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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Offseason
By Sarah Baxter, Paul Bloomfield
Get to the heart of 100 of the world's top destinations during off-peak times so you can avoid the crowds, support local communities and see each place in a different light. Lace up your walking boo...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Kids A Kid's Guide to France
By Paige Towler
Get ready for an epic adventure like no other with our awesome series of kid's travel guides featuring the most amazing countries and cities around the world. France, here we come! Did you know tha...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Best Road Trips Australia
Lonely Planet's Best Road Trips Australia reveals 38 incredible escapes - with maps - so you can experience the freedom of the open road. Get ready for a road trip like no other and discover unf...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Love Japan
Meet the real Japan and fall in love with its culture, customs, traditions and people in this illuminative exploration of one of the most extraordinary countries on the planet. Japan is a country f...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Best Road Trips Ireland
Lonely Planet's Best Road Trips Ireland reveals 34 incredible escapes - with maps - so you can experience the freedom of the open road. Get ready for a road trip like no other and discover unfor...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Best Road Trips Italy
Lonely Planet's Best Road Trips Italy reveals 40 incredible escapes - with maps - so you can experience the freedom of the open road. Get ready for a road trip like no other and discover unforge...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet French Travel Phrasebook & Dictionary
Learn essential phrases and vocabulary – from directions to eating out and travelling safely – and get to the heart of the local culture with this on-the-go language guide. Never get stuck fo...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Mandarin Travel Phrasebook & Dictionary
Learn essential phrases and vocabulary – from directions to eating out and travelling safely – and get to the heart of the local culture with this on-the-go language guide. Never get stuck for ...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2027
Lonely Planet's annual bestseller is BACK with this trailblazing edition for 2027 featuring 25 of the hottest must-visit destinations and 25 must-do experiences. Fuel your wanderlust for the year a...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Japanese Travel Phrasebook & Dictionary
Learn essential phrases and vocabulary – from directions to eating out and travelling safely – and get to the heart of the local culture with this on-the-go language guide. Never get stuck for ...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Best Road Trips France
Lonely Planet's Best Road Trips France reveals 39 incredible escapes - with maps - so you can experience the freedom of the open road. Get ready for a road trip like no other and discover unforgett...
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12 Sep 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Experience Tasmania
This latest edition of Lonely Planet's Experience Tasmania travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic region with all the tools you need to create your own unique trip. Dis...
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11 Sep 2026 - Samuel Silva
Poemas da Nulidade: Poems of Nullity
By Samuel Silva
A collection of poetry by poet Samuel Silva in both English and Portguese.
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11 Sep 2026 - Orpen Press
Boomshakalaka: Winning Against the Odds
Irish sporting legend Timmy McCarthy takes readers on an inspiring journey from his humble beginnings in Cork City to the commentary booths of the Olympic Games, becoming a national treasure and one o...
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11 Sep 2026 - Orpen Press
In the Blood: The Mick Martin Story
By Mick Martin
This book follows Mick Martin from his early days as a Dublin boy working a full-time job and playing in the League of Ireland to being signed by Manchester United to play alongside legends like Georg...
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11 Sep 2026 - Wordwell
Irish or British or Both: From the Good Friday Agreement to the United Ireland question
By Noel Dorr
The Long Road to the Good Friday Agreement and the Future Beyond It In this timely and deeply informed book, former diplomat Noel Dorr reflects on the long history that shaped modern Ireland’s...
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10 Sep 2026 - Gill
Homegrown: A pair of hands. A patch of earth. A philosophy for living.
By Barrie Quinn
Homegrown is the inspiring story of how Donegal grower Barrie Quinn transformed a neglected family field into Portnoo Market Garden – a thriving, small-scale haven that produces exceptional quality ...
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10 Sep 2026 - Irish Academic Press Ltd
Enemies Within: The Explosive True Story of Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair, Northern Ireland’s Most Infamous Paramilitary Godfather
‘Three things come with taking a man’s life. The first one is the easy bit – going into a room and shooting somebody… The second is preparing yourself if you get caught coming or going and get...
