Books Ireland New Publications List (September 2004)

Anthologies
  • Miscellany: a selection from 2003 and 2004. ed. Marie Heaney. TownHouse. 228pp. €14.99 pb 22cm  1-86059219-8. A collection of the best pieces from a popular radio show. October.
  • Quiet Quarter: original Irish writing from RTE Lyric FM. ed. Eoin Brady. New island. 250pp. €12.99 pb 21cm  1-9o430-162-2. A compendium of new Irish writing, produced in association with RTE. October.

Archaeology
  • Viking Age Dublin. Ruth Johnson. TownHouse. 80pp. €12.99 pb 24cm 1-86059-208-2. Illustrated synopsis of recent finds in Dublin and its suburbs. October

Architecture
  • The Architecture of Scott Tallon Walker, 1960-2004. ed. John O’Regan. Gandon Editions. 360pp. €75 hb 29cm  square. 0-946641-52-8. A full-colour monograph on Ireland’s most distinguished architectural practice. October.
  • Edge 1: Architecture, Craft and Culture: reflections on the work of O’Donnell + Tuomey. John Tuomey. Gandon Editions. 72pp. €10 pb 24 cm. 0-946846-62-6. The first in a new Gandon series on ideas in art and architecture. September.
  • Irish Architectural Review, vol. 4. ed. John O’Regan. Gandon Editions and RIA (distrib. Gandon). 240pp. €35 hb 1E25 pb 23 X25cm wide. 0-946846-82- 01-83-9 pb. Annual with colour illustrated essays, recent competitions and awards. September.
  • Transformation of an Institution: The Furniture School, Letterfrack: O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects. Shane O`Toole. Gandon Editions. 108pp. €20 pb 24cm 0-946846-59-6. Coincides with O’Donnell + Tuomey representing Ireland at the Venice Biennale. Colour-illustrated. September

Arts
  • An Outburst of Frankness: the community arts in Ireland. ed. Sandy Fitzgerald. tasc@newisland. 180pp. €15 pb 24cm 1-90430-164-9. Essays on the development and future of the community arts. October

Arts Visual
  • Jack Donovan: retrospective of paintings 1959-2004. ed. John O’Regan. Limerick City Gallery of Art (distrib. Gandon). 84pp. €25 hb 23cm square. 0-954429-13-3. Clothbound edition published to coincide with the majorjack Donovan retrospective exhibition at Limerick City Gallery. September
  • Profile 19: Jack Donovan. ed. John O’Regan. Gandon Editions. 84pp. €15 pb 23cm square 0-946846-20-0. illustrated monograph on the work of the Limerick-born painter. September.
  • Profile 20: Tom Fitzgerald. ed. John O’Regan. Gandon Editions. 84pp. €l5 pb 23cm square. 0-946846-61-8. Colour illustrated monograph on the work of the limerick-born sculptor. September.
  • Tom Fitzgerald: The Ministry of Dust. ed. John O’Regan. Limerick City Gallery of Art (distrib. Gandon). 84pp. €25 hb 23cm square. 0-954429-14-1. Clothbound edition to coincide with the major exhibition of the sculptor’s work at Limerick City Gallery. September.
  • Tom Fitzgerald: The Ministry of Dust Drawings. Gandon Editions. 32pp. €10 pb 24 cm. 0-94803711-3.Coinciding with the major touring exhibition of Tom Fitzgeraid’s work opening at Limerick City Gallery. September.
  • Tony O’Malley. Intro. Brian Lynch. New Island. 250pp €80 pb 24cm 1-90430-144-4. New edition of the essential portfolio of the works of the late great artist. October.
  • William Scott. Norbert Lynton. Thames & Hudson. 448pp. £40 hb 31cm 0-500-97637-6. With many newly reproduced paintings among the 300 in colour. October

Autobiography
  • Buried Memories. David Marcus. Mercier Press. 192pp. €12.95 1-86023-157-8. Semi-autobiographical story of Cork’s last Jew, Aaron Cohen. September.
  • Confessions of a Poacher. Jim Connell. Lilliput. 160pp. €12 pb 21cm  1-84351-057-X. Autobiographical sketches from the author’s early life among the Slieve Blooms. October
  • The Doctor’s House. James Liddy. Salmon. 150pp. €15 pb 20cm  1-903392-39-X long-awaited autobiography of one of Ireland’s senior poets. October
  • Don’t Wake Me at Doyles. Maura Murphy. Hodder Headline. 456pp. £22.99 hb 0-7553-1335-6. Mother of nine who emigrated to Birmingham in the fifties. October
  • From Dún Síon to Croke Park. Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh. Penguin Ireland. 256pp. £17.99 €25 hb 23cm 1-84488-044-3. His own story and, by extension, that of the GAA over half a century. October
  • Home to Derry. Tomás Ó Canainn. Appletree. 104pp £8.99, €12.95 pb 21cm 0-86281-932-6. Fictionalised memoirs of his boyhood. October
  • In Fear of her Life: the true story of a gangland marriage. Frances Smith with Erin McCafferty. Maverick House. 224pp. €10.99 pb 20cm  0-954294.5-7-2. An insight into the violent personal life of one of Ireland’s biggest gangsters. September
  • The Irish Ballerina. Monica Loughman with Jean Harrington. Maverick House. 352pp. €14.99 pb 20cm  0-9542945-8-0. Story of a young Irish girl joining a Russian ballet company. October
  • A Life in the Wild. Éamon de Buitléar. Gill& Macmillan. 224pp. £24.99 £19.99 hb 23cm 0-7171-3615-9. The nature film-maker looks back. October
  • Muck and Merlot: a book about food, wine and muddy boots. Tom Doorley. O’Brien Press, 352pp. €20 hb 22cm 0-86278-804-8. Stories of his childhood and later encounters with food, wine and gardening. October.
  • Passing Through. Declan Hassett. Mercier Press. 144pp. €12.95 pb 23cm 1-85635-446-6. last of a trilogy on his life in Cork. October
  • The Retrospections of Dorothea Herbert 1770-1806. Dorothea Herbert. TownHouse 432pp. €9.99 pb 20cm  1-86059-220-1. A true story of 18th-century unrequited love. September
  • Rough justice: memoirs of a gangster. Maurice ‘Bo Bo’ Ward with John Mooney. Mayerick 240pp. €10.99 pb 20cm  0-9542945-2-1. Completed hours before Ward’s murder, the first autobiography of an Irish criminal. September
  • So Me. Graharn Norton. Hodder & Stoughton. 320pp £18.99 hb 22cm 0-340-83348-3. Britain’s’ favourite gay man’ grew up a Protestant in an Irish Catholic town. September
  • ’Tis Herself - a memoir. Maureen O’Hara with John Nicoletti. Simon & Schuster / TownHouse. 370pp. €21.99 hb 30cm 1-903650-65-8. An intimate memoir from one of the stars of Hollywood’s golden era. September
  • Turn up the Lamp. J. S. Doran. Appletree. 142pp £8.99, €12.95 pb 21cm 0-86281-926-1. A youth in Kilkeel in the early 1900s. Foreword by E. Estyn Evans, ills. by Nick Scott. October

