STORIES WE CAN’T WAIT FOR

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber, €13.99, out September 7)

Sally Rooney’s highly anticipated new novel forgoes the surrounds of Trinity and instead focuses on four friends with bigger problems – they must navigate the pressures of work and relationships against the backdrop of political turmoil and economic uncertainty.

Comrades: A Lifetime of Friendships by Rosita Boland (Doubleday, €16.99, out September 30)

The award-winning journalist has penned a beautiful collection of essays about the many friendships (both real and imaginary) that have shaped her life and brought companionship and joy, as well as those she lost.

Life Without Children by Roddy Doyle (Vintage, €14.99, out October 7)

In a collection that is as timely as anything from Roddy Doyle, he has written an eye-opening portrait of our pandemic lives, told in the form of short stories. A collective look at how life has changed for everyone during Covid-19, as only this Irish writer knows how.

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting by Evanna Lynch (Headline, approx €12.99, out October 14)

Irish actress and activist Evanna Lynch pens a compelling new memoir in which she details her highs and lows; the “messiness of adulthood” as she calls it. From her star-making turn as Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter to her anorexia recovery and pursuit of artistic creativity.

Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout (Viking, approx €17.99, out October 21)

In the third book in Strout’s Amgash series, we return to the beloved Lucy Barton, now a successful writer in New York, navigating the second half of her life as a widow and parent to two adult daughters. A surprise encounter leads her to reconnect with William, her first husband and longtime, on-again-o“-again friend.