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Wexford Women Writing Undercover is a new women's writing anthology edited by Deirdre McGarry and published by Red Books Press. It was launched via zoom (due to public health lockdown measures) on Sunday night, with readings from contributors in Ireland, the UK and the USA. We had over eighty guests from all over the world including a number of the talented writer and artist contributors, Elizabeth Whyte from Wexford Arts Centre who launched the book, Deputy Johnny Mythen, Aileen and Nelly Lambert and Ed Barker who sang for us, and our editor Deirdre McGarry, and Rachel and Zeff who helped...

The third edition of the Wexford Bohemian, a journal of literature and culture, will be released at the end of April by Red Books Press. Submissions are now open. Issue 1 of the Bohemian was a huge success. The 90-page collection of 37 local writers and artists sold out within 24 hours. Issue 2 also sold out. It was even bigger and contained the works of 74 local creatives. We are very excited to announce that the Wexford Bohemian will now be distributed nationally and internationally by the Irish Bookshop and will also be distributed in the UK and the...

Ireland’s newest Publishing House will bring out a minimum of twelve books in 2021. Red Books Press claims to have some incredible new writing talent ready to hit book shelves next year. “We formed the Press in August,” Wally O Neill of Red Books said. “It was always our intention to publish at least four books in 2020 under the Red Books label. It wasn’t easy, and things didn’t go exactly to plan, but I’m glad to report that we managed to publish four books and two journals in the midst of a global pandemic and lockdowns.” Dan Finn's “Every...

Thirty Irish Book Fairs have been cancelled this year because of Covid-19 and the public health regulations surrounding it, according to the organisers of Ireland’s first Virtual Book Fair. The annual Wexford Book Fair will become the first ever virtual fair later this month in an attempt to save this niche industry.   “Book Fairs in Ireland are very different to bookshops or indeed Amazon,” Kieran O' Brien, one of the organisers said. “These fairs see independent book dealers, many of whom do not deal online or in shops, come together with a vast array of rare and sought-after books...

The 2nd issue of the Wexford Bohemian will be released on the 31st of October. We were overwhelmed with the incredible amount of talent we received for this coming issue and took in nearly 300 individual submissions. Obviously, we couldn't fit everyone in but we have managed to include the works of 74 Wexford writers, poets, historians, artists and photographers. They are;Laura FloodKevin ConnellyDA Gazeley Helen Kavanagh Aideen Kelly KehoePhil Lyons Gerard YoungAoife WhittyHelena MurrayDavid Fitzgerald Katherine Coleman Jim McGuire Meritxell Grau Butinyac Liam Regan Ross WalshSamantha FreegroveAoife Rose O Brien Linda Sheridan Steve Barnes Jake Doheny Alan DavisCathal Looby...