Tramp Press

Dazzling Debuts! Ian Maleney and Sarah Davis-Goff
2019-03-31 17:00 (Europe/Dublin) | dlr Lexicon, Pavilion Theatre, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
Come see multi-tasking Tramp and debut novelist Sarah Davis-Goff (author of Last Ones Left Alive) and debut Ian Maleney (author of Minor Monuments) at the dlr Lexicon this Sunday for a discussion with fellow debut Anne Griffin. Hosted by Martin Doyle of The Irish Times, the event is at 5pm.

One-to-Ones with Tramp Press
2019-03-31 13:00 - 15:30 | dlr Lexicon, Pavilion Theatre, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
*** SOLD OUT ***

Sarah Davis-Goff of Tramp Press invites you to chat to her about whatever books-related topic you’d like. Book a 20-minute slot to come and say hi, ask about the sector, how the slush pile works, for advice on submissions – or any other book-related topic you’d like!
The Tramp Press one-to-ones/open office sessions are intended to help demystify the publishing process. We carry them out throughout the year, around Ireland. Keep an eye on the events page for our next session.
Please note this event is booked out.

Emilie Pine at Mountains to Sea
2019-03-31 12:00 - 13:00 | dlr Lexicon, Pavilion Theatre, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
Join Emilie Pine, author of the bestselling Notes to Self, Brian Dillon and Professor Margaret Kelleher for a discussion on their essay collections and the renewed interest in the form in the wake of the publication of their collections. Essays: Rediscovered will take place at the Mountains to Sea Festival on Sunday 31st March at 12pm. Tickets here.

Jack Fennell at the Sheelagh na Gig Bookshop
2019-03-30 20:00 - 2019-04-01 21:30 | Sheelagh-na-Gig Bookshop, Cloughjordan, Tipperary, Ireland
Join Jack Fennell at the Sheelagh na Gig Bookshop in Cloughjordan, Tipperary, for a discussion on ‘Ficsean Eolaíochta na hÉireann agus Lúcháir is Dúshlán an Aistriúcháin’ (that’s Irish Science Fiction and the joys and challenges of translation).
Jack Fennell is the author of Irish Science Fiction from Liverpool University Press, and he is the editor of A Brilliant Void, our recent smasher from the Recovered Voices series. Jack not only gathered the tall tales for A Brilliant Void, he did some translations from the original Irish too.

Jack Fennell's A Brilliant Void featured at Hodges Figgis!
2018-12-01 17:00 - 18:00 | Hodges Figgis, 56-58 Dawson St, Dublin, Dublin 2, D2, Ireland
Join Jack Fennell, author of Irish Science Fiction and editor of our latest Recovered Voice book A Brilliant Void, at Hodges Figgis where he’ll chat to Dee Sullivan, Ruth Frances Long and Dave Rudden about Irish science fiction, monsters and more!

Jack Fennell is a writer, editor, translator and researcher whose academic publications include pieces on science fiction, utopian and dystopian literature, monsters, Irish literature, and the legal philosophy of comic books. He is the author of Irish Science Fiction (2014), a contributing translator for The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien (2013), and a former Visiting Fellow at the Moor Institute in NUI Galway. He lives in Limerick.
Deirdre Sullivan is an award-winning writer from Galway. As well as the Primrose Leary trilogy (Prim Improper, Improper Order and Primperfect) she has written three books in the Nightmare Club series, a standalone Novel, Needlework, and a collection of fairy-tale retellings, Tangleweed and Brine. Deirdre also writes short fiction and poetry, which has been published in places like Banshee, The Penny Dreadful, Mslexia, and the Dublin Review. She’s currently developing play called Wake with No Ropes theatre company. When Deirdre is not writing she is a reader and a guinea pig enthusiast. She still likes cake, but she’s been hearing some good things about biscuits recently.
Dave Rudden is a former actor, teacher and time-displaced Viking currently living in Dublin. He’s the author of the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, and enjoys cats, adventure and being cruel to fiction children. His latest book is Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping (BBC Books, 2018), which is available now.
Ruth Frances Long writes young adult fantasy such as The Treachery of Beautiful Things (Dial, 2012) and The Dubh Linn trilogy – A Crack in Everything, A Hollow in the Hills and A Darkness at the End (O’Brien Press, 2014-2016). In 2015 she was the winner of The European Science Fiction Society Spirit of Dedication Award For Best Author of Children’s Science Fiction and Fantasy for A Crack in Everything. As Jessica Thorne she writes space opera romance – The Queen’s Wing (Bookouture, November 2019) and its sequel The Stone’s Heart (February 2019). As R. F. Long she writes fantasy & paranormal romance. She lives in Ireland and works in a library of rare, unusual & occasionally crazy books. But they don’t talk to her that often.
This event is free and everyone is welcome.

