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Briefly Noted | The Irish middle class Mum who became an Escort – Books, Entertainment – Independent.ie

January 30, 2012 – 10:15 am

Written under the pseudonym Scarlett O’Kelly, the author gives an eye-opening picture of what she experienced when she resorted to prostitution to maintain her comfortable home and family lifestyle in the face of the financial collapse.

It is significant that a serious publisher like Penguin Ireland is bringing out the book, which is titled Between The Sheets. “This is a detailed account of a real person’s life,” says Penguin Ireland’s managing director, Michael McLoughlin. “We have checked this woman’s story thoroughly and we are satisfied that it’s genuine. What her book reveals is going to shock a lot of people, but it’s important that we all understand the impact the recession is having on our society at all levels.”

via The Irish middle class Mum who became an Escort – Books, Entertainment – Independent.ie.

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Briefly Noted | Hachette acquires memoir of Roy Keane’s dog | The Bookseller

January 13, 2012 – 4:03 pm

Odd but interesting news today:

Hachette Books Ireland acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in the title, Triggs: The Autobiography by Paul Howard, with plans to publish to coincide with the European Championships in June 2012.

via Hachette acquires memoir of Roy Keane’s dog | The Bookseller.

Interesting on two counts, one that Howard is writing material other than Ross O’Carroll Kelly and two that he is writing this book for Hachette rather than Penguin Ireland.

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Paul Williams Easons Limerick Signing Cancelled On Security Concerns

December 3, 2011 – 2:17 pm

A book signing for Paul Williams’ new book, Badfellas, in Easons Limerick has been cancelled today after a security concern.

Elaine Levins, manager at the Limerick store, said that the store’s planned signing was cancelled at ‘around 11.30am in the interest of public safety’ because of a security concern passed on to them by the author.

Levins said that in response to the threat the ‘armed response unity were active … along with more Gardaí.’

Levins also said the security concern did not relate to the crowd gathered at the store.

Speaking about the incident, Cliona Lewis, Publicist for Penguin Group in Ireland, said that the event had not yet been rescheduled.

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Irish Book Awards Shortlists Announced

October 21, 2011 – 9:00 am

Penguin Ireland was the big winner in yesterday’s announcement of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards Shortlists. The company received a total of 10 nominations (and John Murray, its sister imprint another) twice that of any of its rivals.

The variety of Irish author’s nominated was impressive with Sebastian Barry, Neil Jordan, Derek Landy, Benjamin Black and Alan Glynn all nominated as well as  Orla Tinsley, comedian Des Bishop, radio presenter Joe Duffy, award-winning jockey Tony McCoy, scriptwriter/director John Butler and Irish rugby player Donncha O’Callaghan.

Transworld Ireland, Gill & McMillan, HarperCollins and Pan Macmillan all garnered five nominations with the Hachette group of companies pulling in five as well. Random House gained four, Simon & Schuster three.

Smaller publishers also did well with Liberties Press gaining one nomination in the Ireland Am Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year for Absolute Zero Cool by Declan Burke and Adam’s World of Wonders by Benji Bennett from Adam’s Printing Press joining the Junior section of the Specsavers Irish Children’s Book of the Year.

O’Brien Press, who recently acquired Brandon, gained three nominations, Mercier Press two as did Faber & Faber and Poolbeg with Granta, Atlantic, Andersen Press and Cosair gaining one each.

Public voting for the awards has now started and can be completed online, here. The winners will be announced at an awards dinner in the Concert Hall of the Royal Dublin Society on 17 November.

The Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year
Solace by Belinda McKeon (Picador)
On Canaan’s Side by Sebastian Barry (Faber)
The Cold Eye of Heaven by Christine Dwyer Hickey (Atlantic)
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry (Random House)
The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright (Random House)
Mistaken by Neil Jordan (John Murray)

RTÉ Radio 1’s The John Murray Show Listeners’ Choice Award:
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Corsair)
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt (Granta)
How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (Ebury)
How the Light Gets in by Mary McEvoy (Hachette Ireland)
The Club by Christy O’Connor (Penguin Ireland)
My Dad was Nearly James Bond by Des Bishop (Penguin Ireland)

The Ireland AM Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year:
A Death in Summer by Benjamin Black (Mantle)
The Bloody Meadow by William Ryan (Mantle)
Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Faber)
The Reckoning by Jane Casey (Ebury)
Taboo by Casey Hill (Simon & Schuster)
Absolute Zero Cool by Declan Burke (Liberties Press)

The Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year:
How Ireland Really Went Bust by Matt Cooper (Penguin Ireland)
Easy Meals by Rachel Allen (Collins)
Circles Around the Sun by Molly McCloskey (Penguin Ireland)
Moscow, December 25, 1991 by Conor O’Clery (Transworld Ireland)
Just Joe: My Autobiography by Joe Duffy (Transworld Ireland)
Anglo Republic by Simon Carswell (Penguin Ireland)

