Carrowmore

02/04/2021

We're very pleased to see that Orla Ryan's 'Of Human Being' is now released and available on Amazon.com.

An excellent book and a wonderful author to work with.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1527290271

25/02/2021

Here and Now – A Novel

Here and Now, a new novel by Frank Flanagan, was a book we were delighted to work on. Lyrically crafted, this work tells the story of a boy growing up in a small town in 1950s Ireland forced to deal with contending friendships and conflicting loyalties and the consequences that follow from our choices.

The cover design of this book was by Carrowmore.ie and features a work called ‘Birds from Momoyogusa – Flowers of a Hundred Generations’ (ca. 1909–1910) by Kamisaka Sekka. The original of this work can be found in the New York Public Library.

The author will be speaking about his work on Mid West Radio on Friday 26 February 2021. This book is distributed by Gill Books and available online from your local bookshop or from wherever you buy your books. An ebook of this title is also available on Kindle.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1999323483?pf_rd_r=6AFRW7T168N1PFTHWMWH&pf_rd_p=6e878984-68d5-4fd2-b7b3-7bc79d9c8b60&pd_rd_r=45ba4448-c410-4e19-8e86-219b462978e1&pd_rd_w=m3H7M&pd_rd_wg=5tUdM&ref_=pd_gw_unk

01/08/2020

We were delighted to see the release of Primal Qualia this week, the first book from Niall Wynne and Qualia Publishing.

We were very pleased to work with Niall and to see this book, including his wonderful cover, take shape.

Available now in print and ebook from Amazon, we’re sure that this will be just the first of many you see from Qualia Publishing.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Primal-Qualia-Mythology-Niall-Wynne/dp/1838058702/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=primal+qualia&qid=1596302135&sr=8-1

01/11/2018

Man walks into a carwash. He tells the attendant that he would like his car washed and polished. The car is important to him, and he would like great care to be taken.

The attendant looks at the car, tells the man how long it will take and how much it will cost. The man agrees and the attendant begins work.
When the car is finished, the man is very pleased with the job and drives away.

A week later, it rains. The man comes outside and looks at his car. It's wet. It looks a little like it's been washed. It hasn't been properly cleaned by the rain but it looks at first a little like it has.

The man is outraged. He drives back to the carwash. He demands to know how the attendant could charge him for something that the rain could pretty much do for free.

The attendant is saddened and confused. He thinks about how much easier his life would have been if he had trained for years to become a professional freelance cover designer where this kind of thing could never possibly happen.

20/09/2018

A new book, authored by environmentalist & Japanese knotweed expert Nicolas Seal is an easy-to-read comprehensive guide to Japanese knoweed.

31/07/2018

The Dublin Review is actively looking for new submissions from writers, both fiction and non-fiction. Full details here;

The Dublin Review welcomes submissions of fiction and non-fiction previously unpublished in the English language.

23/07/2018

Concerned about Japanese Knotweed? Then we might have the book for you. Released this week, by leading industry expert Nicolas Seal, Japanese Knotweed is out now:

Japanese Knotweed: Unearthing the Truth

29/04/2018

To celebrate the first signs of summer, we've reduced the ebook price of Getting Published, the essential guide for Irish authors! This is now €2.99 for the next four weeks.

If there was ever anything you needed to know about how to approach a publisher or agent, you'll find it here.

The aim of this guide is to shine a light on the business of book publishing and the occasionally opaque process of getting published. This book has been developed specifically with new writers in mind, to provide an overview of the different routes to publication and answer the most commonly ask...

13/04/2018

If an author is asking a reader to spend their time and money on a book, there are few things more damaging than seeing a host of errors in the opening pages. Even when an author has real talent, poor editing may mean that this is never discovered or properly appreciated.

Most writers who get to the point of completing an entire book can write well. They may have been asked to edit or proofread the work of other writers. It is almost impossible, though, to properly edit your own writing as you tend to read what you think should be on the page rather than what's actually there.

We once had the great honour of copyediting a piece of writing by Seamus Heaney, a foreword for a very important book. At this stage, Heaney had already been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature so the prospect was daunting. However, we did find things to correct, and he agreed that they should be changed. At this point in our career, this was the editorial equivalent of being shot into space but it brought home the reality that no author can ever properly edit their own work alone. Books really do need editors.

(An extract from 'Getting Published: The Essential Irish Guide')

Getting Published: The Essential Irish Guide

13/04/2018

Sick of hearing about GDPR but pretty sure it involves data, massive fines and speaking before congress on why you secretly influenced an election? Publishing Ireland is running a training course on GDPR this coming Thursday, 19 April at 10am that's specifically aimed at publishers which might smooth the furrowed brow.

The course is running from 10am to 1pm in the beautiful offices of Poetry Ireland and details and tickets are available here:

Do you need to ask everyone to re-subscribe to mailing lists and/ or delete them by a specified date? What measures need to be taken to protect data in hard copy? What is needed to comply with the regulation with Small business e-commerce sites? These are just some of the questions that may arise fo...

29/03/2018

Words Ireland @ ILFDublin: A National Day for Writers

On Friday 25 May, Words Ireland is hosting a national get together for writers at IMMA in partnership with the International Literature Festival Dublin

Words Ireland is building the ideal environment for writers to gather together, reflect on their creative and professional practice, catch up with industry leaders and be inspired. There’ll be manifestos, lectures, writers meetings and project presentations, industry insight, discussion and debate from over thirty speakers. It will be a day of information and inspiration to help you sustain and evolve your writing life.

Sit down and chat with forty literature organisations in the Great Hall; find out about creative and professional opportunities. Catch up with old friends and colleagues or meet new ones.
There’ll be an opportunity for 10 writers to pitched published work to 10 film directors too.

Early-bird tickets are on sale now: €45 for the day, or €120 for groups of three writers (tell a writer friend!). Ticket price includes lunch, teas and coffees, and closing drinks reception from Kinnegar Brewing.

Words Ireland is a recently formed grouping of seven literature organisations, who are working collaboratively to provide coordinated professional development and resource services to the literature sector. The organisations involved are: Children’s Books Ireland, Ireland Literature Exchange, Iris...