Ah! I should have known

I hated it when I said I wanted to work in publishing and people told me how impossible it was, so I try to be encouraging. I recommend people don’t discount small publishers or editorial roles in non-publishing companies to get experience. And I say the same as you about courses.

I feel like it’s a balance between being encouraging and not being misleading. I also advise ppl to think beyond editorial roles.

“Consider moving to England, for a few years at least” feels like shitty advice but that’s how a lot of Irish people I know cut their teeth, myself included. The two most solid pieces of advice I give are: you don’t have to do a publishing masters; you should consider doing a copy editing course.

That’s an amazing achievement, congratulations Lawrence!

The images I meant to attach the first time 👇

Surely it’s hugely down to the relative lack of political organisation of the far right in Ireland

I also watched this film repeatedly in my teens. Kilmer in that film is everything a teenage boy thinks is cool.

Fantastic cover! Congratulations

I enjoy the passive-aggressive “X (formerly Twitter)”