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October Book of the Month 2024
Book of the Month - December 2009
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne's novel Dún an Airgid is the first book chosen for discussion on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - March 2010
Ruaidhrí Ó Báille

Ruaidhrí Ó Báille's novel Dúnmharú ar an Dart is the third book chosen for discussion on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January/February 2010
Pádraig Standún

Pádraig Standún's novel Sobalsaol is the second book chosen for discussion on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - April 2010

The collection of short stories Pádraic Ó Conaire – Rogha Scéalta is the fourth book chosen for discussion on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - May 2010
Anna Heussaff

Anna Heussaff's novel Cúpla Focal is the fifth book chosen for discussion on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - June 2010
Dermot Somers

Dermot Somers' novel Ar Muir is ar Sliabh is the sixth book chosen for discussion on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - September 2010
Alan Titley

Alan Titley's novel Gluaiseacht is the first book of the second series of ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2010

Biddy Jenkinson's collection of short stories An tAthair Pádraig Ó Duinnín – Bleachtaire is the second book of the second series of ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2010
Frank Reidy

Frank Reidy's travel book Ó Chósta go Cósta is the third book of the second series of ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2010
Liam Ó Muirthile

Liam Ó Muirthile's novel Sceon na Mara is the fourth book of the second series of ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month – January 2011
Alex Hijmans

Alex Hijmans' travel book Favela is the book of the month for January on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month – February 2011
Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé

Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé’s autobiography A Thig Ná Tit Orm is the book of the month for February on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month – March 2011
Anna Heussaff

Anna Heussaff’s detective novel Buille Marfach is the book of the month for March on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month – April 2011

The four CD package Niall Tóibín ag léamh Gearrscéalta le Seán Mac Mathúna and the collection of short stories Úlla are the works of the month for April on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month – May 2011
Proinsias Mac a Bhaird

The detective story Rún an Bhonnáin by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird is the book of the month for May on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month – June 2011
Alan Desmond

The travel book Seal sa Pholainn by Alan Desmond is the book of the month for June on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - September 2011

Nicholas Willam's translation of the famous children's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the book of the month for September on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2011
Aodán Mac Póilín, Róise Ní Bhaoill

The collection of some of the most important short stories in modern Irish literature Bás in Éirinn is the book of the month for October on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2011
Breandán Ó hEithir

Breandán Ó hEithir's hilarious insight into the problems of a student Lig Sinn i gCathú which is suitable for all ages is the book of the month for November on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2011

The new collection of short stories by the author of An tAthair Pádraig Ó Duinnín – Bleachtaire, Biddy Jenkinson is the book of the month for December on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January 2012
Máire Mhac an tSaoi

Máire Mhac an tSaoi's new historical novel, Scéal Ghearóid Iarla, is the book of the month for January on ClubLeabhar.com

Book of the Month - February 2012

The comprehensive bilingual compilation of Irish language love poetry from the early ages to the modern age, Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge is the book of the month for February on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - March 2012
Éilis Ní Anluain

Éilis Ní Anluain's first novel, Filleann Seoirse is the book of the month for March on ClubLeabhar.com

Book of the Month - April 2012
Pádraig Standún

I gCóngar i gCéin by Pádraig Standún is the book of the month for April on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - May 2012
Pádraig Ó Siadhail

We’ve chosen Beirt Bhan Mhisniúla by Pádraig Ó Siadhail as the book of the month for May. This work won the prize for Best Novel – Literary Fiction in the Oireachtas Literary Competition in 2010.

Book of the Month - June 2012

The travel book Ólann mo Mhiúil as an nGainséis by Gabriel Rosenstock is June's book of the month on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - September 2012
Myles na gCopaleen

An Béal Bocht by Myles na gCopaleen is September's book of the month on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2012
Seán Ó Ríordáin

Seán Ó Ríordáin: Na Dánta is the October's book of the month on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

An Prionsa Beag by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, translated to Irish by Breandán Ó Doibhlin, is November's book of the month on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2012

An Ghaeilge i gCéin is the book of the month for December on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January 2013
Alex Hijmans

Gonta, a collection of short stories written by Alex Hijmans, is the book of the month for January on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - February 2013
Liam Mac Cóil

An Litir, Liam Mac Cóil's epic novel, is the book of the month for February on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - March 2013
Pól Ó Muirí

