Groundwater by Thomas McMullan: Unsettling and seductive
The author’s second novel explores the structures we build and the dreams, griefs and memories that underpin them
By Adam Wyeth
Goliath’s Curse: Powerful if uneven portrait of societal collapse sings the praises of Irish Citizens’ Assembly
The Möbius Book by Catherine Lacey: Two sides of the same story
Sinister experiments and girl-power cults feature in August’s young adult titles
Why Irish romance fiction deserves its happily ever after
Poem of the Week: My Mother at the Window
Discriminations by AC Grayling: A simple take on the culture wars
Gratefully and Affectionately. Mary Lavin and the New Yorker: A rich trove of insights
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Unbroken: Secrets, Lies and Enduring Love - a couple’s riveting account through the UK justice system
By Pat Carty
‘I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer’ by Mary Beth Norton: A dive into 1690s messy relationships
By John Gallagher
Author Joseph Birchall: ‘Crime fiction can bring us something we don’t often see in reality - justice’
By Martin Doyle
Beating Time: the Story of the Irish Bodhrán by Fintan Vallely – a forensic examination of a much-neglected instrument
By Siobhán Long
The World of the Cold War by Vladislav Zubok: Three decades on, echoes remain in today’s turbulent world
By Seamus Martin
Gwyneth: The Biography review - Gwyneth Paltrow’s world is notoriously hard to break into. This book takes a shot
By Emma Brockes
