Book Launch for a collection of Nonsense/Comic Verse 26th May 2012 @ 10:30
Do you know the feeling, when you’re walking around Temple Bar on a Saturday morning, and you are thinking to yourself, ‘Sure, this is fun, but what I was really hoping for was some comic poetry, with musical accompaniment, with some free Jaffa Cakes…’?
Well your wait is over, because on 26th May 2012 @10:30 am at the Gutter Book Shop, Cows Lane, Temple Bar, Paul H. Tubb will be launching his latest collection of Poetry, Pictures and Prose, entitled: “A Poet’s Nonsensical Journey Through England, Scotland and Wales”
Paul H. Tubb moved to Ireland, from England 10 years ago, and this book was a sort of celebration of his Decade in Ireland.
The collection is a hilariously funny collection of Nonsense/Comic Verse with cartoon style illustrations that will display a unique and offbeat perspective of the three countries. Included within this collection is the hysterical prose journal of his time visiting his home island. The collection has recently been described as: ‘A Funny off-the-wall look at our neighbouring island from Wolverhampton to Caerphilly and Beyond’ by Books Ireland.
So Please, Children of all ages, but especially the young ones, come and join Paul as he reads from the collection and plays the guitar, maybe at the same time…
Oh yes, did I mention the Jaffa Cakes? They’re going to be there and they are free whilst they last… Jaffa Cakes* and Nonsense, what more could you ask for.
* Free Jaffa Cakes Subject to Supply not running out.
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Miriam Walker will be launching her new book, A Cautious Man, in T. Morris Bar, Monck Street, Wexford Town on Wednesday 2nd May 2012 at 7.30pm.
Everyone is welcome to come along to what is guaranteed to be a wonderful evening.
About A Cautious Man
After two decades working in a Dublin bank, the affable but cautious Moss Mortimer decides to take a year off from the rat race during the Celtic Tiger era. He surprises everyone by resigning from his job and moving out of the family home in Clontarf into a vacant flat in his house in Sandymount where he has three tenants.
Moss cherishes his newfound independence and frequents his favourite haunts including Neary’s pub, Bewley’s cafes, the cosmopolitan home of Dutch friend Valerie de Vries and his holiday home in Wexford. Meanwhile his sister Louise escalates her search for the perfect house, but her oppressively negative and jealous nature worsens, to the dismay of their reclusive, divorced mother Clare.
As the months go by, an entertaining and insightful portrayal of the intricacies of relationships is revealed, with emphasis on superficial friendships, begrudgery, the property ladder, workplace tensions, the drink culture and the consequences of resisting change and commitment.
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In celebration of Irish raptors, 11-year-old Declan Cairney from Co. Galway will be launching his book “Raptors – A Pocket Guide to Birds of Prey and Owls” at the Burren Birds of Prey Centre at Aillwee Cave, Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare on Saturday 10th of March at 11am.
The event is to celebrate the enthusiasm and talent of Declan and also the support he has pledged for the Golden Eagle Trust (GET), as well as the support and funding provided by the Burren Birds of Prey Centre for the GET’s Red Kite Reintroduction Project in Dublin.
Declan will be signing copies of his book which will be available for sale on the day, in conjunction with talks on Irish Raptors by Mr. Lorcan O’Toole and Mr. Marc Ruddock of the GET.
The day will culminate with a flying display of trained raptors by James Irons, Manager of the Burren Birds of Prey Centre at Aillwee Cave. Visitors are sure to be enthralled by the acrobatic flight of our resident Falcons and the majestic soaring of our Eagles and Vultures.
For further details and information, please telephone 065 7077036 or visit our web-site www.aillweecave.ie or www.birdofpreycentre.com
All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Golden Eagle Trust.
For more information on the Golden Eagle Trust; including the Red Kite Re-introduction project, please visit www.goldeneagle.ie
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Mick Donnellan’s new book, El Niño, is going to be launched by Liam Horan at the Ballinrobe Town Library at 7pm on Saturday 25th of February.
Everyone is welcome to come along to what promises to be a wonderful evening.
For those who can not make it to Ballinrobe there will be a second launch in Galway in the Galway Arms Pub, 65 Lower Dominick Street on Tuesday 28th of February at 7pm
About El Niño
Charlie is a pick-pocket with a complicated past. He steals El Niño’s wallet, then falls in love with her. She’s wild, beautiful; intoxicating. He’s a recovering alcoholic and needs to stay away from the pubs. Their relationship takes flight and is full of passion and possibility. But soon, Charlie’s demons come back to haunt him. P.J., a member of an old crime gang he used to work with, offers Charlie some work – a once-off robbery that seems well planned and very profitable. But it doesn’t turn out that way and one of the crew is arrested.
P.J.’s boss is Kramer – a vicious thug that Charlie grew up with in his hometown of Ballinrobe. They’d gone their separate ways when Kramer began dealing Cocaine and started a gang war that nearly cost Charlie his life. Now he’s back and he’s sure Charlie is talking to the police – an unforgivable crime in gangland.
It seems there are no ‘outs’ and all the couple can do is try and escape, but fate seems to have other plans….
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Denis Byrne’s new children’s book ‘Danny Dempsey and the Unlikely Alliance’ will be launched in the Artane Beaumont Recreation Centre (ABRC), Kilmore Road, Artane, Dublin 5.
The launch is taking place on Tuesday, 6 December, 2011 at 8.00pm.
Refreshments will be served
Everyone is welcome to attend.
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Mairead Mc Guinness M.E.P will be launching Kevin Woods new book, The Last Leprechaun’s of Ireland, in the Heritage Centre, Carlingford, Co Louth on Friday 14th October at 2pm.
Light refreshments will be served.
Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy what will surely be magnificent event.
Mick Beirne will be reading from his new poetry publication — RATS, LOVERS AND DICKY SHAFTER — at the Kildrought Lounge in Celbridge on Wed. 5th October at 8 30 pm. The book will be for sale on the night at the reduced price of €10.
It is currently available for purchase at The Winding Stair bookshop on Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin
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Mitsue Jimi will be signing copies of her new book, A Cat’s Soliloquy in Cactus on the Top Floor of St Stephen’s Green Centre on the 3rd and 4th of September from 1.00 to 5.00PM.
All profits from the sales of this superb Bilingual poetry book will go to the Red Cross Japanese Tsunami Appeal.
Poster for the Launch of A Cat’s Soliloquy
