The Importance of Book Launches A book launch is an event that helps promote the new release of a book. It is a hugely important day for authors and publishers because it offers great publicity opportunities with the press, bookshops, and the local community. Here are some benefits of book launches: Promotion: A book launch…
Book proposals are information packs used by authors to pitch their non-fiction books to publishers and literary agents. They contain everything a prospective publisher needs to know about a book, including its core message, its contents, target market, how it will be promoted, and commercial potential. In traditional publishing, proposals are almost always submitted before…
Munster Express | 23rd Mar 2021 | Art & Literature, Entertainment Liam Murphy The Book Hub Publishing Group have produced another milestone in the diverse and inspirational literary career of John Ennis with, Going Home To Wyoming (Later Selected Poems 2000 – 2020). The work John Ennis has done as a poet and educator (Head Of Humanities at WIT) has marked him…
Introduction This paper explores the issue of mental health. It will briefly explain the main theoretical approaches to the issue, before presenting a case study and a model that I have found useful in my work as a counsellor/psychotherapist supporting people to achieve and sustain positive mental health. Understanding Mental Health Life can be difficult.…
“Meeting the challenges of being still, allows the inner storm or calm to bubble to the surface, thereby enabling dynamic transformation”. – Giselle Marrinan As we are now in the Autumn months with the leaves rustling around the doorsteps, it seems appropriate to address our spiritual being. As the days shorten and the weather changes…
A compact, useful pocket book that snapshots anxiety triggers, how to respond in times of crisis and arrive at a point when such events are no longer threatening. A pocket size booklet that addresses serious limiting conditions in bite size and simple language phrased to offer empathy, encouragement and action points to overcome challenges and…
Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone “Setting boundaries is a way of caring for myself. It doesn’t make me mean, selfish or uncaring because I don’t do things your way. I care about me too” – Christine Morgan This article will address your boundaries and how good you are at maintaining them. Every now and…
From the Children’s Book, ‘Hugh and the Manatee’ by Dr. Mary Helen Hensley “The early morning rays of a late summer sun peeked through the curtains of Hugh Hanson’s corner bedroom at No. 2 Violet Hill Road. Hugh blinked at the light, rubbed his bleary eyes and squeaked out a loud yawn, just before his…
Brokenness, a Prerequisite to Resilience? By Giselle Marrinan , Whilst driving from Edinburgh to catch the ferry to Belfast, I happened upon an interview on BBC radio Scotland with an 81-year-old cyclist called Mavis Paterson. Her story is incredible and a real testament to how resilience can be borne from tragedy and brokenness. I have…
January, A month to Reflect “Hello, Silence My Old Friend. I’ve Come to Talk to You Again” Paul Simon 1964 Well by the time you read this, Christmas 2019 has well ended. It is a time to reflect on the previous year. Some will have lost loved ones, their health, their job, their relationship. For…