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The stories in Hugging Thistles deal with the interior worlds of intense, multilayered characters. They struggle with matters that are often unspeakable, and the powerful paradoxical emotions that emerge control their lives. Hugging Thistles marks Aideen Henry's stunning short fiction debut.

A legendary animal, the Sasquatch is hunted by many but seen by very few. These philosophical reflections about the disappearance of species, both real and imagined, can also be read as a dirge for a species, culture, or language in irreversible decline.

A collection of pioneering essays by one of the leading researchers in Irish women's history, this is a sister collection to Margaret Mac Curtain's Ariadne's Thread: Writing Women into Irish History.

Steeped in classical myth and Anglo-saxon lore, using words as esoteric as gynandromorphic or glossarist, she twists Latin and Greek sources under a Hellenistic `lens shift on the coppery gods' of Belfast and Down - Medbh McGuckian

Featuring essays from 52 Irish authors including John Banville, Paul Murray, Sean O Reilly, Claire Kilroy and Sophia Hillan, The Danger and the Glory gives us a fantastic insight into how these great writers do what they do.

Farrelly's collection introduces us to an intriguing range of 21st century Irish characters. A young woman rents a room in the home of an eccentric photographer; a poet attends a party at his girlfriend's family home to find that the invite was made with nefarious intention; and a husband is outraged to discover that his wife is posing at a life drawing class.

The virtues of Grainne Tobin's poetry make the thematic risk-taking in her work and the wry and often raucous humor under the most desperate conditions, both manageable and fruitful. Fearless but with a serious and intense capacity for empathy, Tobin gives readers an expansive and challenging collection of poems.

This rewarding short fiction collection includes moving tales on the themes of sibling love and its vicissitudes. A deceptive, subversive intelligence emerges beneath the lightness and simplicity of the stories in this dazzling volume.

In this complex political thriller set in Galway in 1925, Detective Officer Michael Mackey of the newly-created Special Branch has been sent to the Garda Barracks in Ballinasloe on a mission to root out subversives. Soon he has a murder to solve, stolen arms to recover, and a lost love to rescue.

In Taylor's second collection of short stories, a woman locks a man in an aeroplane bathroom, two brothers rewrite their past, and strangers in an airport are thrown together through tragedy. Taylor explores confinement and expansion with both humour and angst, as characters are continually forced to redefine their personal landscapes.

This new collection of poems in the Irish language by Ireland's master poet centres on the life and flight of cranes.

Set in a turbulent British empire, these historical stories brim with energy and emotion, taking readers to the remote reaches of early twentieth century Burma to an Ireland in flux. These interconnected stories are filled with humour, insight, and unexpected moments of revelation.

Poet Stephen James Smith's sympathies lie with the addicted and the convicted, often responding to what he finds on life's margins. His sharp-edged forceful language derives from his gifts as a performance poet and his fearlessness in looking into the eye of his subject matter.

A fascinating study that explores the career of Ireland's first modern diplomat, Daniel O'Daly. Born in Kilsarkan, County Kerry, in 1595, he became a significant figure in seventeenth-century ecclesiastical and political life at a time when Ireland's relationship with Europe was both considerable and subtle.

The third poetry collection from the acclaimed Northern Irish poet Maria McManus offers readers stories, meditations, and illuminations about life and death with all their hope and horror, and their beauty and brutality.

Carr's poems explore the lives of two women who lived contemporaneously but never met Dorothy Wordsworth and Mary Ann McCracken. The poems reflect how they lived their lives alongside their more famous brothers, with Mary Ann's political strength carrying her through tragedy and Dorothy's calmer "foxglove feeling" for life.

This debut novel by a fresh and vibrant voice in Irish crime writing explores the seamy underbelly of current-day Dublin, with a strong, gritty, and wry female protagonist. Murder and intrigue, memorable characters, and dear old dirty Dublin are brought to life vividly in an extraordinary mix of humour and tragedy.

Essays in this collection focus on aspects of parenthood and childhood in Ireland from the 1700s to the 1950s. They provide new insights into parent-child relations in the past and pursue new areas of research.

Sixteen stories, sixteen intriguing situations, and a fascinating cast of characters populate The Far Side of Happiness, Boland's debut short fiction collection.

The Russian masterpiece by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is adapted for the stage by Irish playwright Philip McDonagh. Stunningly illustrated, the book also includes a perceptive introduction by Mary McAleese, former president of Ireland.

Introduces forty-four distinct voices, exploring the complexity and nuance of Irish culture, language, and society. In poems of loss, outrage, exhilaration, contemplation, and humour, the writers collected here offer responses to Ireland that intrigue, satisfy, and sustain.

A recent widow seeks the services of a psychic, two children are placed in a witness protection programme, a young woman is discovered hiding in a garden shed, and a doctor suddenly disappears. The characters in Taylor's debut collection of short stories inhabit worlds as familiar as your local restaurant and as strange as a locked ward in a psychiatric hospital.

In Ger Reidy's debut short story collection, he offers a series of powerful, chiseled tales by turns funny, bleak, and compassionate. The recipient of several national literary competitions, Reidy has also been awarded residencies sponsored by the Irish Arts Council and Mayo County Council.

A bilingual collection of Irish- and English-language poems from one of the major writers in modern Irish literature, Damlanguage reveals the poet's take on Ireland in the twenty-first century.

One of Ireland's most internationally celebrated authors returns with a new feminist collection of poetry exploring the lives of women told through the language of men who exploited them. Despite the somber subject matter, McGuckian's collection is full of humor and light.

Sheds light not only on Helena Molony but on the many causes and characters she worked with during her long public career working as an Abbey Theatre actor, fighting in the 1916 Easter Rising, and as a leading trade unionist.