Aviation
  • No. 230 Squadron Royal Air Force: Kita chari jaub - We search far. Guy Warner. Colourpoint. 192pp. £20 hb 26cm  1-904242-33-2. Illustrated story of the search and rescue squadron from 1918 to today. September

Biography
  • The Arctic Fox: Francis Leopold McClintock, discoverer of the fate of Franklin. David Murphy. Collins Press. 176pp. €25 hb 23cm 1-903464-58-7. Illustrated life of the one of the best-known Arctic explorers of the Victorian era. October
  • The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841. ed. Mary Sullivan. Four Courts. €65 hb 1-85182-825-7. September. For USA see next.
  • The Correspondence of Catherine McAuley, 1818-1841. ed. Mary C. Sullivan. CUA Press 576pp. $49.95 hb 23cm 0-8132-1395-9. Definitive letters of Sisters of Mercy founder. October.
  • Germany Calling: a biography of William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw. Mary Kenny. New Island. 450pp. €13.99 pb 21cm 1-90260-259-2. Into paperback for an incisive portrait. September
  • In Green and Red: the lives of Frank Ryan. Adrian Hoar. Brandon. 288pp. £15.99 £23.99 hb 22cm  16cm  0-86322-332-x. New biography of a fascinating figure in political history. October.
  • Iris Murdoch As I Knew Her. A. N. Wilson. Arrow 288pp. £7.99 pb 0-09972310-7. The brilliant writer and philosopher before her sad end. September
  • The Irish Zorro: the extraordinary adventures of William Lamport (1615-1659). Gerard Ronan. Brandon. 320 P17624.99 £16,99 hb 23cm 0-86322-329-X Child prodigy, pirate, spy and precursor of Mexican independence. October
  • Lady Icarus: the life of Irish aviator Lady Mary Heath. Lindie Naughton. Ashfield Press. 250 pp. €25 hb25cm 1-901658-38-4. First biography of a great woman of the 2oth century, who flew too close to the sun. October.
  • Something in the Head: the life & work of John Broderick. ed. Madeline Kingston. Lilliput 176pp. €12.99 pb 21cm 184351-047-2; First full biography of the Athlone-born writer. October
  • A Tragedy Waiting to Happen: the chaotic life of Brendan O’Donnell. Tony and J. J. Muggivan. Gill Macmillan. 256pp. €10.99 £7.99 pb 20cm  0-7171-3784-8. Failure of Social Welfare, resulting in murder. September

Business
  • Adventures in Code: the story of the Irish software industry. John Sterne. Liffey Press. 330pp. £22.95 pb 23 cm, 1-904148-59-X. Describes the success of the software industry through experiences of its key figures. October
  • From Redundancy to Success. Tom McGuinness. Blackhall Publishing. 132pp. €14.95 pb 21cm  1-842180-82-7. Practical information to encourage forging a new career and turn redundancy into success. September
  • Fuelled by Belief: The Cityjet story. Pat Byrne. Liffey Press. 256pp. €16.95 pb 23 cm, 1-904148-57-3. How a fledgling airline, against all odds, managed to stay in the air, by its founder. September
  • Managing Cross-cultural Business Relations: the Irish German experience. Mary A. Keating and Gillian S. Martin. Blackhall Publishing. 324pp. €29.95 pb 23cm 1-842180-67-3. How national culture impacts on business and management within and between Ireland and Germany. September
  • Researchwatching. Giles Lury. Blackhall Publishing. 156pp. £17.95 pb 23cm  1-842180-84-3. Examines the techniques of market research. October
  • Talking the Talk. Eimear Barry and Fionnghuala Kelly. Blackhall Publishing. 98pp. €12.95 21 pb cm, 1-842180-74-6. Practical guide to communication in a variety of workplace situations. September
  • Winning Marketing Decisions. Greg Byrne. Blackhall Publishing. 356pp. €19.95 pb 23cm 1-842180-73-8; i93o hb -71-1. Concise road-map to reaching international market leadership. 6 September

Celtica
  • The Last of the Celts. Marcus Tanner. Yale UP. 352pp. £20 23 cm 0-300-10464-2. last flicker of a dying culture? Read on. October


Crime
  • Lifers. Barry Cummins. Gill & Macmillan. 256pp. €10.99  £7.99 pb 20cm  0-7171-3765-1. 16 murderers of the past 50 years. October

Criticism
  • Foreign Affections: essays on Edmund Burke. Seamus Deane. Cork UP. 300pp. €29 £19.95 pb 23 cm, 1-85918379-4. Influences on Burke. October
  • Maria Edgeworth and romance. Sharon Murphy. Four Courts. €55 hb 1-85182-852-4. September
  • Sacred Play. Anne E. O’Reilly. Carysfort Press. 350pp. €25 £17pb 23cm 1-904505-07-4. On ‘soul-journeys’ in the work of leading modern playwrights. September

Drama
  • Players and Painted Stage: aspects of twentieth-century drama in Ireland. ed. Christopher Fitz-simon. New Island. 200pp. €15 hb 21cm  1-90260-263-0. The Thomas Davis lectures for Abbey 100. October.