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10 Sep 2026 - Penguin Books Ltd
Ourselves Alone
What really goes on behind closed doors in Ireland’s most secretive political party? Long defined by message control and secrecy, Sinn Féin has rarely allowed outsiders a glimpse behind the curt...
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10 Sep 2026 - Gill
Through the Long Grass: Love, Loss and Belonging in Nature
By Eoin Warner
A BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM TRAGEDY TO RENEWAL In January 1979, when Eoin Warner was two years old, an oil tanker exploded in Bantry Bay. Among the fifty lives lost was Eoin�...
Book Reviews
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Book TitleAuthorPublisherPublishedAugust 2026'An utterly distinctive voice in contemporary Irish literature' - Irish Times 'One of our most original writers' - Irish Independent An original voice, a writer who has come to recreate the world on his own terms' - Colm Tóibín 'An elegant rarity in contemporary fiction' - Cathy Sweeney The Guardian Review: https://shorturl.at/SdO3R
Top Searches
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29 Sep 2026 - No Alibis Press
No Vacancy
By Jan Carson
Hotel Stories No Vacancy is a short collection of micro-fiction inspired by Jan Carson's various (and numerous) hotel visits of recent years. Whether it's winning ownership of the Isle of Man in a ...
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22 Mar 2007 - University College Dublin Press
Vision and Vacancy: The Fictions of J.S. Le Fanu
By James Walton
Follows the course of Sheridan Le Fanu's attraction to the void, and his resistance to it, from the beginning to the end of his career. By placing his work within the appropriate contexts of early app...
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8 Sep 2026 - Tor Books
Strange is the Light
For fans of Stranger Things, Piranesi, and Kelly Link, Strange is the Light follows a group of estranged childhood friends as they are called back to the island where they spent their summers; it's ti...
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3 Sep 2000 - Riverrun
After the Silence
Nessa Crowley's murderer has been protected by silence for ten years. Until a team of documentary makers decide to find out the truth. On the day of Henry and Keelin Kinsella's wild party at their...
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1 Sep 2026 - Poolbeg Press Ltd
The Silence of October
By Sharon Guard
As the seventh anniversary of their daughter’s death approaches, Klara and Hector Armstrong are struggling to live a normal life in the company of grief. Klara, a former concert pianist, never wa...
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30 Apr 2026 - The Bodley Head Ltd
The Fallen: The Magdalene Laundries and Ireland’s Legacy of Silence
Published to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the last Laundry’s closure, The Fallen is the forgotten story of the Magdalene Laundries, told through the voices of the women who endured the...
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4 Jun 2026 - Fitzcarraldo Editions
Dooneen
Bartholomew Port, known to all as Mew, steps into the bushes in a London park and steps out of the bushes in a Dublin one. Not only that – there are no cars; there are moving footpaths; there is no ...
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5 Jun 2026 - Ecco
Frida Slattery As Herself: A Novel
By Ana Kinsella
A sweeping, witty, and wise novel following an actress and a writer-director—told through the plays they make together and the time they spend apart You could probably run cities on the energy ge...
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7 May 2026 - The Gallery Press
Lives of the Saints
‘Mícheál McCann’s debut collection, Devotion, is a stately book — courtly, even.’ So wrote Declan Ryan in The Irish Times. In that rapturously received first book the author applied a modern...
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7 May 2026 - Hachette Books Ireland
Deadly Silence: A Sister’s Battle to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of Clodagh and Her Sons by Alan Hawe
NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025, AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS The heart-breaking account of a search for the truth behind the brutal killings that shocked a nation. On 29 August 2016, devastating...
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22 May 2026 - New Island Books
IMPERFECT BEINGS
Life moves forward, but its meaning often emerges in hindsight. In this luminous collection, Dermot Bolger captures those unexpected moments when past loves and choices resurface with startling clarit...
