Book Launch
Just out now, available on the Lepus Print Website https://www.lepusprint.com/purchase/oetry Friends and family gathered at the Hawkeswell Theatre 12th Sept for a celebration of new Indie Publishing House in the North West .
Author: Mary Branley
On the Brink
Mary’s most recent book for Kids Own is On the Brink, a collection of poems, stories and extracts of novels from young writers in Derry/Londonderry and Letterkenny, Co Donegal. Contact Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership @ https://kidsown.ie
Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship Award for Poetry
Mary Branley was awarded the Patrick and Katherine Fellowship Award for Poetry in 2008. Eileán Ní Chuilleanáin wrote at the time: “What gives me confidence in Mary Branley’s work, is the conviction that this is a poet and a writer of real integrity.” Mary has received numerous bursaries for residencies at Tyrone Guthrie Ctr. at…
A Foot on the Tide
A Foot on the Tide 2002 was published by Summer Palace Press described by the late Leland Bardwell as “a new voice that lets us into clear spaces, crossing borders, physical as well as political . A first collection of a very high order.”
Can’t Lose Cant
April 29th saw the launch of Can’t Lose Cant, the world’s first dictionary of the Traveller language Cant, also known as Shelta or Gammon. This book was first published in 2003 in Kildare by Kids’ Own Publishing Partnership. Out of print for many years, Can’t Lose Cant is back with a new foreword by Oein…