In the 1990s, legendary writer Paul Dini had a flourishing career writing the hugely popular Batman: The Animated Series and Tiny Toon Adventures.

This book is an autobiographical tale of writer Paul Dini’s courageous struggle to overcome a desperate situation, following a walk home onenight where he was jumped and attacked.
In this book Dini relates his experiences of dealing with the physical and emotional fall out of the attack by using Batman characters such as thedark knight himself, Harvey Dent, The Joker and Poison Ivy as manifestations of the wrestling parts of his psyche. Dini wrestles

Using previously unpublished letters, documents and photographs, the book reassesses the life and legacy of Eamon de Valera. Honest and unbiased, it debunks some of the lazy stereotypes we’ve come to accept about one of Ireland’s most important historic figures.

A novel of two halves, the story of a marriage told by the husband and then the wife, this book becomes really enjoyable in the second half when the perspective suddenly changes.

This book is about an alternative universe where society is split up into two different classes, red blooded and silver blooded. Silver blooded people are more superior to red blooded people. They are royalty and they have special super powers unlike the red blooded that are treated very poorly in comparison. This story follows a girl called Mare Barrow who is red blooded. She discovers that she has silver abilities but how long before others find out? What would happen then? I would highly recommend this book to anybody who enjoys dystopian and fantasy books. It’s a great read

Set in the small, coastal logging and farming town of Sawyer, Western Australia in the mid-1970s; Breath tells of the wildness and immortality of youth through the eyes of Bruce Pike (Pikelet) and his obsession with surfing. There, he and his friend Loonie test the limits of their abilities, the ocean's ferocity and their friendship through extreme gambles and turbulent times. It is a dark tale of adolescence, loneliness and ultimately understanding of the recklessness of youth and pushing yourself to the absolute limit.

Charles Lindbergh, Al Capone, Calvin Coolidge and Babe Ruth among others, all play a part in this fascinating account of the U.S in 1927 and the surrounding years. If you're familiar with the writing of Bill Bryson you'll know how easy and entertaining a writer he is. If not you have a treat in store. At the end of the book you'll realise more than ever the truth of the saying: "The more things change, the more they remain the same"

Irish poet David Wheatley's new book takes its title from Russian Futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov who, in a state of apocalyptic rapture, pronounced himself the “President of Planet Earth.” In this, the Bray native's fifth collection, he brings a modernist sensibility to bear on questions of attachment, belonging, identity and displacement. Moving between Ireland, England and Scotland (where the author now lives), the book is written in a wide variety of styles, from sestinas and sonnets, some of them in Scots, to concrete poetry. Obscure visions of Jacobite Scotland, Elizabethan Wicklow and

The story of a young man with mixed loyalties, a Vietnamese communist spy who has infiltrated the South Vietnamese Army and moved, after the fall of Saigon, to California. A blend between a spy novel, political thriller and an epic of love and betrayal, this novel captures the emotions of torn allegiances in the turmoil in both America and Vietnam in the years after the Vietnam War.

I thought this was an excellent graphic novel. The characters were very well rounded and their relationships very nuanced and moving. It walks the line between tragedy and comedy so you find yourself torn between laughing at and crying for the central character. The story is largely grounded and true to life but it also drifts from time to time into surreal scenarios as the narrative enters Jimmy's subconscious. The art style is clean and geometric and very attractive. I'd highly recommend it.