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30 Apr 2026 - Four Courts Press Ltd
Gothic: Building Castles in post-Union Ireland
By Judith Hill
Castles speak. Especially in an age when they are no longer necessary. The Act of Union of 1800, which brought Ireland into closer association with Britain, challenged the status of Irish landed propr...
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19 Feb 2026 - Merrion Press
Veil of Silence: How the Irish State Covered Up an IRA Murder and Framed a Garda Whistleblower
In 1985 John Corcoran, a Garda informer within the ranks of the Cork IRA, was exposed and brutally executed by militant republicans. No one has ever been charged. For decades, speculation was rife tha...
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26 Sep 2025 - Four Courts Press Ltd
Building Mitchelstown, 1779-1830
Mitchelstown in Co. Cork was one of over 750 Irish towns built or remodelled between 1690 and 1840. Its regular street plan, linear building plots and uniform architecture epitomized the enlightened a...
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12 Jul 2024 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Experience Thailand
By Chawadee Nualkhair, Amy Bensema, Megan Leon, Aydan Stuart, Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj, Barbara Woolsey
Lonely Planet's Experience Thailand is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. Escape to the quiet beaches of Ko Kut, dig into spicy fish curries in Phuket, dance at a secret rave...
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12 Jan 2025 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Experience New York City
By John Garry
Lonely Planet's Experience New York City is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. Marvel at the many views of the city, explore the High Line and walk through Harlem's literary ...
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12 Jan 2025 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Experience New England
Lonely Planet's Experience New England is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. Cycle the Maine coast, discover revolutionary Boston and explore art in Vermont - all guided by l...
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12 Apr 2025 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Experience Rome
By Duncan Garwood, Elisa Colarossi, Angela Corrias, Angelo Zinna
Lonely Planet’s Experience Rome is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. Devour delicious pizza slices in Testaccio, toss a coin in Trevi Fountain, explore new underground lev...
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6 Oct 2021 - Veritas Publications
Come Drink at the Fountain: Introducing the Carmelite Authors
The Title of this book, Come Drink at the Fountain, suggests people are thirsty. Christian spirituality seeks to respond to that thirst which is ultimately a thirst for God. Carmelite spirituality is ...
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14 Jun 2024 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Experience Ireland
By Isabel Albiston, Neil Arthurs, Brian Barry, Yvonne Gordon, Una-Minh Kavanagh, Noelle Kelly, Catherine Le Nevez, Fionan McGrath, Orla Smith
Lonely Planet's Experience Ireland is your guide to unforgettable experiences and local surprises. - all guided by local experts with fresh perspectives. Drive the Wild Atlantic Way, sip stout in a ch...
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14 Sep 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Nowhere for a Ghost to Sleep
By Erika McGann
Little Ghost is very sleepy. She looks everywhere for a bed to sleep: in a house, in a barn, on a boat – even on the moon. But everyone everywhere is too afraid of ghosts to let her in! ...
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14 Sep 2026 - Luain Press
At Our Fingertips
At Our Fingertips is a visual poetry pamphlet with writing invitations. Knowles features examples of her art and craft alongside deep, lyrical poems that experiment with form in ways that prompt the r...
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14 Sep 2026 - Orpen Press
The Bucket Man: John Concannon and the JFC Group
“If I can start a business selling buckets, anyone can start their own business. It doesn’t matter where you come from. What matters is where you’re going, even if you’re not clear what the fi...
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15 Sep 2026 - Townhouse Publishing Ltd
K-Pop Colouring Book: Dragon Detectives
K-Pop fans will love this dazzling colouring book, with pictures that tell a brilliantly fun K-Pop themed story. They can follow K-Pop band the Flames as they chase a mysterious dragon, all whilst bal...
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17 Sep 2026 - Elm Books
Anne Devlin, Ireland’s First Female Political Prisoner
By Carmel Kelly
Referred to as the faithful housekeeper of Robert Emmet, Anne was much more than that. Her pivotal role in the insurrection of 1803 led to her spending three years in Kilmainham Gaol. She bravely resi...