Jack Fennell and A Brilliant Void at Waterstones Belfast!
2018-11-24 14:00 - 16:00 | waterstones belfast, 44-46 Fountain Street, Belfast, Belfast, BT1 5EE, United Kingdom
Join Jack Fennell, Sarah Maria Griffin, Jo Zebedee and Peadar Ó Guilín at Waterstones Belfast to talk about A Brilliant Void and Irish science fiction more generally.
Dr Jack Fennell is editor (and translator!) for our most recent release, A Brilliant Void, which collects fifteen darkly funny stories to illuminate a side of Irish literary history that is often overlooked.
Sarah Maria Griffin is a Dublin-based writer. Her novel Spare and Found Parts is an evocative and eloquent story about love and loss in a dystopian Dublin; her second novel Other Names For Smoke is to be released next year. She writes about monsters, growing up, and everything those two things have in common.
Jo Zebedee is Belfast based science fiction writer and teacher. Author of several science fiction novels, including the Abendau’s Heir trilogy and Inish Carraig, abut an alien invasion of Belfast. She also teaches speculative writing courses and runs a science fiction writing club. She is also appearing as a representative of Eurocon 2019 which will take place in Belfast.
Peadar Ó Guilín is the Area Head of Irish Language Programming at WorldCon 2019 in Dublin. His fantasy and SF short stories have appeared in numerous venues, including Black Gate magazine and an anthology celebrating the best of the iconic Weird Tales and his alien invasion YA duology The Call and The Invasion were published by David Fickling books.

BOOK LAUNCH A Brilliant Void, edited and introduced by Jack Fennell
2018-11-17 18:30 - 19:30 | The Gutter Bookshop, Cow's Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, Ireland
For all you sci-fi fans!
An astronomer challenges an emperor. A hunter pursues the last dinosaur through a remote rainforest. A young Kerryman emigrates to the Moon to seek his fortune.
We’re so delighted to be presenting our third and final title for 2018, A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction.

These fifteen darkly funny stories illuminate a side of Irish literary history that is often overlooked. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the winds of change came rushing in Ireland’s direction. Science and technology would transform everything: life, love, death, crime, war, and even history itself.
Edited and introduced by Jack Fennell, this collection of lesser-known works of classic Irish science fiction includes stories by Frances Power Cobbe, Fitz-James O’Brien, Charlotte McManus and Cathal Ó Sándair.

JACK FENNELL is a writer, editor, translator and researcher whose academic publications include pieces on science fiction, utopian and dystopian literature, monsters, Irish literature, and the legal philosophy of comic books. He is the author of Irish Science Fiction (2014), a contributing translator for The Short Fiction of Flann O’Brien (2013), and a former Visiting Fellow at the Moore Institute in NUI Galway. He lives in Limerick.

The launch will be at 6.30pm – 7.30pm in the Gutter BookShop on Saturday 17 November, as part of the Dublin Book Festival. The event is totally free, and everybody’s welcome.

There will be more Brilliant Void features and events in November and December, check back here and on our social media channels for more information.

Emilie Pine at the Dublin Book Festival
2018-11-17 13:00 - 14:30 | The Smock Alley Theatre, 7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, Dublin 8, D08 PX27, Ireland
Emilie Pine will be talking all things Notes to Self at the Dublin Book Festival in November!

The Dublin Book Festival is a real highlight of the literary calendar – check out their programme for more details of exciting upcoming events, and for ticket information.

Emilie will be taking part in a non-fiction panel on Saturday afternoon – we hope to see you there! Apart from the event itself you’ll find us hanging out in the Winter Garden, very likely browsing books provided by the Gutter Bookshop.

Emilie Pine to speak at ISLA – the Irish Spanish Latin American Festival
2018-10-18 06:00 - 07:30 | Instituto Cervantes Dublín, Lincoln House, 6-16 Lincoln Place, Dublin 2, Dublin, D02 VH29, Ireland
Emilie Pine will be speaking at ISLA in October, on the evening of Thursday 18th.

