Books.

Lindbergh’s Legacy

In 1926, Ireland is still reeling in the aftermath of its bloody civil war. Shortly after the birth of their first baby, Marie-Rose O'Brien and her police-sergeant husband Cormac witness Charles Lindbergh's first ever solo-flight across the Atlantic as he crosses over the south-west tip of the island. In a country looking towards the future, Marie Rose is determined that her son, named Charlie after the aviator, will live a life full of such adventure.

Gossip

Colm Cantwell's life is in a sorry state. His wife won't sleep with him, despite all his efforts at persuasion. His stepdaughter hates him with a quite terrifying passion. His once grand literary ambitions founder in the shallows of bitty journalism and tatty gossip columns. Into his life totters Sally, a character close to the edge, and Colm spies an opportunity for change.

But Colm is a prisoner of Dublin, a place where talk is an addiction and word of mouth is still a weapon. Accustomed to being the spider spinning webs of gossip, Colm eventually finds himself the fly.

Curtains

Arlene - 'actually it's Ar-lay-na' - Morrissey is a very successful theatrical agent. She has several phones and a flat decked out in expensive pale pinks and greys. She wears DKNY and doesn't take bullshit. It has taken a long time to construct this persona, and a surprisingly short time for it to fall apart. A visit from a lonely, vulnerable young writer with her bad play touches a part of Arlene she'd thought long buried, and sets in motion a series of events over which for once she has no control.

Opening Nights—short stories

You would be surprised what goes on in young girls’ heads…

A modern Cinderella who finds her fairy godmother in the realms of cosmetic surgery; a suburban estate where teenagers make midnight forays to the park to do bizarre things on roller skates. In these stories Katy Hayes takes the reader by the hand and charts a series of rites of passage. Sometimes shocking and occasionally hilarious, they present an entirely new picture of Dublin life.

"This is a sparkling, funny, disturbingly memorable first collection from a terrific writer who is here to stay." - JOSEPH O'CONNOR