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GILL BOOKS
SPRING–SUMMER 2020
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NEW BOOKS CALENDAR
TITLE ISBN HB PB E AUTHOR
WELCOME TO THE GILL BOOKS
JANUARY
The Life Audit 978 0 7171 8473 6 • Michelle Moroney CATALOGUE OF NEW BOOKS
FEBRUARY
The Irish Granny's Complete Cookbook 978 0 7171 8599 3 • Let’s talk.
The Irish Granny's Pocket Farmhouse Soups 978 0 7171 8601 3 •
Amazing things happen when people tell their stories.
A Pocket Guide to the Wild Atlantic Way 978 0 7171 8600 6 •
Bernard S. Wilson, illustrated by
This season we’re hoping that books by authors Niamh Fitzpatrick,
Miss Mary 978 0 7171 8655 6 • •
Julia Castaño
Brian Pennie and Daniella Moyles will start a lot of meaningful
Tom Crean 978 0 7171 8656 3 • John and Fatti Burke
conversations all over the country. Lose yourself in the beautiful Tell
Take Five 978 0 7171 8813 0 •
Niall Breslin, illustrated by Sheena
Dempsey
Me the Truth about Loss and discover the hope that can come from the
The President's Surprise 978 0 7171 8656 3 • Peter Donnelly
darkest of times. Be inspired by Brian Pennie’s incredible journey in
Lucy Kennedy,
Bonus Time – a book that chronicles the wonder of a life lived out the
The Friendship Fairies 978 0 7171 8949 6 •
illustrated by Phillip Cullen other side of addiction. And set off with Daniella Moyles’ Jump, as one
MARCH young woman backpacks her way around the world solo in search of
Young Fionn 978 0 7171 8586 3 • • Ronan Moore, illustrated by
Alexandra Colombo
meaning.
All About the Baby Sleep Solution 978 0 7171 8554 2 • • Lucy Wolfe
In food and drink, Trisha Lewis and Gina and Karol Daly share their
How to Be Good with Money 978 0 7171 8670 9 • • Eoin McGee
own stories of taking back control of their diets with motivational new
The Daly Dish 978 0 7171 8649 5 • Gina and Karol Daly
slimming books. And in personal finance, Eoin McGee shares all he has
Bonus Time 978 0 7171 8635 8 • • Brian Pennie
learned throughout his career as a financial planner.
Harry's Magic Tables 978 0 7171 8871 0 • Stephanie Moraghan
Par Excellence 978 0 7171 8405 7 • FX Buckley, with Katy McGuinness For our younger readers, there’s so much to discover in the life stories of
APRIL Mary Elmes, Tom Crean and young Fionn Mac Cumhaill.
The Impossible Dream 978 0 7171 8804 8 • • Barry J. Whyte
Jump 978 0 7171 8672 3 • • Daniella Moyles
We hope there’s a book here that gets you talking.
Go, Johnny, Go! 978 0 7171 8976 2 • • Paul O'Flynn
Gill Books
A Dream of Death 978 0 7171 8671 6 • • Ralph Riegel
Tell Me the Truth about Loss 978 0 7171 8384 5 • • Niamh Fitzpatrick
Rory Gallagher 978 0 7171 8957 1 • • Julian Vignoles
MAY
Trisha's Transformation 978 0 7171 8868 0 • Trisha Lewis
Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling 978 0 7171 8951 9 • • Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen
All In 978 0 7171 8953 3 • • Jamie Heaslip, with Matt Cooper
Recovering 978 0 7171 8954 0 • • Richie Sadlier
Boulevard Wren and Other Stories 978 0 7171 8950 2 • • Blindboy Boatclub
An Unsung Hero 978 0 7171 8956 4 • • Michael Smith
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MEMOIR/SELF-HELP MEMOIR/SELF-HELP
APRIL MARCH
256 PP 272 PP
234 X 156 MM 234 X 156 MM
PAPERBACK PAPERBACK
IRELAND AND UK IRELAND
978 0 7171 8384 5 978 0 7171 8635 8
€16.99 £14.99 €16.99 £14.99
Tell Me the Bonus Time
Truth about BRIAN PENNIE
Loss
AU T H O R
NIAMH
FITZPATRICK Brian Pennie is a writer,
corporate speaker, mental
health advocate and lecturer
AU T H O R in Trinity College and
A B E AU T I F U L A N D H O P E F U L B O O K FO R H OW WO U L D YO U L I V E D I F F E R E N T LY I F L I F E
University College Dublin.
Niamh Fitzpatrick has a W H E N L I F E I S N ’ T W H AT YO U E X P E C T I T In 2017 he graduated with G AV E YO U A S E C O N D C H A N C E ?
BA in psychology, an MA TO BE a degree in psychology,
in clinical psychology Brian Pennie shouldn’t be alive today. His drug addiction
winning several awards,
and an MSc in sport In March 2017, Niamh Fitzpatrick’s life fell apart was so bad that he was deemed too much of a risk for
including a fully funded
management, specialising overnight. Her beloved sister Dara was killed in a PhD scholarship in Trinity detox. Determined to confront his demons, he went cold
in sport psychology. For 28 helicopter crash. Soon afterwards, Niamh’s marriage College Institute of turkey at home. Discovered in a pool of blood, it didn’t
years she has worked with Neuroscience.
disintegrated, and she feared she would lose the house exactly go to plan, but that’s where his life truly began.
clients seeking to achieve
optimal mental health as she lived in beside her remaining family. Life as she knew On 8 October 2013, he was finally clean after 15 years of
well as with clients aiming it had ended and the cumulative loss had a staggering chronic heroin addiction, and something extraordinary
for optimal performance in impact. happened: the world suddenly became beautiful.
sport, business or life.
