Ruth McKee

Nov 13, 2024 | booksirelandmagazine.com | Ruth McKee |Sam McBride

by Ruth McKeeThere’s a framed portrait of Seamus Heaney on the wall behind Conor Graham, Publisher at Irish Academic Press. It all started with Heaney, back in Maeve McGuckin’s English class at St Patrick’s College Belfast in the 1980s. ‘Maeve covered a lot of Heaney,’ says Graham, ‘and I was mesmerised. It all made sense—he was dealing explicitly and directly with what was happening.’Graham took Heaney seriously—’but school not so much,’ he says, with characteristic mischief.

Oct 16, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Ruth McKee

The Irish Writers Handbook 2025 hits the shelves in partnership with Irish Book Week, the nationwide celebration of Irish bookshops, Irish books, publishers, writers, illustrators and poets, running from October 19th-26th. The new and updated handbook features more than 60 industry experts who offer their experience and advice, as well as a comprehensive, up-to-date directory of contacts and listings for all Irish publishers, writing services, festivals, resources and competitions.

Oct 15, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Ruth McKee

The Irish Writers Handbook 2025 hits the shelves in partnership with Irish Book Week, the nationwide celebration of Irish bookshops, Irish books, publishers, writers, illustrators and poets, running from October 19th to 26th. The new and updated handbook features more than 60 industry experts who offer their experience and advice, as well as a comprehensive, up-to-date directory of contacts and listings for all Irish publishers, writing services, festivals, resources and competitions.

Oct 13, 2024 | shop.thebookcentre.ie | Ruth McKee

Jul 9, 2024 | irishtimes.com | Ruth McKee

A Good Enough MotherAuthor: Catherine DunneISBN-13: 978-1068617003Publisher: Betimes Books Guideline Price: £14.99The women in this novel have been ripped apart. It’s 1960, and Eileen has taken the boat to England where she is forced to give her infant son up for adoption. It’s 1979 and Maeve has been taken from her complicit family, left alone in a brutal home for mothers and babies.