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GILL BOOKS
SPRING–SUMMER 2018
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NEW BOOKS CALENDAR WELCOME TO THE GILL BOOKS
TITLE ISBN HB PB E AUTHOR CATALOGUE OF NEW BOOKS
JANUARY
The Money Doctor 2018 9780717179961 • John Lowe Re:set
One Day at a Time Diary 2018 9780717179572 • Abby Wynne
This spring we have books that will help you to take stock and restore
Organised 9780717175567 • • Sarah Reynolds
your life to factory settings.
Slow at Work 9780717173570 • • Aoife McElwain
Organised and Slow at Work will inspire you to declutter, simplify and
FEBRUARY finally gain some control at home and at work.
When Panic Attacks 9780717180493 • • Dr Áine Tubridy
Irish Granny’s Pocket Farmhouse Kitchen 9780717179435 •
Judith McAdam’s groundbreaking book The Source will help you
discover the energy to turn your life in the direction you want this year.
A Pocket Biography of Wilde 9780717179459 •
A Pocket History of the Irish Famine 9780717179442 • Ireland’s most formidable doctor, Dr Eva Orsmond, is back with a
Chester Beatty Library Book of Days 9780717180462 • straight-talking, no-nonsense guide to taking control of your health in
Reverse Your Diabetes, and Kate O’Brien is here to show you how to
MARCH GLOW from the inside out.
Tony 10 9780717179701 • • Declan Lynch & Tony O’Reilly
Spuds and the Spider 9780717179954 • Seamus Ó Conaill
Then there are three absorbing real-life reads: the astonishing story of
GLOW 9780717179381 • Kate O’Brien the postman whose secret addiction saw him gamble €10 million and
lose everything – €1.75 million of that belonging to An Post; the story of
APRIL the fateful meeting of Jason Corbett and Molly Martens, as told by his
My Name is Bridget 9780717180424 • • Alison O’Reilly sister; and the shocking story of one forgotten woman – and countless
A Teacher's Life 9780717180868 • Colm Cuffe
others – from the Tuam Mother and Baby home.
The Source 97807171781254 • • Judith McAdam
The Gospel According to Blindboy (Paperback) 97807171781001 • • Blindboy Boatclub We hope there’s a book here for you.
The Choice (Paperback) 97807171781025 • • Philly McMahon with Niall Kelly
Gill Books
Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling (B Format) 97807171781018 • • Emer McLysaght and
Sarah Breen
MAY
My Brother Jason 97807171781285 • • Tracey Corbett-Lynch and
Ralph Riegel
Dr Eva Orsmond’s Reverse Your Diabetes 97807171781322 • Dr Eva Orsmond
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RAH REYNOLDS has been
JANUARY JANUARY
hidden home organisation
en the benefits and freedom
to their lives and here she
304 PP 352 PP
Organised
will transform your approach
so that getting and staying
u get the maximum space,
of your home.
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Organised
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NISED HOME SIMPLE WAYS to declutter your HOUSE,
Sarah Reynolds
G THINGS AWAY
978 0 7171 7556 7 your SCHEDULE and your MIND
978 0 7171 7357 0
that when their house is in
€16.99 £14.99
ther parts of their life too. An €12.99 £11.99
you the energy and motivation
t and move on from whatever
by step, room by room,
g a home for stress-free living.
et organised!
