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Independent book publisher. Latest: Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night has been shortlisted for the Kate O'Brien Award. Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
- Reposted by Tramp Pressit can’t all just be substack, it simply cannot
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- Reposted by Tramp PressMy short story "The Cold Moon Crown" will be appearing in the Winter edition of WAXEN, which goes on sale February 1. If you're into Christmas stories involving weird old-money families with skeletons in the closet, I daresay you might enjoy it.
- London pals! Join Gethan Dick at Libreria bookshop to discuss her haunting debut (and one of Libreria’s Best Books of 2025) Water in the Desert Fire in the Night: 19 Feb, 6:30pm 65 Hanbury Street. TICKETS HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-af...
- Check out 'A 2026 Irish Book Preview' on the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast! (Some swear words, in case you're listening at work/around your children). dalkeyarchive.substack.com/p/a-2026-iri...
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This is fun - some nice recommendations from @chadwpost.bsky.social, and some love for @tramppress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/sk/podcast/a... - Reposted by Tramp PressIt appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
- Reposted by Tramp PressComics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
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- One of the many great things about Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night is how Gethan Dick imagines that in a post-apocalyptic world people will still have a sense of humour. Join us at CHQ at 5.30pm this evening (tues 20th) to hear Gethan read and speak about it! epicchq.com?post_type=ev...
- Reposted by Tramp PressTake a break from watching the world ending and come listen to the brilliant Gethan Dick at EPIC! 5:30 this evening epicchq.com/event/eire-t... @tramppress.bsky.social #WITDFITN
- Reposted by Tramp PressPhoto by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
- Reposted by Tramp PressOne of the very best SF novels I have read since 1963, and as you can imagine, I’ve read MANY.
- 'The Book That Changed My Mind': our dear arachnophobe Jack Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social, author of A Brilliant Void, It Rose Up, and Your Own Dark Shadow, on Children of Time by Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky globalcomment.com/the-book-tha...
- Reposted by Tramp PressThis book is utterly amazing, and genuinely original.
- 'The Book That Changed My Mind': our dear arachnophobe Jack Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social, author of A Brilliant Void, It Rose Up, and Your Own Dark Shadow, on Children of Time by Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky globalcomment.com/the-book-tha...
- We are thrilled to reveal that Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night by Gethan Dick has been shortlisted for the 2026 Kate O’Brien Award! The shortlisted writers will be talking about their books at the Festival on Sunday 1st March at 11:15am in the Belltable, Limerick. We hope to see you there!
- Buy the paperback: tramppress.com/product/wate... or ebook: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F7RSYTS3 www.kobo.com/ie/en/ebook/...
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- I wrote about how much I detest the fact that so much SCREEN MENACE nonsense is peddled to anxious parents by people like Haidt and Katherine Birbalsingh, last year. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Reposted by Tramp PressThis link works for me. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
- Tramp Press author Maggie Armstrong is on RTE Radio 1 now talking about The Gadfly with David McCullagh, tune in here: www.rte.ie/radio/watch-...
- Reposted by Tramp PressMike McCormack has a short story where Ireland and Norway are at war and a character remarks that "the mere idea that Ireland and Norway could be at war would have been ridiculous a few years ago" and I think about that all the time.
- Reposted by Tramp PressThis is a fabulous and really enjoyable series so far, I highly recommend listening. Some incredible women whose stories and legacies haven't been acknowledged or remembered in Ireland as they should.
- Reposted by Tramp PressAnd please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
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- Reposted by Tramp PressRemember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why. Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
- Forthcoming in 2026!
- My grateful thanks to Emily at Brandhive for a surprise copy of The Steps by Juliano Zaffinocoming from @tramppress.bsky.social April 2026 tramppress.com/product/the-...
- Our webshop is closed for the holidays now, as anything we try to post will end up in the sorting office in Athlone til January, but you can always order an ebook to read straight away!
- Reposted by Tramp PressMy grateful thanks to Emily at Brandhive for a surprise copy of The Steps by Juliano Zaffinocoming from @tramppress.bsky.social April 2026 tramppress.com/product/the-...
- Read an extract from An Alternative Irish Christmas here! www.image.ie/living/read-...
- Reposted by Tramp PressMaggie Armstrong and @mikemccormack.bsky.social read from their stories in the new @tramppress.bsky.social Christmas anthology, we had Paul Muldoon on his favourite poetry of the year, Joseph O'Connor on Irish literary Rome, @thebookerprizes.com winner David Szalay on 'Flesh' and tons more...
- Reposted by Tramp PressIf we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
- If you missed it, last night's RTÉ Radio 1 Arena featured Maggie Armstrong and Mike McCormack talking about An Alternative Irish Christmas, and you can listen back here! www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... An Alternative Irish Christmas is out now tramppress.com/product/an-a...
