by Shane Ross

€16.99

Since it arrived on the airwaves in 1961, RTÉ has been buffeted in different directions, eventually slipping into a steady decline which accelerated over the past decade into a catastrophe. The 2023 revelations regarding secret payments to star presenter Ryan Tubridy weren't the first time Ireland's national broadcaster has found itself caught up in scandal. Shane Ross, author of #1 bestsellers The Bankers and Mary Lou McDonald , winds back the clock to examine RTÉ's history of broadcasting excellence alongside the accusations of corruption, waste and ineptitude it has faced along the way. With clarity and wit, Ross rakes over RTÉ's colourful past while also considering what the future might hold for this once beloved institution. Ideal for readers who… Follow Irish current affairs and want context on RTÉ’s recent public scandals. Are interested in media studies, broadcasting history and Irish public institutions. Read Shane Ross for sharp political and institutional non-fiction. Want a timely paperback on corruption, waste and accountability in public life. Are buying for readers of Irish politics, journalism and contemporary history.

by Katriona O'Sullivan

€16.99

Hungry is the powerful new memoir from Number One bestselling author Katriona O'Sullivan - a raw, courageous exploration of survival, identity and the lifelong search for self-acceptance. Raised in a home marked by poverty, addiction and abuse, Katriona defied the odds: from teenage motherhood struggling with her own addictions to becoming a university professor and successful author. But beneath the achievements lay a more private struggle - with her body, her worth, and the unrelenting drive to be enough. In this fiercely honest memoir, she interrogates how trauma, class and gender shape the way women see themselves - and how society teaches them to measure their value. Told with stunning courage and vulnerability, Hungry is both a personal reckoning and a powerful reclaiming of body, voice and self. It is one woman's story - and a rallying cry for every woman who has ever felt she had to shrink to survive.   Ideal for readers who: Seek memoirs that confront trauma, class and self-worth with real honesty. Are interested in the lifelong relationship between identity and the body. Want contemporary Irish life, survival and reinvention explored without flinching. Prefer emotionally direct nonfiction that is brave, searching and humane.

by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

€14.99

From the author of A Ghost in the Throat , an unforgettable book - both history and ghost story - that will leave you gasping by its final page. In the city of Cork, a derelict Victorian mental hospital is being converted into modern apartments. One passerby has always flinched as she passes the place. Had her birth occurred in another decade, she too might have lived within those walls. Now, she notices a sign: FOR SALE. It is the first of many signs. Following them, she finds herself drawn into an irresistible river of forgotten voices, those of the women who knew this place best: insistent, vivid and true. They murmur from archives and old records; they whisper from stairwells and walls. Among them – and in one figure in particular -- she may find meaning, solace, rage; her own salvation, perhaps, or her own vanishing? A work of sublime intensity and tenderness, Said the Dead breaks the boundaries between worlds -- past and present, imagined and real -- to make something lasting and new: an experience full of danger, full of love and full of truth. Praise for Said the Dead : There’s magic in this one - a hauntingly beautiful and vivid and necessary book. Kevin Barry                         A haunting, visionary act of witness; this book will be read for decades to come. Anne Enright Said the Dead is one of those rare books where a reader encounters the writer and her characters at a dazzling and bewitching height, at a place where essence meets essence. A piercingly beautiful book that is wounding sometimes and consoling at others, the work, in the end, is life confirming: encompassed in the volume is the unparalleled expansiveness and depth of human minds and hearts. Yiyun Li Doireann ní Ghríofa goes to a place where the veil thins and the worlds meet, and crosses over, and returns, again and again, with living stories of the dead. You can feel the bravery of these acts of psychic trespass, and their sincerity makes for a mysterious and beautiful and thoroughly absorbing book, which continues to reverberate long after you finish it. Lucy Caldwell Doireann Ní Ghríofa is one of the finest writers of non-fiction I know. Said the Dead is an entrancing book -- lyrical and propulsive, it sounds out the echoes of history and finds voices and images that are moving and indelible. Reading this book is like being put under a spell Seán Hewitt Ideal for Readers Who… Loved A Ghost in the Throat — Said the Dead is Doireann Ní Ghríofa's return to the form-dissolving, time-traversing prose that made her debut unlike anything published before it. The same extraordinary attention is here, turned now towards Cork's Victorian asylum and the women the walls remember. Are drawn to Irish women's history that refuses to stay buried — this is a book about the women who were locked away, misdiagnosed, and forgotten. It recovers their voices from archives and casebooks and gives them back to us, vivid and insistent, across more than a century of silence. Want a ghost story that is also something else entirely — Said the Dead is haunted without being horror, historical without being academic, and personal without being memoir. If you find genre labels insufficient, this book was written for you. Read and loved Maggie O'Farrell, Carmen Maria Machado, or Hilary Mantel — readers who respond to prose that holds historical research and personal obsession in the same sentence, and who want their fiction to feel like an act of recovery, will find exactly that here. Have a connection to Cork — or to any place whose walls remember more than people say — the derelict Victorian asylum at the heart of this book is a real place, and Ní Ghríofa writes about it as someone who has walked past it and felt what many people feel: that certain buildings hold their histories differently, and that some of those histories are not finished yet. Believe that reading is its own form of haunting — the narrator of Said the Dead is a reader, pursuing forgotten women through archives and old records. As she reads their lives, we read hers. The experience of reading this book becomes part of its subject matter — which is either the most disorienting thing you can do to a reader, or the most generous.