Organised Slow at Work
Sarah Reynolds
SARAH REYNOLDS Ireland’s Leading Professional Organiser
AOIFE MCELWAIN
s.ie
AU T H O R AU T H O R
-7556-7
Sarah Reynolds is Ireland’s Aoife McElwain is a food
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HELP
Author image © Darren Fitzpatrick Photography
leading professional writer and creative events
Organiser. She worked in planner. She writes for The
television before deciding Irish Times and Totally
29/11/2017 10:30
M A K E T H I S T H E Y E A R YO U TA K E B A C K I T ’ S T I M E T O F I G U R E O U T A B E T T E R WAY O F
to follow her passion and Dublin, is one half of the
train in New York with Julie C O N T R O L O F YO U R L I F E ! video and recipe series WO R K I N G : F I N D CA R E E R S U C C E S S , B U T S TAY
Morgenstern, America’s forkful.tv and works as S A N E A L O N G T H E WAY
Professional Organiser Sarah Reynolds has been helping
number one professional a food stylist. She is the
Organiser and regular clients find their hidden home organisation skills for Programme Curator and Two years ago author Aoife McElwain was burnt out. Fed
contributor to the Oprah years. She has seen the benefits and freedom organisation Community Manager of up of being ‘bananas busy’ and constantly frazzled she
show. When she returned has brought to their lives and here she shares her secrets. community arts festival had an epiphany and decided, ‘I have got to figure out a
home she set up her dream This life-changing book will transform your approach Turkfest and hosts Sing better way of working.’ She set out to uncover what was
business, Organised Along Social. She is also the
to clutter and tidying up so that getting and staying behind her feeling constantly on the go and created a new
Chaos. She is a regular founder and curator of the
contributor to national organised is easy. slow:series, the talk series blueprint for work–life balance, which she now shares in
media and regularly speaks which inspired this book. Slow at Work.
Sarah’s clients have found that when their house is in
at nationwide events on
the topic of home and order, change occurs in other parts of their lives too. Step The way we work has changed, and in our always-on
workplace organisation. by step, room by room, discover the art of creating a home culture, the cult of busyness and blurred boundaries mean
Her website is for stress-free living. Make this the year you get organised! that work and life can become seriously out of balance.
www.organisedchaos.ie. Here Aoife provides the tools to help navigate this
new world of work – not only to achieve career success,
but to stay sane while doing so. If you are burnt out,
anxious, feel like an imposter or are caught in a cycle of
procrastination, this book contains all the advice you need
to restore your balance and get back on track.
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BEAUTY/HEALTH HEALTH/COOKERY
MARCH MAY
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Dr Eva
GLOW
Orsmond’s
KATE O’BRIEN Reverse Your
Diabetes
AU T H O R
Kate O’Brien has dedicated DR EVA ORSMOND
many years to seeking
the soundest skincare
advice and writing about G E T T H E G L OW F R O M T H E I N S I D E O U T – A N D AU T H O R I R E L A N D ’ S M O S T FO R M I D A B L E D O C T O R
it in various publications G E T R E A DY FO R T H E C O M P L I M E N T S Dr Eva Orsmond, MD TA K E S O N O N E O F T H E C O U N T R Y ’ S B I G G E S T
worldwide. With MPH, is a medical doctor H E A LT H C H A L L E N G E S
professional qualifications
Your skin is your body’s biggest organ, and with a little effort
with a special interest in
in both nutrition and to look after it you can transform the way you look and feel. Over 200,000 people in Ireland suffer from type 2 diabetes
weight management and
cosmetic science, and the treatment of overweight and are dependant on medication to manage it. But Dr
having interviewed some of
Working from the inside out, Kate O’Brien’s tried-and-
and obese adults and Eva Orsmond has successfully helped her patients reverse
the world’s leading cosmetic tested revitalising skin-centric GLOW plan contains over 60
children. She appeared for their type 2 diabetes through diet, supplements and hard
scientists, dermatologists skin-nourishing recipes along with a targeted step-by-step a number of years on RTÉ’s work. Dr Eva is passionate about empowering sufferers
and skincare manufacturers, skincare routine designed to give your skin the fuel it needs hugely popular Operation
she knows what works for to take control of their health and here she shares her
to repair, nourish and bring about real and lasting change at Transformation. Her two
skin at every age and stage previous books, The Last complete diet plan for reversing the disease.
in life. Kate is also the
a deep cellular level.
Diet and The 10lb Diet were
author of Your Middle Years: Including over 60 recipes, this book also provides lots of
Whether you have an upcoming wedding, a holiday or simply bestsellers. Her television
Live Them, Love Them, Own documentaries, Sugar information to help you to adjust your diet and take control
want to look and feel your best, this quick and easy four-week
Them with Paula Mee. She Crash, Medication Nation of your blood glucose levels. By following Dr Eva’s four-
lives in Dublin with her plan will put you on the fast track to radiant skin.
and Ireland’s Health Divide phase diet plan you will remove fat from your pancreas,
husband and three children. were widely watched. She potentially allowing you to come off diabetes medication
is a regular contributor to
and move into maintenance for life. Based on the latest
a number of publications,
including the Irish Daily medical research and using case studies from Dr Eva’s
Mail. own practice, Dr Eva Orsmond’s Reverse Your Diabetes is a
must-read for anyone suffering from the disease.
