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Brian McGilloway On Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Short List

July 1, 2010 – 8:00 pm

Gallows Lane By Brian McGillowayNorthern Irish writer, Brian McGilloway, has made the shortlist selection for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.

The award is part of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival which takes place in Harrogate from 22-25 July 2010. It will be announced on Thursday 22 July.

The winner receives ￡3000 and ‘a handmade, engraved beer barrel made by one of the last coopers working in England.’

The award is now open to public voting and those votes in conjunction with a panel of judges will decide the winner.

The judges include Jenni Murray, BBC Radio 4 broadcaster and author; John Dugdale, Guardian Associate Media Editor; Natalie Haynes, comedian and journalist; and Simon Theakston, Executive Director of T&R Theakston Ltd.

The List in full:

In The Dark – Mark Billingham
The Surrogate – Tania Carver
A Simple Act Of Violence – RJ Ellory
The Crossing Places – Elly Griffiths
Dead Tomorrow – Peter James
Gallows Lane – Brian McGilloway
Doors Open – Ian Rankin
Child 44 – Tom Rob Smith

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Mountain To Sea Festival Launches New Writing Competition

July 1, 2010 – 4:06 pm

Mountains To Sea DLR Book FestivalDun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and The Mountains To Sea Festival have launched a new writing competition, Prose On The Pier.

The winners will read their work aloud at a showcase event planned for Saturday 11 September 2010 on the East Pier Bandstand which has recently been restored. They will also have their work published in the festival free-sheet.

The competition is open to all Dun Laoghaire Residents who have not previously published a book and submissions of fiction, non-fiction, memoir of less than 1,500 words not previously published in any form can be entered.

The judge for the competition is former Writer-in-Residence for Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Katie Donovan.

Entries should be submitted to Tim Carey, festival Director of Mountains To The Sea by 16 August 2010 at Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Country Council, Town Hall, Dun Laoghaire.

The Mountains To Sea festival is in its second year and takes place from 7 September to 12 September 2010.

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Hachette Ireland To Publish Tinsley Memoir

July 1, 2010 – 11:32 am

Salty Baby by Orla TinsleyHachette Ireland is to publish a memoir by Irish Times journalist and cystic fibrosis sufferer Orla Tinsley.

Tinsley came to prominence as a vocal campaigner for better state care for cystic fibrosis patients. She was the Joint Winner of Young Person of the Year in 2008.

The book will focus on the challenges posed by Tinsley’s illness, on her fight for better cystic fibrosis care for Irish sufferers and on her journey to become a writer.

Entitled Salty Baby, the book will be released in October 2010.

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Irish arm of The History Press Under ‘review’

July 1, 2010 – 11:30 am
The History Press Ireland, Nonsuch Ireland LogoThe future of the Irish imprint of The History Press (formerly Nonsuch Ireland) is in doubt.

In a statement issued to Irish Publishing News, the company said the difficult trading environment in Ireland meant that it was reviewing the operation.

The company has entered into consultation talks with staff in the Irish office to determine their future. There are four permanent members of staff working in a Dublin office. Last year the imprint published 25 titles and had plans for 30 in 2010.

The statement went on to say that the company ‘remains committed to publishing for the Irish market, to its Irish authors and trading partners. Following the conclusion of this review process, The History Press will issue a more complete statement of its plans for the Irish business.’

The move comes after recent success with Strangest Genius – a hardback, full-colour, exploration of the life and times of stained-glass window artist Harry Clarke.

The History Press Ireland was founded in October 2005 as Nonsuch Ireland, an imprint of Alan Sutton’s Nonsuch Publishing.

It operated briefly as an independent imprint under publisher Ronan Colgan when Sutton’s company underwent major restructuring and management changes in late 2007 early 2008 before returning to The History Press stable.

Declaration of Interest: Eoin Purcell, Editor Of Irish Publishing News, was one of the original Editors at Nonsuch Ireland but left the company in March 2007.

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