Walker Books To Distribute Little Island Titles
Little Island, the children’s and young adult publisher founded by former Irish Children’s Laureate Siobhán Parkinson, has agreed a distribution deal with Walker Books UK. The deal, which comes into force in early 2013 covers both the UK and global…
Irish Top Ten Week Ending 07/07/2012
The massive and ongoing sales success of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy is pretty remarkable (over 20,000 copies this week), made more so by two factors, the first that supply has clearly been a major issue, several bookshops tweeted or Facebooked pictures…
Irish Top Ten Week Ending 30th June 2012
Another stunning week for the Fifty Shade Trilogy which cleared just shy of 20,000 units over three titles. Amazingly, two authors are responsible for six of the top ten titles, surely an odd occurrence in any top ten chart. Perhaps most…
Penguin Ireland Signs Debut Author
Penguin Ireland has announced the acquisition of Love is the Easy Bit by a debut author, Mary Grehan. Grehan is the Arts Director for Waterford Healing Arts Trust. The novel was acquired from Ger Nichol at The Book Bureau and will…
And The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award 2011 Winners Are
This year’s Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards marked a victory for UK publishers and their Irish based imprints with only O’Brien Press, who recently acquired Brandon Books, among the native houses to win a prize. Now in its sixth…
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