And copies available to buy here (delivery within Ireland included) at thebookshop.ie/lisa-coen-ed...

Contributors to the anthology are Belinda McKeon, Sophie White, Tim MacGabhann, Roisin Kiberd, Maggie Armstrong, Sue Rainsford, Jessica Traynor, Niall Bourke, Briana Fitzsimons, Soula Emmanuel, Arja Kajermo, Mike McCormack and Anne Enright.
www.kennys.ie/shop/an-alte...

There will be a Q&A. If you've ever read through our submissions guidelines to find the email address for our open submissions, to write us an email asking what our guidelines are, I hope you'll come along as well. I just want to see something.

Let's enjoy HALLOWEEN first! X

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We'll be launching as part of the Dublin Book Festival at 4pm on Sunday 9 November at IMMA:

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And you can pre-order now: www.kennys.ie/shop/an-alte...

deireadh/🧵

An Alternative Irish Christmas is a showcase of great writing from: Jessica Traynor, Sophie White, Mike McCormack, Roisin Kiberd, Niall Bourke, Maggie Armstrong, Arja Kajermo, Sue Rainsford, Soula Emmanuel, Briana Fitzsimons, Belinda McKeon, Tim MacGabhann, and Anne Enright. 4/🧵

We asked everyone to write something for a collection about Christmas in Ireland in the twenty-first century, an alternative to Dickens or 'The Night Before Christmas', something to read that'll make you nod in recognition, flinch in horror or laugh with guilty pleasure! 3/🧵