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Island Stories Tales and Legends from the West Curriculum Development Unit A play, stories and folklore from JM Synge, Maurice O’Sullivan and Thomas and Liam O’Flaherty. 80 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-117-0 €6.34 pb Rights available W Irish Writers Against War Eds. Conor Kostick & Katherine Moore This anthology of prose and poetry from leading Irish writers is an impassioned stand against war. Writers include Roddy Doyle, Peter Sheridan and Seamus Heaney. Preface by Brian Friel. Royalties to the Irish Anti-War Movement. 144 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-825-4 €10.00 pb Rights available W (EL) Deadlines and D**kheads Anne Gildea Mary McNice lives life at a gallop but feels like an also-ran. She’s tired of faking ‘attitude’ for her weekly column, of trying to keep up with what’s Hot and what’s NOT. Even her lover has another lover on the side. Something’s got to change! 224 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-963-3/€12.95 pb Rights available IR (EL only), all other languages W.Rights sold RU Brown Morning Franck Pavloff The unsettling story of Charlie and his friend, who live in France during a time marked by the rise of an extreme totalitarian regime: the Brown State. Includes the original French text. Award-winner: IDI Design award 32 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-838-4 €4.95 pb Rights available IR • US/CAN (EL only) Rights sold US/CAN BRENDAN O’CARROLL’S HILARIOUS AGNES BROWN TRILOGY A14 The Mammy Brendan O’Carroll The life and times, joys and sorrows of Agnes Browne, mother of all the Brownes. A book of hilarious incidents, glorious characters, and an unruly passion for life. Filmed as Agnes Browne by Anjelica Huston and a hit with audiences worldwide. 176 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-322-5 €9.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold AU/NZ • CH • CZ • DU • F • H • I • IN • J • P • PO • SA • SP • SW • US/CAN • FILM The Chisellers Brendan O’Carroll Book 2 of the ‘Mrs Browne’ Trilogy. Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups and downs, minor scrapes and major run-ins of the seven children of Agnes Browne. Full of joy, humour, pathos and Dublinese. 192 pages €9.99 pb ISBN 978-1-84717-323-2 Rights available W Rights sold AU/NZ • CH • CZ • DU • F • HU • I • IN • J • P • PO • SA • SP • SW • US/CAN The Scrapper Brendan O’Carroll Set in the rough world of the Dublin boxing circuit, Brendan introduces a new, largerthan-life character – Sparrow McCabe. A knockout! 208 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-538-3 €9.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold I Brendan O’Carroll is the star of the BAFTA winning Mrs Brown’s Boys TV series and the Good Mourning Mrs Brown stage show, both based on characters in the bestselling ‘Mrs Browne’ Trilogy. The Granny Brendan O’Carroll Book 3 of the ‘Mrs Browne’ Trilogy. At forty-seven years of age, Agnes, now thirteen years happily widowed, enters the 1980s with a fruit stall in Moore Street, a French lover and seven children … 192 pages/€9.99 pb ISBN 978-1-84717-324-9 Rights available W Rights sold AU/NZ • CH • I • IN • J •PO • SA • US/CAN The Course Brendan O’Carroll An assorted group of no-hopers sign on for a Positive Mental Attitude course run by a conman – but then the bona fide American supervisor arrives, threatening to shut down the course unless five out out of six participants pass the test. 128 pages/€7.95 pb ISBN 978-0-86278-493-5 Rights available W
IT’S ROSS O’CARROLL-KELLY, ROYSH? The Miseducation Years Paul Howard So there I was, roysh, putting the ‘in’ in ‘in crowd’, hanging out, pick of the babes, bills from the old pair to fund the lifestyle I, like, totally deserve. But being a schools rugby legend has its downsides, roysh... 256 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-852-0 €9.95 pb Rights available W The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years Paul Howard So there I was, roysh, enjoying college life, college birds and, like, a major amount of socialising. Then, roysh, the old pair decide to mess everything up for me. I hadn’t, like, changed or treated them any differently, but the next thing I know, roysh, I’m out on the streets. Another focking day in paradise for me! 208 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-809-4 €9.95 pb Rights available W/Rights sold RU FOOD AND DRINK The Teenage Dirtbag Years Paul Howard So there I was, roysh, class legend, schools rugby legend, basically all-round legend, when someone decides you can’t, like, sit the Leaving Cert four times. Well that put a focking spanner in the works I may be beautiful, roysh, but I’m not stupid, and this much I totally know: college rocks! 272 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-849-0 €9.95 pb/Rights available W PS ... I Scored the Bridesmaids Paul Howard So there I was, roysh, twenty-three years of age, still, like, gorgeous, living off my legend as a schools rugby player, scoring the birds, being the man, when all of a sudden, roysh, life becomes a total mare. Normally my head is so full of, like, thoughts, but now I’m down to just one: Sorcha. I’m playing it Kool and the Gang, but this is basically scary. For fock’s sake, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly doesn’t do love. 272 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-890-2 €9.95 pb/Rights available W BEST OF IRISH COOKERY SERIES Best of Irish Traditional Cooking Biddy White Lennon Sixty recipes to take you from starters to puddings. Choose from Seafood Chowder, Spiced Beef, Dublin Coddle, Kerry Apple Cakes … and many more. 96 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-758-5 €7.95 pb Rights available W Best of Irish Potato Recipes Biddy White Lennon Over fifty recipes featuring this most versatile vegetable: colcannon, boxty, potato breads and scones, salads and stews. 80 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-759-2 €7.95 pb Rights available W Best of Irish Home Baking Biddy White Lennon A wide range of breads, scones, tarts, cakes and biscuits is still baked every day in Irish homes. Biddy White Lennon selects over fifty of the most tempting recipes for enthusiastic bakers of every ability. 80 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-807-0 €7.95 pb Rights available W Best of Irish Festive Cooking Biddy White Lennon Recipes to celebrate Irish festivals, feast days and special occasions, as well as food for christenings, weddings and wakes. 96 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-930-5 €7.95 pb Rights available W Best of Irish Soups Eileen O’Driscoll Forty mouth-watering soups for cold winter days and sunny summer brunches – each one nutritious, delicious and easy to make. 80 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-760-8 €7.95 pb Rights available W Best of Irish Meat Recipes Biddy White Lennon Fifty inspiring recipes including favourites such as Irish Stew, Michaelmas roast goose, bacon and cabbage; local specialities; recipes from leading Irish chefs. Delicious and easy to follow. 96 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-931-2 €7.95 pb Rights available W A15
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Page 5 and 6: PHOTOGRAPHY See pages A23-A24 The 1
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Page 11 and 12: CELTIC Exploring the Book of Kells
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Page 19 and 20: Brian Boru Ireland’s Warrior King
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