Lapwing Publications

09/04/2025

Apologies for being so quiet of late we've been busy with life, I got a car for my birthday and it has sadly had an unfortunate accident late one night a few days ago when the front left wheel went into a Tractor divot and severely damaged the wheel and the steering, I'm fine no injuries but the car may be a write off, my first ever accident no less. In other news I've done some more work on the website and updated our submission guidelines

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27/02/2025

Liz has been triaged and had bloods taken, she's waiting to see a doctor but is a lot brighter and more able than earlier, that was scary

27/02/2025

My wife has been taken into hospital this morning looks like a Concussion, I'm hoping to get her home today, but I cannot afford to visit her and bring her home as the ruddy phone bill has gone out a day early and left me with no money as it was £80.00 this month compared to last months 55.00 I have no idea where I am going to find the money from. I'm going to phone the hospital after lunch to see how she is doing.

31/01/2025

Mum has been in hospital since Wednesday, the hospital says it looks like mum has Haemochromatosis and Pernicious Anaemia, they are keeping her in for a few more days, her dad and her brother have been treated for Pernicious Anaemia in the past.

27/01/2025

Lapwing Bytesize January.

I've three books at various stages of completion, just a few more tweaks to get them ready for printing.

Outside of that I've six manuscripts that I'm reading with the possibility of publishing, this for me is the hard part.

Finally an answer to how Dennis managed to keep Lapwing going for so many years without funding. Dad used his Private workplace pension and in some cases loans to keep Lapwing going, he even refused payment from some people because he knew they were struggling financially and yet he saw something in their work so he used those loans to publish them.

That was Dennis always trying to help others

23/01/2025

I am deeply saddened to learn that Michael Longley has passed away at the age of 85 he and Micheál Crawford were the two who approached my father Dennis about the possibility of opening or running a poetry press in Northern Ireland those talks several of which I was brought along to by dad led to the creation of Lapwing and it was Michael who got Lapwing its first ACNI grant all those years ago. His own poetry is some of the best that Northern Ireland has produced.

We offer our condolences to his family and friends at this difficult time
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Belfast-born poet Michael Longley dies aged 85, his family says.

20/01/2025

A New Ulster January 2025 will feature Catherine Briel, Estelle Price, Daniel Murphy, Conor McClouskey, Celine Rose Mariotti, Gary Beck, Catherine O'Donoghue, Jeff Gallagher, Philip Davison and Gerard Devine

19/01/2025

I will be applying for SIAP this year I've found out that Microsoft is ending support for WIndows 10 this year and also ending compatibility support for Office at the same time. if I am to keep A New Ulster and Lapwing going I'll need to upgrade computers, the machine I'm using is over five years old and isn't upgradable to Windows 11 because of the security standards they insist on. Still that doesn't come into effect until October. In the meantime I've several books at various stages of completion.

There's another issue that affects A New Ulster and that is the changes that Calamaeo is introducing, they are changing the basic and standard pricing rates features meaning either upgrade to a higher premium package or switch platform for the "free online edition" that's a more pressing matter and one I haven't sorted out yet, I'm trying a few different options and will update once I've settled on one.

07/01/2025

Our financial situation won't be sorted until the end of February and the house is still being repaired, we can cook, we have some power and we're able to work on Lapwing and ANU but we're broke any help would be appreciated. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/amosgreig?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB&fbclid=IwY2xjawHqEkdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfvWE64_FMwt-7XpfxgW-bvO_Fo2zEJ2THEh85AebPi45ucyeo6U_teJ4g_aem_IHDmZfFWH5sTwTcg2dqxSw

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01/01/2025

Happy New Year everyone Lapwing and A New Ulster will both be closed until the 7th of January after which we'll be back to work, we've three books of poetry nearly ready to send to the printers and of course the monthly edition of A New Ulster to complete and publish. Here's to a better tomorrow and let us not be weighed down by political tyrants or doomsday cultists let words spill out across pages and sang from street corners so those who need to hear them know that there is some good in this world.

25/12/2024

Dear Friends,

I would like to take this time to thank you all for your support over the past year and for trusting me with your work both via A New Ulster and now Lapwing Publications.

This can be a difficult time of year for many and yet we persevere, my father always saw Lapwing as a family not just a business and to him each and every single poet he worked with was treated as such, families console each other and provide comfort where possible.

I like to think I can live up to his standards. Time will tell for now, may you have a happy and restive period there are dozens of religious periods occurring right now so I won't select one above any other as each is worthy in my opinion.

Here is to the new year and if any of you ever need to talk to someone my inbox is always open.

Yours

Amos

13/12/2024

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