An Bealach Cóir, a series of stories written by Pól Ó Muirí, is the book of the month for March on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - April 2013
Liam Ó Flaithearta

Dúil by Liam Ó Flaithearta, is the book of the month for April on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - May 2013
Seán Mac Mathúna

Seán Mac Mathúna's short novel, Gealach, is the book of the month for May on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - June 2013
Brian Ó Conchubhair

Gearrscéalta ár Linne, a beautiful collection of short stories, is the book of the month for June on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - September 2013

Lastall den Scáthán agus a bhFuair Eilís Ann Roimpi (Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There) by Lewis Carroll, translated into Irish by Nicholas Williams, is the book of the month for September on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2013
Pádraic Breathnach

Deargadaoil i mBád fó Thoinn by Pádraic Breathnach, is the book of the month for October on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2013
Arthur Conan Doyle

Cú na mBaskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles) written by Arthur Conan Doyle, translated into Irish by Nioclás Tóibín, is the book of the month for November on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2013
Micheál Ó Conghaile

An Fear a Phléasc, Micheál Ó Conghaile's explosive collection of short stories is the book of the month for December on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - April 2014
Alex Hijmans

Idealism, loyalty, love... and coffee. Alex Hijman's Novel Aiséírí is the book of the month for April on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - May 2014
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh

This stunning new edition of An Táin, or as it's better known Táin Bó Cuailgne (The Cattle Raid of Cooley), a graphic novel published by Cló Mhaigh Eo, is the book of the month for May on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - June 2014
Antain Mac Lochlainn

Malairt Scéil, June's book of the month on ClubLeabhar.com, is a collection of brilliant stories originally written in Scots Gaelic and translated into Irish by Antain Mac Lochlainn.

Book of the Month - September 2014
Pádraig Standún

Súil le Breith by Pádraig Standún is the book of the month for September on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2014
Robert Louis Stevenson

Oileán an Órchiste le Robert Louis Stevenson, translated into Irish by Darach Ó Scolaí, is the book of the month for October on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2014
Micheál Ó Conghaile

An Diabhal ar an Ól, a collection of folk-tales from the Far-East, is the book of the month for November on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2014
Frank Reidy

The travel book Seal san Aetóip by Frank Reidy is December's book of the month on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January 2015
Seosamh Mac Grianna

Mo Bhealach Féin, Seosamh Mac Grianna's autobiography, is the book of the month for January on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - February 2015
Liam Mac Cóil

I dTír Strainséartha, Liam Mac Cóil's epic novel, is the book of the month for February on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - March 2015

An Leon, an Bandraoi agus an Prios Éadaí (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) by C.S. Lewis, translated into Irish by Antain Mac Lochlainn, is the book of the month for March on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - April 2015
Seán Ó Ríordáin

Anamlón Bliana, an anthology of Seán Ó Ríordáin's diary entries, is the book of the month for April on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - May 2015
Joe Steve Ó Neachtain

Salann Garbh, Joe Steve Ó Neachtain's collection of short stories is the book of the month for May on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - June 2015

The beautiful travel book Splancanna ó Shaol Eile by Alex Hijmans is June's book of the month on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - September 2015
Eoghan Ó Tuairisc

L'Attaque by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc is the book of the month for September on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2015
Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin

Í Siúd by Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin is the book of the month for October on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2015
Leon Ó Broin

Cogadh na Reann (War of the Worlds) by H.G. Wells, translated into Irish by Leon Ó Broin, is the book of the month for November on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2015

Leabhar Nóra Ní Anluain by Alan Titley is December's book of the month on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January 2016

Lost in Connemara, a bilingual collection of short stories, is the book of the month for January on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - February 2016
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Aisling nó Iníon A by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, a novel set in present-day Dublin, is the book of the month for February on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - March 2016
Pádraic Ó Conaire

Seacht mBua an Éirí Amach, Pádraic Ó Conaire's collection of short stories is the book of the month for March on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - April 2016
Anna Heussaff

Scáil an Phríosúin, Anna Heussaf's latest murder mystery, is the book of the month for April on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - May 2016
Réaltán Ní Leannáin

Dílis, Réaltán Ní Leannáin's colection of short stories, is the book of the month for May on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - June 2016

Réics Carló ar Oileán Mhanann, Cathal Ó Sándair's detective novel, is the book of the month for June on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2016
Alex Hijmans

