Books & Columns
Colm is the best-selling author of six books and has a weekly column here in the Irish Examiner.
Climate WOrrier
It made me laugh and think and feel a little lighter’ - Catherine Cleary, THE IRISH TIMES
‘A winning combination of drily hilarious and thought-provoking, often all at once.’ - SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
‘Colm O’Regan has managed an unlikely combination of comedy and climate action … his narrative is engrossing, warm and humorous. I found myself laughing out loud’ - THE IRISH EXAMINER
Bestselling author Colm O’Regan is a worrier. A professional one. Caution is his watchword. Risk aversion is his love language. Now Colm is grappling with the biggest worry of all: the whole ‘planet being on fire’ thing and how exactly we can help.
Don’t worry, this isn’t a book telling you how to live off the grid and make your own planet-friendly soap from woodlice (that’s the sequel). Instead, Climate Worrier is about the journey, about trying (and often failing) to be part of the solution to the big issues, while not despairing at the endless hypocrisies that come from also being part of the problem. It’s about trying to be become the greenest version of yourself; about joining the ranks of those who give a shit and do a bit. So if you’ve fretted about:
-using your diesel car to get closer to nature,
-eating your ethical food off a plastic plate,
-existing
and have a general feeling we’re all doing too little, too late, Climate Worrier is the book for you.
Ann Devine, Handle with Care
'A very funny second adventure' Irish Times
'Ann Devine is one of our most endearing literary figures' Irish Independent
'Just as hilarious and heart-warming as his first' Irish Examiner
'Provides a much need lift to the spirits' Sunday Times
'Hugely entertaining' Pat Kenny, Newstalk
'a warm funny and charming novel that transcends its locale’ Business Post
'May be what every Irish person looking for home comforts needs in their life during a pandemic' Hot Press
Popes populists and postmasters all meet their match in Ann Devine.
Ann Devine is back in another hilarious adventure. For one she would like life to be straightforward. But there's just too much drama knocking about for that to happen. Without really meaning to be, Ann finds herself in the thick of things again and things are getting dodgier by the minute.
She only wanted to save the village, but sometimes even saviours need saving from themselves.
Ann Devine, Ready for Her Close-Up
Warm, charming and laugh-out-loud funny… a little ray of sunshine, sure to delight, Irish Independent
Warm-spirited, funny, dark when it needs to be, and – most importantly – underwritten by a scalpel-sharp ear for how Irish people really speak…O’Regan never gets it wrong, Sunday Business Post
Ann Devine brings a smile to the face of rural Ireland…O’Regan satirises small-town Ireland with both affection and deadpan wit, Sunday Times
Everybody knows an Ann Devine ... consistently funny with belly laughs -- Aine Toner, Ireland AM
Laugh-out-loud, Irish Daily Mail
Meet Ann Devine, a riddle, wrapped up in a fleece, inside a Skoda Octavia.
Now that her youngest has flown the nest, Ann finds herself at a loose end. Until, that is, she is put forward for the Kilsudgeon Tidy Towns Committee.
Yet all is not neat and tidy in Kilsudgeon. There are strange sightings of people who aren't local driving 4x4s with a yellow reg, a man bun requesting kefir in the restaurant and a quad bike at a funeral.
As tensions rise and the town begins to fill up with the film crew, extras and a Hollywood star who is fond of the drink, Ann’s about to discover what it means to go viral…
Bolloxology
Welcome to the world of Bolloxology.
We might not know it, but the modern world has subjected all of us to some form of Bolloxology. It’s that moment when you’ve paid twenty euro for fish and chips just so it can be served on a piece of slate. It’s when you share yet another Inspirational Quote of the Day against your better judgement. It’s when you realize you haven’t understood a word That Politician has said to you on your doorstep, yet you feel strangely compelled to take a selfie with him. It’s about the passion, the ‘key learnings’, the artisan chutney, the instacelebs. It’s about the Pure Hames we’re making of things.
Illustrated by the hilarious Twisted Doodles, Bolloxology is an indispensable guide to the deceptive cod-infested seas of twenty-first-century life.
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Isn’t it Well For Ye? The Book of Irish Mammies
Everyone should have an Irish Mammy. She’s never short of advice, a kind word and a cup of tea (making sure to scald the teapot first, of course).
Colm O’Regan explores the phenomenon of the Irish Mammy and what she might say about everything from the ‘new mass’ to the cardinal sin of not owning a cough bottle and the importance of airing clothes properly. The global influence of the Irish Mammy, through history, science, politics and literature, is undeniable. Did you know, for instance, that Hamlet had an Irish Mammy?
So if you’re an Irish Mammy, have one, know one or suspect you might be turning into one, this book will act as your guide.
That’s More of it Now - the Second Book of Irish Mammies
That’s More Of It Now: The Second Book of Irish Mammies takes us even deeper into this parallel universe, with advice on everything from how to tell Mammy she is about to become a Granny to how to discipline a child (aged 0–45), touching on Irish Mammies’ role in the worlds of sport, the workplace, technology, religion and culture. Enjoy popular fairy-tales retold with an Irish Mammy at the centre of them; marvel at exclusive, not-yet-released scenes from the epic Game of Scones; and find some essential apps for the Modern Mammy’s tablet.
Probably the most important sequel since The Godfather Part II, or at least Fifty Shades Darker, That’s More Of It Now will find a place in everybody’s heart (and stocking). Just don’t leave it on a damp step.
It’s Earlier tis Getting - the Christmas Book of Irish Mammies
Christmas – a time for peace, joy and Mammies. While others are focusing on Santa/Santy, the school nativity play, the office party and its wild cousin the Twelve Pubs, panicked present shopping and the delicate diplomacy of in-law visiting, the Irish Mammy is mobilized in her war-room, ready for the campaign. Electric blankets have been set to maximum power; cards have been despatched; the turkey has been ordered; the decorations have been retrieved from the Place Where The Decorations Go and the fifth Big Shop (to get breadcrumbs) has been completed.
There’s bound to be something she’s forgotten – but luckily, just like a certain someone, she’s made a list.