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Our linktree is https://linktr.ee/tramppress Tramp Press aims to find, nurture and publish exceptional literary talent. Founded by Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen, Tramp Press is committed to publishing only the best and most deserving books, to encourage, support and maintain Ireland’s literary talent, and to enrich the lives of readers. If you're looking for a Tramp Press book, click here: trampp

ress.com/shop. If you're looking for information on how to submit your manuscript, please read http://www.tramppress.com/submissions/

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We get a lot of questions about commissioning, editing, line-editing etc. If you're able to get to Naas Library & Cultur...
08/10/2025

We get a lot of questions about commissioning, editing, line-editing etc. If you're able to get to Naas Library & Cultural Centre this Friday 10 Oct, we will be on a panel with The Stinging Fly's Lisa McInerney to talk about all this and more!

Editors' Panel with Tramp Press and The Stinging Fly – Naas Library & Cultural Centre, Fri 10 Oct 2025 - A unique opportunity for Kildare readers and writers alike to gain a greater understanding of the roles of editors and publishers. Lisa McInerney, editor of The Stinging Fly, and Tramp Press fo...

One of the most prolific and successful authors of the Victorian era, Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906), is being officially...
08/10/2025

One of the most prolific and successful authors of the Victorian era, Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906), is being officially recognised in her hometown of Carrickfergus, with the unveiling of a blue plaque by the Ulster History Circle.

In 2014 we published A Struggle For Fame, the first in our Recovered Voices series, with an introduction by Emma Dale about this great storyteller. The plaque, placed near the site of Riddell’s childhood home, is a long-overdue celebration of the literary reputation of a writer once celebrated for her atmospheric ghost stories and insightful portrayals of Victorian life.

Charlotte Riddell (1832-1906), the youngest daughter of the High Sheriff of Co. Antrim, was one of the most successful novelists of the Victorian period. Riddell’s writing is informed by a loss of comfort and social standing experienced as a young woman upon the death of her father and subsequent move to London, where she struggled to make a living for herself and her ailing mother through her literary talents. At last she found support through a small publisher, and throughout her career, spanning half a century, Riddell produced over fifty works including novels and short stories. Like an Irish Jane Austen, Riddell is master of witty observation.

A Struggle for Fame is a brilliant novel of astute and surprisingly familiar observations, still relevant over a century after it was first published. Gender, class, affluence and ability are all laid bare.

You can read more at these links:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw7g37d57no
https://www.newsletter.co.uk/community/victorian-ghost-story-pioneer-charlotte-riddell-honoured-with-blue-plaque-in-carrickfergus-5337948

And get the book here:
https://tramppress.com/product/a-struggle-for-fame/

**COVER REVEAL**We are delighted to share the cover for a very special project we've been working on for Christmas 2025!...
06/10/2025

**COVER REVEAL**

We are delighted to share the cover for a very special project we've been working on for Christmas 2025! An Alternative Irish Christmas is an anthology of stories, in traditional, unusual, extract, and essay form by some of our favourite authors.

It's a beautiful hardback, designed by Fiachra McCarthy and will hit the shops after Halloween (we believe in holding that line, we're not animals).

We asked everyone to write something for a collection about Christmas in Ireland in the twenty-first century, an alternative to Dickens or 'The Night Before Christmas', something to read that'll make you nod in recognition, flinch in horror or laugh with guilty pleasure! From weird seasonal work, cosy menus to fraught gatherings, frantic gift buying and unexpected knocks at the door, An Alternative Irish Christmas is a showcase of great writing from: Jessica Traynor, Sophie White, Mike McCormack, Roisin Kiberd, Niall Bourke, Maggie Armstrong, Arja Kajermo, Sue Rainsford, Soula Emmanuel, Briana Fitzsimons, Belinda McKeon, Tim MacGabhann, and Anne Enright.

