BOOKS
By Hannah Stephenson
The novelist’s life changed when she won the Man Booker prize.
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By Mary Arrigan
Bee The Book: Farm Friends by Debora and Hilary Tobin, is a big, interactive book to share with three- to four-year-olds.
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By Tim Severin
The Pacific islands may have been beautiful but were never peaceful, less so when western slavers arrived. Tim Severin on empire and destruction
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By Edward Luce
Edward Luce argues that America’s decline is rooted in cuts in public spending. Maura Adshead is convinced by the argument
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By Mary Arrigan
Little Parrot by Katie Saunders (Caterpillar; €7.10 HB) is a touchy-feely board book that tells of a curious little parrot who sets out to explore his island neighbourhood.
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By Sue Leonard
RTÉ news reporter Kathleen MacMahon has just launched her debut novel.
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By Sue Leonard
In Peter Carey’s The Chemistry of Tears an horologist mourns her dead lover by rebuilding an automaton. Sue Leonard spoke to him about the book
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By Mary Arrigan
Bubble’s in Trouble, by Ag Jatowska (Caterpillar Books; €8.35 HB) is the story of a puffer fish that gets stuck in the porthole of a sunken ship.
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By Caroline O’Doherty
Elliot Perlman’s historical fiction The Street Sweeper depended on Robert Nowak’s conversations with Holocaust survivors, says Caroline O’Doherty
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By Val Nolan
Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist
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By Mary Arrigan
Beelicious Recipes with Honey compiled and illustrated by Dolores Keaveney (DBee Press; €9.99) is an exuberant, colourful book of simple recipes that will inspire creative youngsters to don their chefs’ hats and stun family and friends with mouth-watering honey dishes.
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