One of our book reviewers, novelist and mother-of-three Elske Rahill, has over the past year compiled a list of tried-and-tested recommendations of children’s books for a range of age groups. Here they are.
If you want to understand the complex identities, origins, and beliefs of Ireland’s Muslims, and their contributions to the country throughout history, start with this book.
Fractured family relationships form the heart of this debut collection, eleven short stories shot through with moments of sadness, longing, and resignation.
If there was a genetic difference between Europeans and Americans, we could certainly cry racist, as “Purity” contains all the signifiers of a master-race narrative.
Since 2012, Eoin McAuley has remained steadfast in his goal of putting out quality comic books. He believes there’s a comic out there for every one of us.
Gaffney’s uncompromisingly accurate depiction of Dublin’s underbelly in the noughties adds greatly to the story, but there is no nostalgia here, only an attempt to capture its dirty, dark charisma.
Berlin’s stories have a power and rhythm of their own, a companionable force that takes the reader jovially by the hand and tightens to a painful grip.
One weekend after author Jax Miller finished writing it, Harper Collins reportedly paid a six-figure sum for Freedom’s Child. Did the publisher get its money’s worth?
