Tramp Press

Tramp Press is a publishing company founded in Dublin in 2014 by Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-Goff. It is an independent publisher that specialises in Irish fiction.[1] The company is named after John Millington Synge's tramp, a reference to the bold outsider.[2]

Publishing history

Tramp Press published its inaugural title in April 2014. Flight, the debut novel of Oona Frawley, went on to be shortlisted for Best Newcomer Award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards.[3] The book also received positive reviews in both The Guardian and The Irish Times.[4][5]

Dubliners 100: 15 New Stories Inspired by the Original, edited by Thomas Morris, was released in June 2014 on the centenary of the publication of James Joyce's Dubliners. It comprises short fiction from established and emerging writers – including John Kelly, Mary Morrissy, Belinda McKeon and Eimear McBride – and an introduction by Morris.[6]

Dubliners 100 won the Journal.ie Best Irish-Published Book Award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards while Donal Ryan's story for the collection, entitled Eveline, was shortlisted for the Writing.ie Best Short Story Award.[7][8] It also received positive reviews in The Guardian, Irish Times and The Times Literary Supplement.[6][9][10] The book was mentioned ahead of its publication in The New York Times.[11]

A Struggle for Fame by Charlotte Riddell was the first in a series called 'Recovered Voices', which aims to showcase literature that has been largely forgotten.[2][12] The Irish Independent described this rediscovered book by a prolific author as a "rare treat".[13]

In 2015, Tramp Press published Sara Baume's debut novel Spill Simmer Falter Wither. Baume won the Davy Byrnes Award and the Hennessy New Irish Writer 2015 award.[14][15] The novel was described as an exciting debut by writer Joseph O'Connor and rights were sold to UK publisher Heinemann.[16][17]

In May 2016, Tramp Press published Mike McCormack's novel Solar Bones which won the year's Goldsmiths Prize.

Publishing awards

In 2015, Tramp Press won the David Manley Award for Emerging Arts Entrepreneur and was also shortlisted for a Blacknight SME award.[18][19]

References

  1. ↑ Bartlett, Stacey (24 February 2014). "Irish Publisher Tramp Opens for Business". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 Coen, Lisa; Davis-Goff, Sarah (19 December 2014). "Rediscovering neglected texts and muted voices". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year". Irish Book Awards. Irish Book Awards. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Gilligan, Ruth (9 September 2014). "Flight by Oona Frawley – immigrant experience in boom-time Ireland". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Maleney, Ian (5 April 2014). "'Flight': a snapshot of Ireland a decade before its time". Irish Times. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. 1 2 Power, Chris (12 June 2014). "Dubliners 100: 15 New Stories Inspired by the Original – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "TheJournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year". Irish Book Awards. Irish Book Awards. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Writing.ie Short Story of the Year". Irish Book Awards. Irish Book Awards. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Doyle, Martin (30 April 2014). "Irish authors step out of James Joyce's shadow to take on Dubliners". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  10. ↑ Hopper, Keith (4 June 2014). "New Dubliners". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Williams, John (23 May 2014). "Joyce's Town". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  12. ↑ Dillon, Cathy (1 December 2014). "Word for Word: everything old is newly reissued again". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  13. ↑ Conroy, Deirdre (2 February 2015). "A reclaimed heroine for our time". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  14. ↑ Doyle, Martin (8 November 2014). "Six of the best: Davy Byrnes Stories 2014". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  15. ↑ Doyle, Martin (25 March 2015). "Sara Baume named Hennessy New Irish Writer 2015". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  16. ↑ O'Connor, Joseph (7 February 2015). "Spill Simmer Falter Wither, by Sara Baume: Greatness already evident". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  17. ↑ Shaffi, Sarah (7 April 2015). "William Heinemann signs two by Baume". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "2015 David Manley Awards Winner". davidmanleyawards.ie. David Manley Awards. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "2015 Blacknight SME Awards". smeawards.ie. Blacknight Solutions. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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