Declan Murphy's first encounter with a kingfisher as a young boy was unforgettable. In this work of rare calibre in the mould of the great contemporary nature writers Robert Macfarlane, Helen Macdonald and Tim Robinson, nature is his remedy for managing the world around him.
When a teenage girl dies in a car accident while returning home from school, her father is left to deal with his bereavement. In lyrical prose, Ami Rao experiments with language to explore grief, one of the most complex of human emotions. Inspired by the essays of Roland Barthes, this fragmented and philosophical novella is deeply moving.
A literary debut set In New York. Two people, from very different worlds, meet and fall in love. But when family members move to extremes, their love is tested.
The Great Spotted Woodpecker first bred in Ireland in 2009. Since then the author has followed the daily lives of this species, a family of whom had taken up residence in a wind-torn Spanish chestnut tree near his home in the depths of County Wicklow.
WINNER OF THE GENERAL OUTSTANDING SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 Coping with your own death, when you are not yet dead, is a strange thing...
Everything can seem possible on a London bus surrounded by strangers but the past lies in wait, ready to ambush thoughts and lives. You are on the 13, North London, heading for Boundary Road and no one is travelling light. Everyone has got something to share: love, desires, illusions and sometimes a touch of madness.