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A Benedict Kiely Reader

‘Benedict Kiely. Without a doubt one of the greatest unsung heroes of Irish literature.’ Colum McCann, Sunday Independent

Welcome

Turnpike books publishes a series of Northern Ireland’s literature, neglected authors such as Shan Bullock, St John Ervine and Janet McNeill alongside acclaimed writers such as Benedict Kiely.

There is also a series of the selected short stories of the major English writers of the twentieth-century, beginning with the stories of A.E. Coppard, J.B. Priestley and V.S. Pritchett.

Coming Soon

‘The man was a one-off genius… For his reckless laughter and faith in human beings.’ – Patrick McCabe, author of The Butcher Boy

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‘Silvers City’ – Where did freedom lie?

I first read Silver’s City in 1989 as a teenager who had recently moved to Belfast to study and I still own that copy bought with money from my student grant. On re-reading it last year I realised that the concept of a ‘student grant’ is more …read more

 

A Streak of Madness Mr Fox Cold Heaven The Revolution Script Feast of Lupercal Emperor of Ice Cream Mr Fox House of Dolls Dear Departed Down Then By Derry Gone To Earth Cuckoo The Town Major of Miraucourt F for Ferg Silver's City The Bagpiping People The Captain With the Whiskers Tea at Four O'Clock The Maiden Dinosaur As Strangers Here Proxopera What-a-Life On-the-Edge-of-the-Cliff Small-Widow Weep-Not-My-Wanton The-Loughsiders The-Awkward-Squad The-Wayward-Man