Memoirs

Madhouse is PJ's riotous life story. Covering everything from dogs, motorbikes and the art of small talk, to the lessons of mental breakdown and finally figuring out love, this is PJ unbound.

SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Biography of the Year

This is a story of physical bravery, moral courage, and the power of redemption from the man who led the charge in stopping the terrorist attack at Fishmongers' Hall in November 2019. 

As well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. This strand of her writing was an integral part of how she thought of herself. 'Ink is a generative fluid,' she explains.

In Rambling Man, Billy takes us with him on his incredible journeys criss-crossing the world.

How does she manage life as a hands-on mother to seven children, as well as supporting World Heavyweight husband Tyson, while still looking amazing and finding time for herself?

Rough Beast is Mairia Cahill's harrowing story of her life and of what she went through at the hands of what is now Ireland's largest and richest party. 

SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Non-Fiction Book of the Year

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. A deeply moving memoir about growing up in the 90s, written in the wake of the senseless killing of a beloved friend.

In this memoir of loss, acclaimed writer and comedian Rob Delaney grapples with the fragile miracle of life, the mysteries of death, and the question of purpose for those left behind. 

Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja.

After a forty-year career in the gardai Christy Mangan knows how hard it is to solve a murder. Now, in Cracking the Case, he takes a deep dive into how investigations are run. 

SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Non-Fiction Book of the Year