10 books for October: Hoggie, John Creedon, Sarah J Maas...
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The author of returns to Appalachia with this story of a musical prodigy turned small-town piano teacher. It is a tale of thwarted ambitions, accumulated pain, of newfound hope, unexpected love, and endless resilience.

Cork hurler Patrick ‘Hoggie’ Horgan brings readers deep inside the world of elite hurling, from anecdotes from Munster finals and All-Irelands to an in-depth tutorial on hurley maintenance and ball-striking technique.
When Selina Chan, New York's fiercest literary critic, slams Parker Navarro's latest novel, what begins as a private feud quickly erupts into a viral online spectacle, captivating an audience of book lovers who are eager to fan the flames.
The long-awaited sequel to follows Henry DeTamble’s daughter Alba, a time traveler slipping unpredictably through decades like her father before her.

Broadcaster John Creedon’s latest memoir picks up where left off, recalling formative scenes from his adolescence and early adulthood in the 1970s and 1980s, from young love to pirate radio.
was a global phenomenon and Garmus’s latest novel centres on poetry, and how, to the editors at a company called Peck & Peck, poetry not only represents the power of humanity but holds the key to its survival.

The biggest romantasy publishing event of the year comes later this month when Sarah J Mass returns to her bestselling (ACOTAR) world in what she describes as Movement I of The Valkyrie Cycle, which sees the Night Court take a stand against Koschei the Deathless.
Don Conroy has spent a lifetime following his creative passions, and his latest book shows the reader how to do this with encouragement and inspiration to inspire a life-long love of creativity.

In this walk down memory lane, former RTÉ host Duffy takes readers inside the studio and beyond, sharing the stories, voices and moments that defined a generation.
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