As a psychologist for many years, Niamh had guided her Free of the anxiety and fear that had always plagued
clients on their journey to overcome the worst of times in him, Brian was given a second chance at life, and he
their life and now she had to draw on this skillset herself devoured every minute of it. Bit by bit he rebuilt his world
to first survive, and in time begin to thrive after such and began to share what he learned with others. In this
significant loss. incredibly honest and inspirational book, Brian shares the
Tell me the truth about loss documents her journey story of how he turned a seemingly hopeless existence
through loss, grief and the hardest of times, finding hope into a rich and rewarding life, showing that change is
along the way. always possible, no matter how stuck we feel.
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SELF-HELP MEMOIR/SELF-HELP
JANUARY APRIL
320 PP 384 PP
242 X 171 MM 234 X 156 MM
PAPERBACK PAPERBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES IRELAND, UK AND
COMMONWEALTH
978 0 7171 8473 6
978 0 7171 8672 3
€16.99 £14.99
€16.99 £14.99
The Life Jump
Audit DANIELLA
MICHELLE MOYLES
MORONEY
AU T H O R
AU T H O R Daniella Moyles is an
A J O U R N A L T O H E L P M A K E 2 0 2 0 YO U R B E S T Irish model, presenter and ‘THE POINT OF ALL THIS HAS NOTHING TO
Michelle Moroney is a
travel blogger. She started
senior wellness and yoga YEAR YET D O W I T H F I N D I N G YO U R S E L F. I T ’ S A B O U T
her career aged 19 and has
facilitator. She is dedicated W H AT YO U CA N D O T O L O S E W H AT YO U
To live a whole life we need to flourish mentally, physically worked in radio and TV
to the pursuit of a calmer D O N ’ T N E E D.’
ever since. For two years
mind, healthier body and and emotionally. But when we are caught in the cycle of
she backpacked and lived
positive outlook on life. She day-to-day living, we can easily get stuck and find that while It’s a dark rainy afternoon on Dublin’s jammed M50. The
all around the globe. She is
owns and runs the Cliffs of we thrive in some of these areas, in others we are badly rain is hammering on the windscreen of Daniella Moyles’
currently studying to be a
Moher Retreat in County car. She is 26, a highly successful radio presenter, model
organised, unbalanced and in need of review. psychotherapist.
Clare, a world-class facility
and influencer, but panic is building in her head and
offering life-changing The Life Audit is designed to help you take stock of these
programmes that guide chest, the internal state of affairs she has been trying to
key areas of your life. By gently offering space to explore, ignore finally spilling over into something undeniably
people inwards on a
personal journey of self- contemplate and create new intentions that are in line with physical. She is frozen, petrified, looks to her boyfriend
growth and healing. the life you want to live, it will help you move past blockages, and says, ‘I don’t know who or where I am.’
and take you from where you are to where you want to be.
This day changed Daniella’s life. It derailed almost
everything she had worked to achieve and set her on
a new path. Jump is the story of what happened when
Daniella quit her job to backpack around the world for
two years, and how freedom from the trappings of what
society considers success leads to true contentment,
strength and authenticity.
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TRUE CRIME CURRENT AFFAIRS
APRIL APRIL
304 PP 272 PP
234 X 156 MM 234 X 156 MM
PAPERBACK PAPERBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8671 6 978 0 7171 8804 8
€16.99 £14.99 €16.99 £14.99
A Dream of The
Death Impossible
RALPH RIEGEL Dream
BARRY J. WHYTE
AU T H O R
Ralph Riegel is the southern AU T H O R
correspondent for the Irish
Independent. He has worked A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF IRELAND’S Barry J. Whyte is an award- T H E S T O R Y O F O N E O F T H E C E LT I C T I G E R ’ S
as a journalist for several M O S T N O T O R I O U S U N S O LV E D M U R D E R winning journalist and M O S T LU D I C R O U S E P I S O D E S
newspapers including the author. He is currently Chief
Examiner, Evening Echo It was French film-maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s Features Writer for the In 2006, a previously unknown Irish technology company
and Evening Herald. He is a dream to have a holiday home in beautiful Schull in Business Post. by the name of Steorn created headlines globally when
regular contributor to RTÉ, west Cork. But on 23 December 1996, she was brutally it took out a full-page ad in The Economist, in which it
BBC and Virgin Media, and murdered outside that holiday home, the poetry book she claimed to have made the scientific breakthrough of this –
to British newspapers The
had been reading chillingly left open on a page occupied or any other – century: perpetual motion, nothing less than
Independent and The Daily
Telegraph. He lives in Cork. by the Yeats poem ‘A Dream of Death’. a complete and immediate solution to the global energy
crisis.
