Tramp Press
Tramp Press is a publishing company founded in Dublin in 2014 by Lisa Coen and Sarah Davis-Goff. It is an independent publisher that specialises in Irish fiction. The company is named after John Millington Synge'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 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards. The book also received positive reviews in both "The Guardian" and "The Irish Times". "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. "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 "The Times Literary Supplement . The book was mentioned ahead of its publication in The New York Times". "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. The "Irish Independent" 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 Joseph O'Connor 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 Goldsmiths Prize. "Vertigo" by Joanna Walsh was published in March 2016. "Orange Horses" by Maeve Kelly was 2016's Recovered Voices title. 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. "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. 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 Doireann Ní Ghríofa. 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 Charlotte Riddell - 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 - 2015 "Vertigo" by Joanna Walsh - 2016 "Solar Bones" by Mike McCormack - 2016 "Orange Horses" by Maeve Kelly - 2016 "The Iron Age" by Arja Kajermo - 2017 "A Line Made By Walking" by Sara Baume - 2017 "The Unforeseen" by Dorothy Macardle - 2017 "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 Publishing awards. In 2015, Tramp Press won the David Manley Award for Emerging Arts Entrepreneur and was also shortlisted for a Blacknight SME award.