Tramp Press is a publishing company founded in

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in 2014 by Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-Goff. It is an independent publisher that specialises in Irish fiction. The company is named after

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's tramp, a reference to the bold outsider.

Publishing history

Tramp Press published its inaugural title in April 2014. ''Flight'', the debut novel of Oona Frawley, went on to be shortlisted for Best Newcomer Award at the

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Irish Book Awards. The book also received positive reviews in both ''

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'' and ''

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''. ''Dubliners 100: 15 New Stories Inspired by the Original'', edited by Thomas Morris, was released in June 2014 on the centenary of the publication of

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's ''

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''. It comprises short fiction from established and emerging writers – including John Kelly, Mary Morrissy, Belinda McKeon and

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– and an introduction by Morris. ''Dubliners 100'' won the Journal.ie Best Irish-Published Book Award at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards while Donal Ryan's story for the collection, entitled ''Eveline'', was shortlisted for the Writing.ie Best Short Story Award. It also received positive reviews in ''The Guardian'', ''Irish Times'' and ''

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''. The book was mentioned ahead of its publication in ''

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''. ''A Struggle for Fame'' by

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was the first in a series called 'Recovered Voices', which aims to showcase literature that has been largely forgotten. The ''

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'' described this rediscovered book by a prolific author as a "rare treat". In 2015, Tramp Press published Sara Baume's debut novel ''Spill Simmer Falter Wither''. Baume won the Davy Byrnes Award and the Hennessy New Irish Writer 2015 award. The novel was described as an exciting debut by writer

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and rights were sold to UK publisher Heinemann. In May 2016, Tramp Press published Mike McCormack's novel ''Solar Bones'' which won the year's

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. ''Vertigo'' by Joanna Walsh was published in March 2016. ''Orange Horses'' by

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was 2016's Recovered Voices title. Tramp Press' 2017 catalogue included ''The Iron Age'' by

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, A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume and ''The Unforeseen'' by Dorothy Macardle. ''The Unforeseen'' was part of the ''Recovered Voices'' series. 2018 saw the publication of Emilie Pine's essay collection ''Notes to Self''. This was Tramp's first foray into non-fiction. The book won the

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Irish Book of the Year of 2018. Tramp Press also published the novel ''Problems'' by Jade Sharma in May 2018 and ''A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction,'' which was edited by Irish academic Jack Fennell. ''A Brilliant Void'' was part of the Recovered Voices series. In 2019, Tramp Press published a novel, ''The Red Word'' by Sarah Henstra, and ''Minor Monuments'', an essay collection by Irish journalist Ian Maleney. In 2020, Tramp Press published "A Ghost In The Throat" by

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Irish Book Awards

Tramp Press novels have performed strongly at the

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, claiming the top prize in three years out of five - ''Solar Bones'' in 2016, ''Notes To Self'' in 2018 and ''A Ghost In The Throat'' in 2020.

Tramp Press books

''Flight'' by Oona Frawley – 2014 ''Dubliners 100: 15 New Stories Inspired by the Original'' edited by Thomas Morris - 2014 ''A Struggle for Fame'' by

- 2014 ''A Kind of Compass: Stories on Distance'' edited by Belinda McKeon - 2015 ''Spill Simmer Falter Wither'' by Sara Baume - 2015 ''The Uninvited'' by

Dorothy Macardle Dorothy Macardle (7 March 1889 in Dundalk – 23 December 1958 in Drogheda)Luke Gibbons, ''The Irish Times'', Weekend Review, "A Cosmopolitan Reclaimed: A Review of ''Dorothy Macardle: A Life''", by Nadia Clare Smith, 10 November 2007, p.13 was ...

- 2015 (Recovered Voices series) ''Vertigo'' by

Joanna Walsh Life Joanna Walsh is a multidisciplinary writer, editor and artist. She lives in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. She is currently an MSCA postdoctoral fellow at NUI Maynooth. Works and reviews Her books include * ''Fractals'' (2013), * ''Ve ...

- 2016 ''Solar Bones'' by Mike McCormack - 2016 ''Orange Horses'' by

- 2016 (Recovered Voices series) ''The Iron Age'' by

- 2017 ''A Line Made By Walking'' by Sara Baume - 2017 ''The Unforeseen'' by Dorothy Macardle - 2017 (Recovered Voices series) ''Notes to Self'' by Emilie Pine - 2018 ''Problems'' by Jade Sharma - 2018 ''A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction'' edited by Jack Fennell – 2018 ''The Red Word'' by Sarah Henstra – 2019 ''Minor Monuments'' by Ian Maleney – 2019 ''Dark Enchantment'' by

(Recovered Voices series) - 2019 ''The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls'' by

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- 2019 ''A Ghost In The Throat'' by

- 2020 ''handiwork'' by Sara Baume - 2020 ''Corpsing'' by Sophie White - 2020 ''Line'' by Niall Bourke - 2020 ''It Rose Up: A Selection of Lost Irish Fantasy Stories'' edited by Jack Fennell - 2021 ''Where I End'' by Sophie White - 2022 ''The Horse of Selene'' by Juanita Casey (Recovered Voices series) - 2022 ''seven steeples'' by Sara Baume - 2022 ''Fayne'' by

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(Recovered Voices series) - 2023 ''The Plague of Souls'' by Mike McCormack - 2023

Publishing awards

In 2015, Tramp Press won the David Manley Award for Emerging Arts Entrepreneur and was also shortlisted for a Blacknight SME award.

References

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External links

Tramp Press website
Book publishing companies of Ireland Irish companies established in 2014 Companies based in Dublin (city)