For 23 years the story of her murder has not left the
headlines, the victim overshadowed by Ian Bailey, the The investment money poured in, with some of Ireland’s
main suspect in the case, who has consistently maintained most respected entrepreneurs and institutions getting on
his innocence and claimed attempts were made to frame board, but the demonstration was a spectacular failure.
him for the crime, but who was the focus of a historic trial
So how did so many well-meaning and otherwise sensible
in absentia in Paris in 2019.
people get things so desperately, absurdly wrong? The
Here, in the definitive account of what became Ireland’s story begins with a malfunctioning CCTV system and
most notorious unsolved crime, Ralph Riegel delves into ends with an exploding battery, and it drives home
the facts and theories of the unsolved murder that caused Ireland’s frenzied state of mind during the Celtic Tiger
such shock waves in Sophie’s native France and in the years.
quiet Cork countryside she had chosen as her retreat.
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PARENTING PERSONAL FINANCE
MARCH MARCH
240 PP 224 PP
234 X 156 MM 234 X 156 MM
PAPERBACK PAPERBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8554 2 978 0 7171 8670 9
€16.99 £14.99 €14.99 £13.99
All About the How to Be
Baby Sleep Good with
Solution Money
LUCY WOLFE EOIN McGEE
AU T H O R AU T H O R
S O LV E YO U R C H I L D ’ S S L E E P P R O B L E M S T H E THE NO-NONSENSE GUIDE TO MAKING THE
Lucy Wolfe is a paediatric Eoin McGee is the founder
S TAY- A N D - S U P P O RT WAY M O S T O F YO U R M O N E Y F R O M T H E S TA R O F
sleep consultant and mum of Prosperous Financial
of four children. She is Services and the host of T H E H I T T V S H OW
When it comes to baby sleep, Lucy Wolfe has seen – and
the head of Sleep Matters, RTÉ’s How to Be Good with In today’s economy, where one-job careers are increasingly
solved – it all. Her stay-and-support approach has helped
where she has many years’ Money.
experience and a proven thousands of parents achieve the holy grail of babyhood – a a thing of the past, workplace benefits are increasingly hard
track record in helping full night’s sleep. But even with the best routine things can to come by, and the achievement of major life goals – like
babies and children learn to go awry, so in this book Lucy addresses in detail the most buying a house or starting a family – often depends on
sleep more soundly. common problems that undermine your efforts: short naps, your ability to save, it’s more important than ever that we
feeding associations at bedtime, early rising and much more. understand how to get the absolute most from our money.
By helping parents understand their child’s sleep science In How to Be Good with Money, author, TV host and
and common tendencies in the first three years, Lucy shows financial planner Eoin McGee shares his complete
parents how to introduce and maintain a gentle approach programme for financial well-being.
that is 98 per cent effective in addressing sleep issues. This
This book is for anyone wondering how best to spend their
book provides all the support needed for both baby and
money, how best to get out of debt and start saving for the
parents to overcome persistent challenges and get the sleep
things that really matter to them, and how to look after their
they need.
financial future and retire early.
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COOKERY COOKERY
Gina and Karol Daly have always been
MAY MARCH
larger than life, there just isn’t as much
The Daly Dish
of them anymore. Together they’ve lost
256 PP 224
over nine stone, and they’ve done PP
it by
eating food that looks like it could have
247 X 189 MM 247 X 189
come straight from the local takeaway. MM and
The Daly Dish is the first collection of recipes that have Gina Daly mr Dish
PAPERBACK made the couple an Instagram sensation. From sections
including Dishy Dinners, Ask Me Airfryer, Savage Snacks
HARDBACK
and Saucy Sauces, this book is for anyone who wants to
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES eat the food they love and slim at the same time.
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€22.99 £19.99 €22.99 £19.99
gina daly and mr dish
r Every day
100 Masso slimming Meals fo
Trisha’s The Daly
Transform- Dish THE FIRST COOKBOOK FROM IRELAND’S FAVOURITE SLIMMING INSTA HOME-COOKS
ation www.gillbooks.ie
ISBN 978-0-7171-8649-5
GINA AND KAROL
TRISHA LEWIS
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Cover photography by Leo Byrne
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AU T H O R S
AU T H O R
I R E L A N D ’ S M O S T I N S P I R AT I O N A L W E I G H T- Gina and Karol Daly live THE FIRST COOKBOOK FROM IRELAND’S
Trisha Lewis is executive
L O S S S TA R R E V E A L S H E R R E C I P E S in Meath with their two FAVO U R I T E S L I M M I N G I N S TA H O M E- C O O K S
head chef at the renowned
children. Gina is a graphic
Jacobs on the Mall in Cork Chef Trisha Lewis was days away from her 30th birthday Gina Daly has always been larger than life, there just isn’t
designer and, together with
City. She is one of nine
when she set herself the goal of losing over half her body Karol, runs The Bitch Box, as much of her anymore. She’s lost over 5 stone to date. But
sisters and has recently
weight. She weighed 27 stone and was often mocked for her an online greetings card she’s done it while eating food that looks like it could be
become an ambassador for
size. Now, through sheer determination, she has overhauled company. straight out of her local takeaway. Her husband, Karol, has
the Echo Women’s Mini
Marathon. her life – giving up smoking, joining a gym and transforming joined her too, having lost 4 stone. Just over a year ago they
her diet. Trisha has documented her journey on Instagram, started sharing their recipes on Instagram and have since
gaining over 90,000 followers – Trisha’s Transformers – who garnered over 100,000 followers between them.
