Would you like to know what a commissioning editor looks for, or how to start reviewing for newspapers? Maybe you’d like to understand just how the Irish publishing process works. Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, illustrate books for young people or are an emerging poet or dramatist, this book will be your reliable guide along the way.  

Featuring advice from Una Mannion, Kevin Power, Donal Ryan, Deirdre Nolan, Kit de Waal, Ivan O’Brien, Patrick O’Donoghue, Nuala O’Connor, Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, Brian Langan, Jan Carson, Claire Hennessy, Madeleine Keane, Yan Ge, David Butler and many more.

Ruth McKee is the editor of Books Ireland and the host of the Burning Books pod