A poignant story of love and regret, from a master of contemporary Irish fictionAn Irish Times, RTÉ Culture and Big Issue Book of the Year for 2025* 'David Park is one of Ireland's great novelists.' Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments *For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Donal Ryan and Anne Tyler comes this beautiful novel following two troubled men, separated by nearly a century, bou...

'One of Ireland's great novelists' Roddy Doyle'Wrings the heart' Bernard MacLaverty'A mighty book' Frank McGuinness'Extraordinary, raw and moving a chronicle of pain and powerlessness as could be written' Lisa McInerneyAN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARThe world is shrouded in snow. With transport ground to a halt, Tom must venture out into a transformed and tr...

A bold and unsettling parable about guilt, atonement and redemption from the winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award'It is seldom that one can say a book is perfect, but this is as close as I've seen in a very long time' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT'A bold and unsettling parable about guilt, atonement and redemption' IRISH TIMESMichael has travelled a long way from his boyhood under the endless skies of the Mi...

Strangers come together to run. Angela and Brendan are racing towards a wedding day that is increasingly tainted by doubts. Yana runs to free herself from the darkness of the past and to remember her missing brother. Cathy thinks about the secret she has been unable to share. Running takes Maurice past his daughter's house, the place he is not allowed to enter.Over the nine weeks unexpected friendships are forged, challenges faced and by the time of their final run together all wil...

Anyone who reads The Book of Jade will quickly notice a few things: the author of this collection of poems holds a pessimistic, misanthropic view of life, and his obsessions lean towards the macabre, particularly focusing on themes of death, darkness, graves, corpses, and a longing to rest among the worms. The collection presents a world where God is portrayed as foolish, other people as imbeciles, and the fate of the dead as something to be envied. Certainly not light-hearted far...

Anyone who reads The Book of Jade will quickly notice a few things: the author of this collection of poems holds a pessimistic, misanthropic view of life, and his obsessions lean towards the macabre, particularly focusing on themes of death, darkness, graves, corpses, and a longing to rest among the worms. The collection presents a world where God is portrayed as foolish, other people as imbeciles, and the fate of the dead as something to be envied. Certainly not light-hearted fare! Althou...

'To write well about Ulster while keeping terrorism from monopolising the foreground is infinitely hard. This wise, sincere, troubling novel shows how it should be done' The Times'To pull off this sort of story satisfactorily demands a skill in timing and a clarity in presentation which are beyond most novelists: but Park doesn't put a foot wrong' Sunday Telegraph________________________Returning to ...

'A rich and deeply thoughtful book' The Times'This a cry from the heart for Ireland: a powerful novel about guilt and absolution' Independent on Sunday'A powerful, beautifully crafted book. Stone Kingdoms will add to Park's reputation as a magnificent writer' Belfast Telegraph_______________Haunted by the Troubles in Northern Ireland ...

A powerful collection of stories from the critically-acclaimed, prize-winning author David Park.'One of the shrewdest observers of the way we live now' Independent'Park is an excellent writer; psychologically astute, lyrically unflinching' Telegraph'He writes prose of gravity and grace' GuardianGods and Angels locates, with pinpoint accuracy, the quiet but d...

'Subtle, understated, not without a hint of menace and always courageous ... An important book' Irish Times'Marvellously compelling ... Park takes that most difficult of subjects - recent history - and with graceful integrity explores the difficulties involved in coming to terms with the legacies of the past ... beautifully described in Park's crystalline prose' Daily MailIt is December in Belfast, Christmas is approaching...

What does it take to manage a workforce that isn't human? The Chronicles of Aigent Catburger - raw_aigents "Name" {catburger}is the definitive historical record of a groundbreaking and perilous experiment: one human, known only as catburger, attempting to build a complex software project from scratch using nothing but a team of autonomous AI agents.This is not a story about tools. It is a story about a new kind of team, where each AI agent possesses its own uniq...

In "The Book of Jade," David Park Barnitz crafts a strikingly modernist collection of poems that eloquently intertwine themes of beauty, transience, and spiritual contemplation. Influenced by the Symbolist movement, Barnitz employs vivid imagery and rich symbolism to explore the complexities of human experience and the nature of existence. The poems reflect a yearning for transcendence, using the jade stone as a metaphor for the resolve and endurance found in life's fleeting moments. The l...