Ecology
  • A Sense of Wonder: an introduction to drama in education. Ted O’Regan. Liffey. 120pp. €14.95 pb 29cm  1-904148-62-X. How to lead drama workshops by a successful drama teacher. October
  • The Death of Life: can Christians be pro-life and indifferent to the extinction of species? Sean McDonagh SSC, Columba, 144pp. £9.99 pb 21cm  1-856o7-464-1. Passionately pleads for action before it is too late to save the ll,ooo species currently under threat. October

Economics
  • Selling Out: privatisation in Ireland. Paul Sweeney.  tasc@newisland. 250pp. €13.99 pb 21cm 1-9o430-168-1.  Following the success of After the Ball by Fintan  O’Toole. October

Education
  • At Work in School: part-time employment among second-level students. Selina McCoy and Emer Smyth. Liffey. 150pp. €16.95 pb 23cm 1-904148-54-9. Researchers at the ESRI explore the prevalence and impact of student employment. September
  • Faithful to Our Trust: A History of the Erasmus Smith Trust and the High School, Dublin. W. J. R. Wallace. Columba 292pp. €20 hb 25cm  1-85607-466-8. History of the educational charity founded in 17th century. October
  • Primary Options: what every parent needs to know about primary schools in Ireland. ed. Eleanor Gaire and Oliver Mahon. Liffey. 250pp. €14.95 pb 23cm 1-904148-48-4. On the structure and management of schools, rights and entitlements of parents, what to look for in a school. October
  • The Transition Year Programme: an assessment. Emer Smyth et al. Liffey. 250pp. €19.95 pb 23cm  1-90414853-0. A comprehensive examination by researchers at the ESRI. September

Folklore
  • Climbing Brandon: science and faith on Ireland’s holy mountain. Chet Raymo. Brandon. 208pp. €20 £13.99 hb 21cm  0-86322-331-1. Celebration of our Celtic, Christian and natural history traditions. September
  • Traveller in the Glens. Jack McBride. Appletiree. 16opp. £8.99, 1E12.95 pb 21 cm 0-86281-937-7. October
  • The Weather is a Good Storyteller: a collection of Irish proverbs and photographs. Carmel Fitzgerald. Ashfield Press. 100pp. €20 hb 18cm square. 1-90165837-6. Proverbs with translations and modern interpretations, with photographs by Ben Elves. October

Food & Drink
  • The Blazing Salads cookbook. L. P. and J. Fitzmaurice. Gill & Macmillan. 176pp. €16.99 £12.99 pb 25cm 0-7171-3782-1. Over a hundred recipes using natural ingredients. October
  • Bridgestone Irish Food Guide. John and Sally McKenna. Estragon Press. 320pp. €15 £12 pb 21 cm, 1-874076-58-8. Guide to food shops, markets, producers as well as the best restaurants and accommodation. September
  • Neven Cooks 3. Neven Maguire. Poolbeg. €14.99 pb square 1-84223-173-1. Third book of recipes. October

Gardening
  • Shrubs for the Garden. John Cushnie. Kyle Cathie. 225pp. £25 €37 hb 28cm 1-85626-502-1. An Ulsterman in the shrubbery. 9 September

Genealogy
  • Annie’s Letter. Robert Burke. Flyleaf Press. 184pp. €16 £10.7o $20 pb 24cm 0-9539974-6-4. Story of a search for family roots based on clues in a letter written by an ancestor. October

Gift Books
  • Everything Irish. ed. Lelia Ruckenstein & James A. O’Malley. Mercier Press. 470pp. €30 1-85635-449-0. The history, literature, art, music, people and places of Ireland from A-Z. October
  • From Ireland’s Shores: the Ireland yearbook 2005. Appletree. 128pp. £13. 99, €20.50 hb 22cm 0-86281933-4; and
  • From Ireland’s Shores: Irish art address book. Appletree. 128pp. £12.99 €18.95 hb 22cm  0-86281936-9. Respectively diary and address book with reproductions of paintings. September
  • An Irish Christmas Feast. The Best of John B. Keane. Mercier Press. 352pp. €16.95 1-85635-450-4. Christmas dreams, pangs, mischief and aspirations of the Irish country people. October
  • Three Days in September: when the Pope came to Ireland. Liberties Press. 272pp. €29.95 hb 23cm 0-9545335-4-2. Heavily colour-illustrated gift book, with contributors writing on the event of 25 years ago. 29 September

Guides
  • A Companion to the Causeway Coast Way: a comprehensive guide to the walk from Portstewart to Ballycastle. Philip 5. Watson. Blackstaff. 120pp. £9.99 wire comb with rigidplastic case & folding map 21cm 0-85640-758-5. A 53-kilometre stroll, strong on nature. 2 September

Health
  • From the Heart: your mental health questions answered. Patricia Casey. Blackhall Publishing. 292pp. €12.99 pb 23cm 1-842180-79-7. Q&A on a broad range of emotional and psychiatric disorders. October
  • I’ve Got Cancer, But It Hasn’t Got Me: rising to the challenge of breast cancer. Kate Dooher. Veritas. 112pp. €10 pb 21cm  1-85390-784-7. The cancer experience through a lay person’s eyes. September.

History
  • Belfast’s unholy war: the Troubles of the 1920s. Alan Parkinson. Four Courts. iE39,95 hb 1-85182-792-7. September
  • Controversial issues in Anglo-Irish relations, 1910-21 Cornelius O’Leary & Patrick Maume. Four Courts.  €55 hb 1-85182-657-2. October
  • Dancing as a social pastime in the south-west of Ireland, 1800-97. Mary Friel. Four Courts. €9.95 pb 1-85182-815-X. September
  • Ireland in World War Two: neutrality and the art of survival. ed. Dermot Keogh & Mervyn O’Driscoll. Mercier Press. 352pp. €16.95 1-85635-445-8. Examines new perspectives on Ireland in the WW2. September
  • Ireland’s generals in the Second World War. Richard Doherty. Four Courts. €35 hb 1-85182-865-6. September
  • Irish governments and the guardianship of historical records, 1922-72. Gerard O’Brien. Four Courts. £55 hb 1-85182-864-8. September
  • The Men of the Ards. Harry Alien. Ballyhay. 346pp. 21cm 1-900935-42-2. The political, economic and social factors leading to the 1798 rebellion of the peninsula. September
  • Reds and the Green: Ireland, Russia and the Communist Internationals, 1919-43. Emmet O’Connor. UCD Press. 280pp.  €25 £18.95 Pb 1-90455820-8 €50 £39.95 hb -19-4. Shows why Irish Marxists and republicans turned repeatedly to Russia for support and inspiration. October
  • Regions and rulers in Ireland, c.1500 -c.1650. ed. David Edwards. Four Courts. 665 hb 1-85182-742-0. October
  • St Brendan of Kerry, the Navigator: his life and voyages. Gearóid Ó Donnchadha. Four Courts. £9.95 pb 1-85182-? September
  • Samuel Ferguson and the culture of nineteenth-century Ireland. Eve Patten. Four Courts. €55 hb 1-85182-851-6. September
  • Ulster and Scotland, 1600-2000: history, language and identity. ed. William Kelly & John Young. Four Courts €55 hb 1-85182-808-7. October