are inspired by her relatability, can-do attitude, honesty
The Daly Dish is the first collection of recipes that have made
and openness about the highs and lows of her weight-loss
the couple an Instagram sensation. For anyone who wants to
journey.
eat the food they love but with slimming tweaks that support
Here, for the first time, Trisha shares her story, tips and the weight loss and maintenance, it is packed with delicious and
recipes that have led to her incredible 8-stone weight loss. easy-to-recreate meals, along with the filthy sense of humour
As a trained chef, her mission is to maintain the flavours she that the Dishes’ fans love!
loves while losing weight, and these recipes prove Trisha’s
mantra – that you can beat the bulge and still indulge.
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COOKERY CHILDREN’S
STEPHEN BUCKLEY, WITH KATY McGUINESS
MARCH APRIL
PAR EXCELLENCE
336 PP 272 PP
265 X 215 MM 197 X 129 MM
HARDBACK HARDBACK
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IRELAND GO,
978 0 7171 8405 7
978 0 7171 8976 2
JOHNNY,
€29.99 £27.99
THE DUBLIN STEAKHOUSE
GO!
€12.99 £11.99
COM I N G A P R I L 2 0 2 0
KATY McGUINESS
STEPHEN BUCKLEY, WITH
Par Go, Johnny,
Excellence Go!
illbooks.ie
FX BUCKLEY, PAUL O’FLYNN
WITH KATY
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McGUINNESS
Available as an ebook
EGORY
€16.99 / £14.99
AU T H O R A N D
I L LU S T R AT O R
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AU T H O R RECIPES FROM SOME OF DUBLIN’S Paul O’Flynn is an RTÉ T H E S TO RY O F O N E O F I R E L A N D ’S G R E AT E S T
FAVO U R I T E R E S TAU R A N T S A N D News and Sport presenter R U G BY L EG E N DS FO R C H I L D R E N
Francis Xavier Buckley and journalist. A graduate
STEAKHOUSES
opened his first butcher of DCU with a BA in Johnny Sexton dreamed of becoming a rugby legend from
shop on Moore Street in This stunning cookbook contains a wealth of recipes which Journalism and an MA in the moment he was born. A schoolboy star, he struggled to
1930 and since then the International Relations, he is
allow you to reproduce FX Buckley’s signature dishes from make a breakthrough at first but finally burst onto the scene
Buckley family has achieved also currently an associate
legendary status in Dublin the comfort of your home. Covering all courses from starters with Leinster.
lecturer at his alma mater.
over the last six generations. to desserts, and including a section on cocktails, this book
He is a keen sportsperson Johnny set his sights on the one team he wanted to play for
They now run some of is perfect for lovers of great Irish food. It also contains and amateur swimmer, and
the nation’s favourite
more than anything else: Ireland. But someone was standing
information on the heritage of FX Buckley; a history of beef in 2018 he was the winner of
steakhouses, gastropubs in his way. The Irish team already had a famous fly-half
production in Ireland, including cattle breeds; notes on the Liffey Swim.
and bars. – Ronan O’Gara. Could Johnny up his performance and
types of meat and what they’re best used for; notes on the
outshine his rival?
importance of a good butcher; and an explanation of why
Irish beef is the best in the world. This is the story of how Johnny Sexton became one of the
greatest Irish rugby players of all time, leading Ireland to
Grand Slam glory and the becoming World Rugby Player of
the Year in 2018.
A fantastic new book for kids, which will especially appeal to
reluctant readers aged 7+, with a foreword written by Johnny
Sexton.
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CHILDREN’S CHILDREN’S
B EIR NARD S. WILSON
MARCH MARY ELMES WAS A BRILLIANT
FEBRUARY LLUSTRAT
ED BY JULIA CASTAÑ
O
MISS MARY
MISs mARY
YOUNG WOMAN FROM CORK WHO VENTURED
224 PP INTO WAR ZONES
128 TOPPRESCUE CHILDREN
IN TROUBLE.
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When she learned that children in war-torn Europe The IRISH WOMAN who saved the lives of
PAPERBACK
BERNARD S. WILSON
were getting hurt, she wanted to help. She wasn’t a
PAPERBACK
doctor or a nurse, but she was a great organiser and
hundreds of CHILDREN during WORLD WAR II
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES soon she was running several hospitals, where she
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
made sure there was always time for toys and play.
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Knowing that Jewish people were in grave danger,
she risked everything to smuggle children to safety.
€8.99 £7.99
€8.99 £7.99
Through the voices of real children she saved,
Miss Mary tells the magical story of one woman’s
Illustrated by JULIA CASTAÑO
love for children, and the lengths she went
to protect and comfort them.