An Tearmann, Alex Hijman's latest novel, is the book of the month for October on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2016
Biddy Jenkinson

An Grá Riabhach, a collection of short stories by Biddy Jenkinson, is the book of the month for November on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2016

An Fuadach, Darach Ó Scolaí's translation of Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, is the book of the month for December on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January 2017

Danny Seaimpín an Domhain, Muiris Ó Raghallaigh's translation of Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl, is the book of the month for January on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - February 2017
Máire Dinny Wren

Go mbeinnse choíche saor, Máire Dinny Wren's collection of short stories is the book of the month for February on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - April 2017
Liam Mac Cóil

An Dochtúir Áthas, Liam Mac Cóil's modern experimental novel, is the book of the month for April on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - May 2017
Seán Mac Mathúna

Hula Hul by Seán Mac Mathúna, a novel set in Ireland during World War I, is the book of the month for May on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - June 2017
Labhrás Ó Finneadha

Íbíotsa, Labhrás Ó Finneadha's colection of short stories, is the book of the month for June on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - September 2017

The Irish translation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous novel is the book of the month for September on ClubLeabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2017
Colm Ó Ceallacháin

Colm Ó Ceallacháin's collection of short stories is October's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2017

Ré Ó Laighléis's hilarious book is November's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2017
Diarmuid Johnson

The lively retelling of the Old-Irish epic Togail Bruidne Da Derga is December's club of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January 2018
Alex Hijmans

A new collection of short stories from Alex Hijmans is January's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - February 2018
Orna Ní Choileáin

A new collection of short stories from the author of the highly acclaimed Canary Wharf is February's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - March 2018
Pénélope Bagieu

A story about a woman who loses her memory is March's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - April 2018
Beairtle Ó Conaire

An award-winning collection of short stories from the celebrated novelist and short story writer, Beairtle Ó Conaire, is April's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - May 2018
Michelle Nic Pháidín

Michelle Nic Pháidín's "lively, interesting and very readable" novel is May's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - June 2018

The Irish translation of Tintin in Tibet is June's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - September 2018
Cathal Ó Searcaigh

Cathal Ó Searcaigh's novel is September's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2018

A story about a young woman's complicated life and the challenges of family, friendship and music is October's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2018
Roald Dahl

The Irish version of one of Roald Dahl's many stories is November's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2018
Albert Camus

This novel from Albert Camus (translated by Diarmuid Ó Gráinne) is December's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January 2019
Deaglán de Bréadún

This book from Déaglán de Bréadún is January's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month February 2019
Michelle Nic Pháidín

Bríd (An tIriseoir, 2016) returns to the capital and to the daily grind of scoop and scandal – but there’s trouble brewing in the newsroom. When she stumbles upon a new story, Bríd has no choice but to dive straight in. Her journey takes her on a winding path, and her duty as a journalist is thrown into question. She must rely on her quick wit and cunning to uncover the truth, despite constant pressure from all sides.

Book of the Month - March 2019

Tintin agus Báinín follow strange clues which lead them to follow a drug cartel.

Book of the Month - May 2019
Seán Ó Muireagáin

A collection of stories from Seán Ó Muireagáin.

Book of the Month - June 2019

This is the story of how, in the Summer of 1994, I stood up against my Oppressors (my parents) and how I came out the other side a changed person. It’s a tale of a lost teenager, of lost innocence, and a lost pair of white Pepe jeans (I’m not too worried about the innocence but I really miss those jeans).

Book of the Month - September 2019
Réaltán Ní Leannáin

A novel about a young woman from Malta during the First World War is October's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - October 2019
Proinsias Mac a Bhaird

Proinsias Mac a Bhaird's novel is September's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2019
Pádraig Ua Maoileoin

A novel by Pádraig Ua Maoileoin is November's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2019

Roald Dahl’s best-known story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is December's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January 2020

The Irish translation of John McGahern’s ‘Amongst Women' is January's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - February 2020

'Cuir i gCéill', the thrilling novel by Celia de Fréine, is February's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - March 2020

Our Book of the Month this March is Fatwa, a novel by Proinsias Mac a 'Bhaird.

Book of the Month - April 2020

April's Book of the Month is the latest novel by Mícheál Ó Conghaile.

Book of the Month - May 2020

Our Book of the Month this May is the colourful Eachtraí Tintin: An tOileán Dubh.