by Dara Waldron

€12.99

The New York Times bestseller After the sudden death of his father, Dara Waldron became disoriented in a world that had once filled him with wonder. A year later, he meets an abandoned border collie called Oscar hiding on a derelict farm in County Clare. When Dara brings him home, he believes he's committing an act of rescue. Oscar's submissive behaviour hints at a difficult upbringing and, determined to earn his trust, Dara cares for him, walks with him and learns all he can about one of Ireland's most beloved working breeds. As their unexpected companionship brings comfort to their troubled lives, Dara realises that Oscar might be the one doing the rescuing. Set against the beauty of rural Ireland, A Sheepdog Named Oscar is a moving memoir about grief, healing and the incredible bond between humans and dogs. Beautifully written and rich with Waldron's experience, Dara blends nature writing with a deeply personal story of recovery, revealing how small acts of loyalty can lead us back from darkness into life. 'This book will do great good, and bring light to many lives' Donal Ryan, author of The Spinning HeartDara Waldron, New York Times bestseller, September 2025 Ideal for readers who: Find comfort in memoirs where grief softens through animal companionship. Trace the bond between Dara Waldron and an abandoned sheepdog. Care about Irish landscapes, working dogs and emotional recovery. Appreciate gentle nonfiction where tenderness and trust slowly rebuild.

by Patrick Radden Keefe

€16.99

In 2019, teenager Zac Brettler mysteriously fell to his death from a luxury apartment balcony into the Thames. As his grieving parents began to investigate his final days, they were shocked to learn that he’d been leading a double life, in which he was posing as the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch. This unsolved case is at the heart of London Falling – at once a family tragedy, a psychological portrait of a young fabulist, and an indictment of the greed for extreme wealth that has transformed one of the world’s great cities: London. Hiding in the shadows of its great architecture and imperial history are the malignant, mercenary forces that have come to influence us all – whether we realise it or not. In his inimitably gripping and forensic style, Baillie Gifford winner and New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe explores what brought Zac Brettler (the grandson of famous rabbi Hugo Gryn) to the balcony that night – and how he became involved with some of London’s most notorious gangsters. Following Zac’s parents on a dark journey of investigation, London Falling unearths the unsettling truths they discovered – both about the sinister underworld on their doorstep, and about their son’s secret world. Ideal for readers who: Read true stories where family tragedy opens into a larger investigation Uncover hidden wealth, reinvention and London’s darker networks Investigate a mystery rooted in privilege, deception and unanswered questions Appreciate forensic narrative non-fiction with emotional pull and momentum