Young Fionn Miss Mary
RONAN MOORE, BERNARD
ILLUSTRATED BY S. WILSON,
www.gillbooks.ie
ISBN 978-0-7171-8655-6
ALEXANDRA ILLUSTRATED BY
COLOMBO JULIA CASTAÑO
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AU T H O R A N D AU T H O R A N D
D I S C OV E R T H E B OY W H O B E CA M E A L E G E N D THE FIRST CHILDREN’S BOOK ABOUT ONE OF
I L LU S T R ATO R I L LU S T R AT O R
I R E L A N D ’ S G R E AT E S T H E R O I N E S
Ronan Moore is a secondary
He is Ireland’s most famous warrior, a legendary figure
Bernard S. Wilson is a
school English teacher. who has enchanted children for millennia. But who really retired university lecturer
Mary Elmes was a young woman from Cork who turned her
When not trying to get was Fionn Mac Cumhaill? And what was he like when he who lives with his wife in back on a brilliant academic career to venture into war zones
students to stand on their was a child? Canterbury. He is 86 years and rescue children in trouble.
desks to look at the world of age.
in a different light, he is In this wonderful modern retelling of an ancient tale, When she learned that the Jewish people were being sent to
Julia Castaño was born
trying to get them off their based on a 12th-century manuscript, Ronan Moore in a small town in Spain. their deaths during World War II, she smuggled children to
desks to take down their brings young Fionn to life in a series of wild adventures. safety in the boot of her car. She was arrested and imprisoned
After working in Madrid
homework. He lives in
A cheeky kid, constantly trying to outsmart the adults as an art director, she by the Gestapo, but went straight back to work after her
Meath with his wife and
around him, Fionn is on the run from his father’s enemies hopped from Tokyo to New release.
three children.
York to London, where she
Alexandra Colombo is an who want him dead. Travel with him as he journeys
established herself as a Through the voices of real children she saved, drawn from
illustrator from Bulgaria. throughout Ireland, evading capture, outwitting enemies, children’s book illustrator. archival material, Miss Mary tells the magical story of Mary’s
She attended the Milan and training to become the greatest leader Ireland has
European Institute of
love of children and the lengths she went to protect and
ever known. Including the well-known myths of the
Design, getting a first-class comfort them.
Salmon of Knowledge and the Dragon of Tara, this book
degree in illustration. Her
will appeal to all children as they follow Fionn’s life up to Mary Elmes would become known as the ‘Irish Schindler’.
great passion is writing and
illustrating poems, books the point of his becoming leader of the Fianna. This is her story and the story of the children she saved from
and fairy tales. certain death.
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CHILDREN’S CHILDREN’S
FEBRUARY MARCH
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Nine-year-old Harry Moraghan never
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easy. Then he discovered he REALLY
hated it when
it came to learning multiplication tables.
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So Harry’s mum invented an ingeniou
s way of
and
remembering his tables by using rhymes
had all his
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pictures. In a little over a week, Harry
multiplication tables down pat.
€7.99 £5.99
class a
Soon after, Harry’s teacher gave the
€9.99 £8.99 test. Harry finished it in five minutes and
got
Magic
every question right! News of Harry’s
like wildfire in his school. In no
Tables spread
lucky
time, the book was shared with some
Tom Crean Harry’s
s, cousins, and eventuall y
classmates,friend
children
complete strangers too! Now many happy
– and so can you!
Magic Tables
know their tables inside out
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JOHN AND FATTI
STEPHANIE MORAGHAN is a Montessori
teacher and volunteer at the Children’s
Sunshine Home in Leopardstown, Dublin.
BURKE STEPHANIE
While Stephanie was out one evening, Harry
and his grandfather sent the manuscript
for Harry s Magic Tables to a number of
MORAGHAN
CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
publishers. The rest is history – well, maths,
actually! Harry is now studying Honours
maths for his Leaving Cert.
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Cover illustration by Design Image
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Irish illustrator. She lives
in Lisbon. John Burke is D I S C OV E R T H E B R AV E E X P L O R E R T H AT WA S Stephanie Moraghan H A R R Y I S B A C K W I T H A N U P D AT E D
Fatti’s dad. He is a retired T O M C R E A N – T H E FO U RT H B O O K I N T H E is a Montessori teacher E D I T I O N O F T H E B O O K T H AT H A S H E L P E D
primary school teacher and volunteer at the
LITTLE LIBRARY SERIES THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN LEARN THEIR
and principal. He lives in Children’s Sunshine Home
in Leopardstown, Dublin. T I M E S TA B L E S
Waterford. Tom Crean was one of ten children who grew up on a farm
While Stephanie was out
Their first book, near Anascaul in County Kerry. He loved adventure and, Nine-year-old Harry Moraghan never found maths easy.
one evening, Harry and
Irelandopedia, won at the age of 15, he ran away to join the British Navy and But when it came to learning his multiplication tables,
his grandfather sent the
the Ryan Tubridy Show difficult soon became impossible. So Harry’s mum
sail around the world. manuscript for Harry’s
Listeners’ Choice Award
at the 2015 Irish Book
Magic Tables to a number invented an ingenious method of helping him over that
While his ship was moored in New Zealand, Tom met of publishers. The rest
Awards, as well as the first hurdle. She combined pictures and rhymes to help
Captain Robert Scott. Scott’s dream was to be the first is history – well, maths,
Eilís Dillon Award for first him visualise the answers. Just two weeks later, Harry had
person ever to reach the South Pole and he asked Tom to actually! Harry is now
children’s book and the all his multiplication tables down pat.