Book of the Month - June 2020

Our Book of the Month this June is Cnámh, a collection of short stories by Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde.

Book of the Month - September 2020
Marcus Mac Conghaill

Our Book of the Month this September is Meascra ón Aer by Marcus Mac Conghail. A collection of essays, poems, short stories, reminiscences and more from the RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta series, Meascra, produced by Marcus Mac Conghail.

Book of the Month - October 2020

A wonderful Irish translation of John Steinbeck's classic 'Of Mice and Men' is October's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - November 2020
Beairtle Ó Conaire

A novel by Beairtle Ó Conaire is November's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - December 2020
René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo

A new edition of the famous comic book, Asterix agus an Corrán Óir, is December's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com.

Book of the Month - January 2021
Beatha Phí (Life of Pi)

Irish-language translation of Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

Book of the Month - February 2021
Eoin P. Ó Murchú, Tim Armstrong

This book won the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award in 2013. Translated by Eoin P. Ó Murchú. Tim Armstrong is a writer and musician from Seattle in the United States. He lives in Scotland and works as a lecturer in Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. He is currently working on his second novel, An Luingeas Dorcha air Faire.

Book of the Month - March 2021
Mike P. Ó Conaola

"10 short stories by Mike P. Ó Conaola. Semi-autobiographical stories evoking the atmosphere of 1950s and 1960s Ireland, before life on this island changed inevitably with the inception of free education".

Book of the Month - April 2021
Réaltán Ní Leannáin

Collection of Irish language short stories by Réaltán Ní Leannáin. These stories grab our attention from the first few words, as the author steers us skillfully through deceit, trickery and duplicity. Classes clash and come under the microscope, hypocrisy is revealed and inequalities laid bare. Credible characters are presented in engrossing stories that leave us wanting more in this new short story collection by Ní Leannáin.

Book of the Month - May 2021
Micheál Ó Conghaile, Liam Ó Flaithearta

Liam Ó Flaithearta is best known as a writer in English. The Aran Islands native (1896–1984) published over a dozen novels and nearly two hundred short stories in English during his lifetime but just one collection of short stories in Irish, Dúil (1953). This book went on to have a lasting impact on readers of Irish-language literature and not just because it spent many years on school and university curricula. A common topic of debate regarding Ó Flaithearta's work is whether his work in Irish was even better than his writing in English. And what relationship exists, if any, between his writing in Irish and in English? Another issue is why he published most of his work in English in the first place. All that aside, it is worth taking another look at Ó Flaithearta's work through the eyes of the Irish speaker and in this book Micheál Ó Conghaile has translated his selection of Ó Flaithearta's short stories. The collection includes thirty-three short stories, in which themes like the hardship of life for people living in the Irish islands, the role of women in society, his distinctive view of the clergy and the Catholic church, and his fascination with nature.

Book of the Month - June 2021

A chance encounter with an eccentric Egyptologist, Seán Ó Tuama, takes Tintin and his faithful dog, Báinín, on an adventure in search of the lost tomb of Pharaoh Kí-Oskh. But the king’s resting place contains a secret much darker than mummies and desert sand. By following a strange clue, Tintin and Báinín fall headlong into the clutches of a gang of drug smugglers, as they unwittingly find themselves in vicious conflict with an international criminal.

Book of the month September 2021
Myles na gCopaleen

September's book of the month is a graphic novel of one of the most well-known and appreciated Irish books ever written.

October Book of the Month 2021

October's book of the month is the Irish translation of the famous autobiographical novel, Un Sac de Billes, by Joseph Joffo.

November Book of the Month 2021
Tomás Ó Flaithearta

November's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com is An Bhrachlainn Mhór, a new edition of Ó Flaithearta’s short stories, edited by Éamon Ó Ciosáin and published by Cló Iar-Chonnacht.

December Book of the Month 2021
Duan Na Nollag
Charles Dickens, Maitiú Ó Coimín

December's book of the month on Clubleabhar.com is one of the world’s best-known Christmas books.

Book of the Month - January 2022
Colm Ó Ceallacháin

The stories in this collection shine a light on a sometimes flawed, but very recognisable, cast of characters as they come to terms with the truths – and mistruths – of their existence. Set in the present day and in the past – and indeed in a past that never was – we are taken on a tour of their own private universe, starting out on ‘the twetieth largest island in the world,’ a strange land that the reader may yet recognise, even in this new and distorted form.

