World of books by the books editor
What Jesus wrote in the dust: the life and poetry of John F. Deane
Give Dust a Tongue: A Faith & Poetry Memoir by John F. Deane (The Columba Press, €19.99)
In a word, the essential message of Paul to us all
Hidden in Christ: Living as God’s Beloved by James Bryan Smith (Hodder & Stoughton, £8.99)
The hidden heart of the Revolution
A Terrible Beauty: Poetry of 1916 selected by Mairéad Ashe Fitzgerald (O’Brien Press, €14.99)
Sing a new song to the world
Latin Psalter Manuscripts in Trinity College Dublin and the Chester Beatty Library
The role of the fool uncovered
The other week at the Trinity College Books sale, one of the high holidays for Irish books lovers, I picked up a book published in 1935 – the whole purpose of such a sale is to enable people like myself to rediscover older books as an escape from the tidal waves of new ones that…
Fresh light on Fr Bergoglio
Pope Francis: Life and Revolution, by Elisabetta Piqué foreword by Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley OFM Cap. (Darton, Longman & Todd, £9.99)
World of Books: We should be wary of all claims to historical truth
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Talking out our real problems in the parish
Hold Your Head Up High: Conversations about Controversies in a Catholic Parish by Fr Patrick Delargy (Shanway Press, £10.00; contact john@shanway.com)
Irish echoes from Nigeria
Bishop James Moynagh of Calabar by Colman M. Cooke (Columba Press, €24.99)

Peter Costello