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The Source When Panic
JUDITH MCADAM Attacks
DR ÁINE TUBRIDY
AU T H O R
Judith McAdam is a AU T H O R
theologian, spiritual teacher,
kinesiologist, life coach, Dr Áine Tubridy (d. 2011)
course facilitator and was a medical doctor with a
inspirational speaker. She
G R O U N D B R E A K I N G S E L F- H E L P B O O K F R O M Masters in Psychotherapy N E W E D I T I O N O F L I F E- C H A N G I N G C L A S S I C
has been practising for A N E W S P I R I T UA L L E A D E R FO R O U R T I M E S from University College, T E XT
twenty years, and founded Dublin. She specialised in
In The Source, theologian, spiritual teacher the management of anxiety Hundreds of thousands of people in Ireland suffer from
her Dublin-based practice
seven years ago. Her and kinesiologist Judith McAdam blends her and panic at the Menninger panic attacks and anxiety but many struggle to access any
appointment diary is booked broad knowledge of world religions to reveal her Centre in Kansas, meaningful help for these conditions. Prompted by years
out months in advance groundbreaking principles for creating your own reality incorporating biofeedback of working with patients suffering from panic attacks and
with loyal clients who work technology and relaxation
and living out your life’s purpose. struck by just how common and debilitating they were,
with Judith on a regular training, and brought this
expertise to the cardiac medical doctor and psychotherapist Dr Áine Tubridy
basis. They go back to her You will learn to align with Source Energy – a universal
repeatedly, because, step by rehabilitation programme first published When Panic Attacks in 2003. It has been
energy that lies deep within us and all around us – to
step, she has helped them at St Vincent’s Hospital, a bestseller ever since – because her methods work – and
define your dreams, build momentum around them and Dublin. She also had a
create their own abundant this spring a new edition hits the shelves.
reality. Judith is the mother watch them become reality. The book includes case practice at the Institute of
of twin boys and a girl. studies from Judith’s clients which illustrate how to Psychosocial Medicine in Grounded in years of clinical experience and research,
successfully implement this plan to change your life. Such Dun Laoghaire. When Panic Attacks helps makes sense of the suffering
is the demand for Judith’s services, appointments are only and is an important handbook offering hope for those
available by booking months in advance. Now, for the trapped in a constant cycle of fear and panic. In an
first time, she shares her wisdom in The Source – a life- increasingly fear-driven society When Panic Attacks is
transforming book for all who read it. more relevant than ever.
8 9
TRUE STORIES TRUE STORIES
MARCH MAY
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Tony 10 My Brother
DECLAN LYNCH & Jason
TONY O’REILLY TRACEY CORBETT-
LYNCH WITH
AU T H O R S RALPH RIEGEL
Declan Lynch is an author
and columnist with the
THE ASTONISHING STORY OF THE POSTMAN AU T H O R S T H E U N T O L D S T O R Y O F JA S O N C O R B E T T ’ S
Sunday Independent. A
W H O G A M B L E D € 1 0,0 0 0,0 0 0 L I F E A N D B R U TA L D E AT H
prominent commentator on Tracey Corbett-Lynch
matters relating to culture, A heart-stopping ride with a dangerous compulsion beyond is Jason Corbett’s older On 2 August 2015, Limerick father-of-two Jason Corbett
sport and politics, he is also sister and she led the fight
control, Tony 10 is the story of the postman who stole €1.75 was savagely beaten to death in the bedroom of his luxury
the author of ten books, for justice for her brother.
including Days of Heaven, million from An Post while he was a branch manager in She successfully fought for North Carolina home. His killers were his wife Molly
John Giles: A Football Man Gorey, to fund a gambling addiction that began with a bet of custody of his two children Martens and his father-in-law, Thomas Martens. In a
and The Ponzi Man. €1 and rose eventually to €10 million, leading to the loss of after his death and they trial that gripped both the US and Ireland, the case that
Tony O’Reilly is a former his family and his home. now live with her and her the duo had acted in self-defence – though they hadn’t a
An Post branch manager husband in Limerick.
scratch on them while Jason suffered horrific injuries – fell
originally from Carlow. In Tony 10, Tony O’Reilly recounts the last-minute goals Ralph Riegel is the southern
apart and they were sentenced to over 20 years in prison.