join his crew. studying Honours maths for
Judges’ Special Award at
his Leaving Cert.
the CBI Book of the Year Soon, news of Harry’s Magic Tables was spreading like
Awards in 2016. Their
Get ready to discover epic tales of endurance, bravery and
wildfire through Harry’s school. In no time at all it had
next books, Historopedia determination in this inspiring life story of Tom Crean.
been shared and was helping classmates, friends, cousins,
and Foclóiropedia,
and even a few complete strangers.
were nominated for the
Specsavers Children’s Book To date, the method has helped thousands of children make
of the Year (Junior) Award
the leap to multiplication. This newly expanded edition
at the Irish Book Awards in
2016 and 2017. now includes, for the first time, 10, 11 and 12 times tables.
18 19COOKERY COOKERY
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Pocket Recipe Book, Pocket Irish Potato Recipe Book and on a cold day! This delightful recipe book celebrates
the Irish Granny’s Pocket Farmhouse Kitchen, this large- old-fashioned Irish soups that are enjoyed in farmhouses
format cookbook is your complete guide to traditional throughout the country, with nourishing traditional
Irish cooking. favourites that can be enjoyed by all the family.
Granny has selected her best, most popular recipes to
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on every kitchen shelf.
Let her teach you all you need to know about delicious,
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All In
A Pocket
Guide to the JAMIE HEASLIP,
WITH MATT
Wild Atlantic COOPER
Way
AU T H O R S
Jamie Heaslip is a former
A WO N D E R F U L I N T R O D U C T I O N T O T H E W I L D Leinster and Ireland JA M I E H E A S L I P ’ S R U G BY M E M O I R – N OW I N
AT L A N T I C WAY captain and one of the most PA P E R B A C K
decorated rugby players
The Wild Atlantic Way is Ireland’s most famous and most in Irish history. He is an Jamie Heaslip is one of the most decorated players in
popular driving route, attracting thousands of visitors each entrepreneur and consultant the history of Irish rugby. Over the course of a 13-year
year. Stretching from west Cork right up to Donegal, it is with varied business career, during which time he amassed 229 appearances
a place of incredible, breathtaking scenery, with beautiful interests. for Leinster and 100 international caps, his name became
places to stay, delicious food and great craic. Matt Cooper is the synonymous with both the Irish number 8 jersey and the
presenter of The Last values that have propelled the growth of professional
This little book is both a guide to and a souvenir of one of Word on TodayFM, The
Tonight Show on Virgin
rugby in Ireland: diligence, professionalism and an
the world’s most spectacular areas.
Media One, and a frequent unwavering commitment to self-improvement.
host of rugby coverage
Here, in a frank and stirring account of his years on
for the same channel.
He is also the author of rugby’s frontline, Heaslip recalls the events, wisdom
numerous bestselling books, and personalities that helped craft his winning mindset
including The Maximalist, a and vault Ireland to the summit of world rugby. At once
biography of Tony O’Reilly. an inspiring personal memoir and insider’s account of
Ireland’s transformation from amateur backwater to
professional powerhouse, All In is an inspiring meditation
on sport, leadership and what it takes to succeed in the
harshest environments.
22 23BIOGRAPHY/SPORT CHILDREN’S
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Recovering
Take Five
RICHIE SADLIER,
WITH DION NIALL BRESLIN,
FANNING ILLUSTRATED BY
SHEENA DEMPSEY
AU T H O R S
AU T H O R A N D
Richie Sadlier is a former I L LU S T R AT O R
professional footballer, T H E S P O RT S B O O K O F T H E Y E A R – N OW I N B R E S S I E ’ S S E C O N D B O O K FO R C H I L D R E N –
currently working as a PA P E R B A C K Niall Breslin (Bressie) N OW I N PA P E R B A C K
television pundit and is an Irish musician
psychotherapist. He is When a career-ending injury saw former Ireland and Millwall and producer. He has a When Freddie sees all the presents his friend Ben gets for
a regular contributor to striker Richie Sadlier retire from football at age 24, his life Masters in mindfulness- his birthday, he feels a bit sad …
RTÉ radio and the Second spiraled out of control. Without structure or a sense of based interventions from
Captains sports podcasts, purpose, and fueled by a dependency on alcohol, he spent University College Dublin. Nana teaches Freddie how to be thankful for everything he
presenting The Player’s His first children’s picture has. Together they count all the wonderful things in their
years running from the dark memories and feelings that book, The Magic Moment,
Chair. He also writes lives – one for each finger.
regularly for The Irish had haunted him since childhood. Until one day, he hit rock was a bestseller.
Times. bottom and decided to confront his demons. Sheena Dempsey is a This mindfulness trick helps children deal with
Dion Fanning is an award- Now a successful soccer pundit, psychotherapist and mental- children’s book illustrator uncomfortable feelings of jealousy and will help parents
winning journalist who from Cork. Books she has who are trying to instil gratitude and resilience in their little
fitness teacher, Recovering is about a life shaped by efforts to illustrated include the Dave
works for JOE.ie, where ones.
he presents the Ireland escape, and how it is possible to rebuild a life, piece by piece, Pigeon series, Yoga Babies
Unfiltered podcast and with the right help. by Fearne Cotton and her
writes about sports and own children’s book with
politics. ‘Storytelling of the highest calibre’ The Irish Times Walker Books.
