Launch:  Wed 4 December, 6.00pm 
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Presented by the Peruvian Embassy in Ireland, this exhibition highlights the work of Issa Watanabe, one of the most recognised Latin American illustrators in recent years. Her book Migrants, published in Spain and in 18 countries, has received important distinctions, such as the Libreter Award (Barcelona, 2020) and the Gran Premio BIBF Ananas (Beijing, 2021). The artist's journey has a strong self-taught element: she began studying Literature at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, later resided in Mallorca, where she

This beautiful and gentle novel chronicles the life of a young Japanese man, Tomura, who discovers the joy of sound and music through his training and work as a Piano Tuner. It is a story for the senses, bringing the reader on a sensory experience through the world of musical sound. It also explores the theme of finding one’s vocation in life and pursing that passion through the various challenges and obstacles along the way.
We are first introduced to Tomura as a seventeen-year-old in high school, where one day, he is asked to direct a Piano Tuner to the piano in the school gymnasium. He has

"Bizarre, funny, and original. This is a book that grabbed me and pulled me out of a short reading slump. It is set in Syracuse during the Peloponnesian War, yet the characters talk in Hibernian English. It is in the running to become the best book by an Irish writer I have read this year.'

'This is a book of a mother's disjointed thoughts. She writes these down during pregnancy and then maternity leave. Ireland's history plays in her mind. In particular, how mothers were treated in the past compared to how they are treated now. She questions her new role in society. It's thoughtful and poetic.' 

The Big House formed the private domain for generations of the political, military and financial elites of Ireland and while it was largely removed from the everyday experience of Irish men and women, it often stood at the centre of the local economy, providing employment for those living in the area. The world of the Big House became increasingly unsteady as Ireland tilted towards independence and the grand houses that survived the fires of the 1920s faced further change during the twentieth century. Many of them were adapted and changed for use as convents, hospitals and schools.

This

The latest epic, novelistic piece of history writing from Killers of the Flower Moon author David Grann, The Wager follows the eponymous British naval vessel on its ill-fated mission to raid Spanish colonial possessions in South America as part of the now largely forgotten War of the Austrian Succession. Sailing from England in 1740 with the intention of rounding Cape Horne and intercepting Spanish trade in the Pacific, it would be over two years before survivors began to trickle back to Europe, having come through storms, scurvy, starvation, shipwreck, and mutiny on their epic and singularly

The City and the Pillar is considered to be “ the first book by an accepted American author to portray overt homosexuality as a natural behavior” and caused a lot of controversy upon it’s release in 1948. To this day it’s still a very divisive novel, yet in my opinion, it’s also a very important one. It is certainly not an easy read – be prepared for frank and honest depictions of human relationships, and a frankly reprehensible “protagonist”. Despite these negative aspects, I think this book is still well worth the read. The themes of internalised homophobia and self-hatred are sadly still