Guest blog with Alex Hijmans – Putting pen to paper 10 April 2014 – Posted in: Uncategorised, Guest blog

When writing a first draft of a piece of fiction, don’t forget to shove a sock in your inner editor’s mouth, Alex Hijmans writes in the fourth episode of his monthly guest blog on creative writing. Mar a dúirt mé an mhí seo caite, ní bhaineann leis an gcéad dréacht ach riail amháin: ní bhaineann aon rialacha leis an gcéad dréacht. Sa chéad dréacht, is féidir leat do rogha rud a scríobh agus do rogha botún a dhéanamh,…

New Spring 2014 Titles Published! 6 April 2014 – Posted in: Uncategorised

We here in Cois Life sent our ‘Spring Collection’ of books down the runway in The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar on Friday the 4th of April 2014. In some ways it was a going back to our roots as the company was founded close to the cultural quarter and of course our name and logo refer to the Liffey (and books floating in it!). The inimitable Cathal Póirtéir was Master of Ceremonies and blended…