‘Not only the sports book of the year, the book of the year’
Paul Howard
24 25CHILDREN’S CHILDREN’S
Lucy Kennedy
Q P P QQ Meet the Friendship Fairies –
THE PRESIDENT’S SURPRISE Peter Donnelly
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and The President’s Cat is just as heart-warming’
is an Irish radio
and television
A MagicalFEBRUARY
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Lucy Breakfast Show on Radio but they’re also fairies. Instead
is the President’s birthday and a Emme is a very sensible fairy, always trying of school, they go to the Magic
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get tricky
when her sisters, Holly and Jess, decide to
her
Q Manor, where they learn all about
being kind. Then they’re sent out
into the human world to teach
husband and three children. children what they’ve learned.
become a fully qualified Friendship Fairy?
own birthday party? Q
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Ballyfermot College.
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He currently lives in Japan with
P
THE PRESIDENT’S CAT Peter Donnelly
‘TV presenter Lucy Kennedy brings her trademark
THE Peter
When he arrives home from his
his wife.
summer holidays, the President
realises that he’s left his cat in Kerry!
Donnelly
How will he get him back?
PRESIDENT’S sense of fun to her debut children’s book.
PRESIDENT’S
A witty and stylish celebration of
CAT
Ireland, the President and one very
Beautifully illustrated, it will appeal to all small
resilient cat.
children trying to make friends.’
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PHILLIP CULLEN
AU T H O R
THE HILARIOUS THIRD BOOK IN THE LU C Y K E N N E DY ’ S B E S T S E L L I N G D E B U T –
Peter Donnelly is an P R E S I D E N T S E R I E S I S N OW AVA I L A B L E I N N OW I N PA P E R B A C K
award-winning author and PA P E R B A C K ! AU T H O R A N D
illustrator. His debut picture I L LU S T R AT O R Emme, Holly and Jess are just like regular girls, always
book, The President’s Today is a very special day. It is the President’s birthday and messing and having fun. But they’re also fairies, and instead
Glasses, was a number one Lucy Kennedy is an
everyone in the Áras is preparing a birthday party. Irish radio and television of regular school, they go to friendship classes, where they
bestseller and his second
book, The President’s Cat, presenter. She hosts The learn all about being kind and having good manners. Then
So while the President is sent out to the Phoenix Park,
won Children’s Book of the Colm and Lucy Breakfast they’re sent out into the human world to teach children
preparations get underway. The pigeon puts up the bunting, Show on Radio Nova and
Year (Junior) at the 2018 what they’ve learned. Of course, it’s not always easy being
the hairy biker mows the lawn, Mrs Mullins dusts down the Ireland’s Got Talent and
Irish Book Awards. Peter good! Will they ever be able to graduate from fairy school?
lives and works in Dublin. pictures and the cat checks that the cream for the cake is Living with Lucy on Virgin
just right. Media One. She lives in Brought to life with Lucy Kennedy’s trademark sense of fun
Dublin with her husband
and cheekiness, this book will appeal to all small children
Meanwhile, the President enjoys tea and scones at and three children.
trying to make friends, while having a laugh along the way.
Farmleigh House and even does a spot of outdoor yoga. But Phillip Cullen grew up in
will our forgetful President enjoy his day in the park too Dublin and studied classical
much to remember it’s his birthday? Or will it be his turn to animation at Ballyfermot
College. He currently lives
surprise everyone?
in Japan with his wife.
26 27FICTION T H E P H E N O M E N A L NO. 1 B E S T S E L L E R
FICTION
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MAYcafé BallyGoBrunch. Her best MAY
friend Majella is expecting
the hen of the century, while
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Aisling is in the throes of Once, 256 PP
a fling with the handsome Twice,
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and mannerly blow-in James
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Other Stories
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& Sarah Breen
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EMER McLYSAGHT BLINDBOY
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NEW EDITION OF THE POPULAR FICTION B L I N D B OY ’ S S E C O N D B E S T S E L L I N G
AU T H O R S AU T H O R
B O O K O F T H E Y E A R FO R S U M M E R R E A D I N G C O L L E C T I O N O F S H O RT S T O R I E S – N OW I N
Emer McLysaght & Sarah Blindboy Boatclub is one of PA P E R B A C K
Breen are best friends and Aisling is nearly 30, and she’s still a complete Aisling. Ireland’s foremost artistic
co-authors of the bestsellers voices. His literary debut, Boulevard Wren and Other Stories is the stunning follow-
On the face of it all, life is good: business is booming,
Oh My God, What a The Gospel According to up to the bestselling Gospel According to Blindboy, and a
Complete Aisling and its family life is settling back into comfortable normality, Blindboy, was a bestseller, warped mirror held up to the Irish psyche.
follow-up, The Importance James Matthews is interested in taking things further, and his weekly podcast
of Being Aisling. They are preparations for Majella’s wedding – and hen – are well reaches over one million Provocative and unsettling, the stories rove through the
creators of the characters underway, and Ballygobbard is buzzing with rumours of its listeners monthly. The pilot centuries, from the barren fields of Famine-struck Meath
and Facebook community of his forthcoming BBC to the chaotic landscape of the near future, where social
first celebrity wedding …
that inspired the books. docu-comedy series was
recently long-listed for a
media has colonised the deepest recesses of the human
The books have won two For those around her, everything is finally falling into place.