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17 Sep 2026 - Gill
Seeing What's Hidden: Uncovering Ireland's Ancient Ways of Knowing
AS TRANSCENDENT AND MIRACULOUS AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, THE FINAL BOOK IN THE LANDMARK TRILOGY In his final book, Manchán Magan implores us – even dares us – to move from the limited rational worl...
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17 Sep 2026 - Gill
The Game of Life: And how to win it
By Ivan Yates
Life is not a rehearsal, it’s the ultimate game, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. In The Game of Life, Ivan Yates draws on his extraordinary journey through politics, business and broadcasting t...
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17 Sep 2026 - Gill
The Lost Sportswriter: A Life up close with Irish sporting greatness
NOTES FROM A CHANGING GAME – ONE OF IRELAND’S GREATEST SPORTSWRITERS REFLECTS ON A LIFE LIVED THROUGH SPORT There was a time when it wasn’t unusual for a journalist to walk into a dressing...
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17 Sep 2026 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
X+Y=K
X + Y = K is the final, astonishing work by the late Ciaran Carson— an electrifying fusion of memoir, ghost story, and speculative fiction that pushes his lifelong preoccupations with memory, time, ...
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17 Sep 2026 - Hachette Books Ireland
The Last Good Day on the Internet: Finding Hope and Humanity in a Superhuman World
By Mark Little
Do you remember when the internet felt like a shared playground? When strangers around the world connected over the colour of a dress? The Last Good Day on the Internet sees former foreign corresponde...
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18 Sep 2026 - New Island Books
DREAM BIG: New Plays from The Ark 2019–2025
Since opening its doors in 1995, The Ark has operated in Dublin city as a dedicated cultural centre for children – making and sharing fun, ambitious work that aims to realise every child’s right t...
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18 Sep 2026 - New Island Books
MAGILL & VINCENT BROWNE
By Kevin Rafter
Magill was the magazine that held a mirror up to Ireland at its most turbulent. In an era marked by mass unemployment, emigration, ferocious battles over abortion and divorce, and the political duels ...
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21 Sep 2026 - Townhouse Publishing Ltd
Please look after this Ghost
Little ones will love having their own pet ghost in! This perfect board book encourages independent play, with a play piece that children can remove, carry and pop into the pages. Give your ghost a na...
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21 Sep 2026 - Townhouse Publishing Ltd
All Aboard The Christmas Train
Bright and colourful board book with jigsaw train pieces on every page – put them all together to build a long train! With over 40 pieces and endless combinations, little readers will love sharing t...
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21 Sep 2026 - Townhouse Publishing Ltd
100 First Things to Say
Little ones will love this charming first words book – with phrases to learn as well! Featuring beautiful, vintage-style illustrations and with sturdy flaps to lift, this book will help make learn...
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21 Sep 2026 - Townhouse Publishing Ltd
Please look after this Dragon
Encourage little one’s imagination with their own pet dragon! This brilliant board book encourages independent play, with a play piece that children can remove, carry and pop into the pages. Give yo...
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21 Sep 2026 - Townhouse Publishing Ltd
My First Tablet Book
Little ones will love to push the sounds buttons, move the sliders and wave to themselves in the mirrors in this tablet-shaped novelty book! Learn with Katie Cat and Big Cat as they try new hobbies li...
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21 Sep 2026 - Townhouse Publishing Ltd
Busy Helpers
Filled with flaps to lift and things to spot, Busy Helpers is perfect for supporting your little one’s language acquisition. It includes essential words as well as challenging ones, and each page ...
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21 Sep 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Not a Patch on the Oul’ Fella: The Life of a Club Hurler
Hurling is a test, a constant mental, moral, physical test that goes beyond skill. Family. Club Hurling. North Cork. These are the things that shaped Diarmuid O’Flynn’s life. He played club hur...
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21 Sep 2026 - Townhouse Publishing Ltd
My Big Playbook: Christmas Town
A big book of early learning concepts including colours, counting, opposites and noises, which folds out into a huge play mat! Children can use the play mat with cars, trains, and any other small worl...