by James Hawes

€14.99

James Hawes’s The Shortest History of Ireland is based at every step on the latest scholarship, but it’s all brought together, for once, as a fluent story, as captivating as a novel, galloping from the Ice Age to the present, using language, graphics and images accessible to all. It will change the way people see the Irish past, flipping usual practice on its head and placing Ireland at the centre not just of Irish but British and at times even European history. Hawes concludes by arguing that if Ireland can now sidestep the last, toxic wreckage of the British Empire, its eventful past will flow into a bright future. From the bestselling author of The Shortest History of Germany and The Shortest History of England, this is popular history at its thrilling best. Ideal for readers who: Need a fast, accessible route through Irish history from deep past to today. Enjoy scholarship translated into a fluent story rather than a dense textbook. Explore Ireland in relation to Britain, Europe and empire. Appreciate popular history with pace, argument and clear visual support.

by Alan Shipnuck

€16.99

The definitive biography of Rory McIlroy, the most important, popular and confounding player of the post-Tiger era, Rory McIlroy contains multitudes. He can overwhelm a golf course with his transcendent talent and then, at the next tournament, look utterly lost. McIlroy is golf's most eloquent ambassador and a trash-talking troll, sometimes in the same press conference. The child of a working-class family from a small town in a war-torn homeland now commutes to work in his own private jet and counts billionaires as confidants. A dozen years ago, McIlroy asked Alan Shipnuck a question about the player he had modeled himself after, Tiger Woods: 'What's he really like?' As McIlroy enters the last act of his highly eventful career, this book is a chance to redirect that old question and try to understand a man of deep complexity and contradictions. McIlroy's victory at the 2025 Masters packed such an emotional punch because he is golf's most vulnerable superstar. Across two decades as a pro he has been the anti-Tiger, letting fans into his heart and into his world. When McIlroy collapsed onto the final green at Augusta National, having at last completed the career Grand Slam, golf fans cried along with him because so many saw themselves in his struggles. But there is much that the public does not know about McIlroy. With reporting chops honed across thirty years on the golf beat, Shipnuck traces McIlroy's evolution from a young phenom in Northern Ireland to a game-changing force on and off the golf course. Shipnuck has shadowed McIlroy throughout his career, and he brings to life all the heartbreaks and triumphs with thrilling immediacy and unparalleled access. Tabloid romance, bitter business disputes, divisive politicking - it is all part of this portrait of a man in full. Shipnuck has long been known as the most fearless writer on the golf beat, and he goes deep into McIlroy's personal history at a time when the spotlight on Rory has never been brighter. Ideal for readers who: Follow elite golf biographies that look beyond trophies into pressure, form and character. Are curious about Rory McIlroy’s rise, contradictions and long chase for the career Grand Slam. Connect modern golf with Northern Ireland, Augusta and the post-Tiger era. Appreciate sports writing with access, emotional vulnerability and competitive detail.