Book of the Month - February 2022
Réaltán Ní Leannáin

The short story can take many forms and this is amply illustrated in this very special anthology which celebrates the variety and the high quality of contemporary writing in Ulster. This is a highly enjoyable collection of 28 authors, both young and old, from every corner of the province. Between the covers of this volume we are presented with a masterclass in the diversity of the genre. Stories of love, of revenge, of hope. Stories that make us laugh out loud. Stories that make us cry. Some of these stories are firmly rooted in oral traditions that span centuries, others very proudly display the stamp of contemporary ways of story-weaving. No matter where readers may dive in throughout this very considerable collection, they will find worlds that awaken their interest and entice their imagination.

Book of the Month - March 2022
Madame Lazarre
Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin

Ever since she was a young child, Levana has been proud of her Jewish heritage and the strong women who preceded her. One of them is Hana Lazare, Levana’s grandmother, who fled as a young girl from her homeland in northern Europe, the only survivor of the Shoah massacre. But when Hana becomes mentally confused at the end of her life, fragments of information leak from her mouth which upsets Levana. The young woman is sent on a journey that forces her to question everything her grandmother ever said to her. As the story moves from Paris to Brussels to the west of Ireland, Levana approaches the true story of her grandmother and the tragedy that befell Madame Lazare ‘s secret life.

Book of the Month - April 2022
Hervé Bourhis

"To sell this product to our partners in the medical industry, we are going to combine experience and freshness" Duprat labs introduce their new strategy to Guy Farkas, an 'old school' pharmaceutical sales rep, and Jérémy Labionda, an over-qualified junior exec ordered to keep an eye on Farkas. On top of that, the duo have to sell a drug that is reputed to have caused the death of hundreds of patients. Sometimes cruel, sometimes sarcastic, but always very funny, An Broc-Chú is a satire on the greedy world we live in.

Book of the Month - May 2022

Orwell's Animal Farm translated into Irish.

Book of the Month - June 2022

Tintin travels to the small kingdom of Syldavia where he is witness to a conspiracy against the young king, Múisc Áir XII. The plotters plan to steal the ancient Sceptre of King Ottokar, symbol of the new king’s right to rule. Should the plot succeed, the king will lose his crown and his country will face invasion. With traitors at every turn, can Tintin help the king before it’s too late?

BOOK OF THE MONTH - September 2022

The second collection of short stories by Seán Ó Muireagáin.

OCTOBER BOOK OF THE MONTH 2022
Celia de Fréine

It’s Year 19 in the New Era. A time where life has we know it has ended and the population lives in Biospheres all across the world. Emma and Zara are based in Biosphere 9. On Emma’s birthday, when she turn seventeen years old, she is chosen for the post important course in the college, according to the Authorities. But what’s in store for her friend, Zara, who isn’t as clever as she is? Will she be sent to the Feotus Farm to be a breeder? In this speculative fiction novel, Emma and Zara have lots of lessons to learn and lots of challenges to overcome. Will they have to accept what’s in store for them or is there a second option?

November Book of the Month 2022

Khalil, a twenty-three-year-old Belgian of Moroccan descent, plans to detonate a suicide vest in a crowd outside the Stade de France on November 13, 2015. Explosions are rocking Paris, at cafés and the Bataclan theater, and when other bombs drive the stadium crowd to flee in his direction, near the Metro, his time has come. He presses his button, and . . . nothing. Fearing he has failed in his mission for Fraternel Solidarity (FS), an ISIS affiliate, Khalil has little choice but to blend in with his would-be victims and run. Back in Belgium, he must lie low and avoid his militant brethren and the authorities. He relies on his family and friends for places to stay, but he keeps the truth about himself secret. All the while, he contemplates what he almost did, and what he will do next—particularly when it comes to light that his vest accidently had been a harmless training unit all along, and FS has a new mission planned for him. In this daring, propulsive literary thriller, Yasmina Khadra takes readers to the margins of Europe’s glittering capitals, through neighborhoods isolated by government neglect and popular apathy, if not outright racism. And he brings to life an unusual protagonist, a young man struggling with family, religion, and politics who makes fateful choices, and in doing so dramatises powerful questions about society and human nature. Translated into Irish by Máirín Nic Con Iomaire.