Irish Book Awards for Best BAFTA. subconscious. This is a world populated by characters lost
Popular Fiction Book. So why can’t Ais escape the feeling that something, and at odds with the demands of contemporary life, for
somewhere, is missing? whom the line separating redemption and madness has
grown impossibly fine.
‘Funny, sassy, smart … who doesn’t love Aisling?’ Miriam
O’Callaghan Razor-sharp social commentary, it is an era-defining work
from one of Ireland’s most anarchic satirists and a quietly
devastating portrait of a society in disarray.
28 29BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY BIOGRAPHY
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An Unsung Rory
Hero Gallagher
MICHAEL SMITH JULIAN VIGNOLES
AU T H O R AU T H O R
Michael Smith has been Julian Vignoles, from
2 0 T H - A N N I V E R S A R Y I L LU S T R AT E D E D I T I O N B E S T S E L L I N G B I O G R A P H Y O F T H E M U S I CA L
interested in Tom Crean County Wicklow and
since childhood and spent O F T H E B E S T S E L L I N G C L A S S I C – N OW I N living in Ranelagh, Dublin, L E G E N D – N OW I N PA P E R B A C K
three years researching PA P E R B A C K was educated at University Rory Gallagher is revered as one of the greatest guitarists
his book. He has written College Dublin. He worked
nine books on Polar history Tom Crean was the indestructible farmer’s son from Kerry ever to pick up the instrument. The energy of his shows and
for Hot Press in the late
and is a former award- who sailed on three major expeditions to the unknown his commitment to the audience is legendary.
1970s before joining
winning journalist with The Antarctic over a century ago. He was among the few men
RTÉ, where for over Drawing on extensive interviews with those who knew him,
Guardian and The Observer. who served with both Captain Robert Scott and Sir Ernest thirty years he produced Julian Vignoles casts new light on the familial, musical and
Shackleton, who spent longer on the ice than either and factual and entertainment sociocultural contexts that inspired Gallagher, and on the
outlived them both. programmes on both radio complex personality that drove his career.
and television. This is his
Crean was at the heart of historic events on Shackleton’s
third book. Vignoles reassesses Gallagher’s songwriting, suggesting
epic Endurance expedition, but when Tom returned to
it has been somewhat overlooked because of his dexterity
Ireland during the War of Independence , he never spoke
as a guitarist. Crucially, the book shows how many of
about his exploits. He took his incredible story to the grave
Gallagher’s songs speak eloquently – and poignantly –
– until publication of An Unsung Hero, the biography that
about the person who penned them.
unearthed his story and saw him rightfully placed amongst
the annals of the great explorers. This newly illustrated Meticulously researched, this intimate portrait is the
edition of the bestselling classic is a must for anyone with a insightful biography that Rory Gallagher deserves.
taste for adventure. An engrossing read, it will be as revelatory for curious
neophytes as for his legions of loyal fans.
30 31Gill Books Top 20
ONCE, TWICE, THREE ALL IN RECOVERING MRS COWAN’S BOY
TIMES AN AISLING Jamie Heaslip, Richie Sadlier, with Dion Rory Cowan
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BOULEVARD WREN AND THE BABY SLEEP
OTHER STORIES SOLUTION CORNUCOPIA: TAKE FIVE
Blindboy Boatclub Lucy Wolfe THE GREEN Niall Breslin, illustrated by
COOKBOOK Sheena Dempsey
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TO BLINDBOY Kathleen Watkins
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32 33 33‘A HOUSE TO WHICH THE
BEST OF IRISH AUTHORS CAN SPRING–SUMMER 2020
BRING THEIR MANUSCRIPTS’ BOOKS BROUGHT TO
YOU BY:
When Michael Gill founded Gill in 1968, The Irish Times described it as ‘a welcome
enterprise’ and hoped it would become a home for the best of Irish authors.
Since then we’ve been honoured to publish the works of great writers and experts NICKI HOWARD, Director
such as Noël Browne, Garret FitzGerald, Tom Garvin, Éamon de Buitléar, Myrtle
Allen, Susan Jane White, Francis Brennan and Matt Cooper. EDITORIAL
DEIRDRE NOLAN, CONOR NAGLE, SARAH LIDDY, Commissioning Editors
We’ve been there in good times and bad, publishing the books you choose to
CATHERINE GOUGH, Managing Editor
read on every aspect of Irish life: from the 1960s bestseller Prayers of Life to How
AOIBHEANN MOLUMBY, Editor
Stormont Fell; from Rachel’s Favourite Food to The Encyclopaedia of Ireland;
SEÁN HAYES, Assistant Editor
from the heady high of The Pope’s Children to the popular reissuing of Soundings
DEBORAH MARSH, Executive Assistant and HR Administrator
in 2010, when perhaps we all needed a bit more poetry in our lives; from Jim
McGuinness’ powerful Until Victory Always and Irelandopedia, which celebrated PRODUCTION
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