Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork, in
a house attached to the local supermarket and post office. Her
first book, To School Through the Fields, was published in 1988. It
was an immediate success and quickly became the biggest selling
book ever published in Ireland.
Alice has written nearly twenty books since then, largely exploring
her beloved village and the ways of life in rural Ireland. She has
also written poetry and fiction: her first novel, The Woman of
the House, was an immediate bestseller. Most recently, she wrote a
children's picture book with her daughter Lena Angland, called
Ellie and the Fairy Door.
Emma Byrne is a graphic designer and artist. She is a graduate of
Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. She has won
numerous awards for her design including The IDI (Irish Design
Institute) Graduate Designer of the Year, the IDI Promotional
Literature Award for her work on Brown Morning, and a Children’s
Books Ireland Bisto Merit Award for her work on Something Beginning
With P: New Poems from Irish Poets. She has illustrated many books,
including Best-Loved Oscar Wilde, Best Loved Yeats, The Most
Beautiful Letter in the World by Karl O’Neill, a special edition of
Ulysses by James Joyce, and A Terrible Beauty by Mairéad Ashe
Fitzgerald. Her other books are Irish Thatch and, with Eoin
O’Brien, Best-Loved Irish Ballads.
one of this country’s best-loved authors … I got great satisfaction
from reading your book because you make perfect sense and you write
in such a beautiful way … a fantastic read … this book is all about
village life and rural life and it also highlights the importance
of neighbours and community and volunteerism and parish … it’s a
great read and it’s that time of year when we’re thinking: imagine
the Christmas stocking is all ready, and it’s a must as far as I’m
concerned … the people of this wonderful country of ours could
identify with her every word
*The Joe Finnegan Show, Shannonside Northern Sound*
a fascinating read
*Southern Star*
one to warm the heart this winter
*Galway City Tribune*
one of the country’s most accomplished storytellers
*Irish Mail on Sunday*
one to warm the heart this winter
*Connacht Tribune*
a surefire hit with older members of the family
*Belfast Telegraph*
not alone is the writing beautiful … most fantastic pictures
*MidWest Radio’s Tommy Marren Show*
One of the lovely things is that you invite readers in the book
into your garden and into your house … such a positive message
about what life can be like in rural Ireland … beautiful … gorgeous
photographs
*Clare FM’s Morning Focus*
a delight
*The Sean O’Rourke Show, RTE Radio 1*
like all her previous books, it’s a truly beautiful read that left
me feeling warm and fuzzy … of all the villages, if I could pick a
village to live in, it’s Innishannon … I loved it from cover to
cover … it made me smile
*The Patricia Messenger Show, Cork’s C103*
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