December Book of the Month 2022
Colmán Ó Raghallaigh

A haunting tale of love and jealousy where Gráinne and Diarmaid are relentlessly pursued by Fionn whose desire for revenge must inevitably lead to tragic consequences. A superbly illustrated and fast-paced graphic novel. Illustrated by the Cartoon Saloon.

BOOK OF THE MONTH - JANUARY 2023

The first book in the Réics Carló series of detective novels. 2022 edition.

LEABHAR MHÍ FEABHRA 2023

Delphine de Vigan’s ‘Les enfants sont rois’ translated into Irish by Máirín Nic Con Iomaire.

LEABHAR MHÍ AN MHÁRTA 2023

Short stories by Róise Ní Bhaoill.

BOOK OF THE MONTH - APRIL 2023

Translation into Irish by Bernadette Nic an tSaoir of the second book in Jean-Claude Izzo’s Marseille Trilogy.

BOOK OF THE MONTH - MAY 2023

Novel in Irish by Thaddeus Ó Buachalla

BOOK OF THE MONTH - JUNE 2022

Barra Mac Aodhagáin spent years of his childhood in an industrial school. In this novel, we follow Barra’s story as he experiences the full force of brutal teachers, and on his journey towards recovery from that trauma. An emotional, thoughtful telling.

BOOK OF THE MONTH - September 2023
Béal na Péiste
Fionntán de Brún

When Réamainn Prút lands in Belfast in 1988, he is a stranger in his home town. He notes the huge adverts sharing the police phone number, encouraging you to call – to pass on information about terrorists, to lift a burden from your conscience. But Réamainn is thinking of his youth, of the old rhyme the roadside preachers used to recite: Come listen to my tale of Jonah and the whale; Way down in the middle of the ocean! He remembers too the fateful night in December 1942. The night he jumped out of a German plane on the coast of County Down, he made his way to his parents’ house in the dead of night.

OCTOBER BOOK OF THE MONTH 2023

A whirlwind interplanetary adventure from award-winning author Ré Ó Laighléis.

November Book of the Month 2023
Múscail, a Ghiorria
Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair

Freeverse by Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair.

December Book of the Month 2023

The second book in the Réics Carló series of detective novels. 2022 edition.

January Book of the Month 2024
Alan Titley

This marks Alan Titley’s first collection of short stories since the release of his renowned work LEABHAR NÓRA NÍ ANLUAIN (1998). Despite his subsequent contributions in the form of several novels, Titley has remained dedicated to the craft of short storytelling, a commitment evident in this anthology, which includes seven award-winning tales from the Oireachtas competition. Notably, the majority of these stories are previously unpublished, enhancing the collection’s novelty. The compilation boasts a rich tapestry of stories, encompassing various genres: traditional narratives steeped in antiquity to enchanting fables, stirring accounts of heroism and romance, and beyond.

February Book of the Month 2024
Anna Heussaff

Emer Griffiths is missing without a trace. Garda Réamonn Seoighe finds her body in a lonely corner on the banks of the Liffey. Her son, Dan, is devastated by her death, but why is he reluctant to talk to the guards? Colmán Ó Gríofa, her estranged husband, is in his holiday home on the Béarra peninsula that same weekend, separated from Emer but still devoted to her. His neighbour Aoife Nic Diarmada supports him as she becomes involved in the case. Together with the authorities, they sift through a mosaic of substantial clues and fabricated evidence. The night witnesses a covert surveillance operation as time inches relentlessly forward. Will the perpetrator be unveiled before another life is claimed? “SA PHOLL BÁITE captivates readers with its exploration of societal discord, shining a penetrating light on the hidden poisons lurking within the human soul.” This work won a prize in the Oireachtas Literary Competitions in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Foras na Gaeilge Irish Fiction Book of the Year Award in the An Post Irish Book Awards in 2023.

March Book of the Month 2024
Gearóidín Nic Cárthaigh

A glamorous woman meets an old lady on the train, but not all is as it seems. A young girl goes shopping, but no one knows the extent of her troubles. A woman feels cornered in the hospital, but when her husband comes to visit her, they can’t seem to find the right words. This collection comprises of thirty four flash fiction stories, all of them under 1,000 words. The look at a wide range of themes in women’s lives, from sadness to love, from loneliness to hope. They are short snappy tales that have a beginning, a middle and an end – although they often start in the middle of the action or finish early. This book is overflowing with empathetic characters, as they get a flash of new insight into life. You are invited to come and play for a while in the world of flash fiction.

