Fiction / Humorous

A collection of humorous short stories from Ireland.

Wales' mining heritage clashes with the modern world in this character-driven working class tragicomedy with an underlying theme of loss: of an industry, of a way of life, and of a life partner. The...

A second humorous novel based on the outrageous antics and practical jokes of local characters from the author's early life in the rural South Wales Valleys in the 1960s and 1970s.

World–renowned for her unique look at life there is no-one quite like the Irish Mammy. From the weather to your choice of clothing the quintessential Irish Mam has something to say on every subject. This handy collection of Mammyisms will ensure you are never without an Irish Mammy’s words of wisdom.

When Harry Whittaker dies suddenly of a heart attack, he finds himself still in this world. Trapped in a bizarre afterlife, he struggles to free himself. Meanwhile, his estranged son Richard is also trying to escape - from his failing café, his dotty mother and the wrong girlfriend. Perhaps what they all need is a guardian angel.

A novel based around the amusing antics of a group of characters in a village in Wales. While some episodes are fictitious, others are loosely based on the ridiculous exploits of the 1960s pub fraternity in the author's home village.

The sequel to the bestseller Random Deaths and Custard. Sam Jones is back! But the perfectly ordinary Valleys girl is now a perfectly ordinary Valleys mam. Her life is as weird and wonderful as ever. And just as random.

In this collection, her third book of humorous poems, Liz looks at the roller-coaster journey of women's lives and the lovers and liars, friends and enemies, joys and disappointments, frustrations and...

This is Eddie Butler's debut novel and tells the tale of an ex-Welsh rugby international who is invalided out of the professional game but returns to his struggling village club, little knowing that he is embroiled in a darker more troubling world than that of mere rugby football.

For the unprepared visitor Irish conversation can be a minefield. 'How's the craic?' is not an assumption that you are well versed in the properties of narcotics substances, merely an enquiry after your health and general well-being