Colm Toibin

Colm Toibin was born in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford in the southeast of Ireland in 1955. Three of his grandparents were born in the town or close to the town. One great-grandfather owned Whelan's, or Whaelan's, public house (since demolished)on the Island Road; another great- grandfather worked as a stonemason in the town; another was a small farmer outside the town; the fourth great- grandfather was a farmer near Tullow in County Carlow. His grandfather Patrick Tobin was a member of the IRB, as was his grand-uncle Michael Tobin. Patrick Tobin took part in the 1916 Rebellion in Enniscorthy and was subsequently interned in Frongach in Wales. (See 'The Rising' by Bairbre Toibin; see also 'Frongoch' by ; see also 'The Easter Week Rising in Enniscorthy' by Henry Goff in 'Enniscorthy 2000', published by St Senan's Parish to mark the advent of the third millenium in Enniscorthy.) His uncle Padraig Toibin, who died in 1995, worked as a journalist on the local newspaper The Enniscorthy Echo. He fought in the War of Independence and on the Republican side in the Civil War.

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Brooklyn Colm Toibin Shortlisted for the Galaxy International Author of the Year 2010. December 2010 Good Housekeeping selection. Good Reading for Christmas by Maureen Lipman... 'The sensitive man in my life will get Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn. He portrays the young Irish girl Eilis Lacey by... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

Brooklyn Colm Toibin Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2009. Costa Book Awards 2009 Judges' comment: "A wonderfully-observed story of love and loss." A great family drama about a young girl moving from Ireland to New Yok in search of work in the 1950's. Just... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/05/2009 Lovereading Price: £13.49 - Saving £4.50 (25%)

Mothers and Sons Colm Toibin A beautifully written collection of stories about mother/son relationships. Thoroughly absorbing and moving. June 2010 Guest Editor Patrick Gale on Colm Toibin... Admirers of Toibin’s novels won’t feel short-changed here for, like Chekhov and Carver, his grasp of the short story... Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2007 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Master Colm Toibin Winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2006. Now in paperback this Man Booker shortlisted novel follows five years in the life of Henry James directly after his play ‘Guy Domville” flopped on the London stage. An intelligent and moving... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/01/2005 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Master Colm Toibin Get a preview of one of the ‘bookies favourites’ for this year’s Man Booker Prize Format: Hardback - Released: 16/04/2004 Lovereading Price: £11.99 - Saving £4.00 (25%)

The Empty Family Stories Colm Toibin 'I imagined lamplight, shadows, soft voices, clothes put away, the low sound of late news on the radio. And I thought as I crossed the bridge at Baggot Street to face the last stretch of my own journey home that... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2010 Lovereading Price: £13.49 - Saving £4.50 (25%)