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Man Booker Opens Up to Irish Publishers

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor
September / October 2018

September 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

The Man Booker Prize, a prestigious literary award with a cash prize of £50,000, which each year honors the best original novel written in English and published in the U.K., has expanded its parameters to include books by Irish publishers. Until this year, Irish publishers were not allowed to enter books for this prestigious prize. The new rules were instituted following a hue … [Read more...] about Man Booker Opens Up to Irish Publishers

In Search of Lost Writers

By Julia Brodsky, Contributor
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment

The unexpected success of the efforts of Dublin’s Tramp Press to re-release out-of-print and forgotten books by Irish women writers. (Photo: Tramp Press) ℘℘℘ In 2014, Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen founded Tramp Press, a small, independent publishing house with the aim of finding and showcasing extraordinary literary talent, whether publishing work from emerging writers, … [Read more...] about In Search of Lost Writers

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