After losing everything that destroyed him, the shots that hit the post and the times correspondent for The Irish
to a gambling addiction when he vowed to get out while he was ahead, only for those Independent and a regular Behind the scenes, Jason’s family were locked in a
he resolved to put his moments to be lost in another surge of adrenaline. This contributor to RTÉ, BBC,
desperate custody battle to bring Jason’s children back
experiences to good use and Newstalk and TV3. Previous
today he is a fully qualified
book details everything from the terrifying moments in a books include Afraid of the to Ireland and away from the woman who had killed their
counsellor dedicated hotel room in Cyprus with his wedding money riding on Dark, Hidden Soldier and beloved father and brother. With full access to Jason’s
to raising awareness of the Derby, to his disappearance on the morning the fraud Commando. He lives in letters, emails, keepsakes and photographs, Jason’s sister,
gambling addiction. was discovered, the surreal three days spent on the run in Cork. Tracey Corbett-Lynch, reveals for the first time the full and
Northern Ireland, and ultimately his arrest, conviction and shocking story of what Molly and Tom Martens tried to
sentencing to four years in jail. get away with.
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My Name is A Teacher’s
Bridget Life
ALISON O’REILLY COLM CUFFE
AU T H O R AU T H O R
Alison O’Reilly is a Colm Cuffe is a primary
documentary maker and THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRIDGET DOLAN school teacher originally T H E P E R F E C T ‘ T H A N K YO U ’ G I FT FO R
journalist with the Irish A N D T H E T UA M M O T H E R A N D B A BY H O M E from Galway, now living in TEACHERS EVERYWHERE
Daily Mail. Wicklow. Since September
In 1946, twenty-six-year-old Bridget Dolan walked up the 2016 he has been posting A Teacher’s Life is a collection of over 150 cartoons based
path to the front door of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. his artworks on Facebook, on the popular When’s it Hometime? Facebook page that
Alone and pregnant, she was following in the footsteps of where he has amassed hilariously captures the ups and downs of life as a teacher.
over 19,000 followers. His
more than a century’s worth of lost souls. Shunned by society Filled with funny observations of classroom antics, this
work has been featured on
for her sins and offered no comfort for her pain, Bridget gave boredpanda.com, thejournal. book will have you smiling in sympathy and laughing out
birth to a boy, who died at the home in a horrendous state ie, icanhazcheezburger.com loud.
of neglect. Her second child was once again delivered at the and upworthy.com and has
garnered over a million It’s the perfect ‘thank you’ for every teacher for all they put
home, then taken from her and never seen again.
views. up with over the course of the school year!
She would go on to have a daughter, Anna, but it was only
after Bridget’s death – and in the aftermath of the explosive
revelations that the remains of 796 babies had been found in
a septic tank on the site of the home – that Anna discovered
she had two brothers her mother had never spoken about.
Was her brother’s body in the tank? Anna still does not know.
Through Anna, this book puts on the record the life of
Bridget Dolan and all the forgotten women and children of
the Tuam Mother and Baby Home.
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John Lowe has over 30
years’ experience in the I R E L A N D ’ S N O. 1 G U I D E T O O R G A N I S I N G Abby Wynne is a T R A N S FO R M YO U R L I F E – O N E D AY AT
finance sector. He is a Fellow YO U R F I N A N C E S – A N D M A K I N G YO U R psychotherapist with a A TIME
of the Institute of Bankers, M O N E Y G O F U RT H E R master’s degree in science,
has successfully completed and is accredited with This beautiful self-care journal will take you on a year-
the Chartered Director Helpful at every stage of your journey through life, whether the Irish Association long transformational journey to discover the key to
programme through the you need advice on budgeting and planning, pensions and of Psychotherapy and your own happiness and well-being. It offers you an
Institute of Directors and Counselling (IACP). She
investments, mortgages and debt management or life and opportunity to slow down and think about what you really
is a member of the Life is also a reiki and seichem
Insurance Association. John
health cover. In The Money Doctor 2018, Ireland’s foremost master teacher, and a want from life and the year ahead, so you can turn those
is also managing director independent financial adviser John Lowe provides all the qualified mindfulness dreams into reality.
of Money Doctor, the information you need to become financially fit so you can practitioner. She is the
trading name of Providence author of Energy Healing Each month the diary focuses on a different theme,
better manage your money and grow your wealth with ease.
