Beneath the Cedar Tree by Frank Shouldice; How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley; Wise: Finding purpose, meaning and wisdom beyond the midpoint of life by Frank Tallis

Rory O’Connor: To Defend the Republic shows why Irish republican deserves recognition for his turbulent life

Inspired by Rebecca, this novel explores themes of duty, reputation and female autonomy

Allen examines ageing, illness and the enduring light of Heaney’s poetic world

What’s most striking about a book ostensibly about celebrating women’s freedom is its utter joylessness

In Costello’s novel the protagonist looks back on her life in an effort to determine ‘why we do what we do, or tolerate what we tolerate, or love who we love’

Clíodhna O’Sullivan’s debut novel, Her Hidden Fire, and new books from Kristin Dwyer, Emiko Jean, Billy Ray and Luke Palmer

New releases cover examination of early economic nation building, the discoverer of DNA helix and an on-point spoof of contemporary culture

There is an uncanny timeliness in the appearance of this title, as the failings of American governance that Baldwin so clinically described once more cast a dangerous shadow

Rogoyska's Hotel Exile opens in 1933 as German undesirables flee west from the Nazi scourge

US actor and singer’s frankness about addiction, fame and ageing is refreshing

The third iteration in Scratch Books’ Reverse Engineering series features a star-studded cast

Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul Kingsnorth

Tree Thing by Piers Torday; That’s It! Said the Dandelion by Nicola Reddy; and more

A reissue of a trilogy of books by Derry-born Joyce Cary, who is part of that tradition of Irish writers - Wilde, Shaw, Bowen - who set about explaining the English to the English

Development of rising nations has become the cause of Great Power antagonisms

After Butter’s global success, Yuzuki examines female friendship, modern isolation and the pressures of perfection

A Dublin 4 version of Rebecca’s Manderley that’s delightfully sinister in its well-heeled hypocrisy

New collections from Gerry Smyth, Cathy Galvin, Catherine Ann Cullen and Matthew Rice

The actress writes candidly about her anxiety, disordered eating, perfectionism and the quiet belief that she was somehow undeserving of kindness