Historical Institutions
  • Louis Dalton and the Abbey Theatre. Ciara O’Farrell. Four Courts. €55 hb 1-85182-868-0. October.
  • The making of Marsh’s library: learning, politics and religion in Ireland, 1650-1750. ed. Muriel McCarthy & Ann Simmons. Four Courts. €55 hb 1-85182-85o-8. September
  • Queen’s, Belfast, 1945-2000: a university in troubled times. Leslie Clarkson. Four Courts. €55 hb 1-85182862-1. September
  • The Royal Dublin Society, 1815-45. Kevin Bright. Four Courts. £45 hb 1-85182-813-3. October 9
  • Tom Walsh’s opera: the history of the Wexford Festival, 1951-2004. Karina Daly. Four Courts. €35 hb 1-85182-878-4. October
  • Bray in Old Photographs. Arthur Flynn. 0-7171-3618-3. Gill & Macmillan 144pp.  €14.99 £9.99 pb. September
  • Clare GAA in Old Photographs. Seamus O’Reilly. 0-7171-3698-8. Gill & Macmillan 144pp.  €14.99 £9.99 pb. September
  • Ennis in Old Photographs. Sein Spellissy. 0-7171-3534-9. Gill & Macmillan 144pp.  €14.99 £9.99 pb.  October
  • Enclosing the Commons: Dalkey, the Sugar Loaves and  Bray, 1820-70. Liam Clare. Four Courts. €9.95 pb  1-85182-818-4. September
  • Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin, 1832-1900. Carmel  Connell. Four Courts. €9.95 pb 1-85182-817-6.  September
  • A History of County Galway. Peadar O’Dowd. Gill & Macmillan. 192pp.  €14.99 £9.99 pb 23cm 0-7171-3687-6. In a growing series. October
  • Inniskeen during the Great War: the political conversion of Bernard O’Rourke. Terence Dooley. Four Courts. €9.95 pb 1-85182-816-8. September
  • The land and people of county Meath, 1750-1850.  Peter Connell. Four Courts. €55 hb 1-85182-621-1.  September
  • The land movement in Tullaroan, County Kilkenny,  1871. Edward Kennedy. Four Courts. €9.95 pb  1-85182-819-2. September
  • The marriage of John Hughes and Mary Gavin, County  Roscommon. Rosaline Fallon. Four Courts. €69.95 pb  1-85182-82o-6. September
  • The vestry records of the parishes of St Catherine and  St James, Dublin, 1657-96. ed. Raymond Gillespie.  Four Courts. €45 hb 1-85182-8o7-9. October
  • Ireland in the Twentieth Century. Tim Pat Coogan. Arrow. 880pp. £1o.99 0-09-1941522-4. Who could do it better? September
  • Lusitania, an Irish Tragedy. Senan Molony. Mercier Press. 192pp.  €25 1-85635-452-0 Illustrated examination of the effect of the Lusitania sinking on Ireland. October
  • Stark Raving Rulers. Sean Moncrieff. Poolbeg. €10.99 pb 1-84223-210-X. Twenty minor despots of the 21st century. October

Humour
  • Ready Wit. Des MacHale. Mercier Press. 288pp.  é12.95hb 19cm 1-85635-432-6. Seventh in the series of quotable quips. September
  • Ross O’Carroll Kelly: PS, I Scored the Bridesmaid. Paul Howard. O’Brien Press, 240pp. €9.95 pb o-86278-890-0. I am a babe magnet supreme. I know you want some ...  form an orderly queue arseholes. October.

Interview
  • At Arm’s Length: aristocrats in the Republic of Ireland. Ann Chambers. New Island. 300pp. €2o hb 24cm 1-904390-158-4. The author of Granuaile interviews fourteen present-day lords and earls. September.

Journalism
  • Now Far We Have Travelled: the voice of Mary Holland. Mary Holland. TownHouse 280pp. €12.99 pb 20cm 1-86059-241-4. A selection of pieces by the renowned and recently deceased Irish Times journalist. October.

Landscape
  • Landscape Design in Eighteenth-century Ireland. Finola O’Kane. Cork UP. 288pp. €55 $55 £39 25cm  1-85918-362-X. Visual history of the Pale. October

Language
  • A Dictionary of Hiberno-English (2nd edn). Terence  Patrick Dolan. Gill & Macmillan. 388pp. €29.99 £24.99  hb 23cm 0-7171-3535-7. Expanded reference book.  October

Law
  • Law of Child Care. Jim Nestor. Blackhall Publishing. 240pp.  €34.95 pb 23cm 1-842180-75-4. Relationship between state and family; restrictions on state intervention in family life to protect vulnerable children. September
  • Surviving: a personal guide to judicial separation in Ireland. Anne Mcloughlin. TownHouse. 192pp. €13.99 pb 22cm 1-86059-229-5. A layperson’s guide to the complex legal procedure. September

Lifeskills
  • All about Children: questions parents ask. Tony Humphreys. Newleaf. 224pp.  €14.99 £10.99 pb 22cm 0-7171-3740-6. Helpful handbook. October
  • Conquer Your Fear of Flying, post-9/11 edition. Maeve Byrne Crangle. Newleaf. 192pp. €10.99 £8.99 pb 20cm  0-7171-3796-1. With an added bit on terrorism and FAQs. September
  • The Money Doctor: how to achieve total financial health - quickly and easily. John Lowe. Gill & Macmillan. 224pp. €12.99 £9.99 pb 22cm 0-71713822-4. How not to be ripped off (or how to rip off?). October
  • Parenting and Privilege: raising children in a wealthy environment. Mark Harrold. Blackhall Publishing. 104pp. €12.99 pb 21cm 1-84218o-81-9. Advises parents on  the pitfalls of indulgence and how to avoid spoiling  their children. September
  • The Power of ‘Negative’ Thinking. Tony Humphreys. Newleaf. 224pp. €10.99 £7.99 pb 20cm 0-7171-3789-9. Self-help now translated into ten languages. October
  • Self-Esteem: the key to your child’s future. Tony  Humphreys. Newleaf. 240pp.  €10.99 £7.99 pb 20cm 0-7171-3790-2. Homely psychology already available in six languages. October
  • The Third Age Handbook: a guide for older people in Ireland. ed. Anne Dempsey. Liffey. 280pp. €16.95 pb 23cm 1-904148-50-6. All the issues important to older people and the resources they can call on. October
  • Working it Out: helping you through life’s sticky situations. John Masterson. Mercier Press. 198pp. €12.95 pb 20cm 1-85635-447-4. Humorous self-help from a Sunday Indo column. October

