Jack and Annie are on their third mission to find (and inspire!) creative people to bring happiness to others through the arts (Mozart and Louis Armstrong so far). Set in Ireland, Jack and Annie meet
"Beware of Wikings!" warns Morgan. Then Jack and Annie are whisked back to ancient Ireland. They land on a cliff on a misty island. How will they find the story they are lookinf for? It will 
A dark, feminist retelling of ‘The Children of Lir’ told in Sullivan’s hypnotic prose.A retelling of the favourite Irish fairytale ‘The Children of Lir’. Aífe marries Lir, a king with four children by his previous wife. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Aífe turns them into swans for 900 years. Retold through the voice of Aífe, Savage Her Reply is unsettling and dark, feminist and fierce, yet nuanced in its exploration of the guilt of a complex character. Voiced in Sullivan’s trademark rich, lyrical prose as developed in Tangleweed and Brine – the multiple award-winner which established Sullivan as the queen of witchy YA-PRAISE FOR SAVAGE HER REPLYWINNER of the Dept 51 @ Eason Teen and Young Adult Book of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2020WINNER of the KPMG Children’s Book Ireland Awards Book of the Year Award 2021‘No-one writes like Deirdre Sullivan. She is lyrical, poetic and intoxicating.’ – Juno Dawson, author of Wonderland‘Unsettling, haunting, and darkl
卡內基獎決選入圍、Sue Divin初試啼聲之作。Iona和Aidan簡直是北愛衝突裡各族群對立面的縮影:Iona是信奉新教的英格蘭人,愛爾蘭男孩Aidan則是懷抱共和主義的天主教徒。相識於一場宗派攻擊,身處巨大鴻溝兩端的兩人,能否跨越社會氛圍下的阻撓與排拒,成為彼此的救贖?Boy meets girl on the Northern Irish border in Guard Your Heart, by Sue Divin, Derry. Summer 2016. Aidan and Iona, now eighteen, were both born on the day of the Northern Ireland peace deal.Aidan is Catholic, Irish, and Republican. With his ex-political prisoner father gone and his mother dead, Aidan's hope is pinned on exam results earning him a one-way ticket out of Derry. To anywhere.Iona, Protestant and British, has a brother and father in the police. She's got university ambitions, a strong faith and a fervent belief that boys without one track minds are a myth. At a post-exam party, Aidan wanders alone across the Peace Bridge and becomes the victim of a brutal sectarian attack.Iona witnessed the attack; picked up Aidan's phone and filmed what happened, and gets in touch with him to return the phone. When the two meet, alone and on neutral terri
Discover all the foul facts about fifty gruesome great houses with history’s most horrible headlines: Gruesome Great Houses edition. Jump into horrible houses with Terry Deary, the master of making history fun. From Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to Buckingham Palace in London, this book covers the history of Britain and Ireland from the time of the savage Stone Age right up until the present day. Full of dark mysteries, gruesome ghost stories and terrible tales of betrayal and revenge, it’s a seriously horrible read with all the gore and more... It’s all in Horrible Histories: Gruesome Great Houses: fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising stories – with all the horribly hilarious bits included with a fresh take on the classic Horrible Histories style, perfect for fans old and new the perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read Horrible Histories has been entertaining children and families for generations with books, TV, stage show, magazi
Revised and updated, Robert Kee's book is an introduction to the fascinating history that has made modern Ireland, and a thought-provoking examination of how past facts have bred present myths.
A dozen essays seek the evolution of new identities on both sides of the partition since the signing of the April 1998 peace agreement. Most of the contributors are literary scholars, many Danish. The
From a land famous for storytelling comes an epic novel of Ireland that captures the intimate, passionate texture of the Irish spirit. One evening in 1951, an itinerant storyteller arrives unannounc
"These beautifully intense and solitary photographs capture the essence of Ireland, a country where the natural landscape has exerted a strong influence on the consciousness of its people. Included ar
"Creative Ireland" provides a rigorous appraisal of Irish contemporary visual arts practice across all forms of media. It profiles 100 leading Irish visual artists active between 2000-2011, including