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By 1848 famine has ravaged Ireland, and London remains undecided about what to do. A shortage of female labour in Australia offers a kind of solution and so, over the following two years, more than 4000 Irish girls are shipped across vast oceans to an unimaginable world in the new colony. On Sunday 28 October 1849, one of these ships, the "Thomas Arbuthnot," sets sail from Plymouth with a cargo of girls under the care of Surgeon-superintendent Charles Strutt. "Not the Same Sky" tells the story of Honora, Julia, Bridget and Anne. It observes them on the voyage, examining their relationship of...

Presenting nineteen of her best-loved tales, Telling is a triumphant demonstration of the achievement of one of Ireland's most boldly original writers.

A PR man loses his professional self-assurance; a chance encounter with an ex-lover leaves a woman with an unnerving sense of the emptiness of her marriage; a young man suddenly finds himself the underdog in his life-long struggle with his twin brother.

Bleak moments of self-discovery are counterpointed with characteristically wry humour, as Conlon uncovers with deft irony the double standards that bedevil dealings...

A novel by esteemed Irish author Evelyn Conlon. Friendship, love, isolation, and one woman's quiet bravery are at the heart of this story from one of Ireland's most distinctive and energetic voices.

Set during the recent past, a period of unprecedented self-examination and rapidly changing social values in Ireland, this novel reflects a time of change, disruption, and progress, charting the journey taken by a tightly-woven group. By turns witty and profound, the novel skillfully switches between straight narrative and a chain of lively, intimate correspondence.

Conlon is one...