O’Brien Press Acquires Brandon Books
The O’Brien Press has announced the acquisition of Dingle based Irish independent publisher Brandon Books. The move comes a year after Brandon’s founder, Steve MacDonogh, died suddenly, leaving the publisher leaderless. The deal includes the purchase of the Brandon name…
New Island Cuts Costs
New Island, the Dublin based publisher of literary fiction, poetry and non-fiction has laid off one full-time and two part-time staff. A source close to the company said that the publisher will ‘continue to operate as normal, just with a…
The web allows stories to be spun in new ways
Use of multimedia is beginning to take storytelling in radical new directions