Sixteen established authors - including Kevin Barry, Roddy Doyle, Lisa McInerney and Lyra McKee - and sixteen new voices write on their experience of being working-class in Ireland

A beautiful and updated edition of this collection of the world's greatest diarists on its twentieth anniversary

A glorious anthology of writing about books and reading, with one piece for every day of the year.

The ultimate 'bedside book', an anthology of poems, stories, letters to read in anticipation of a good night's sleep

Selected by #1 bestselling author Lee Child: the twenty finest short stories of 2021.

Told through his own words, this essential introduction to Oscar Wilde's extraordinary life and work is accompanied by stimulating commentary and stylish design and illustration. For new readers and devotees alike.

An attractive and approachable selection of the work of George Bernard Shaw. Includes extracts from his fiction, plays, essays and personal letters.

A beautiful and accessible introduction to the writings of James Joyce. Short, entertaining quotes from his major works: Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, with more from his poetry & letters, and some family anecdotes handed down to grand-nephew Bob Joyce.

A fresh view of the life, work and wit of Jonathan Swift, the first of Ireland's truly great writers, presented through his poetry, fiction, epigrams, social satires and personal letters.