Why Not Read...
Deep Deception
'damning but compelling … essential reading'
‘the best of the large crop of books by Irish journalists this year, it grows beyond its immediate subject to become a terrifying anatomy of the capacity for denial and vilification within any enclosed world’
Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times
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Forthcoming Books
The following titles are some of the books on the publication schedule by the O'Brien Press.
This selection includes both adult and children's titles, and caters for a wide range of interests.
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Select any book or cover for more information on the title.
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Children's books are below: click here to go straight to them!
Adult Books
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Best-Loved Yeats
(hb)
Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald
An illustrated collection of forty of Yeats' best-loved works, on topics including Love, Politics, Old Age, Myth and Legend includes people, places and events that were important to him.
Publication Month: March
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Blood Upon the Rose
(pb)
Easter 1916: The Rebellion That Set Irela
Gerry Hunt
The Easter 1916 Rising: an unlikely band of freedom fighters – teachers, poets, writers, patriots, trade unionists – declare an Irish Republic. From this dramatic gesture, a nation is born…
The rebellion that set Ireland free, told as a graphic novel.
Publication Month: April
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Croagh Patrick
(pb)
A Place of Pilgrimage. A Place of Beauty
Harry Hughes
Including wonderful photographs and illustrations, Harry Hughes’ book describes the pilgrimage and details the history, archaeology, ancient traditions and folklore associated with Croagh Patrick.
Publication Month: May
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Joey Dunlop
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King of the Roads - 10th Anniversary Edition
Stephen Davison
10th Anniversary Edition, updated throughout with 16 new pages. Captures Joey in action, his triumphant racing moments, with his family, on his relief missions to Romania. A fitting record of one of the greatest motorcyclists the sport has ever seen.
Publication Month: May
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Children's Books
Look for the flag at the top right-hand corner of our books. The colour will tell you the reading age level.
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 Black Flag: Picture books and storytelling to read aloud
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 Yellow Flag: For readers aged 6+ (includes Flyers)
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 Blue Flag: For readers aged 10+
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Across the Divide
(pb)
Brian Gallagher
When Liam, a poor eleven-year-old boy, and Nora, a rich ten-year-old girl meet at a Feis Ceol, an unlikely bond is formed - a bond that leads to a friendship spanning the deeply divided city that was Dublin in 1913
Publication Month: August
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Dancing in the Dark
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Peter Prendergast
Things aren't easy for Jessie. Her brother James has died in an accident. Her mum and dad are grieving and the house seems empty … but Jessie can still see James.
And that’s not her only problem …
Publication Month: September
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Spirit of the Titanic
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Nicola Pierce
Fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott moves restlessly aboard the Titanic as she sails to her doom in 1912. An eyewitness to the final days in the lives of rich and poor, crew and passengers, this is Samuel’s story …
Publication Month: August
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