by Katriona O'Sullivan

€10.99

Ideal for readers who: Read memoirs about poverty, education and social mobility in Ireland. Are interested in how small acts of support can change a life. Would value a firsthand story shaped by homelessness, young motherhood and academia. Prefer powerful, compassionate non-fiction that stays with you. EASON FAVOURITE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 The No. 1 Bestseller, Biography of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023 The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award, Irish Book Awards 2023 "One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty... one of the most remarkable people you will ever meet" – Guardian Like young girls everywhere, Katriona O'Sullivan grew up bright, enthusiastic, and curious. But she was also surrounded by abject poverty and chaos, and after becoming pregnant and homeless at 15, she spent five years barely surviving. Today, Katriona is an award-winning academic whose work explores barriers to education for girls like her. In Poor by Katriona O'Sullivan, she shares what set her on this unexpected path: the mentors and supporters who truly saw her. Teachers who showed her how to wash in the school toilets or visited her home to convince her to sit at least one GCSE exam. A community worker who encouraged her to apply for training schemes. A friend who introduced her to Trinity College’s access program while she was a cleaner. Simple acts that helped her turn her life around. Told with warmth, clarity, and compassion—for her parents, her younger self, and others—Poor is both a powerful personal testimony and an impassioned plea for the future of our children. Praise for Poor and Katriona O’Sullivan: "Powerful—Katriona is a legend." —Barry Keoghan "Raw, passionate, and resolutely honest—I’ll never forget it." —Annie Mac "Full of insight... so important." —Fi Glover, Times Radio "I read Poor in one sitting. It’s compelling, moving, uplifting, brave, heroic." —Nuala McGovern, Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio Four "Moving, funny, brave, and original—absolutely incredible." —Róisín Ingle, Irish Times Women’s Podcast "One of the books of the year." —Patrick Kielty, Late Late Show, RTÉ One "One of the most important books I have ever read—a beautiful story of determination despite the odds." —Lynn Ruane, Irish Times "Fearless, funny, and searingly honest." —Adil Ray OBE "Raw and remarkable." —Irish Independent "A book of empowerment and hope." —Patricia Scanlan "Remarkable... a vivid retelling of Katriona flourishing, despite her beginnings." —BBC News West Midlands

by Orlaith McBride

€21.99

On 18 April 1926 the first census of an independent Irish state was undertaken. Across the 26 counties over 700,000 census forms were completed by, or on behalf of, the 2,971,992 people living in the Irish Free State. But what can we know of the lives that they led? A century later, with the release of the 1926 census by the National Archives on 18 April 2026, those forms come alive again - revealing a nation in transition and a people forging their identity in the early decades of independence. The Story of Us brings together an wide range of scholars to illuminate the individuals and communities hidden within the census returns. From island settlements to expanding cities, from rural farms and urban tenements to the mansions of the aristocracy, the book traces a vibrant cross-section of society. Lavishly illustrated, it explores themes ranging from entertainment and the arts to housing, infrastructure, family life, and social change. The Story of Us offers not only a compelling portrait of 1926 Ireland but a deeper understanding of the world in which these lives unfolded. Ideal for readers who: Read Irish history through households, archives and the everyday lives behind official records. Are curious about the 1926 census as a record of people, not just statistics. Explore independent Ireland through farms, cities, islands, housing and social change. Value illustrated history that links national identity with vivid human detail.

by Marie Gleeson

€18.99

‘The one thing you can’t fully control in a ship is the water all around you, so part of your plan is always reading and analysing the currents and the tides. You have a clear image in your head of how you think the ship will perform in the prevailing conditions. But this time something isn't going the way we had planned it …’ As a farmer’s daughter in the country’s largest landlocked county, Marie Gleeson’s unusual career choice took her into uncharted waters. Working her way up from gruelling bootcamp training to leading a drug interdiction operation seizing €700 million of cocaine from a yacht off the Kerry coast, she was a leader among men and rose to every challenge. Developing a love of the sea, Marie learned that to be at one with it required agility, and a willingness to change, to go with the wind – not against it. These lessons prepared her for operating without a life raft when her personal life threw her the greatest challenge of all. Be Like the Sea is the inspiring story of what happens when we overcome our own self-imposed physical, mental and emotional limitations, and a blueprint for charting our own unique path in life. Ideal for readers who... Look for memoirs about leadership, service and resilience. Value true stories of women breaking ground in demanding careers. Seek Irish Navy detail, command pressure and life at sea. Appreciate practical, reflective writing about adapting through crisis.

