hounds. In The Curious History of Irish Dogs, David Blake Knox tells the remarkable stories of each of the nine breeds, and reveals how they have become inextricably linked to the human beings with whom...

Kingdom Overthrown

Ireland and the Battle for Europe 1688-1693

by Gerard Fitzgibbon
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015

‘As the Williamite troops began to gain a foothold in the street beyond the breach, the Jacobite soldiers rushed out from cover and crashed into them. The most furious and cruel hand-to-hand fighting of the war began. For almost four hours men punched and clubbed and wrestled and stabbed each other,...
by Donal Fallon
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013

A history book that looks at things from a different angle! Come Here To Me discusses everything from punk music and stand-up comedy venues to pirate radio stations and drug use in Dublin city. It talks about fire-fighters, newspaper boys, street gangs, gay bars and footballers, as well as our changing...
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