Tramp Press

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 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards.{{cite web|title=The Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year|url=http://www.irishbookawards.ie/award/sunday-independent-newcomer-of-the-year/|website=Irish Book Awards|accessdate=10 May 2015}} The book also received positive reviews in both The Guardian and The Irish Times.{{cite news|last1=Gilligan|first1=Ruth|title=Flight by Oona Frawley – immigrant experience in boom-time Ireland|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/09/flight-oona-frawley-novel-review|accessdate=10 May 2015|work=The Guardian|date=9 September 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Maleney|first1=Ian|title='Flight': a snapshot of Ireland a decade before its time|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/flight-a-snapshot-of-ireland-a-decade-before-its-time-1.1750595|accessdate=10 May 2015|publisher=Irish Times|date=5 April 2014}}

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 James Joyce's Dubliners. It comprises short fiction from established and emerging writers – including John Kelly, Mary Morrissy, Belinda McKeon and Eimear McBride – and an introduction by Morris.{{cite news|last1=Power|first1=Chris|title=Dubliners 100: 15 New Stories Inspired by the Original – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/12/dubliners-100-15-new-stories-inspired-by-original-review|accessdate=10 May 2015|work=The Guardian|date=12 June 2014}}

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.{{cite web|title=TheJournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year|url=http://www.irishbookawards.ie/award/best-irish-published-book-of-the-year/|website=Irish Book Awards|accessdate=10 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=Writing.ie Short Story of the Year|url=http://www.irishbookawards.ie/writing-ie-short-story-of-the-year|website=Irish Book Awards|accessdate=10 May 2015}} It also received positive reviews in The Guardian, Irish Times and The Times Literary Supplement.{{cite news|last1=Doyle|first1=Martin|title=Irish authors step out of James Joyce's shadow to take on Dubliners|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/irish-authors-step-out-of-james-joyce-s-shadow-to-take-on-dubliners-1.1778851|accessdate=10 May 2015|publisher=The Irish Times|date=30 April 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Hopper|first1=Keith|title=New Dubliners|url=http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1418297.ece|accessdate=10 May 2015|publisher=Times Literary Supplement|date=4 June 2014}} The book was mentioned ahead of its publication in The New York Times.{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=John|title=Joyce's Town|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/25/books/review/joyces-town.html?_r=0|accessdate=10 May 2015|work=The New York Times|date=23 May 2014}}

A Struggle for Fame by Charlotte Riddell was the first in a series called 'Recovered Voices', which aims to showcase literature that has been largely forgotten.{{cite news|last1=Dillon|first1=Cathy|title=Word for Word: everything old is newly reissued again|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/word-for-word-everything-old-is-newly-reissued-again-1.2018889|accessdate=10 May 2015|publisher=The Irish Times|date=1 December 2014}} The Irish Independent described this rediscovered book by a prolific author as a "rare treat".{{cite news|last1=Conroy|first1=Deirdre|title=A reclaimed heroine for our time|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/a-reclaimed-heroine-for-our-time-30951505.html|accessdate=10 May 2015|publisher=Irish Independent|date=2 February 2015}}

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.{{cite news|last1=Doyle|first1=Martin|title=Six of the best: Davy Byrnes Stories 2014|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/six-of-the-best-davy-byrnes-stories-2014-1.1988889|accessdate=10 May 2015|publisher=The Irish Times|date=8 November 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Doyle|first1=Martin|title=Sara Baume named Hennessy New Irish Writer 2015|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/sara-baume-named-hennessy-new-irish-writer-2015-1.2115679|accessdate=10 May 2015|publisher=The Irish Times|date=25 March 2015}} The novel was described as an exciting debut by writer Joseph O'Connor and rights were sold to UK publisher Heinemann.{{cite news|last1=O'Connor|first1=Joseph|title=Spill Simmer Falter Wither, by Sara Baume: Greatness already evident|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/spill-simmer-falter-wither-by-sara-baume-greatness-already-evident-1.2094028|accessdate=10 May 2015|publisher=The Irish Times|date=7 February 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Shaffi|first1=Sarah|title=William Heinemann signs two by Baume|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/william-heinemann-signs-two-baume|accessdate=10 May 2015|publisher=The Bookseller|date=7 April 2015}}

In May 2016, Tramp Press published Mike McCormack's novel Solar Bones which won the year's Goldsmiths Prize. Vertigo by Joanna Walsh was published in March 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/mar/04/vertigo-joanna-walsh-review-novel-paperback|title=Vertigo by Joanna Walsh review – a woman in fragmentsVertigo by Joanna Walsh review – the tale of a disparate woman|last=Hazelton|first=Claire Kohda|date=2016-03-04|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-04|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} Orange Horses by Maeve Kelly was 2016's Recovered Voices title.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/rediscovering-maeve-kellys-brave-beautiful-voice-35227357.html|title=Rediscovering Maeve Kelly's brave, beautiful voice|website=Independent.ie|date=21 November 2016 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-04}}