April Book of the Month 2024
Cathal Ó Searcaigh

This is the first novel in the Irish language to deal with the First World War. It is a landmark work of literature, a compelling account of life and loss on the western front.

A HARROWING CORRECTIVE TO THE MYTH OF A JUST WAR

The novel’s protagonists are two young Gaelic speakers from Cloich Cheann Fhaola in north west Donegal who believe they are going on a glorious adventure without any real notion of the horrific realities they would encounter as infantrymen on the western front. Saighdiúir (Soldier) is an immensely moving book that evokes the horror and the terror of that dreadful conflict. It gives vivid heart-rending descriptions of the tragic waste of brief young lives fed into the voracious jaws of war. It is a harrowing corrective to the myth of a just war.

THE POWER OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT TO ENDURE

The book goes beyond military history, though, to give voice to the futility and pathos of all wars. In that respect it’s a raw, haunting anti-war novel. It captures the living hell of the front lines, the bombardment of bursting shells and belching artillery, the water-logged trenches, the dawn raids, the deadly mustard gas, the mud and blood and grime of a senseless war. And yet, in this endless horror the power of the human spirit to endure is truly remarkable. And in the midst of this savagery and slaughter are moments of tenderness, of immense courage and companionship.

THE LOST GENERATION OF IRISHMEN

Two hundred thousand Irishmen fought in the First World War. Until recently, the joining-up of these legions of men was, mostly, excised from our troubled history. This novel brings forth that lost, largely forgotten generation of Irish soldiers who fought and fell on the western front. It is a universal story of the brutality unleashed by war and a fitting testament from a generation marked for slaughter. This is a remarkable war novel and will stand with the best of its kind, an authentic and compelling addition to the war literature of Sassoon, Owens, Rosenberg and Remarque.

May Book of the Month 2024
Pénélope Bagieu

What a life! After spending the day working as a hostess at conferences and trade shows, all that awaits Zoé at home is a rude and lazy boyfriend who sleeps in his socks! Until she meets Tomás, a writer who is running out of inspiration! This is a story about love and ambition ... and an extraordinary heroine.

June Book of the Month 2024
Michela Murgia

A modern novel set in Sardinia in the middle of the last century. Translation from the Italian of the book Accabadora by Michela Murgia. Athmháthair is a translation of the award winning novel Accabadora by Michela Murgia, published by Einaudi in 2009. Accabadora has been awarded seven major literary prizes, including Italy’s prestigious Premio Campiello.

September Book of the Month 2024
Heartstopper

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between. Charlie and Nick are in the same school, but they’ve never met… until one day when they’re made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn’t think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realised. Written and illustrated by Alice Oseman. Translated by Eoin McEvoy

October Book of the Month 2024
Flaitheas
Proinsias Mac a Bhaird

Criomhthann is a young man destined for the life of a warrior king. Due to a family tragedy, he must go in search of a different kind of life — and he will not undertake that new journey easily. Pagans and Christians at each other’s throats We are immersed in the uncertain life of the sixth century, a time when great changes were coming to people’s lives; a time when ambitious kings were at each other’s throats; a time when the old world of paganism was yielding to Christianity. A glimpse of Colmcille the person Flaitheas is a story that gives us a glimpse of the human Colmcille, a person who had his own weaknesses and had many obstacles to overcome. The story of each one of us Flaitheas tells the story of a person who is trying to make sense of changes in his life, the story of a person struggling with fate, the story of a person who makes mistakes but tries his best to do the right thing for himself and for the people around him. The story of each of us.

November Book of the Month 2024
An Corpán sa Trunc / Réics Carló - Uimhir a Trí 3
Cathal Ó Sándair

A criminal gang whose crimes have come to the attention of An Garda Síochána are not best pleased when a young Garda, Seán Mac Gearailt, begins to pry into their affairs and their access to classified information. They send him packing however, delivering his dead body in a sealed trunk to his house. This gruesome act carries a clear message from the criminal gang agree Seán’s boss, Malcolm, and Malcolm’s best friend Réics Carló – Stop the investigation! Now! Turning a deaf ear to the chilling message of the gang Réics and his assistant Brian Ó Ruairc plot and plan the downfall of these enemies of the State. But what chance have they when it seems the gang have friends in high places?

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