We'll be launching as part of the Dublin Book Festival at 4pm on Sunday 9 November at IMMA:

https://dublinbookfestival.com/event/book-launch-an-alternative-irish-christmas/

And you can pre-order now: https://www.kennys.ie/shop/an-alternative-irish-christmas-an-anthology-ed-lisa-coen-sarah-davis-goff-9781915290182



Cómhbhrón ó chroí to everyone who loved Manchán Magan on the sad news of his passing. Manchán was so kind, gentle and ta...
03/10/2025

Cómhbhrón ó chroí to everyone who loved Manchán Magan on the sad news of his passing. Manchán was so kind, gentle and talented, and had so much to offer. We'll all miss him.

Kildare Readers Festival: Editors' Panel with Tramp Press and The Stinging Fly Fri 10 Oct 2025 7pmNaas Library & Cultura...
02/10/2025

Kildare Readers Festival: Editors' Panel with Tramp Press and The Stinging Fly
Fri 10 Oct 2025 7pm
Naas Library & Cultural Centre

Join us at this year’s with the marvellous Lisa McInerney for an opportunity for readers and writers alike to gain a greater understanding of the roles of editors and publishers. Lisa McInerney, editor of The Stinging Fly, and Tramp Press founders Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen will discuss our approach to work and allow the opportunity to ask questions about the world of publishing.

The booking link is www.tickettailor.com/events/kildarereadersfestival/1801790. Hope to see you there!

NCFA Statement for Culture Night - Strike at SixThe Arts in Ireland generate over €1.5 billion for the economy every yea...
19/09/2025

NCFA Statement for Culture Night - Strike at Six

The Arts in Ireland generate over €1.5 billion for the economy every year. We see the impact and profits of our excellence in film, literature, music, visual art, architecture, dance, and theatre echoed across the biggest stages in the world - celebrated, in turn, by the most recognised and prestigious awards. This quality does not grow in a vacuum. There is a critical need to invest in and support the entire creative ecosystem, if we are to continue to enjoy the direct and indirect benefits of our international reputation.

As the cost of living and housing crises rapidly reshape the ecosystem, many artists are being forced to choose between their work, and the ability to afford rent and food. Recent statistics show that 53% of artists in Ireland - regardless of art form - live in enforced deprivation, compared to 17% of the general population.

We are asking the Government to commit 0.1% of its total budget in 2026 to the Arts, bringing Ireland closer to the European average. We also call on the Government to retain, extend, and expand the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, and to roll it out on a statutory basis to accommodate at least 8,000 artists. We call for equitable access to the scheme for those receiving state support such as Disability Allowance, Carer’s Allowance, and pensions. The continuation of the scheme has significant and widespread support, with 97% of the population - including the general public - in favour of its retention.

We all rely on the sustenance that only Art can provide in moments of crisis or celebration - be it private grief, community celebration, or the daily substance of our imaginative lives. Without urgent intervention and direct financial investment by the government, we will witness our cultural fabric diminish and disintegrate.
We are proud of our small nation’s cultural reputation. This budget can go down in history as one that meaningfully outlines and safeguards a roadmap for the Irish arts sector for the next decade and beyond.
Value Culture. Value Artists.

Emerging Voices: Gethan Dick at the Dublin Book Festival with Aisling Rawle, Garrett Carr and Seán Farrell in conversati...
16/09/2025

Emerging Voices: Gethan Dick at the Dublin Book Festival
with Aisling Rawle, Garrett Carr and Seán Farrell in conversation with Aingeala Flannery

Thursday 6th November at 6pm

Exploring themes from hope and love to resilience and ambition, join us for an evening around four captivating debut novels from some of the freshest voices in Irish fiction. Gethan Dick’s Water in the Desert, Fire in the Night is a unique take on what we do when the world ends. She will be on a panel with Aisling Rawle, Garrett Carr and Seán Farrell, interviewed by author Aingeala Flannery.

Book here: https://dublinbookfestival.com/event/emerging-voices/

Basic Income for the Arts public consultationThere is a Government survey currently open for submissions, available here...
26/08/2025

Basic Income for the Arts public consultation

There is a Government survey currently open for submissions, available here:

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/2025-public-consultation-BIA

Please share it with your networks, friends and family to gather as much support for the Basic Income successor scheme as possible!

The public consultation will close on Friday, 5th of September 2025.

20/08/2025

The NLI is delighted to host this inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028 event.

Dream job alert!
20/08/2025

Dream job alert!

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