by Mel Robbins

€23.99

Ideal for readers who: Turn to practical self-help on confidence, boundaries and mindset Are curious about a simple idea that could change how they handle other people Recognise the pressure of work, relationships and trying to keep everyone happy Want direct, motivating advice they can put into practice straight away From the multi-million copy New York Times bestselling author Mel Robbins: A life-changing tool that millions of people can't stop talking about. What if the key to happiness, success, and love was as simple as two words? In her latest groundbreaking book, The Let Them Theory , Mel Robbins-New York Times Bestselling Author and one of the world's most respected experts on motivation, confidence, and mindset-teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can't control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life. If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words-Let Them -will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands-and this book will show you exactly how to do it. Using the same no-nonsense, science-backed approach that's made The Mel Robbins Podcast a global sensation, Robbins explains why The Let Them Theory is already loved by millions and how you can apply it in eight key areas of your life to make the biggest impact. Within a few pages, you'll realize how much energy and time you've been wasting trying to control the wrong things-at work, in relationships, and in pursuing your goals-and how this is keeping you from the happiness and success you deserve. Written as an easy-to-understand guide, Robbins shares relatable stories from her own life, highlights key takeaways, relevant research and introduces you to world-renowned experts in psychology, neuroscience, relationships, happiness, and ancient wisdom who champion The Let Them Theory every step of the way. Learn how to: · Stop wasting energy on things you can't control · Stop comparing yourself to other people · Break free from fear and self-doubt · Release the grip of people's expectations · Build the best friendships of your life · Create the love you deserve · Pursue what truly matters to you with confidence · Build resilience against everyday stressors and distractions · Define your own path to success, joy, and fulfillment ...and so much more. The Let Them Theory will forever change the way you think about relationships, control, and personal power. Whether you want to advance your career, motivate others to change, take creative risks, find deeper connections, build better habits, start a new chapter, or simply create more happiness in your life and relationships, this book gives you the mindset and tools to unlock your full potential. Order your copy of The Let Them Theory now and discover how much power you truly have. It all begins with two simple words.

by Shane Smith

€21.99

In Loaf Tin Bakes, celebrated Irish chef Shane Smith gives loaf cakes the spotlight they deserve. Who has time to fuss over perfectly layered cakes or 20-ingredient cookies? That’s where the majestic loaf cake steps in. Simple, satisfying and downright delicious, loaf bakes are the unsung heroes of the baking world – easy enough to whip up in your PJs, yet classy enough to impress at a dinner party and perfect for last-minute visitors. This is the ultimate loaf cake cookbook – packed with over 80 irresistible recipes ranging from nostalgic Madeira and zingy lemon drizzle to rich chocolate fudge and a savoury no-knead garlic rosemary loaf. Whether you're in the mood for something sweet, glazed, no-bake, frozen, or even fresh bread, Shane has you covered. So grab your loaf tin and wooden spoon, preheat your oven, and get ready to bake cakes that don’t just rise – they shine. Ideal for readers who: Bake simple loaf cakes, everyday treats and low-fuss showstoppers. Rely on one tin to cut down on fuss while keeping flavour and presentation high. Learn from Irish chef Shane Smith’s practical approach to sweet, shareable bakes. Use approachable recipes for weeknights, visitors and special occasions.

by Belle Burden

€17.99

Ideal for readers who: Read memoirs about betrayal, marriage and living through private collapse. Are drawn to books that ask how well we can ever know the person beside us. Would value a deeply personal account of relationship loss and its aftermath. Prefer intimate, literary non-fiction that is painful, elegant and hard to look away from. A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 in Vogue, BBC, New York Times, W Magazine, Town & Country Praise: 'A beautifully written eulogy for the loss of a relationship.' JOYCE CAROL OATES 'Beautiful... devastating... Strangers reads with all the momentum and colour of watertight literary fiction.' BRITISH VOGUE 'Burden is an elegant writer... As Strangers and myriad TV shows attest, even the most intimate and long marriages can yield nasty surprises. In the end, how well do you really know the person who lies next to you in bed every night?' ECONOMIST 'A compelling tale of marriage and deception... Strangers raises some serious questions about the nature of intimacy and what makes a "perfect" marriage... I devoured Strangers in about two days.' LUCY DENYER, TELEGRAPH 'Examines how we view intimacy, how the people closest to us can change without us knowing, and how to move forward in the wake of devastation.' W MAGAZINE 'Burden's sharp, personal writing brings readers deep into her unthinkable circumstances and offers a promise to anyone suffering: you can make it to the other side.' TOWN & COUNTRY How do we go on when a loved one betrays us? On a chilly day in March 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Belle Burden's husband of twenty years announced, with no prior warning, that he was leaving her. His decision shocked Belle to her core. She believed he was a happy man, a committed partner, and a devoted father to their three children. She thought he had settled into the life he had always wanted: a successful career, summers at their beloved home on Martha's Vineyard, and lots of tennis. Overnight, he transformed from steady companion into a stranger. As Belle pieces her life together in the wake of a loss she had never imagined, she discovers reserves of strength she did not know she had. Strangers charts the transformation of a shy, quiet girl, nicknamed "Belle the Good", into a powerful, brave, determined woman who learns to use her voice to expose the patriarchal structures that have forced women to be discreet and compliant for too long. A must-read memoir of self-discovery.

