Wild Goose Publications

15/01/2026

If you’re planning to listen to either of our new audiobooks on Audible, these country-specific links are especially helpful for us. Audible treats them as “bounty links,” which means if you use one and then make a purchase, it directly supports our publishing work and our authors. A small click goes a long way!

📍 Extra listening links for When Prayer Doesn't Work
🎧 Choose your country:
UK: https://adbl.co/3No1J3w
USA: https://adbl.co/4pGyq9R
Germany: https://adbl.co/4qSBAIq
France: https://bit.ly/4pESEka
Canada: https://bit.ly/4jRuUbp
Australia:https://bit.ly/4pRbOnm

Also a freindly reminder that book contains QR codes that take you to short inspirational reels, so that whether you want to watch, listen or read there's an option for everyone!
Check out the video reels here:
https://www.youtube.com//shorts

13/01/2026

Save the Date: A Song Among the Stones — Book & Album Launch

Imagine tracking the footsteps of 7th-century Irish hermit monks as they cross an unforgiving sea to the wild shores of Iceland. What they saw, felt, and carried home has now been distilled into poetry and sound.

On Monday, January 19, 2026, join poets Kenneth Steven and composer Simon de Voil for the launch of A Song Among the Stones, a live Zoom event where you’ll hear the full work, discover the inspirations behind the poems and music, and linger in the space where poetry and song intersect.

Times:
• 5–6pm Ireland
• 12–1pm Eastern
• 9–10am Pacific

Event detials here: https://abbeyofthearts.com/calendar/a-song-among-the-stones/

You can check out the book and the music here:
Book & audio: https://www.ionabooks.com/product/a-song-among-the-stones-downloadable-audiobook/

with author Kenneth Steven and composer Simon de Voil Celebrate the launch of a poetry and music collaboration with Kenneth and Simon about the 7th-century voyage of Irish hermit monks from the island of Iona to the wild, unknown shores of Iceland.

12/01/2026

🎧 New audiobooks now available on Audible

Two very different listens, now ready for walking, travelling, or quiet moments:
• Lost People by Margaret Elphinstone’s award-nominated novel leads readers on an exploration of the intricate connections between humanity and the diverse wonders of the natural world and is beautifully suited to listening.

• When Prayer Doesn’t Work by Margaret Somerville, read by the author,r and recorded on Iona itself, where the book first took shape, it is an honest, thoughtful exploration of faith when easy answers fall away, reflective, searching, and thought provoking.

You’ll find both audiobooks on Audible here:

🔗 https://bit.ly/4qG54sY
🔗 https://adbl.co/49xlg9g

These audiobooks are available via Audible rather than our website — and if you do listen, leaving a review is a simple way to support our authors. If you prefer to read, or to follow along while you listen, print and ebook editions are available at www.ionabooks.com
These audiobooks are available on Audible rather than on our website, and if you listen, leaving a review is a simple way to support our authors. If you prefer to read, or to follow along while you listen, print and ebook editions are available at www.ionabooks.com

09/01/2026

07/01/2026

Back at our desks, kettles on, notebooks open, screens waiting and waving hello 👋
If you’ve joined us recently: a very warm welcome. If you’ve been here a while: we’re really glad you’re still with us.
As the year unfolds, we’re looking ahead to new publications, author conversations on Zoom, and plenty of thoughtful words, the kind you can sit with, share, or quietly pocket for later.
A few gentle signposts if you’d like to stay in the loop:
Our bi-monthly newsletter brings you new titles, events, and what’s coming next
Thought for the Day is published daily on our website, and you can receive it on email, a small pause, freely offered every day. https://www.ionabooks.com/newsletter/
You can also send free e-cards from the site, because sometimes a few words are the best gift.
https://www.ionabooks.com/postcards/

We’d genuinely love to hear from you, what you’re reading, what you’re wrestling with, and what you’d like to see more of from us.
If your curiosity stretches beyond the page and towards the island itself, you’ll find details of visits and programmes over on the main Iona Community site, a good place to start planning, or dreaming.
https://iona.org.uk/vis.../iona-abbey-centre/2026-programme/
Here’s to a year of good questions, challenging and fun conversations, and books that stay with you long after the last page.
Happy 2026 from all of us at Wild Goose Publications

05/01/2026

On the eve of Epiphany, we remember the long road, the shared journey, and the steady light that guides us on.
May we travel wisely today, tomorrow, and each day of the year ahead,
Prayer From: https://www.ionabooks.com/product/after-advent-pdf-download/

24/12/2025

Wishing you a peaceful Christmas.
We’re taking a short social media pause this week—see you soon.

https://www.ionabooks.com/product/hope-was-heard-singing/

22/12/2025

Last publication of 2025, and what a way to close the year. Psalms of Lament, Haikus of Hope is small in form, generous in spirit and beauty and the perfect full stop to a long sentence of a year.

Haikus based on the Psalms of Lament, a daily practice of prayer, listening and creativity accompanied by Emma Major's beautiful artworkThe authors also encourage us to find our own creative voice. Available to download now at. https://www.ionabooks.com/product/psalms-of-lament-haikus-of-hope/

21/12/2025

A prayer for today, the winter solstice, as Advent draws close to its end, taken from Doing December Differently by Nicola Slee & Rosie Miles

https://www.ionabooks.com/product/doing-december-differently/

19/12/2025

Meet our four finalists 🐾
Each one competing for a gift voucher from us and clearly enjoying the attention.The cats are strong contenders, but Rumi the cocker spaniel is giving them serious competition for the dog lovers among us.

Final votes welcome!
👇 Comment your choice:
Vote 1, 2, 3 or 4

We’ll add every vote to our office ballot and share the winner soon! Feel free to share!!

And don't forget to check out the book that inspired it all
https://www.ionabooks.com/product/the-blessing-of-animals/

15/12/2025

We love seeing our books and authors getting press coverage! Bravo Rosemary, whose first full poetry collection is available now on the website
https://www.ionabooks.com/product/across-the-narrow-straits/

https://clarechampion.ie/rosemary-reaches-across-the-narrow-straits-with-first-collection-of-poetry/

Wild Goose Publications has just announced the publication of Across the Narrow Straits, the first full poetry collection from Clare historian, author and social justice advocate Rosemary Power. Rooted in the landscapes of Ireland, Scotland and Iona, these poems explore the crossings – physical, e...