Having coined a Pythonesque phrase, I could follow-up by providing a long list of positive pro-action on the part of the Irish Writers’ Union (IWU), but truthfully the most important...

Last December, I published a crossover novel called Through the Barricades, a coming-of-age love story set during a time of war (WW1) and revolution (Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising). With any...

As I wave a fond farewell to my status of ‘debut author’ and send my second novel A Memory of Violets out into the world, my emotional state is an...

After seven long years an end is somewhat in sight for the Google Book Settlement. On October 4th Google and the American Association of Publishers announced that they had signed...

Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12th to 16th 2011 www.book-fair.com Several years ago I remember heading to the London Book Fair – a city I knew pretty well and one where I...

The publishing world has been in a state of flux for a number of years.  Technological advances such as increased internet speeds and portable storage have been two of the...

International rights are simply all publishing rights outside of the author’s home territory, including both English language rights and translation rights. When and author or their agent makes a deal...