anna gray of book hub publishing
Publishing and Thesis ServicesWe’re really proud to say, The Book Hub Publishing
Group is now the largest independent Publishing House in the scenic west of
Ireland with Offices just outside Athenry town in County Galway and in Limerick.
2020 with the global pandemic seemed a good time to institute some change in
direction in the life of the Book Hub Publishing Group which has been busy
publishing authors since 2009. Very grateful to Niall, John and the crew for
their work over the years, we really wanted to get a stronger sense of the
company being led by women and promote the idea of female entrepreneurship in
Ireland so we had a team meeting (Zoom as we were all in various states of
lockdown) and agreed we needed a formal role of Head of Diversity, Inclusion and
Equality – Dr. Mary Helen Hensley was perfect for the role with her life
experiences and publication interests. We aim to review inclusion across the
board in our projects. Our Northern Ireland Senior Script Reviewer, Anna Gray,
was happy to maintain and build on her existing role and also move into
ghostwriting. Dr. Phil Noone from Ocean Mindfulness, assumed Senior Irish
Reviewer role and Susan McKenna took over as Director, Commissioning Editor and
Author Rep. Since 2020, we’ve continued to grow and work with existing and new
authors from as far afield as the United States, Canada, Switzerland and even
Peru and, of course, we continue to work with Irish authors here in Ireland.
We’ve also published several volumes of poetry and have more book projects from
several genres in the pipeline. Being women in business is particularly
challenging, but also deeply rewarding. We hope to continue to pave the way for
diversity and inclusion in publishing and are committed to sparking creative
talent. *We have been very fortunate to receive Arts funding for several of our
books including ‘Eurydice 29’, ‘Midlandia’, ‘Going Back for all I’d on’ from the
Arts Office, Westmeath County Council. Indeed, ‘Eurydice 29’ was also funded by
the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht. ‘Bittern Cry’ was funded by
Artl!nks and Waterford County Council. ‘Little Pocket of Love’ was funded by
Humanli Social Impact Organisation.