Finance Services Limited, and How to Be Well (Hay such as awareness, acceptance, gratitude and wisdom. It
This latest edition also contains details of Budget 2018 plus
which is a fully authorised House). contains inspirational affirmations to ground you and help
and independent financial
Jim Power’s economic commentary on what to expect for the
you reconnect to your inner wisdom.
advisory company regulated year ahead.
by the Central Bank of Make 2018 your best year yet.
Ireland.
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MARCH MARCH
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The Chester Spuds and
Beatty the Spider
Library Book SEAMUS Ó
of Days CONAILL
ILLUSTRATED
THE CHESTER BY DANIELE
BEATTY LIBRARY ARCHIMEDE
A S T U N N I N G B O O K O F D AYS S H OWCA S I N G A H E A RT-WA R M I N G TA L E O F F R I E N D S H I P
T H E G R E AT E S T WO R K S F R O M T H E C H E S T E R FO R C H I L D R E N
AU T H O R
B E AT T Y L I B R A R Y AU T H O R
The Chester Beatty Library Spuds Postsofgold is just an ordinary, everyday
This beautifully illustrated book of days contains some Seamus Ó Conaill teaches
is the pre-eminent Irish
in UCD. His short fiction
leprechaun, living life quietly in his little cottage with his
institution promoting of the finest artworks from the Chester Beatty Library’s has been published in a wife, Rose Goodytwoshoes. He’s not easily riled. In fact,
the appreciation and collection. Featuring 56 carefully reproduced images in a number of journals and there’s only one thing that gets Spuds upset, and that’s
understanding of world art,
week-to-view format, it highlights the best of the world’s featured on RTÉ Radio. He spiders. Spuds hates spiders.
and it contains some of the
art and artists. has been short-listed for the
finest treasures of the great
Maeve Binchy Award and So he wasn’t at all happy when Leggers McWeb arrived at
cultures and religions of
With space to write notes for every day of the year, and the Sky Arts Future’s Fund, Toadstool Cottage …
the world. The collections
complete with engravings, small colour details and softly and long-listed for the BBC
were bequeathed to the Irish
tinted and decorated pages, this book of days is a volume Radio 4 Opening Lines short
people and entrusted to the
story competition.
care of the State by Chester to use again and again – and to treasure for always.
Beatty (1875–1968), who Daniele Archimede is a
was a successful American Dublin-based illustrator
mining engineer, collector from Milan. He has
and philanthropist. qualifications in Graphic
and Visual Arts and Applied
Arts from the Scuola
Superiore d’Arte Applicata
del Castello Sforzesco.
www.danielearchimede.com.
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The Irish A Pocket
Granny’s History of
Pocket the Irish
Farmhouse Famine
Kitchen
E N T E R T H E I R I S H G R A N N Y ’ S FA R M H O U S E AN ACCESSIBLE GUIDE TO THE STORY OF
KITCHEN I R E L A N D ’ S G R E AT H U N G E R
An accessible introduction to old-fashioned Irish cooking Between 1845 and 1852, the population of Ireland fell by
enjoyed in traditional farmhouses all over Ireland. over two million, caused by a horrific famine that racked the
country. While approximately one million people died of
The Irish Granny’s Pocket Farmhouse Kitchen provides
starvation and disease, another million fled the country in
recipes for traditional Irish favourites such as Soda Bread
so-called coffin ships.
and Bacon and Cabbage, as well as the traditions and
history of farmhouse cooking. This book traces the history of that time and looks at the
causes and the consequences of the Irish Famine, the worst
For example, did you know that when making the annual
period of Irish history. It also covers places around the
Christmas cake, everyone in the house took a turn to stir
country that have connections with the Famine, such as
the mixture for good luck, or that eating Barm Brack at
Strokestown House, the Jeanie Johnston Famine Ship, the
Hallowe’en could predict your fortunes for the rest of the
Dunbrody Famine Ship, Skibbereen and Blennerville.
year? The Irish granny is on hand to teach you all you need
to know about Irish country cooking.
