10 new books for July: Sara Baume, Catherine Ryan Howard, and more...

Tales of Hannibal's battles and female friendships feature among this months new publications

Wed, 01 Jul, 2026 - 21:29

Denise O’Donoghue

The Red Mouth, by Sheila Armstrong (July 2): A story of two discoveries made deep in an Irish bogland, threading together four lives across time, this literary fiction is a haunting and lyrical exploration of how shifting histories can reshape landscape, language and legacies.

Opening Night, by Sara Baume (July 2): Inspired by seeing a painting at a pop-up exhibition in rural West Cork during the pandemic, writer Sara Baume’s new non-fiction book is about her subsequent friendship with the artist, Mollie Douthit, a North Dakotan exile experiencing a period of tumultuous change.