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Brandon: an imprint of The O'Brien Press

Alice Taylor

Alice Taylor Tea for One

'Alice's beautiful and captivating writing is an act of mindfulness in itself' Mummypages

Gerry Adams

Gerry Adams Black Mountain

A new collection of short stories about politics, family, love and friendship.

Frank McGuinness

Frank McGuinness Paprika

'savage, beautiful, insistent and desiring.'
Anne Enright

Sheila Bugler

Sheila Bugler All Things Nice

'if you like Nicci French, then here’s a new author for you to enjoy' mysterypeople.co.uk

Billy O'Callaghan

Billy O'Callaghan The Dead House

'a welcome voice to the pantheon of new Irish writing' Edna O'Brien

Mary Morrissy

Mary Morrissy The Rising of Bella Casey

'the forays into fiction are seamless … a stunning novel' Irish Times

The O'Brien Press is proud to have re-launched the independent Brandon Books imprint.

‘O'Brien Press continues its impressive revival of the Brandon imprint’. Irish Times

Founded by Steve McDonogh and run from Dingle, Co Kerry, this wide-ranging list regularly broke new ground, until Steve's tragic and untimely death. We continue to publish existing Brandon authors, as well as adding great new talent.