Media
  • Irish film censorship. Kevin Rockett. Four Courts. £55 hb 1-85182-844-3; €29.95 pb -845-1. October
  • National cinema and beyond: Irish Film studies: 1, ed. Kevin Rockett & John Hill. €55 hb 1-85182-873-7; €24.95 pb -874-5. October
  • Newspapers and empire in Ireland and Britain, c.1857-1921. ed. Simon Potter. Four Courts. €55 hb 1-85182-832-X October
  • Off Camera: the early days of Irish television. ‘Forward’ [sic] by Gay Byrne. Poolbeg. €25 hb 1-84223-213-4. Mostly nostalgic b&w photos. October
  • Political censorship and the democratic state: the Irish broadcasting ban. Mary Corcoran & Mark O’Brien. Four Courts €55 hb 1-85182-846-X, €30 pb -869-9. October
  • The Story of Irish Film. Arthur Flynn, Currach Press. 256pp. £24.99 hb 24cm 1-85607-914-7. illustrated history from jerky reels to recent success of In America. October.

Music
  • Goethe: musical poet, musical catalyst. ed. Lorraine Byrne. Carysfort Press. 280pp. €25 £17 pb 23cm 1-904505-10-4. A study of his musicality and of his inspiration to composers. October
  • Irish Folk, Trad and Blues: a secret history. Colin Harper and Trevor Hodgett. Collins Press. 432pp. €25 hb 23cm 1-903464-45-5. Careers of great pioneers such as Horslips, De Danann, Thin Lizzy and Rory Gallagher, illustrated. October
  • The Irish Harp Book: a tutor and companion. Sheila  Larchet Cuthbert. Carysfort Press. 250pp. €40 pb 30cm  1-904505-08-2. Reissue of a standard work. September

Nature
  • Complete Irish Wildlife. Paul Sterry. HarperCollins. £14.99 pb. ‘Almost all’ species with 1,000 colour photos. Why no size, pagination or ISBN? 4 October
  • The Remarkable Baohab. Thomas Pakenham.  Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 144pp. £10 hb 22cm  0-297 84373-7. Life and myths of an ancient and curious tree.  October
  • Wild and Wonderful. Éanna Ní Lamhna. Town,House. 224pp. €13.99 pb 22cm  1-86059-218-X Wildlife here and abroad, from one of the most distinctive voices of Radio’s ‘Mooney Goes Wild’. September

North
  • Aftermath: the Omagh bombing and the families’ pursuit of justice. Ruth Dudley Edwards. Secker & Warburg. 384pp. £17.99 23cm 0-43620525-4. Novelist turns her hand to real crime. October
  • All Hell will Break Loose. Austin Currie. O’Brien Press, 402pp. €25 hb, 23cm 0-86278-815-3. A unique man, politician, and time: his fight for peace in Northern Ireland. September.
  • David Trimble: the price of peace. Frank Millar. Liffey. 200pp. €14.95 pb 23cm 1-904148-60-3. Extended interview by the Irish Times’ London editor. October.
  • A Place for Peace: Glencree Centre for Reconciliation, 1974-2004. ed. Colin Murphy and Lynne Adair. Liffey. 220pp. €16.95 pb 21cm 1-904148-56-5. Contributors on the impact Glencree has had on their lives and in the peace process in Northern Ireland. September
  • Representing the Troubles: text and images, 1970-2000 ed. Brian Cliff & Gbhear Walshe. Four Courts. €55 hb 1-85182-854-0. September
  • UDA: Inside the Heart of Loyalist Terror. Jim Cusack & Henry McDonald. Penguin Ireland. 544pp. £12.99 pb 23cm 1-84488-020-6. Rigorously researched account of sex, drugs, murder and mayhem. September

Novels
  • The Arrival of Fergal Flynn. Brian Kennedy. Hodder Headline. 352pp. €15 pb 0-340-83229-0. Coming of age in wartorn Belfast. September
  • The Baby Trail. Sinéad Moriarty. Penguin Ireland. 320pp. £6.99 pb 20cm  1-84488-040-0. Emma is normal and happy until she decides to have a baby. September
  • The Ballroom on Magnolia Street. Sharon Owens. Poolbeg. €13.99 pb 1-84223-119-7. By the author of The Teahouse on Mulberry Street. October
  • Barley Corn Blues. Lee Dunne. Poolbeg. €9.99 pb 1-84223-216-6. Addiction and love in Dublin and NY. September
  • Bás Tobann. Anna Heussaff. Cois Life. €15 pb 1-901176-47-9. First novel about a Dublin family relocating to West Cork. 10 September
  • Call Me the Breeze. Patrick McCabe. Faber. 352pp. £7.99  pb 0-571-21746-X. ‘A dizzy drunk book’, says Bono.  September
  • Castles in the Air. Anne Mane Forrest. Poolbeg. €9.99 pb 1-84223-119-7. Rockstar buys the castle next door. September
  • Changeling. Melissa Diem. Tivoli. 256pp. €9.99 £6.99 pb 20cm  0-7171-3730-9. Badly handicapped girl teaches her mother to accept. September
  • Deceptions. June Considine. New Island. 400pp. €13.99 pb 24cm i-90430-160-6. ‘The new Maeve Binchy’ with a sequel to When the Bough Breaks. September.
  • He Loves Me Not ... He Loves Me. Claudia Carroll. Bantam. 336pp. £10.99 pb 0-593-05307-9, Penniless family hire out their mansion to filmmakers. Author is actress in Fair City. 2 September
  • Ireland. Frank Delaney. Time Warner. 512pp. £17.99 hb 23cm 0-316-72597-8. ‘A novel of huge ambition-the history of Ireland in all its drama …’ Also available abridged in Audio Books. Why abridged? September
  • Learning to Fly. Mary Hosty. Poolbeg. €8.99 pb 1-84223 130-5. Sexy, funny, after The Men in her Life. October
  • Links. Mary O’Conor. TownHouse. 400pp. €13.99 pb 23 cm 1-86059-222-8. Sex on the golf course and sport in the bedroom! September
  • Living the Dream. Kate Thompson. Bantam. 368pp. £9.99 pb 23cm 0-593-05171-8. Second Bantam book this autumn to have a movie-maker next doorwith romantic results. 7 October
  • Missing Molly. Tracy Culleton. Poolbeg. €8.99 pb 1-84223-156-1. Separated father kidnaps 2-year-old. September
  • Oh, Play That Thing. Roddy Doyle. Audio. Tape x 4 £12.99 1-856-86931-8; CD x 5 £14.99 1-856-86932-6. Sequel to A Star Called Henry, read by the author. September
  • The Pilgrimage. John Broderick. Lilliput. 200pp. 610.99 pb 21cm 1-84351-048-0. Re-issue of a classic novel; see Something in the Head under Biography. October
  • Pursuit. Brian Gallagher. Poolbeg. €8.99 pb 1-84223-136-7. Near-cold murder trail. Author of Payback. September
  • Revolutions. Lory Manrique-Hyland. Sitric. 200pp. €9.99 pb i-903305-13-6. Family saga of three generations set in Cuba. October
  • The Sea Beggars - the Mark of Ran. Paul Kearney. Bantam. 350pp. £16.99 0-593-04776-1. First of a new fantasy sequence. 2 September
  • Sold. Fiona O’Brien. New Island. 400pp. €12.99 pb 24cm 1-90430-130-4. Sequel to Charity: dark deeds and romance in Dublin’s embassy belt. September
  • The Stone House. Marita Conlon-McKerma. Bantam. 336pp. £6.99 pb 0-553-81368-4. Three sisters home to bury their mother. 1 September
  • The Waking of Willie Ryan. John Broderick. Lilliput, 240pp. €10.99 pb, 21cm  1-84351-049-9. Re-issue of a classic novel; see Something in the Head under Biography. October
  • Windsong: the breath of being. Roger Derham. De Worde. 320pp. €20 hb 23cm 1-904893-03-1. A manuscript turns up which could change Islam’s relationship with Christianity, but a Chester Beatty staffer dies and the MS disappears ... October
  • Winter Bayou. Kelly Sullivan. Lilliput. 128pp. €10.99 pb 21cm 1-84351-046-4. Exploring the inner life and marital betrayal of Grace Wright, set in Mississippi. September

