Katounia Press Books
BEING THERE TOO
TRAVEL DIARIES 1990 – 2010
By Jean and John Dillon
In these, more recent diaries, Jean and John Dillon write about travelling in the latter decade of the twentieth century and into the mid-noughties, taking us from chilly Moscow to the sunnier historic sites of Corsica; from Latvia to Australia, returning often to their special haven in Katounia, Greece.
BEING THERE
TRAVEL DIARIES 1970s – 1980s
By Jean and John Dillon
In this tome, Jean and John Dillon open their old travel diaries to take us fondly back to the days of pre-millennium travel, when getting there was achieved with the use of maps and signposts, as opposed to pings and notifications, and being there was recorded in a daily journal.
The Lockdown Papers
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ESSAYS
By John Dillon
During the long days of lockdown, author and academic John Dillon took time to go through and his old papers and essays. The resulting collection is a splendid miscellany of satire, reflection and analysis of Irish life over five decades, as originally published in Irish newspaper columns.
P.S. Look out for snakes:
THE LOVE LETTERS OF BRIAN FARRELL AND MARIE-THÉRÈSE DILLON (1954-55)
By Miriam Shtaierman
The fascinating correspondence between Harvard student Brian Farrell and his Dublin-based fiancée, Marie-Thérèse Dillon is a charming chronicle of youn lovers and real-time commentary on life in Ireland in the 1950s.
The Lockdown Papers is available as a paperback and ebook from most international bookshop websites, see:
Ireland: Books Upstairs / Waterstones / UK: Foyles of London / W.H. Smith
USA: Barnes and Noble / Germany: Schweitzer / Australia: Booktopia
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BEING THERE is available from Books Upstairs (D’Olier St, Dublin), Hampton Books, Donnybrook and Book Haven.
You can purchase it online from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, with more online bookshop links on the way.
“A witty and well written book”
– John Bruton
On P.S. Look out for snakes
“A beautiful memoir, and a tribute to them both.”