gorse no.3 was well and truly launched last night in the Workman’s. The tableful of books and pencils – we can’t forget the pencils – had dwindled to nearly nothing by the time I left, and we’d been treated to an entertaining sampling of its very impressive contents in the interim. [I modestly exclude myself from that last as my own reading is a bit of a blank…]. Best was getting to meet in the flesh people I’ve read, or read about, or ‘met’ on twitter.

Big thanks to Susan Tomaselli, who has, with only three editions of gorse, changed the face of the Irish lit scene for the better. Here’s to her many more exciting plans! In the meantime, here’s where you click for excerpts from gorse no. 3 and where you can buy it to read in full.