Start Reading Chestnut Street Now . . .

Posted 2nd June 2015 In The Garden

Chestnut Street is out in paperback, eBook and audio on Thursday 4th June.

Maeve Binchy’s bestselling story collection, Chestnut Street, is out in paperback this week.

Maeve is one of our all-time favourite storytellers and these warm and funny stories, which reveal the lives of the residents of St Jarlath’s Crescent, Dublin, is a reminder of why she was so beloved by readers around the world.

As the incredible response to our #MaeveMeans twitter competition last year proved, no one rivals Maeve for stories of warmth, kindness, love, loss – and life not always turning out as expected.

Chestnut Street isn’t out in the shops until Thursday but you can start reading right now.

Chestnut Street is out in paperback, eBook and audio on Thursday 4th June.

Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy was born in County Dublin and educated at the Holy Child convent in Killiney and at University College, Dublin. After a spell as a teacher she joined the Irish Times. Her first novel, LIGHT A PENNY CANDLE, was published in 1982 and she went on to write over twenty books, all of them bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, including TARA ROAD.

Maeve Binchy received a LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the BRITISH BOOK AWARDS in 1999 and the Irish PEN/A. T. CROSS AWARD in 2007. In 2010 she was presented with the BOB HUGHES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the BORD GAIS IRISH BOOK AWARDS by the President of Ireland. She was married to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell for 35 years, and died in 201