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In what has already been a very sad week for Irish publishing, Sean O’Boyle, founder of Columba Press has died. Sean was very active within the publishing industry for many years. He worked for Veritas, and left to found The Columba Press. He was President of Clé in 1977-9, a founding member and president of […]

Congratulations to Philly McMahon, Niall Kelly, and to Gill Books for winning this year’s eir Sports Book of the Year Award 2017! McMahon’s memoir, entitled The Choice, traces the relationships, tensions, arguments, and chance occurrences that pushed him and his brother John in very different directions: Philly to university, the boardroom, and the hallowed turf […]

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Monday, 4 December Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East 2-5pm Selling your books to Irish people is great, but how can you make more from the books you publish? Selling rights – whether territorial, language or into other media – is a core part of the world’s publishing business, and a fantastic way to get […]

Penguin Random House Ireland is delighted to announce that Fiona Murphy, currently Publicity Director at Penguin Random House Ireland, will be joining Transworld/Doubleday Ireland from January 1st in the role of Editorial Director. Since Fiona moved back to Ireland to join PRH Ireland in February ’16, she has masterminded Irish campaigns for, amongst many others, Roddy Doyle, […]

In preparation for her appearance at the Dublin Book Festival’s Trade Day as part of Publishing Ireland’s panel on commissioning, Deirdre Nolan addresses some of the intricacies of her role as a commissioning editor. Stay tuned for more insights leading up to Trade Day! What are some of the challenges in managing the list for […]

In preparation for her appearance at the Dublin Book Festival’s Trade Day as part of Publishing Ireland’s panel on commissioning, Deirdre Nolan addresses some of the intricacies of her role as a commissioning editor. Stay tuned for more insights leading up to Trade Day!   What trends in publishing have you observed recently? I commission […]

In preparation for her keynote appearance at the Dublin Book Festival’s Trade Day, Niamh Murray offers some information regarding marketing strategy and branding. Stay tuned for more insights leading up to Trade Day!   What do you feel are some of the biggest mistakes publishers make in their marketing strategy? Lazy copy and weak visuals. […]

Judging panel for the award also confirmed eir Sport today announced details of the longlist of entries for what is the third year of the eir Sport Sports Book of the Year. 22 books in total are in the running to follow in the footsteps of the 2016 winner, ‘What Do You Think of That’ from […]