by Dearbhla Mescal

€12.49

A poetry lover, a curator of joy and a wise woman with a deep sense of compassion, Dearbhla Mescal encourages her followers online to find the joy in everyday life and celebrate the little things. Now in her first book, Dearbhla shares her own practice of finding joy in a beautiful and uplifting collection of thoughts, recollections and poems. 'This little book is a cumulation of my curated joys throughout the past few years. It contains my rambling thoughts on life's issues that have popped up along the way. I truly hope it gives you a pathway to beginning your own 28 days of finding joy.' With poems, musings, thoughts and inspirations to take you through the hard times and let you see some light, this is the perfect comforting literary hug for humans who want to briefly catch their breath in their busy lives. Ideal for readers who: Keep close a gentle Irish collection of poems, thoughts and everyday gratitude. Notice Dearbhla Mescal’s practice of small, sustaining joys. Give books to readers drawn to reflection, compassion and mindful encouragement. Return to uplifting gift books that feel warm without becoming sugary.

by Jamie Oliver

€19.99

TRANSFORM YOUR BBQ COOKING WITH JAMIE OLIVER'S 90 EASY, FLAVOUR-PACKED RECIPES - PERFECT FOR GRILLING, FEASTING AND OUTDOOR COOKING. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW. Discover how to grill, smoke and sizzle your way to crowd-pleasing meals with Jamie's ultimate guide to BBQ cooking. We all love a good BBQ, but too often they centre around some slightly burnt sausages and burgers. Not anymore! In this sizzling BBQ cookbook, Jamie shares 90 brilliant recipes that show just how exciting, creative and delicious barbecuing can be. Whether you're cooking on charcoal, gas or over an open flame, Jamie's got you covered, from marinades and rubs to mastering heat, smoke and timing. Get ready for smoky flavours, bold ingredients and good times with recipes that turn every BBQ into a feast to remember, whatever the weather, including: Romesco CauliflowerHerby Aubergine and Zingy Feta FlatbreadsGrilled Black Pepper Peaches Arrabbiata Chicken DrumsticksLemon Steamed Fish and Charred Greens Paprika Pulled Pork Lamb Moussaka Burgers Grilled Green Grain Salad... and plenty more mouth-watering grilled dishes, sides and sauces to keep your BBQ game strong all year round. Packed with Jamie's best tips for marinating, grilling and cooking outdoors, this is the ultimate companion for anyone who loves good food, good company and cooking in the open air. You'll be bossing that grill like a pro in no time. Big flavour, smoky vibes and Jamie Oliver at his best - this is the BBQ book you'll use again and again. PRAISE FOR JAMIE OLIVER 'Oliver's career has been defined by his mission to try to get Britain eating better' The Times 'Jamie has a way of inspiring us with new takes on old classics. There wasn't a recipe we didn't want to make' Independent 'There is only one Jamie Oliver. Great to watch. Great to cook' Delia Smith 'Jamie Oliver is great - I'd put him in charge of the country' Guardian 'Easy, achievable and delicious; Oliver has created another fail-safe cookbook for families and those of us who are stretched for time' Daily Telegraph Ideal for readers who: Want to take their BBQ cooking beyond burnt sausages and basic burgers. Enjoy Jamie Oliver’s easy, achievable recipes and big-flavour cooking. Need marinades, rubs, sides and grill know-how they’ll actually use. Love feeding friends and family with smoky, generous food whatever the weather.

