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Colmcille Press is delighted to announce that the first edition of Pat McArt's War, Peace and the Derry Journal has now sold out. But the good news is, a reprint has been commissioned and will be back from the printers by next week - well in time for the Christmas rush. The Donegal man's memoir, which received very favourable reviews in the Irish Times and the Irish News (see above and below), is the ideal present for the historian, news junkie or political nut in your life. You can also order the book from Colmcille Press directly for just £20 plus p&p.

Twenty years ago this week saw the launch of Garbhán Downey's debut novel, Private Diary of a Suspended MLA (Guildhall Press/Stormount Books), at a packed Bookworm. Guest speaker Eamonn McCann reviewed the night in Hot Press, commenting: 'What a classy turn-out! Criminals, patriots, trendsetters, typesetters, lawyers, mudlarks and gothic yahoos. Plus regular folks like Garbhán and me...' [A few signed first editions are still in the store but be quick.]