Really enjoying this Alternative Irish Christmas anthology from @tramppress.bsky.social which I bought at the launch @dublinbookfest.bsky.social 🎄 📚

And 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.

Remember 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!

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!

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-...

Read an extract from An Alternative Irish Christmas here! www.image.ie/living/read-...

Maggie 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...

If 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 🎄

Lovely 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. ✨️

contributor 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

OUR 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

Contributors 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...

Sliver Salon is coming to Dingle on the eve of @othervoiceslive.bsky.social Tickets are free but limited. Design by Sarah Moloney.

Excited 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

We 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/

And copies available to buy here (delivery within Ireland included) at thebookshop.ie/lisa-coen-ed...

Just 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 .

Join 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...

Popped 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

Always a treat to get into @booksupstairs.bsky.social & lovely to sign some copies of New Arcana 🔮✨️ @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

Submissions 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 ♥️

#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...

Five 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...

The 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...

Two 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:

I 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/🧵

Join @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

Two 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'.

This is more like it

Trying so hard not to say 'going forward' I usually go with 'as seo amach', but got dangerously close to a 'henceforth' this morning. If you have a good one in your pocket, help me out.

Emerging Voices: Gethan Dick at the Dublin Book Festival, Thurs 6th November at 6pm Exploring themes from hope and love to resilience and ambition, join us for an evening around four captivating debut novels. Booking essential: dublinbookfestival.com/event/emergi... #DBF25

contributors include: @costelkh.bsky.social @carolineheafey.bsky.social @sistermmm.bsky.social @brianeanna.bsky.social #speirgorm