Hidden behind the walls of Grangegorman Mental Hospital in 1941, different lives collide, all afflicted by the human cost of wars, betrayals and trauma.

The groundbreaking first modern novel to address the scandal of Irish Magdalene laundries when it was first published.

A gripping, wartime, coming-of-age adventure based on real events.

Bolger follows in the footsteps of the great Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa, in using the backdrop of walks through his native city to allow his imagination free rein to explore his life and the lives of others in this series of remarkable poems.

In his first collection of short stories, Dermot Bolger peers under the veneer of our lives, exploring the secrets that bind families together, or tear them apart, creating worlds where people find that nothing is truly certain. There are always truths just beyond reach that would make sense of their lives, if they only know how to unlock them.

These four richly evocative monologues were commissioned for Dublin’s Culture Connects: The National Neighbourhood. In them, Dermot Bolger conjures up reimagined lives from the rich tapestry of Dublin life over the past century; stories that conspire to be humorous, mesmerising, shocking and deeply moving.

In the numbness of grief I felt certain I would never write poems again,” Bolger claims in his prefatory note. But his readers will be glad that he has done so… (in)… what is ultimately a book of celebration…unflinching and sad – and beautiful.' - Times Literary Supplement

Written by a master story-teller, Tanglewood grows into an incisive dissection of Ireland in 2007, when – although these characters are unaware of it – the Celtic Tiger edifice is quietly imploding.

A selection of twenty-five of the finest stories shortlisted for the Hennessy Awards between 2005 and 2015.

Hovering in the hazy half-light of memories and regrets and marking the 90th anniversary of the 3rd Battle of Ypres in 1917, this beautiful new play by Dermot Bolger follows Francis Ledwidge’s final journey as he finds himself ‘walking the road’ alongside all of those who had touched his life.