The them for this year’s festival is ‘Love and Live. Love and Laugh’, and Emilie will be taking part in an inaugural roundtable discussion together with Spanish and a Chilean writers. The discussion will be moderated by the Irish Hispanist Bill Richardson.

The event will take place at the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin.

For the full programme, and more details here:

https://dublin.cervantes.es/imagenes/File/cultura/2018-2019/programa_online_v2.0.pdf

There’s also a feature on this great festival here: http://www.totallydublin.ie/event/irish-spanish-latin-american-festival-isla-instituto-cervantes-dublin/

Notes to Self at the Red Line Book Festival
2018-10-12 19:00 - 20:00
Emilie Pine will be featured at the Red Line Book Festival in October!

Emilie joins actor and comedian, our favourite Tara Flynn to discuss her writing.

Check out the link for more details, we hope to see you there!

Mike McCormack at the Iron Mountain Festival
2018-10-06 20:00 - 21:00 | The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, St Georges Terrace, Townparks, Carrick-On-Shannon, Leitrim, N41 T2X2, Ireland
Solar Bones author Mike McCormack will be featured at the Iron Mountain Festival in October.

The Iron Mountain Festival says of this year’s exciting programme: ‘Migration, displacement, farming, forestry and the power of language in translation are themes at the heart of this year’s Iron Mountain Literature Festival in Co. Leitrim which features the 2018 Dublin Literary prize winner Mike McCormack, author of Solar Bones, renowned US poet Tess Gallagher, the Irish language publishing sensation Darach Ó Séaghdha, The Cow Book author John Connell, acclaimed New York writer Kathleen Hill and Enniskillen-born actor and novelist Ciarán McMenamin.’

With loads of great writers and exciting events, this festival is not to be missed. Check out their website for more details and ticket information.

Sara Baume to Exhibit at the Morley Gallery
2018-10-06 - 2018-11-03 | Morley Gallery, 61 Westminster Bridge Rd, London, South Bank, London, SE1 7HT, United Kingdom
Devotions, Keepsakes and Talismans

Multi prize-winning author Sara Baume will be showing her visual art work at the renowned Morley Gallery in London from next month, so if you happen to be in the UK do check it out!

‘The three projects – Devotions, Keepsakes, and Talismans – which make up this exhibition are composed of many small, handmade, singular yet similar objects. Each project borrows from the aesthetic principles and symbolism of the souvenir; each arose out of superstition and solicitude.’

This exhibition has been made possible by the support of Culture Ireland as part of the GB18 programme.

Watch out for Sara’s incredible novels Spill Simmer Falter Wither and A Line Made by Walking, both available in the ‘Shop’ section of this site!

There’s more information on the Morley Gallery website listed below, and here:
https://www.cultureireland.ie/gb18/event/devotions-keepsakes-and-talismans

Emilie Pine speaking in Edinburgh
2018-10-05 19:30 - 20:30 | LightHouse BookShop Edinburgh, 43-45 W Nicolson St, Edinburgh, EH8 9DB, EH8 9DB, United Kingdom
LightHouse Book Shop, Edinburgh – Friday October 5th, 7.30pm
Emilie Pine will be speaking at the wonderful LightHouse Book Shop about her best-selling debut essay collection Notes to Self. The LightHouse is Edinburgh’s radical book centre – no better place for Emilie’s ground-breaking work!
The LightHouse BookShop has 15 free places available for this event which will be given out on a first come first served basis. For more information, and for tickets, please check out this link:
http://lighthousebookshop.com/event/notes-to-self-feminist-essays-from-the-next-generation/

Mike McCormack at the Yeats International Summer School
2018-07-19 08:00 - 2018-07-27 17:00
Goldsmiths-award winner Mike McCormack will be reading from his critically acclaimed novel Solar Bones at the 59th Yeats International Summer School in Sligo from 19-27 July 2018.
Check out http://www.yeatssociety.com/ for more

Druid Talk: Alice McDermott in Conversation with Mike McCormack
2018-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, Galway, Ireland
The fantastic Druid theatre company in Galway will be presenting Alice McDermott in conversation with Tramp Press author Mike McCormack at the Mick Lally Theatre on Wednesday 21st March. These two world-class authors will discuss the writing process and their own work during this unique and intimate event.
The event is free, but booking is essential. Find out more and book here.