Photography
  • All Changed: fifty years of photographing Ireland. Colman Doyle and John Quirm. O’Brien Press, 176pp. €30 hb, 28cm  0-86278-873-o. Half a century captured by the lens by an award-winning photographer. October
  • Forgotten Cork: photographs from the Day Collection. Colin Rynne and Billy Wigham Collins Press, 160pp. €30 hb 25cm 1-903464-56-0. 160 black and white photographs from the nineteenth century to the closing decades of the twentieth. October
  • Healing Hands: people remember nurses. Arm Henrick with Maeve Binchy. New Island. 120pp. €15 pb 21cm  1-90430-143-6. Photo-tribute to the nurses of Ireland; text by Maeve. October.
  • Picture The Quiet Man. Des McHale. Appletree. 192pp. £19.99 E29.95 24cm 0-86281-930-x. Stills and behind-the-scenes shots from the movie. See also ‘Tis Herself under autobiography. September

Plays
  • The Drunkard.Tom Murphy. Carysfort Press. 100pp. €10 £7 pb21cm 1-904505-09-0. A version of the 19th-century melodrama. October
  • Tarry Flynn. Peter Fallon (after Patrick Kavanagh). Gallery Press. 104pp. €20 hb 1-85235-3775 €11.40 pb -376-7. Peter Fallon’s playful transformation published to coincide with its US premiere. September

Poetry
  • Black State Cars. Alan Jude Moore. Salmon. 72pp. €12 pb 20cm  1-903392-40-3. Debut collection from winner of the 2nd Salmon Poetry publication prize. October
  • Can Happen: a poem and essay. Seamus Heaney. TownHouse 48pp. €12.99 pb 20cm  1-86059-235-X. An essay and poem with 24 translations, in support of Amnesty International. October
  • Collected Poems. Anthony Cronin. New Island. 300pp. €20 pb 21cm  1-90430-155-X. The long-awaited collected volume by a Saoi (and inventor) of Aosdana. October
  • Dancing with Kitty Stobling: the Patrick Kavanagh poetry award winners, 1971-2003; ed. Antoinette Quirm. Lilliput. 240pp. €12.99 pb 21 cm; 1-84351-045-6. Anthology of poems by the 32 award winners including previously unpublished work; October
  • The Georgics of Virgil. trans. Peter Fallon. Gallery Press. 144pp. €20 hb 1-85235-365-1; €13.90 pb-364-3. Poetry Book Society recommended translation. September
  • New and Selected Poems. Dennis O’Driscoll. Anvil Press Poetry 272pp. £12.95 pb 23cm 0-85646-373-6. Includes the out-of-print “Bottom Line”, five other collections and new work. October
  • The Quick of It. Eamon Grennan. Gallery Press. 80pp. €17.50 hb 1-85235-371-6; €11.40 pb -370-8; Dublin-Vassar-Renvyie poet’s seventh collection - his first since he won the Lenore Marshall prize from the Academy of American Poets. Not available in USA. October
  • Rich and Rare Land: Irish poetry and paintings. ed. Joseph McMinn. Gill & Macmillan, 144pp. €18.99 £14.99 hb 21 X24cm (wide) 0-7171-3781-3. Osborne, Orpen et al. among Heaney, Yeats et al. September
  • The Road to Inver: translations, versions and imitations 1975-2003. Tom Paulin. Faber. 128pp. £14.99 hb 0-571-22119-X October
  • Sanctuary. Matthew Sweeney. Jonathan Cape. 80pp. £8 pb 20cm  0-224-07345-1. His eighth collection discloses the strange, ironic and sad. September
  • Somebody, Somewhere. Alan Gillis. Gallery Press. 64pp. €17.50 hb 1-85235-373-2; 611.40 pb -372-4. The voice of a new generation; a first collection, none of which has been published. October

Psychology
  • Considering Counselling: the person-centred approach. Ursula O’Farrell. Veritas. 192pp. €13 pb 21cm 1-85390-840-l. The theory and practice with case studies. September.

Puzzles
  • Crosaire: 120 crosswords from the Irish Times. Derek Crozier. O’Brien Press, 256pp. €9.95 pb 21cm  0-86278g00-1. For us who just can’t get enough of Crosaire, to challenge the sharpest mind. September.