by Alan Bradley

€16.99

Lies? Yes, everyone lies. I've lied ever since I could remember. It's the only thing I do well, and I think we should all play to our strengths, don't you?' Unmasking Samantha Cookes is the chilling true story of a master manipulator who spent more than a decade reinventing herself across the UK and Ireland with an arsenal of false identities. Once known to millions as 'Carrie Jade Williams', she slipped seamlessly from au pair and nanny to therapist, psychologist, terminally ill author and online 'sickfluencer'. Each persona carefully crafted. Each lie more audacious than the last. And each one designed to gain trust - and exploit it. What started with the tragic death of a baby soon became a trail of fraud, deception and shattered lives. Every reinvention brought new victims, until her most audacious lie, a fabricated terminal illness, triggered a TikTok reckoning. Drawing on exclusive evidence and firsthand accounts, Unmasking Samantha Cookes pulls back the curtain on a mastermind of deception hiding in plain sight, and reveals just how easily trust can be weaponised, with an unsettling question at its core: how well do we really know the people we trust with our children? Ideal for readers who: Are drawn to true crime stories about deception, false identities and manipulation. Want a chilling real-life account of fraud, reinvention and broken trust. Are interested in cases involving online personas, hidden lives and carefully constructed lies. Prefer unsettling nonfiction that keeps the impact on victims and families at the centre.

by Hannah Murray

€13.99

From the actor known for Skins and Games of Thrones, a deeply intimate, shockingly honest memoir about acting, fame, mental illness and the struggle to leave a cult-like organisation whose belief in magic shattered Hannah's reality. 'Extraordinary, propulsive, immersive... like nothing I have ever read before' DOLLY ALDERTON 'A memoir of real literary power... fascinating and uniquely compelling' NAOISE DOLAN 'Intensely open-hearted and lyrical... a stunning achievement' SOPHIE MACKINTOSH In 2017, Hannah Murray was a successful actor whose career had taken her to Hollywood and given her the opportunity to act with A list stars and Oscar-winning directors. But as the daily costs of acting grew, from the degradations of auditions to repeating violent scenes over and over, Hannah found herself searching for something to make her feel better. One day, a reiki healer promises her a new kind of treatment, a kind of magic, and all of a sudden Hannah's life is changed. Back in London, she becomes increasingly involved with the organisation behind the magic, an organisation whose charismatic leader, promises of secret knowledge, and increasingly complex rituals, are seductive, cult-like - and ultimately destructive, as Hannah finds herself on a week-long course away from her friends and family - and her sanity falls apart. Detained in hospital, she struggles to understand the difference between what's real, and what's imagined. The result is a propulsive, shockingly honest, and extraordinarily intimate portrayal of a mind taken over the edge. From the outer edges of fame, through Hollywood film sets and London parties, Hannah's life has slowly moved from that of a successful starlet to that of a young woman seduced by the magical thinking of an organisation that promises health and happiness beyond her wildest dreams, but her reality becomes far more disturbing than she could ever have imagined. Shocking, intimate and compulsive, The Make-Believe is an ultimately uplifting and inspiring story of empathy, resilience and the power of belief. Ideal for readers who: Get pulled toward memoirs about fame, belief and the fragile line between help and harm. Come for acting, mental illness and cult-like control explored from the inside. Appreciate lyrical memoir that feels intimate rather than sensational. Look for recovery stories with empathy as well as shock.

