A Single Headstrong HeartFunny, quirky and touching, this prequel to the bestselling Watching The Doorby Kevin Myers, describes in a first person narrative his childhood up to the early years of his career as a journalist and his departure from University College Dublin in the late 1960s. \nA memoir like no other, A Single Headstrong Heart passionately and intelligently reveals both the era and the individual. Some of its grotesque humour is reminiscent of Road Dahl. These

but it is you who fear

myths and metaphors through which we may ‘walk beautifully upon the earth’

Norman Campion (milling consultant)

These essays and cameos range widely across his career and legacy

Penny Perrick’s biography of Sheila Wingfield balances playful storytelling with serious analysis

crystalline images by a master-photographer reconstitute and preserve a unique

There is hardly a town in Ireland untouched by William Dargan

It contains the essential shorter prose works from throughout Kavanagh’s career: the legendary autobiographical pieces and rural reminiscences and a thorough selection of Kavanagh’s penetrating

Stunning black and white photographs by Motoko Fujita of Chapelizod and the Phoenix Park

' Aimée Walsh

In sickness and in health

Bound by friendship