Religion
  • Carried by the Current: a Benedictine perspective. Ambrose Tinsley OSB. Columba. 136pp. €11.99 pb 21cm  1-85607-458-7. Popular writer on Benedictine sorituality on three central tenets of the Rule: Prayer, Lection and Work. October.
  • Cast out into the Deep: attracting young people to the Church. Seamus Lynch. Liffey. 256pp. €16.95 pb 21cm. 1-904148-5-1. A heartfelt exploration including the views of well known figures. September
  • Celebrating the Season of Advent. ed. Eltin Griffin OCarm. Columba, 160pp. €11.99 pb 21cm  1-85607-468-4. Comprehensive commentary for preachers, teachers, liturgy planners and everyone who has an interest in the season. September
  • Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled: thoughts on ministry to the terminally ill. Edward Daly. Veritas. 72pp. €6 pb 19cm 1-85390-825-8. The author’s experiences as hospice chaplain over the past decade. September
  • Faith, Word and Culture. ed. Liam Bergin. Columba, 120pp. €11.99 pb 21cm  1-85607-445-5. Conference papers from Irish College, Rome to commemorate 40th anniversary of Vatican II. October
  • Lectio Divina with the Sunday Gospels: the year of Luke - year A, Michel de Verteuil, Columba, 264pp. €14.99 pb 21cm 1-85607-461-7. Renowned lectio divina scholar offers thoughts on the readings for preachers. October
  • Liturgy Preparation for Year A: resources for schools and churches Bernard Cotter. Veritas. 80pp. €10 pb 30cm 1-85390-845-2. labour-saving resources for priests, sacristans, choirs and liturgy groups. October
  • Moral Decision Making. Patrick Hannon. Veritas. pb 21cm 1-85390-781-2. Some understandings of morality and the implications for personal decision-making. September
  • Out of Wonder: the evolving story of the universe. Nellie Mclaughlin. Veritas. €14.95 pb 21cm  1-85390648-4. A celebration of our interconnectedness in the community of the universe. October
  • Prayer Reflections for Group Meetings: a parish and ministry resource. Donal Harrington, Columba, 168pp. €13.99 pb 23cm 1-85607-441-2. Texts for group prayer and reflection composed around themes to do with parish life, ministry and Christian living. September.
  • Praying Body and Soul: methods and practices of Anthony de Mello. Gabriel Galache SJ and Anthony de Mello SJ, Columba, 144pp. €10.99 pb 21cm 1-85607-195-2. Step-by-step exercise book integrating the Christian tradition of contemplation and the Eastern wisdom of meditation. September
  • Preaching God’s Word on Sunday: homilies and prayers of the faithful for year A. Desmond Knowles, Columba, 216pp. €12.99 pb 21cm  1-85607-459-5. Collection of short straight-forward homilies for cycle A. September
  • Promises to Keep: parents and confirmation. John Paul Sheridan. Veritas. 128pp. €10 pb 21cm 1-8539o885-1. Helps parents engage with preparation for Confirmations. September
  • Religion and Gender. Sandra Cullen. Veritas. pb 21cm 1-85390-786-3. Explains the role of gender in religious experience and tradition. September
  • Seeds for the Soul: weekly food from the Lord’s Table. Sunday homilies for cycle A. Brendan McGuire. Columba. 144pp. €9.99 £6.99 pb 21cm  1-85607-465-X.
  • The focus is on God’s redeeming love and our response to his love in concrete ways. October
  • A Time of Waiting: images and insights. Anne Thurston. Columba, 112pp. €9.99 pb 21cm  1-85607-471-4. Advent reflections and images which focus on the women at the centre of the Christmas story in particular Elizabeth and Mary. September
  • Vulnerable to the Holy: in faith, morality and Art. Enda McDonagh. Columba. 224pp. €12.99 pb 21cm  1-85607-460-9. The theologian explores areas in which he has been engaged intellectually, emotionally and practically. September
  • Watering the Desert with Anthony de Mello. John Callanan. Mercier Press. 160pp. €12.95 1-85635-444-X. Meditation exercises of a great Indian Master of Prayer September
  • The Way It Was: the narrative of the birth of Jesus. Matthew Byrne. Columba, 176pp. €11.99 pb 21cm  1-85607-463-3. looks at the evangelists’accounts of the birth of Jesus to light up background. September.

Short Stories
  • Nocturnes. John Connolly. Hodder & Stoughton. 544pp. £12.99 lib 22cm  0-340-83458-7. Delving into our darkest fears. October

Sociology
  • Collision Culture: transformations in everyday life in Ireland. Kieran Keohane and Carmel Kuhling. Liffey. 160pp. €16.95 pb 21cm  1-904148-61-1. Argues that the economic boom has resulted in the collision of incompatible ways of life. October
  • Dublin’s Lost Heroines: mammies and grannies in a vanished Dublin. Kevin C. Kearns. Gill & Macmillan. 256pp. €29.99 £24.99 hb 23cm 0-7171-3463-6. From memories of slum life. October
  • Everyday Heroes: a celebration of volunteering in Ireland. Fiona Murdoch. Veritas. 611.95 pb 24cm  1-85390-830-4. Case studies of volunteers with different backgrounds and motivations. October
  • Issues of justice and Peace. John Murray. Veritas. pb 21cm 1-85390-791-X. Introducing the principles and skills of social analysis. September
  • Theorising Irish Social Policy. ed. Bryan Fanning et al. UCD Press. 240pp. €22.50 £16.95 pb 1-904558-31-3. Advanced textbook for Irish social policy students. September.

Sport
  • Croke Park: a history. Tim Carey. Coffins Press. 2o8pp. €30 hb 1-903464-54-4. Story of ‘Croker’ from the late nineteenth century to the present with good illustrations including colour. September
  • Footie Facts Quiz Book. Appletree. 96pp. £4.99, €6.95 pb 21cm 0-86281-938-5. October
  • The Full Bag of Chips: Ireland and the Triple Crown. Peter O’Reilly. O’Brien Press, 104pp. €19.95 lib 24cm 0-86278-897-8. Account of Ireland’s first ‘trophy’in 19 years: analysis and anecdotes. November.
  • Lifelong Season: at the heart of Gaelic games. Keith Duggan. TownHouse. 384pp. €12.99 pb 20cm  1-86059-219-8. A thoughtful and evocative portrait of the GAA’s past, present and f uture. October
  • The Power and the Glory: the history of the North West 200. Alastair McCook. Appletree. 192pp. £12.99, €18.95 pb 24cm 0-86281-873-7. September

