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Don’t Tell Me I Can’t: The Triumphant Story of a Thalidomide Survivor by Leigh Gath will be hitting shops in Dublin today, and the rest of the country tomorrow. So for those of you who absolutely couldn’t wait to get your hands on a copy, now’s your chance! The book can also be ordered from our website, bookrepublic.ie

Gabriel’s Gate by Tom Galvin is now just €4.59 on Kindle. Click here to get your copy of this brilliantly written book!

In his new historical book, Dan Harvey, an officer in the Irish Defence Forces, gives an insider’s account of the Irish army’s 36th Battalion and their battle of the tunnel of Elizabethville. Book Republic published ”A’ Comapny Action’ on 22 September 2011.

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Gibbings by Michael Curtis Houck is our latest great submission for September Short Story Month here on Book Republic’s blogs. Enjoy! - BR 

When the end rolled around they could spend hours in a room together and not say a single word; both wondering why it was so damn quiet, but neither making an attempt. Not one attempt in months.

            He was putting the last box his in truck.  

She was standing in the doorway, hoping he would hurry.

            “That’s everything,” he said.

            “Are you sure?” she asked.

            “Yeah.”

            “What about Gibbings?”

            “Shit,” How could I have forgotten about Gibbings? He thought about the dog, and thought about his parents. “You know my mother’s allergic, can’t you watch him for a little?”

            She sighed and rolled her eyes. Her head followed. “I guess.”

            “If it’s gonna’ be a problem—“

            “No.”

            “Are you sure? I’ll take him now if it’s gonna’ be a problem.”

            “It’s not.”

            “You’re acting like it is.”

            “I mean—he is your dog, David.”

            He moved towards the door. She stood her ground.

            “I said it’s fine, David, I’ll watch him.” And it was final.

They stood there looking at one another. He knew how cliché it would have been to tell her that he would always love her, no matter how rocky it had gotten and the way it ended, so instead he simply said “Thanks, Lisa,” and turned back to his truck.

            “David,” she said softly.

            “Yes?” he said, turning back.

            She exhaled, rolling her eyes again. “Never mind,” she said, “Just call me before you come over to get Gibb, okay?”

            “Yeah,” he said. And with that he got into his truck and drove off. He wasn’t angry with her. He wasn’t angry at all; he thought of how he respected her for doing what he couldn’t. He also thought that this was going to be the longest period of time he’d been away from Gibbings. He’d be okay though, Gibbings that is.

Here is a childhood favourite of Book Republic, Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven… What are your favourite childhood books? :)

Today is the day of ‘The Memory of Trees’ book launch! Check out the trailer… :)

Just hot off the press in time for its debut tomorrow! 

When I saw this image I thought of The Pink Cage by Derbhile Dromey. The book is about Astrid Johnson, a 26-year-old freelance proof-reader and DJ who has eyes that do their own thing. Astrid inhabits two distinct worlds: a world of beats and flashing lights, and a world of dusty books and seawater.

With its pulsing soundtrack and disembodied electronic voices, The Pink Cage is a novel that you can hear as well as see. If you like books that expose the extraordinary worlds hidden beneath the surface of ordinary life, you will love this book.

If you like reading on your eReader you’re in luck; The Pink Cage is available from amazon.com in eBook format. 

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Seeing as it’s the launch of The Memory of Trees tomorrow, we thought this pic was very fitting!

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