- Tune in to @rteradio1.bsky.social Arena this evening (Wed 3rd) at 7pm for chats about our new anthology An Alternative Irish Christmas 🎄
- Reposted by Tramp PressLovely review of my (first ever😱) short story in great company as part of @tramppress.bsky.social beautiful An Alternative Irish Christmas anthology in yesterday's @irishtimes.com Very humbling & gratifying to see these kind words about the work. ✨️
- Reposted by Tramp Presscontributor copy!! My chapter on "Dubliners" & @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social was seeded by @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social review of Philyaw's stories in @irishtimes.com! Congrats, eds. Barry Devine & @ellenscheible.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tramp PressOUR NEXT BOOK with incredibly talented Juliano Zaffino – coming out in April @tramppress.bsky.social Jacket design by @feekra.bsky.social
- April 2026: Tramp Press is set to publish Juliano Zaffino’s powerful debut novel The Steps. A portrait of love, loyalty and the narratives we cling to. www.thebookseller.com/rights/tramp... Pre-order links: tramppress.com/product/the-... www.kennys.ie/shop/the-ste...
- Join novelist Gethan Dick at EPIC this 20th January for an evening of conversation, creativity, and storytelling as part of the 'Éire to Everywhere: Stories Without Borders series': epicchq.com/event/eire-t...
- I love this interview with my colleague and dear pal Sarah Davis-Goff who has read more books than anyone I know. She read 5 novels as I composed this, probably www.independent.ie/entertainmen... @sarahdavisgoff.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tramp PressContributors to a collection on @tramppress.bsky.social I’m editing w/ Tara Harney-Mahajan discuss Tramp's fiction & Recovered Voices series @ #IrishStudies Seminar CUNY, NYC, Dec 5. Registration / full info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Dublin bookshop to host festive late-night shopping event following arson attack | Irish Independent share.google/spCMW7qYvg79...
- For our latest publication, An Alternative Irish Christmas, we asked some of our favourite authors to write fitting for Christmas in Ireland in 2025. It's dark, funny, wild, thoughtful, and fun. Limited edition run available now! www.kennys.ie/shop/new-rel...
- Contributors are: Belinda McKeon, Sophie White, Tim MacGabhann, Roisin Kiberd, Maggie Armstrong, Sue Rainsford, Jessica Traynor, Niall Bourke, Briana Fitzsimons, Soula Emmanuel, Arja Kajermo, Mike McCormack, and Anne Enright!
- Reposted by Tramp PressSliver Salon is coming to Dingle on the eve of @othervoiceslive.bsky.social Tickets are free but limited. Design by Sarah Moloney.
- Reposted by Tramp PressExcited to announce the first book on my press. Plan Life Go, by Julie Fogarty, Sliver Editions, Spring 2026. An incredible debut memoir rooted in 1990s Dublin's explosive rave scene and devastating heroin epidemic. Design by Matt Lambert. More details here ⬇️ www.sliverpress.com/editions
- Reposted by Tramp PressWe need your votes! We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social! Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
- Reposted by Tramp PressAnd copies available to buy here (delivery within Ireland included) at thebookshop.ie/lisa-coen-ed...
- Reposted by Tramp PressJust released from @tramppress.bsky.social is An Alternative Irish Christmas - a collection of short stories from some of Ireland's best writers, packaged in a great design by @feekra.bsky.social .
- Reposted by Tramp PressJoin us next Thursday 30 October in @ucc.ie at 6pm to celebrate the launch of Banshee issue 20! Hear readings from our brilliant contributors and raise a glass to ten years of Banshee 📚 bansheepress.org/events/cork-...
- We're having at event at the Dublin Book Festival to launch our new anthology. Tickets sold out quickly, so it's been moved to a larger space in the venue, which means THE TIME HAS CHANGED TO 3:15PM on Sunday 9th. Hope you can join us! Book here: dublinbookfestival.com/event/book-l...
- Contributors to the anthology are Belinda McKeon, Sophie White, Tim MacGabhann, Roisin Kiberd, Maggie Armstrong, Sue Rainsford, Jessica Traynor, Niall Bourke, Briana Fitzsimons, Soula Emmanuel, Arja Kajermo, Mike McCormack and Anne Enright. www.kennys.ie/shop/an-alte...