Topography
  • Bray and North Wicklow: gateway to the garden. Arthur Flynn. Cottage, 96pp. £14.95 hb 22  x 27cm 1-900935-37-6. A leisurely tour of picturesque and historic North Wicklow. Ill. Val Byrne. October
  • Carlingford Lough. Marie McStay. Cottage. 96pp. £14.95 hb 22 x 27cm l-900935-41-4. A leisurely stroll through the city, towns and stunning scenery around the lough. Artist Colum McEvoy. October
  • Connemara: visions of lar Connacht. Michael Gibbons. Cottage. 96pp. £14.95 hb 22 x 27cm 1-90093543-0. A unique tour through wild and beautiful Connemara, with artwork by Reingard Gahan. October
  • Land of Destiny. Joe McGowan. Cottage. 96pp. £14.95 hb 22 x 27cm 1-900935-39-2. Sligo at your fingertips, with paintings by Anne Osborne and short historical stories. October
  • The Waters and the Wild. Michael Mullen. Cottage. 96pp. £14.95 hb 22 x 27cm l-900935-40-6. A unique tour through county Mayo. Artist John P. McHugh. October

Tourism
  • Ireland: tourism and marketing. Angela Wright and Margaret Linehan. Blackhall Publishing. 150pp. €14.99 pb 23cm 1-842180-78-9. Assessment of the industry with factors affecting the destination marketing. October

Transport
  • Father Browne’s Trains and Railways. E. E. O’Donnell Currach Press, 120pp. €19.99 hb 23cm 1-85607-916-3. Locomotives as snapped by the famous Jesuit photographer in early years of 20th century. October
  • Luas: Harcourt Street memories. Brian Mac Aongusa. Currach Press. 120pp. €14.99 pb 23cm 1-85607-917-1. Paperback of last year’s bestseller with the story brought up to date with launch of Luas. September

Travel
  • Against the Wind: peddling for a pint from Japan to Ireland. Yasuyuki Ozeki. Poolbeg. €12.99 pb 1-84223-209-6. They might mean pedalling, but it was commercially sponsored to the hilt. September
  • In Irish Waterways. Edward O’Regan, Currach Press, 144pp. €12.99 pb 20cm  1-85607-915-5. Contemporary account of canoeing trips on Ireland’s inland waterways in 1940s. September
  • Sailing for Home: a voyage from Antigua to Kinsale. Theo Dorgan. Penguin Ireland. 320pp. £17.99 €25 hb 22cm 1-84488-048-6. Poet’s logbook of a voyage is meditative and philosophical. October.

Young People
  • All about Gaelic Football. Tom Fitzpatrick & Jerry Grogan. O’Brien Press. 32pp. €9.95 pb 26 cin 0-86278892-7. Detailed history: the counties, clubs, winners: all you could know. October.
  • The Boss: the remarkable adventures of Ernest Shackleton, heroic Antarctic explorer. Michael Smith. Coffins Press. 128pp. €7.99 pb 21cm 1-903464-57-9. Children’s biography of the man involved in four expeditions to Antarctica. September
  • The Boy Who Saved Christmas. Vincent McDonnell. Coffins Press. 160pp. €6.99 pb 21cm 1-903464-18-8. Brave computer whiz tries to save the kidnapped Santa from the evil Mister Carbuncle. September
  • A Child’s Treasury of Irish Stories and Poems. Gill Macmillan. 192pp. €16.99 £12.99 hb 25cm  0-71713795-3. A gift edition. September
  • Chill Factor: Blue Flag. Vincent McDonnell. O’Brien Press. 224pp. €7.95 pb 22cm 0-86278-888-9. Danger and excitement at every turn in a fast-paced thriller. Ages 10+ October.
  • Emma Says Oops!: Solo 4. Anna Donovan. O’Brien Press. 48pp. €5.50 pb 20cm  0-86278-832-3. Emma is clumsy. She drops everything. Will she ever learn to juggle like Peter? September.
  • Epic. Conor Kostick. O’Brien Press. 288pp. €7.95 pb 22cm  0-86278-877-3. On New Earth, Epic is not just a computer game, it’s a matter of life and death. Oct.
  • Glac SOS: SOS Tape 1. Una Leavy & Anna Donovan. O’Brien Press. C8.95 0-86278-9o3-6. A story on each side: ‘Deirdre agus an Fear Bréige’ agus ‘Sinéad ag Damhsa’. 5+. September.
  • Great Irish Heroes. Fiona Waters. Gill & Mactnillan. 64pp. €12.99 £9.99 hb 29cm 0-7171-3793-7. With full colour illustrations. September
  • The Harvest Tide Project. Oisín McGann. O’Brien Press. 328pp. €7.95 pb 21cm  0-86278-834-X. A mysterious corpse in an ocean of gas, and two teenagers for whom fear isn’t a factor. September.
  • Lámhainní Glasa: S0S 11. Aine Ní Ghlinn. O’Brien Press. 64pp. €5-50 pb 21cm  0-86278-90l-X. ‘Seánlámmhainní flasa! Domsa? Tá an-diomái ar Deirdre. Ach taitníonn said go mór le Fionnán. Age 5. September.
  • Race Against Time. Vincent McDonnell. Coffins Press. 80pp. €S.99 pb 1-903464-62-5. Novel on the Irish junior Formula One Champion who risks his title and life to save his friend from a web of intrigue. September
  • The Rainbow Bridge. Aubrey Flegg. O’Brien Press. 224pp. €9.95 pb 22cm 0-86278-826-9. Second in the Louise trilogy after Wings over Delft (below). The portrait of Louise Eeden influences the lives of all it touches. September.
  • Shoestring Soup: Panda 30. Fergus Lyons. O’Brien Press. 64pp. €5.50 pb 20cm 0-86278-871-4. The poor man is tired of shoestring soup. He tries a cookery book sandwich - yuck! What can he do? Ages 5+. September.
  • Something Beginning with P: new poems from Irish poets. ed. Seamus Cashman. O’Brien Press. 160pp. £28 hb 24cm 0-86278-868-4. A new collection of poetry written for young readers, illustrated by Corrina Askin & Alan Clarke. October.
  • Wings over Delft. Aubrey Flegg. O’Brien Press. 280pp. €7.95 pb 20cm 0-86278-886-2. Into paperback for the Bisto Book of the Year 2004, the first of the Louise trilogy. September
  • Wolfgran Returns: Red Flag. Finbar O’Conor. O’Brien Press. 96pp. €6.50 pb 21cm 0-86278-884-6. Inspector Plonker is once more on the trail of his old enemy, but this time he’s going undercover. Age 8+. September.
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