by Jacqueline Connolly

€11.99

NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025, AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 'Vital' Sunday Independent 'Compelling' Irish Times 'Riveting' Irish Independent 'Chilling' Irish Mail on Sunday 'Every woman in Ireland needs to read Deadly Silence' The Sunday Times The heart-breaking account of a search for the truth behind the brutal killings that shocked a nation. Jacqueline Connolly's world was shattered when she learned that her sister Clodagh and three young nephews - Liam, Niall and Ryan - had been killed by Alan Hawe in August 2016. Thus began a heart-breaking journey to piece together the circumstances leading up to these tragic events. Here she tells that story, revealing the coercive control and manipulation that shaped her sister's final years, the profound failures in the initial garda investigation, and the shocking findings from the Garda Serious Crime Review, which starkly exposed the terrible darkness of a cold-blooded murder-suicide planned for a year in advance. Deadly Silence is a powerful account that challenges our understanding of domestic violence and family annihilators, a testament to sisterly love, and a deeply inspiring personal journey of healing from severe trauma and loss. Ideal for readers who: Read Irish true crime that centres victims, families and accountability. Track Jacqueline Connolly’s search for truth after the Hawe family killings. Confront how silence, reputation and gendered violence shaped a national tragedy. Value careful non-fiction that is compelling without feeling exploitative.

by Elma Walsh

€9.99

This book, a labour of love, covers two periods: the five years from when Donal Walsh was first diagnosed with cancer to his death on Ascension Sunday, 12 May 2013; and from that sad day until now, 2026, on the influence of his life on others. Donal’s life showed wisdom and faith beyond his years. He saw living with cancer as like being asked by God to climb high mountains. When he could no longer play sport, he got involved on the sideline as a coach. Though his illness was progressing he still made time to fundraise for many causes, and to write and appear on national television on issues like suicide. Through this time, he grew in faith. He gained acceptance of the fact that his life would be short: a great concern of his was that his family and friends would cope well with his passing. For his parents, Fionnbar and Elma, each year since Donal’s death has been a round of speaking engagements throughout Ireland, speaking to teenagers in schools and at parish missions and conferences of youth, including some abroad. ‘I Am Me’ recalls Donal’s life and death, and gives an overview of the years since. May reading this book touch your heart. Truly it can be said of the short life of Donal Walsh, ‘His life and death had its influence on others.’ Ideal for readers who... Choose inspirational Irish true stories of faith and courage. Follow family memories of illness, resilience and public legacy. Remember Donal Walsh’s message, school talks and impact across Ireland. Value sincere, hopeful writing about grief and influence.

by Patrick Radden Keefe

€10.99

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY Now an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+ 'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century' Nick Hornby From the author of London Falling - a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would haunt her orphaned children, the perpetrators of this terrible crime and a whole society in Northern Ireland for decades. In this powerful, scrupulously reported book, Patrick Radden Keefe offers not just a forensic account of a brutal crime but a vivid portrait of the world in which it happened. The tragedy of an entire country is captured in the spellbinding narrative of a handful of characters, presented in lyrical and unforgettable detail. A poem by Seamus Heaney inspires the title: 'Whatever You Say, Say Nothing'. By defying the culture of silence, Keefe illuminates how a close-knit society fractured; how people chose sides in a conflict and turned to violence; and how, when the shooting stopped, some ex-combatants came to look back in horror at the atrocities they had committed, while others continue to advocate violence even today. Say Nothing deftly weaves the stories of Jean McConville and her family with those of Dolours Price, the first woman to join the IRA as a front-line soldier, who bombed the Old Bailey when barely out of her teens; Gerry Adams, who helped bring an end to the fighting, but denied his own IRA past; Brendan Hughes, a fearsome IRA commander who turned on Adams after the peace process and broke the IRA's code of silence; and other indelible figures. By capturing the intrigue, the drama and the profound human cost of the Troubles, the book presents a searing chronicle of the lengths that people are willing to go to in pursuit of a political ideal, and the ways in which societies mend - or don't - in the aftermath of a long and bloody conflict. Ideal for readers who: Want narrative non-fiction with rigorous reporting on the Troubles and its human cost. Want to understand Northern Ireland history through one family’s tragedy and its aftermath. Appreciate true-crime writing that expands into politics, memory and moral complexity. Follow character-driven reportage that weaves multiple voices into a wider history.