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A Pocket Oh My God,
Biography of What a
Wilde Complete
Aisling
EMER MCLYSAGHT
& SARAH BREEN
AN ACCESSIBLE INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE T H E M O S T TA L K E D A B O U T B O O K O F 2 0 1 7
O F O N E O F I R E L A N D ’ S G R E AT E S T W R I T E R S – N E W E D I T I O N P E R F E C T FO R S U M M E R
AND WITS AU T H O R S H O L I D AY R E A D I N G
Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was the possessor Emer McLysaght and Sarah Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling was the breakout
Breen are Aislings. Maybe
of both an extraordinary name and an extraordinary wit. fiction hit of Christmas 2017. Based on the popular Facebook
not complete Aislings but
His vast body of acclaimed writing includes The Picture about 42%. Emer is from page founded by authors Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen,
of Dorian Grey, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Kildare and Sarah is from it is the fictionalised account of a particular type of Irish girl.
Happy Prince and ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’. He was Carlow. After meeting
while studying journalism Beloved by Irish women everywhere, the adventures of
also famous for his flamboyant sense of dress and his
at Ballyfermot College Aisling are set to continue with a two-book deal now in place,
glittering conversation, becoming a well-known socialite of Further Education the first of which is due to be published in Autumn 2018.
in Victorian London before a fateful love affair with Lord in 2003 they formed a
Alfred Douglas which lead to notoriety and left him firm friendship. Sarah is ‘One of the funniest books I’ve read in twenty years’. Paul
bankrupt and imprisoned. Assistant Features Editor Howard
of The Gloss and Emer is a
This short biography covers it all, acting as an accessible former Editor of The Daily ‘Oh lads! This book! There aren’t enough words for how
introduction to one of the most fascinating Irish writers of Edge and a columnist with much I love it. It’s feicin’ HILAIRE and very touching’.
all time. the Sunday Business Post. Marian Keyes
‘A hilarious and heart-warming journey with our favourite
country girl’. The Irish Times
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The Gospel The Choice
According to PHILLY McMAHON
Blindboy WITH NIALL
KELLY
BLINDBOY
BOATCLUB
AU T H O R S
N E W E D I T I O N O F T H E M O S T E XC I T I N G Philly McMahon is a PA P E R B A C K E D I T I O N O F AWA R D -W I N N I N G
AU T H O R
FICTION DEBUT OF 2017 mainstay of the current S P O RT S M E M O I R
One half of the All-Ireland winning Dublin
Rubberbandits, Blindboy Blindboy Boatclub is one half of the Rubberbandits, football team and has been Winner of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Sports Book of the
Boatclub is Ireland’s Ireland’s foremost satirist and now the talented author of awarded two All-Stars. Year and the Éir Sports Book of the Year, in The Choice
foremost satirist and most An entrepreneur and
a collection of brilliant short stories. Published to acclaim Dubs star Philly McMahon shares the story of his brother
original comic voice. As social activist, he owns
pioneers of the aesthetic
in autumn 2017, the paperback edition of The Gospel and operates a number of John, a heroin addict who died at the age of 31. The book
movement ‘Gas C*ntism’, he According to Blindboy is due for release in summer 2018. businesses, including three delves into the contrasting lives of the brothers and how the
has released numerous hit gyms and Fit Food, a meal opportunities presented to Philly through sport protected
singles, represented Ireland
Powered by big themes and even bigger ideas, the stories preparation service, as well him from the height of the heroin epidemic in Ballymun.
at the Venice Biennale and cleverly question and challenge the complacencies and as being an advocate for
headlined the Globe theatre. contradictions at the heart of modern Ireland. Whip-smart, numerous addiction and As well as offering sports fans fresh insights into one of
Hit singles include ‘Horse provocative and animated by his unmistakably dark wit, mental health initiatives. GAA’s most fascinating characters, The Choice acts as
Outside’ and ‘Spastic Hawk’. Blindboy Boatclub is one of the most original writers to Niall Kelly is a journalist an inspiration for young people who might be at risk and
Blindboy also campaigns and Deputy Editor of
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