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Tag: Literature

Want to Make a Living? Let’s Stop Undermining Our Own Profession

October 2, 2017
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| Check This Out, Publishing Views, The Work, Uncategorized

I was approached recently by a reputable company who asked me to contribute a piece for an anthology of contemporary Irish writers. There was to be no fee. They expected me to to provide the work for free, because of who they were and, presumably, the exposure I’d get for it. They were a commercial business, not a charity,…

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A Lesson for Irish Children’s Publishers

December 17, 2014
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Back in 2003, the O’Brien Press suffered a major cut in Arts Council funding – a huge blow to one of the country’s top publishers, and unquestionably our most successful and influential native children’s publisher. I responded by writing a letter to the council, appealing for that decision to be reversed. I was only one of many, and the…

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