Eason Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year:
The Time of my Life by Cecilia Ahern (HarperCollins)
All For You by Sheila O’Flanagan (Headline)
Me and My Sisters by Sinead Moriarty (Penguin Ireland)
Love and Marriage by Patricia Scanlan (Transworld Ireland)
NAMA Mia! by Ross O’Carroll Kelly (Penguin Ireland)
The Pink Ladies Club by Emma Hannigan (Poolbeg Press)

Irish Sports Book of the Year:
My Autobiography by A P McCoy (Orion)
Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson by Paul Kimmage (Simon & Schuster)
Walk On: My Life in Red by Ronnie Whelan and Tommy Conlon (Simon & Schuster)
A Parish Far from Home by Philip O’Connor (Gill & Macmillan)
Joking Apart: My Autobiography by Donncha O’Callaghan (Transworld Ireland)
Inside the Peloton by Nicolas Roche (Transworld Ireland)

Sunday Independent Best Irish Newcomer of the Year:
The Tenderloin by John Butler (Picador)
Solace by Belinda McKeon (Picador)
The Better Half by Sarah Harte (Penguin Ireland)
The Lingerie Designer by Siobhan McKenna (Poolbeg Press)
Salty Baby by Orla Tinsley (Hachette Ireland)
My Dad was Nearly James Bond by Des Bishop (Penguin Ireland)

International Education Services Best Irish Published Book of the Year:
Catherine’s Family Kitchen by Catherine Fulvio (Gill & Macmillan)
Make Bake Love by Lilly Higgins (Gill & Macmillan)
Revolution by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc (Mercier)
The Other Ireland by Mary Jones (Gill & Macmillan)
Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom by Tim Robinson (Penguin Ireland)
Gorgeous to Go by Aisling McDermott (Gill & Macmillan)

Specsavers Irish Children’s Book of the Year:
Junior:
Adam’s World of Wonders by Benji Bennett (Adams Printing Press)
The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge (Andersen Press)
Sally Go Round the Stars by Sarah Webb and Steve McCarthy with Claire Ranson (O’Brien Press)
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Childrens)
Marco Moves In by Gerry Boland (O’Brien Press)

Senior:
The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan (HarperCollins Childrens)
Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer by Derek Landy (HarperCollins Childrens)
And For Your Information… by Denise Deegan (Hachette)
Arthur Quinn and the World Serpent by Alan Early (Mercier)
The Real Rebecca by Anna Carey (O’Brien)

Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award
Seamus Heaney

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Irish Top Ten News

Irish Top Ten Week Ending 17/09/2011

September 23, 2011 – 7:54 am

An interesting top ten this week. For one thing, Penguin Ireland will be pleased with a fiction AND a non-fiction title sitting happily in the top five. What’s more along with Stockett’s, The Help, Penguin published titles make up 30% of titles in the top ten.

The list of Irish authors is also pretty strong with four making the top ten.

1: One Day, David Nicholls, 2,470
2: Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer, Derek Landy, 1,253
3: The Burning Soul, John Connolly, 1,047
4: Anglo Republic:Inside the Bank That Broke Ireland, Simon Carswell, 986
5: Nama Mia!, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, 852
6: The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 833
7: On Canaan’s Side, Sebastian Barry, 756
8: Ma, I’ve Got Meself Locked Up in the Madhouse, Martha Long, 707
9: Walk on:My Life in Red, Ronnie Whelan & Tommy Conlon, 621
10: Headhunters, Jo Nesbo, 614

Top Ten Dynamics
IPN is running a top ten dynamics section looking at the top ten with some data drawn out. Nothing too dramatic, but useful nonetheless.

Volume: 10,139 Units
Average Units Per Title: 1,014

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Fiction: 7 titles, 7,852 units or 77.18%
Non-Fiction: 3 titles, 2,314 units or 22.82%

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Authors: 10
Irish Authors: 3, 30%
Irish Published Books: 0, 0%

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Average RRP: £12.19

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 17th September 2011

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Penguin Ireland And Gill & Macmillan Split Rights On Murder Book

March 29, 2011 – 9:14 am

Two of Ireland’s largest publishers have agreed a deal to split home and UK and Commonwealth rights for a new title about the Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart murder case.

Penguin Ireland bought UK and Commonwealth rights to the title while Gill & Macmillan acquired Island of Ireland rights.

Let This Be Our Secret: The Colin Howell/Hazel Stewart Murder Case is written by Deric Henderson Ireland Editor of the Press Association (TWITTER) and covers the sensational murder trial of Colin Howell and Hazel Stewart which ended recently.

Michael McLoughlin, Penguin Ireland’s MD, was the acquiring editor for Penguin Ireland while Fergal Tobin, publishing director at G&M, acquired for Gill & Macmillan.

Paul Feldstein of the Feldstein Agency represented Henderson and the book will be released by both publishers in summer/autumn 2011.