Tramp Press' 2017 catalogue included The Iron Age by Arja Kajermo, A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume and The Unforeseen by Dorothy Macardle.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-iron-age-review-steely-portrait-of-postwar-finland-1.3075495|title=The Iron Age review: steely portrait of postwar Finland|last=Gilmartin|first=Sarah|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en|access-date=2019-03-04}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/10/a-line-made-by-walking-review-sara-baume|title=A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume review – the art of falling apart|last=Feigel|first=Lara|date=2017-02-10|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-04|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/unforeseen-treasure-by-a-forgotten-irish-voice-36483229.html|title=Unforeseen treasure by a forgotten Irish voice|website=Independent.ie|date=15 January 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-04}} 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 An Post Irish Book of the Year of 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/discover/notes-to-self-by-emilie-pine-named-an-post-irish-book-of-the-year-2018-900847.html|title=Notes to Self by Emilie Pine named An Post Irish Book of the Year 2018|date=2019-01-29|website=www.irishexaminer.com|access-date=2019-03-04}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/exploring-irelands-forgotten-tradition-of-sciencefiction-writing-37556748.html|title=Exploring Ireland's forgotten tradition of science-fiction writing|website=Independent.ie|date=25 November 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-04}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tramppress.com/new-from-tramp-in-spring-2019/|title=New from Tramp in Spring 2019!|date=2019-01-22|website=Tramp Press|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-04}}

In 2020, Tramp Press published "A Ghost In The Throat" by Doireann Ní Ghríofa.

Tramp Press novels have performed strongly at the Irish Book Awards, 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. {{Cite web |title=An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020 |url=https://www.irishbookawards.ie/an-post-irish-book-of-the-year-2020/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Irish Book Awards |language=en-GB}}

Flight by Oona Frawley – 2014{{Cite book|title=Flight|last=Oona|first=Frawley|isbn=9780992817039|location=Dublin|oclc=875630122|year = 2014}}

Dubliners 100: 15 New Stories Inspired by the Original edited by Thomas Morris - 2014{{Cite book|title=Dubliners 100 : fifteen new stories inspired by the original|others=Morris, Thomas (Short story writer), Joyce, James, 1882–1941.|isbn=9780992817015|location=Dublin|oclc=878860606|year = 2014}}

A Struggle for Fame by Charlotte Riddell - 2014{{Cite book|title=A struggle for fame|author=Riddell, J. H., Mrs.|isbn=9780992817046|location=Dublin|oclc=896851976|year = 2014}}

A Kind of Compass: Stories on Distance edited by Belinda McKeon - 2015 {{Cite book|title=A kind of compass : stories on distance|others=McKeon, Belinda, 1979-|isbn=978-0992817053|location=Dublin|oclc=931501644|year = 2015}}

Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume - 2015{{Cite book|title=Spill, simmer, falter, wither|last=Sara|first=Baume|year=2015 |isbn=9780992817060|location=[Dublin]|oclc=905485835}}

The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle - 2015{{Cite book|title=The uninvited.|author=Macardle, Dorothy|date=1942|publisher=Literary Guild of America|isbn=9780992817077|location=New York|oclc=288691}} (Recovered Voices series)

Vertigo by Joanna Walsh - 2016{{Cite book|title=Vertigo|last=Joanna|first=Walsh|isbn=978-1908276803|location=High Wycombe, England|oclc=926822265|date = March 2016}}

Solar Bones by Mike McCormack - 2016{{Cite book|title=Solar bones|author=McCormack, Mike|isbn=9780992817091|location=[Dublin]|oclc=950962901|year = 2016}}

Orange Horses by Maeve Kelly - 2016{{Cite book|title=Orange horses|author=Kelly, Maeve|others=Workman, Simon|year=2016 |isbn=9780993459269|location=[Dublin, Ireland]|oclc=985259036}} (Recovered Voices series)

The Iron Age by Arja Kajermo - 2017{{Cite book|title=The iron age|last=Arja|first=Kajermo|others=Kajermo Törner, Susanna|isbn=9780993459238|location=[Ireland]|oclc=974019067|year = 2017}}

A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume - 2017{{Cite book |title=A Line Made by Walking |last=Sara |first=Baume |isbn=9780544716957|edition=First US |location=Boston|oclc=953709514|year=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 Dorothy Macardle (Recovered Voices series) - 2019

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy - 2019

A Ghost In The Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa - 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 Ann-Marie MacDonald (Recovered Voices series) - 2023

The Plague of Souls by Mike McCormack - 2023

In 2015, Tramp Press won the David Manley Award for Emerging Arts Entrepreneur and was also shortlisted for a Blacknight SME award.{{cite web|title=2015 David Manley Awards Winner|url=http://www.davidmanleyawards.ie/2015-dma-winner/|website=davidmanleyawards.ie|publisher=David Manley Awards|accessdate=10 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=2015 Blacknight SME Awards|url=http://smeawards.ie/|website=smeawards.ie|publisher=Blacknight Solutions|accessdate=10 May 2015}}

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