Book of the Month October

Book of the Month Sept

Book of the Month
September

Ghost Light by Joseph O’Connor is a moving tale of the relationship between playwright John Millington Synge and the actress Molly Allgood. A story of love’s commitment, of partings and reconciliations, of the courage involved in living on nobody else’s terms.

Copies available to borrow from the Goldsmith library

Summer Opening Hours-Main Library

8th June-27th August

Mon-Fri: 9.15am-4pm

Please note that the library will close from the 21st of June to the 2nd of July for a 3 yearly stocktake

Book of the Month June

This intriguing novel delves into the lives of two women who unknown to each other are tied by a bond. The Hand That First Held Mine provides an insightful look into the way we make and unmake our lives, who we know ourselves to be, and how even our most accidental legacies connect us.

Summer Opening Hours

14th of May-2nd of July
Mon-Fri: 9.15am-5pm
5th July-27th August

Mon-Fri: 9.15am-4pm

Book of the Month-May

Book of the Month-May

It is August, 1974, and a tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the twin towers, suspended a quarter-mile in the sky. In the streets below, ordinary lives become extraordinary as award-winning novelist Colum McCann crafts this stunningly realised portrait of New York and its people.

2009 National Book Winner

Colum McCann appears on RTE Arts Lives Tues the 4th of May at 10.15pm

Copies available to borrow from Goldsmith Library