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.

Quirky comedy-drama set in the authors home town

Dystopian science fiction comic book series about the only remaining man on the planet 

An eerie, compelling tale of family secrets, cover-ups and maybe even murder...

The debut of the mouthpiece of infamous rap duo The Rubberbandits is surprisingly not a treatise on his opinions on life but instead a collection of 15 short stories. Whats amazing is how confident and fully formed the debut writers prose is. Its weird, hilarious and sometimes shocking and uses the Limerick vernacular in a way I've never read before. Stories include Tipperarys first ever ISIS recruit, an encounter with Sam Neill and an obscene alternate history. It is sometimes reminiscent of authors like Pat McCabe but has a unique voice all of Blindboy's own. The podcast where Blindboy reads

I recently watched ' The Theory of Everything' starring Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking. This is one of the most inspiring, marvellous true stories I have ever seen.
The film follows his life story from his early twenties at University, where he first shows his brilliant mind, standing head and shoulders above his contemporaries in intellect and ability. It is at University that he meets and falls in love with the woman who is to become his wife. It is here too, in his early twenties, that he is first diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and we are shown the devastating physical effects of