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Working Hard, Getting Rewarded
Donal Skehan may just be the hardest working author/blogger/chef/popstar I know (though I know few enough that meet that exact definition). He has really been working himself to the bone the last while...
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Blood & Thunder ~ Martina Devlin: Drumming up enthusiasm for the Glorious...
Blood & Thunder: Inside An Ulster Protestant Band was one of the books I commissioned towards the end of my time at Mercier Press. It sounded like it was going to be a cracker and the author...
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Quick Link | Verbal Magazine Review Of Patrick Kavanagh & The Leader
Always nice to see one of my commissions getting a review, however late after release. Patrick Kavanagh & The Leader is the third book by the very talented Pat Walsh. His previous two were also...
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Things I Like | Tales of the Burren, and other places – The Irish Times
Delighted to see two of my Commissions in the Irish Times at the weekend: Burren Villages: Tales Of History And Imagination by Sarah Poyntz This sense of something beyond the everyday pervades the...
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Things I Like | The cabbage plot rebels | Irish Examiner
What a week for books I’ve commissioned it is turning out to be! Laurence Fenton’s The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick was featured in the Irish Examiner at the weekend. I’m delighted, it’s a fine...
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Things I Like | Liffey Ships and Shipbuilding – Pat Sweeney | The Irish Catholic
Nice review in The Irish Catholic for Pat Sweeney’s Liffey Ships & Ship Building, one of my commissions while at Mercier Press. The book is not only the result of very detailed archive research, it...
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Announcement: The Irish Story & Collca Agree Co-Publishing Deal For Five Apps
I’m really pleased to be able to share this news, it means that at least one (and probably more) of the “Story Of Series” will be available as apps for iOS devices by Christmas. Press Release...
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LitNet NI Literature Forum, Belfast
On Wednesday I spoke at an inspiring event, the LitNet NI Literature Forum in Belfast. It was hosted by the Arts Council Of Northern Ireland and organised by Catherine McInerney of LitNet NI. It brings...
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The Gill Family Takes Full Control Of Gill & Macmillan
Some of the most interesting news in Irish publishing for some time tripped across my phone line and email inbox last night. The Gill Family has bought out Macmillan’s 50% share of one of Ireland’s...
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Go Read This | Is This The End For New Zealand Publishing? | Stuff.co.nz
Really wonderful piece over in The Dominion Post about book publishing in New Zealand. It has serious echoes of the Irish market and many of the same problems crop up for the publishers there. I wrote...
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