- Reposted by Tramp PressPopped into @gutterbookshop.bsky.social to drop in garden seeds for a friend & got distracted by the #Samhain #Halloween display... unable to resist I'm delighted to get my hands on #YourOwnDarkShadow @tramppress.bsky.social + #GothicTales by #ArthurConanDoyle .. Let the spookiness begin! #AmReading
- Reposted by Tramp PressAlways a treat to get into @booksupstairs.bsky.social & lovely to sign some copies of New Arcana 🔮✨️ @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tramp PressSubmissions for Tolka Issue Eleven are now open until 6 November. We publish all kinds of non-fiction – essays, memoir, reportage, autofiction and the things that fall in between. Full submission guidelines here www.tolkajournal.org/submit
- The toy catalogue for nerds ♥️
- We are happy to share our New Writing from Ireland 2025 catalogue, which showcases a selection of the finest Irish writing published each year. You can read it here: www.literatureireland.com/books/new-wr...
- Reposted by Tramp Press#SpookySeason reading suggestions from English and Creative staff @kent.ac.uk check them out here: www.instagram.com/p/DPo9iZijCx... @tramppress.bsky.social #DorothyMacardle #TheUnivited
- Quick reminder for this evening: Editors' Panel with Tramp Press and The Stinging Fly, Naas Library & Cultural Centre, W91 E1RT from 7pm www.tickettailor.com/events/kilda...
- Reposted by Tramp PressFive Irish citizens are among those detained by Israel on Gaza-bound flotilla, including writer Naoise Dolan. They were not breaking international law and should be released immediately. 🇵🇸saoirse don Phalaistín www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
- Reposted by Tramp PressThe reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…
- We get a lot of questions about commissioning, editing, line-editing etc. If you're able to get to Naas LIbrary & Cultural Centre this Friday 10 OCt, we will be on a panel with @stingingfly.bsky.social 's Lisa McInerney to talk about all this and more! www.tickettailor.com/events/kilda...
- There will be a Q&A. If you've ever read through our submissions guidelines to find the email address for our open submissions, to write us an email asking what our guidelines are, I hope you'll come along as well. I just want to see something.
- Reposted by Tramp PressTwo of Riddell's (short) haunted house novels are collected in this edition by The British Library in their long-running Tales of the Weird series:
- We are delighted to see the wonderful Charlotte Riddell recognised with a blue plaque! You can pick up our edition of A Struggle for Fame here: tramppress.com/product/a-st... www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Tramp PressI feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
- We are delighted to see the wonderful Charlotte Riddell recognised with a blue plaque! You can pick up our edition of A Struggle for Fame here: tramppress.com/product/a-st... www.bbc.com/news/article...
- We are delighted to share the cover for a very special project we've been working on for Christmas 2025! An Alternative Irish Christmas is an anthology of stories, in traditional, unusual, extract, and essay form by some of our favourite authors. 1/🧵
- It's a beautiful hardback, designed by Fiachra McCarthy and will hit the shops after Halloween (we believe in holding that line, we're not animals). Launching at the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social on SUNDAY 9 NOV 4PM dublinbookfestival.com/event/book-l... 2/🧵
- We asked everyone to write something for a collection about Christmas in Ireland in the twenty-first century, an alternative to Dickens or 'The Night Before Christmas', something to read that'll make you nod in recognition, flinch in horror or laugh with guilty pleasure! 3/🧵
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View full threadWe'll be launching as part of the Dublin Book Festival at 4pm on Sunday 9 November at IMMA: dublinbookfestival.com/event/book-l... And you can pre-order now: www.kennys.ie/shop/an-alte... deireadh/🧵
- Reposted by Tramp PressJoin @tramppress.bsky.social and DBF this November for a festive book launch for their brilliant new anthology of stories capturing the breadth of experiences an Irish Christmas offers 🎟️ bit.ly/3KBuzfx
- Cómhbhrón ó chroí to everyone who loved Manchán Magan on the sad news of his passing. Manchán was so kind, gentle and talented, and had so much to offer. We'll all miss him. www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
- Kildare Readers Festival: Editors' Panel Fri 10 Oct 7pm, Naas Library Join us at @kildarereadersfestival with the marvellous Lisa McInerney for a chat about the roles of editors and publishers. Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/kildarereadersfestival/1801790
- Reposted by Tramp PressTwo Bluemoose Books adapted for BBC Drama Series in the last 2 years. Not bad for an Indy publisher! @thebookseller.com @independentpublishersguild.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @thebookerprizes.com
- Please read this excellent article about the dramatic rise of costs in publishing by a truly great indie press. When you buy a book, 'you are buying a stake in the survival of our world of letters'.
- An article on the pressures on publishing, rising costs, what can be done about it - and how readers can also help. open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/w... (This ran in the Society of Authors quarterly, The Author, earlier this year. They've kindly given me permission to reproduce it on my Substack.)
