Publishing Ireland

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Publishing Ireland (Foilsiú Éireann) is the Irish Book Publishers' Association. [1] [2]

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Publishing Ireland was founded as CLÉ – Irish Book Publishers’ Association in 1970. It has 106 members, 93 of whom are professional book-publishing companies. [3]

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An Gúm was an Irish state company tasked with the publication of Irish literature, especially educational materials. The agency is now part of Foras na Gaeilge. Its mission statement is "To produce publications and resources in support of Irish-medium education and of the use of Irish in general." It is the largest publisher of books in Irish in the country. Seosamh Ó Murchú is the current Senior Editor.

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References

  1. "Booker bounce for Ireland’s publishers" The Times. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  2. "Man Booker Prize for Fiction to be opened to Irish-published entries" Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  3. "Official web-site". Publishing Ireland. Retrieved November 27, 2012.