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Books & Authors

Patricia Buckley On Sunshine 106.8FM

March 18, 2011 – 7:03 pm

Patricia Buckley was on On Sunshine 106.8Fm’s Dublin’s Talking with Lynsey Dolan this week. The interview is below.

Patricia Buckley On Sunshine 106.8Fm

Buy her book here.

Publishers Description
Patricia Buckley is a down-to-earth mystic – gentle, funny and practical. In the last decade, through her openness and her joyous embrace of the angels in her own life, she has been able to help and to heal the broken spirits of legions of people who have come to her when they are lost and looking for guidance.

From as early as she can remember, Patricia took the presence of angels for granted. She also took for granted that she would sometimes see and talk to dead people. Though her childhood was often tough and she went through the torments of poverty, neglect and abuse, the angels and the spirit world made her feel secure and cherished

As she got older, life got even tougher: she slept rough; she was committed to a mental ward and put on medication; a boyfriend tried to kill her. She gave up on the angels. Though she found love in a good marriage and joy in the birth of her children, for nearly twenty years, until she was 40, Patricia remained fragile and dependent on tranquillisers.

In 2001 a chance encounter with someone who recognised her hidden spiritual energy woke her up. She gave up on the pills and she welcomed the angels back into her life. She knew the time had come to share her gifts with the world.

Now, she shares her story in My Journey with the Angels - a wonderful memoir of growing up in Dublin, a moving account of how she came to terms with her extraordinary gifts, and an inspirational guide – full of examples from her life and her work – to the wisdom of the angels.

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Dublin Bookseller Wins The O'Brien Bookseller Of The Year Award

February 21, 2011 – 8:51 am

Gina O'Donnell & Ivan O'BrienGina O’Donnell from Hodges Figgis bookshop in Dublin has won the O’Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award for 2011.

The announcement and presentation were made by Ivan O’Brien, MD of the O’Brien Press, at the annual Booksellers Association Irish Branch annual dinner dance in the Hilton Dublin Hotel.

Speaking before the presentation, O’Brien noted that it had been a tough year for the trade with some 27 members leaving the booksellers association. Though he noted that 20 members had also joined the association (some of them members who had left rejoining).

The Irish branch’s annual dinner dance was well attended with a pre-dinner drinks reception sponsored by Penguin Ireland, an after dinner speech and presentation by comedian, rising TV personality and author of two comic titles for Transworld Ireland, Jarlath Regan.

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Tesco threatens Irish publishers over bestsellers |THE BOOKSELLER REPORTS

January 21, 2011 – 10:20 am

When contacted by The Bookseller, Howey said the letter was to do with Penguin Ireland’s recent publication of The Fitzpatrick Tapes, a book based on the Irish banking crisis based on interviews with the former head of Anglo Irish Bank, Sean Fitzpatrick. The book, under heavy embargo, was published on 7th January. Copies of the book were delivered to Dublin city centre bookstores and media outlets by Penguin Ireland’s office staff including the publisher’s m.d. Michael McLoughlin.

Howey said: “It came on sale and we knew nothing about it. What we are trying to do is make sure the offering Tesco has does represent the bestselling lines for customers. All we were trying to do was outline the need to know so we do not miss sales opportunities.”

via Tesco threatens Irish publishers over missing bestsellers | theBookseller.com.

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Irish Top Ten News

Irish Top Ten Week Ending 15/01/2011

January 19, 2011 – 8:43 am

Despite the wall to wall publicity and the drama of a leadership challenge in the air, The Fitzpatrick Tapes failed to unseat Emma Donoghue’s Room from the top spot. Nonetheless it put in a strong performance for a January title and racked up 1,667 units against Donoghue’s massive tally of 2,096.

More interestingly, Emma Hannigan’s run of good fortune in book sales continued. She sold more units of her memoir Talk To The Head Scarf pushing it into the top ten, and despite dropping some sales for her paperback edition of Miss Conceived it stayed in the top ten. Both her publishers, Hachette for the memoir and Poolbeg for her fiction, will be pleased.

In fact it was a strong week for fiction and annuals with Neil Jordan’s Mistaken and David Nicholls One Day rolling in nice totals.

1: Room, Emma Donoghue, 2,096
2: The FitzPatrick Tapes: The Rise and Fall of One Man, One Bank, and One Country, Tom Lyons & Brian Carey, 1,667
3: Disney Playhouse Annual:2011, 1,314
4: Talk to the Head Scarf, Emma Hannigan, 1,094
5: The Killing Place, Tess Gerritsen, 1,046
6: Mistaken, Neil Jordan, 1,041
7: Official Manchester United FC Annual:2011, 923
8: One Day, David Nicholls, 871
9: Justin Bieber Unauthorized Annual:2011, 836
10: Miss Conceived, Emma Hannigan, 834

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 15th Jan 2011
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