Newsletter of Wordsonthestreet Publishers                                                             spring 2010

WOW! Awards recipientst Announced

The recipients of the 2010 WOW! Awards are:
POETRY
WOW! 1 Award Absence by Patricia O'Callaghan (Dublin)
WOW! 2 Award Kathy by Lenora Steelle (Canada)
WOW! 3 Award At Annaghmakerrig by Michael Massey (Co Kilkenny)
FICTION
WOW! 1 Award Lovers Who Wound Blame It On The Storm by James Lawless (Dublin)
WOW! 2 Award On Site by Brendan Murphy (Co Galway)
WOW! 3 Award Mausoleum by Carolyne Van Der Meer (Canada)
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Launch of The Avenue

The Avenue, a novel by James Lawless, was launched by Paul Gogarty TD in The Irish Writers' Centre on Thursday May 6th at 6.30 pm. More details on our website.
"James Lawless has a mighty thoughtful and penetrating capacity to make you gasp and rage and then burst out laughing."
Jennifer Johnston

My Father's Lands due out in paperback
 

My Father's Lands by Ger Burke will be launched on Friday May 28th in The Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, Galway at 7 PM.by Des Kenny.

A novel set in 16th century Ulster,Tudor England and Philip II's Spain, My Father's Lands is both a searing love story and a poignant insight into the last stand of the old Gaelic world against English supremacy just prior to the Ulster Plantation. A must for anyone interested in the origins of the Northern Ireland situation.

Available soon in paperback!

“... a heart scalding love story ... a novel that compels you to anger, ferocious passion and what it truly means to be Irish ... the art and craft of story-telling at its absolute best."
      Ken Bruen


 Crannóg Magazine Issue 24

Submissions for the summer issue of Crannóg Magazine are closed since May 1st. The current issue is available to purchase here and back issues can be downloaded free from www.crannogmagazine.com

News from the web

From free books to e-books: how publishers are dealing with digital ... more

First i-phone App of Irish fiction
The West is available as an iPhone app. It contains an ebook of seven short stories, 60 minutes of spoken word with music by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill; the song Memories by Ron Kavana and several great images by Phillip Morrison. ... more


How I Almost Published JD Salinger (And Didn't). ... more

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