A Year in the Province is a comic novel by Christopher Marsh.

The book tells the story of Jesus Sanchez Ventura, who persuades his wife Begona and his three daughters to leave Andalusia for Belfast.

[1] The book was well received by critics, with the BBC's Ian Sansom comparing Marsh to Flann O'Brien.

[2] The book's title references the bestselling memoir by Peter Mayle, A Year in Provence.

He has since worked as an academic, publishing numerous historical titles, and since 1998 has been Reader in History at Queen's University, Belfast.