Hugo Hamilton

Hugo Hamilton

Sep 3, 2024 | Greenisland Press News

Award-winning writer and playwright Hugo Hamilton has praised this first novel from Caoilte Breatnach. Hugo wrote: ‘Longlines is a powerful encounter with recent Irish history. A thrilling novel of escape and redemption. An IRA man on the run from the past returns to...
Rita – A Memoir

Rita – A Memoir

Aug 23, 2024 | Greenisland Press News

The most recent publication by Greenisland Press, Rita—A Memoir, was launched during Féile an Phobail in West Belfast to an audience of almost four hundred people on 3 August in St Mary’s University College. Gerry Adams chaired the proceedings and guest speakers...
‘A Little Gem’

‘A Little Gem’

Jul 11, 2024 | Features

Jake Mac Siacais* reviews Greenisland Press’s recently-published novel, McCoubrey, set in Portadown just before and after the introduction of internment in 1971. WHEN asked by my good friend Danny Morrison to review Mark B McCaffery’s debut novel, McCoubrey, I...
Gritty and Realistic

Gritty and Realistic

Jul 7, 2024 | Features

Longlines, the new novel by Galway author Caoilte Breathnach, is a book which straddles several genres, telling a story which is at times gritty, realistic, and at other times speculative. Layered through it all is a shrewd eye for detail and a finely-tuned ear for...

‘McCoubrey’ published this week

May 2, 2024 | Features

McCoubrey is a novel by Mark B. McCaffery and is being launched in Portadown tonight, 2 May. Below is a description of the novel and its author and here is the audio of an interview with the author on BBC’s Good Morning Ulster which can be found at 2 hours and...