An evening with Sara Baume in the Splendor Club, Amsterdam
2018-03-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Splendor Foundation, Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat, Amsterdam, 116 1011 LX, Netherlands
This March, Tramp Press author Sara Baume will be speaking at the Splendor Club in Amsterdam about her newest novel A Line made by Walking which is published in the Netherlands by Querido.
The event is part of the 2018 St. Patrick’s Irish Festival Amsterdam, an annual Dutch-Irish collaboration celebrating Irish music, arts and culture in Amsterdam. A full programme of events and more information can be found here: www.stpatrickamsterdam.com

Doolin Writers Weekend
2018-02-02 08:00 - 2018-02-04 17:00 | Hotel Doolin, Rivervale, Teergonean, Doolin, Co. Clare, Ireland
Join us for the Doolin Writers’ Weekend in Doolin this 2-4 February 2018.
The Doolin Writers’ Weekend takes place annually in February and is an eclectic mix of workshops, readings, music and food and has something for new and established authors and people who love to read.
Tramp Press will be judging the short fiction and flash fiction competition, and we’ll also set up in a comfortable corner of the hotel to host Open Hours. Open Hours was created to help open doors around the business of books and to break down perceived barriers between writers, readers, and publishers. We invite you to chat to us about whatever book-related topic you’d like.
Come say hi, ask about the sector, how the slush pile works, or show us the projects you’re working on.
Find out more here: https://www.hoteldoolin.ie/doolin-writers-festival.html

IWC Publishing Day in association with Queens University Belfast
2017-11-18 10:30 - 16:30 | Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Rd, Belfast, BT7 1NH, UK, United Kingdom
The Irish Writers Centre is taking their Publishing Day series on the road to connect with new audiences in Belfast and Northern Ireland.
In association with Queens University Belfast, and supported by Words Ireland, this one-day seminar is suited to writers of all genres and forms who are seeking to get published.
Lisa Coen (Tramp Press) will discuss the editorial and submission process, Faith O’Grady (Literary Agent) will present on agenting and rights, Jim Meredith (Publicist) will provide quality advice publicising and promoting your book and Nuala O’Connor (writer) will reveal all about her journey from aspiring novelist to published author.
Timetable:

10.30-11.40am: Lisa Coen from Tramp Press on the editorial and submission process
11.50am-1pm: Faith O’Grady from Lisa Richard’s Agency on the role of the literary agent.
LUNCH 1-2pm
2.00-3.10pm: Jim Meredith from Black Dog Publishing on Book Publicity
3.15-4.15pm: Nuala O’Connor on her journey to getting published.

Mike McCormack at Allingham Arts Festival
2017-11-11 15:30 - 17:00 | Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland
The Allingham Arts Festival is a community arts festival which takes place in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, each November, in honour of the poet William Allingham.
Tramp Press author Mike McCormack will read from his award-winning Solar Bones, and then will discuss his work with Sinéad Crowley, bestselling novelist and arts journalist.

Arja Kajermo at the Dublin Book Festival
2017-11-05 13:30 - 14:30
Tramp Press author Arja Kajermo (The Iron Age) will be interviewed by Carlo Gébler about developing a sense of place in the writing process. They will be joined by Billy O’Callaghan, Bernie McGill and Ciaran McMenamin.
This event is free, booking is advised: http://www.dublinbookfestival.com/category/news/welcome-2015/arja-kajermo-bernie-mcgill-ciaran-mcmenamin-billy-ocallaghan/

Book Launch: The Unforeseen
2017-11-04 18:30 - 20:00 | The Gutter Bookshop, Cow's Lane, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, Ireland
Join us at the Gutter Bookshop for the launch of Dorothy Macardle’s The Unforeseen, the spooky follow-up to her classic haunted story, The Uninvited. The Unforeseen is a tale of dark premonitions and violent events in 1930s Dublin.
The novel will be introduced by author Elske Rahill, who has a collection of short stories out with Head of Zeus and The Lilliput Press this month also.
Entry is free, all are welcome, and refreshments will be served.

Sara Baume at the Goldsmiths Prize 2017 Shortlist Readings
2017-11-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, United Kingdom
Sara Baume’s A Line Made by Walking has been shortlisted for the 2017 Goldsmiths Prize.
She and the five other writers shortlisted for the prize will be reading from and discussing their novels at the Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre.
Adam Mars-Jones will introduce readings from Sara Baume, as well as Nicola Barker, Kevin Davey, Jon McGregor, Gwendoline Riley & Will Self. The event is free, but booking is required. Click here for more info: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=11069

Art & Writing with Sara Baume and Tamarin Norwood
2017-10-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin, D01 ND60, Ireland
Art & Writing, organised by Paper Visual Art and gorse journals, is a series of conversations between practitioners who work at the intersection of writing and the visual arts.

