Current Books

Tourism and Culture in
Philosophical Perspective

A selection of new essays edited by Marie-Elise Zovko and John Dillon.

Being There

A lively and informative collection of travel memoirs from the 1970s and 1980s from Jean and John Dillon.

The Lockdown Papers

A miscellany of satire, reflection and analysis of Irish life over five decades, as originally published in Irish newspaper columns.

Scent Eucalyptus by John Dillon

The Scent of Eucalyptus

A roguish coming of age novel, and a snapshot of a world on the cusp of change, as a young Oxford graduate travels to Africa.

Academic Books

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On The Lockdown Papers:
“A witty and well written book”

– John Bruton

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On The Lockdown Papers:
“A delightful pot pourri, at times idiosyncratic but written with old-style elegance.”.

– Maurice Manning

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On The Scent of Eucalyptus:
“Wonderfully observed. Ethiopia … as landscape and history, is solidly ‘there’.”

– Seamus Heaney

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