Tortoise is having a very bad day - stuck on a rock, down a hole. It's not easy being a tortoise in fact... Another sweet story from the duo that created The Hug. Ages 3-5.
Two sisters try to survive the four nights that were the Belfast Blitz: a powerful novel of love and living in extreme circumstances, by a fine writer.
A powerfully written novel about a sculptor facing the end of her life, sexual chemistry, confinement and the transformative power of art. The other actor (apart from her new lover) in the n... read more
It's the shortest, coldest day of the year and Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant in a small Irish town, busies himself with the last few deliveries. An elegant and carefully distilled... read more
It's 1962, the Cuban missile crisis is in full swing but nothing, of course, is happening in World's End Close. Until a runaway girl is found in the coalshed... Exciting historical thriller ... read more
A work of self-investigation by a remarkable and versatile writer, which explores why an artist would respond to the world without being invited to do so. Essays about voice, finding it and ... read more
Re-issue of her classic 1976 memoir. Arriving in Britain in 1952 to study child development at the University of London, Gilroy was at first denied teaching positions but eventually became t... read more