These events bring artists and writers together to present and discuss their work, and to explore the overlaps.

#4: LINE participants are award-winning novelist Sara Baume and acclaimed artist and writer Tamarin Norwood.

This event is free but booking is advised: http://www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/art-writing-4-line

Waterford Writers Weekend
2017-10-22 13:00 - 14:00 | The Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms, 2 Great George's St, Waterford, Ireland
Join us for a panel on ‘How not to Approach Publishers’. We’ll talk about preparing your manuscript to send to publishers and agents, and well talk in detail about the avoidable pitfalls that many authors fall into. Bring your questions and we’ll do our best to tell you everything you need to know about the man behind the green curtain.
We’ll be encouraging questions from the audience. If you want to come say hi afterwards, we’re going to be heading straight over to the ‘First Timers’ panel but we’ll hang around after that (around 3pm or so), if you want to talk in confidence.
This event is free! See you there

Sara Baume at the Dundee Literary Festival
2017-10-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Bonar Hall, Park Place, Dundee, United Kingdom
Sara Baume, author of A Line Made by Walking and Spill Simmer Falter Wither, will be reading at this year’s Dundee Literary Festival alongside Mark O’Connell, author of To be a Machine.
The event, titled ‘Beyond our Times: Wilderness, technology, art, the body, grief and humanity’, will be held at 4pm in Bonar Place.

Click this link for more: https://literarydundee.co.uk/festival/beyond-our-times-sara-baume-mark-oconnell

Mike McCormack workshop at Dalkey Creates
2017-10-21 10:00 - 17:00 | Harold Boys School, St Patrick's Road, Dalkey, Dublin, Ireland
Join Mike McCormack at the Dalkey Creates festival for a day-long writing workshop. From the Dalkey Creates website:
About This Course​​
All stories belong to people or, as we say in fiction writing, characters. But how do we find and develop these characters? How do we enable them to take on a credible life of their own so that the reader will want to spend time and empathise with them? What kind of story arc enables a character to best develop as a living, breathing presence? How do these characters change and grow across the length and breadth of a novel or a short story? And when it comes to the end, how do we recognise it as the end, how do we know that a story is over?
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These are some of the issues which will be explored in this workshop. Reading and writing exercises will delve into how we can bring our characters to life and deepen their stories. A range of compositional experiments will be attempted and revision techniques will be explored. Participants will come away with an enhanced range of ideas and experimental techniques that will further their own writing projects.
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Who is this course suitable for?
Those who have started writing, and those who have maybe paused for a while and are looking for a way back in.
Check out the Dalkey Creates Festival website for booking information.

Sara Baume & Mike McCormack at the Red Line Book Festival
2017-10-14 10:00 - 16:00 | Civic Theatre, Belgard Square East, Tallaght, Dublin 24, D24 NWN7, Ireland
On Saturday, October 14th, in the Civic Theatre, Dermot Bolger leads a series of intimate conversations and readings with noted Irish writers including Mike McCormack (Solar Bones); Sara Baume (A Line Made by Walking); John Banville (A Dublin Memoir, The Sea); Julie Parsons (The Therapy House); Lisa Harding (Harvesting) and Mary O’Rourke (Letters of My Life, Just Mary).

Mike McCormack and John Banville at the Manchester Literature Festival
2017-10-10 20:00 - 21:30 | Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, Bridgeford Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Mike McCormack and John Banville will read from and discuss their work at this year’s Manchester Literature Festival in a panel hosted by Ian McGuire. Click here for more information and to book tickets.

Sara Baume at the Dromineer Literary Festival
2017-10-08 12:00 - 14:00 | Dromineer, Co Tipperary
Join Tramp Press author Sara Baume for a reading and interview aboard the Ku-Ee-Tu from Dromineer Harbour. Places are strictly limited and booking is essential. For more information, click here.

Sara Baume: Words by Water
2017-10-07 16:00 - 17:00 | The Methodist Church, Kinsale, Co Cork, Ireland
Join us at the Kinsale Literary Festival. As part of this year’s terrific line-up, Sara Baume will reading from her new novel A Line Made by Walking, alongside novelist and critic Eileen Battersby at the Methodist Church at 4pm on 7 October. Find out more and book here.
