In Kiltumper cover art

In Kiltumper

A Year in an Irish Garden

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

In Kiltumper

By: Niall Williams, Christine Breen
Narrated by: Niall Williams, Christine Breen
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

Bloomsbury presents In Kiltumper by Niall Williams and Christine Breen, read by Niall Williams and Christine Breen.

Poignant ... A meditation on life, love and the importance of nature' IRISH TIMES

When they were in their twenties, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave New York City and move to Christine’s ancestral home in the town of Kiltumper in rural Ireland. In the decades that followed, the pair dedicated themselves to writing, gardening and living a life that followed the rhythms of the earth.

In 2019, with Christine in the final stages of recovery from cancer and the surrounding land threatened by the arrival of turbines, Niall and Christine decided to document a year – in words and Christine's drawings – of living in their garden and in their small corner of a rapidly changing world. Proceeding month by month through the year, this is the story of a garden in all its many splendours, and a couple who have made their life observing its wonders.

©2021 Niall Williams and Christine Breen (P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Environment Gardening & Horticulture Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Gardening

Listeners also enjoyed...

 This Is Happiness cover art
History of the Rain cover art
Next to Nature cover art
Hermit cover art
Orchard: A Year in England’s Eden cover art
Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life cover art
The Consolation of Nature cover art
Bringing Back the Beaver cover art
A Cocoon with a View cover art
The Instant cover art
Ring the Hill cover art
Harvest cover art
Uprooting cover art
Unearthed cover art
Unlost cover art
The God of the Garden cover art
All stars
Most relevant
Although this is about their garden, this book is also about their life together, the future of the countryside. About writing and living, about being human. wonderfully narrated, I felt I knew Niall and Christine and by the end was sad to say goodbye to them yet curious as to their next chapter in their lives. A wonderful listen, i shall buy the book for my sons girlfriend for her 30th. She is not a gardener but I feel this book may make her one!

not just for gardeners

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I have loved listening to the authors read their work and have felt in the company of plants and birds as I have listened. Thank you. I feel nurtured and nourished through the listening.

Beautiful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.