https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com2026-03-03 03:17:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/a-better-locksmithA Better Locksmith is a landmark anthology by Belfast arts journalist Jane Coyle bringing together four decades of coverage of Northern Ireland theatre. Spanning 1984-2025, it charts a sector shaped by conflict, social change and financial pressure, through reviews features and profiles, first published in outlets such as the Irish News and The Irish Times. With a foreword by David Grant of Queen’s University Belfast the book stands as both a historical record and a vivid portrait of a resilient creative community.2026-01-25 17:10:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/meet-the-authors-issue-5Yellow House Publishing Ltd, announces the selected authors for New Isles Press Issue 5, celebrating a diverse range of contemporary voices and marking the official launch of New Isles Press at the Look North Belfast Festival 2026.2025-12-21 22:45:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/look-north-belfast-arts-beyond-2026A reflection on the launch of New Isles Press Issue 5 at the Look North Belfast Arts Festival, exploring how independent anthologies published by Yellow House Publishing Ltd bring together shared language traditions English, Irish, Scots, Ulster-Scots, Manx and Welsh across these islands.2025-12-14 12:21:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/a-publisher-s-reflection-celebrating-jane-coyle-s-a-better-locksmith-2026Yellow House Publishing reflects on the publication of A Better Locksmith, Jane Coyle’s landmark anthology documenting forty years of Northern Ireland theatre, with appreciation for David Grant’s insightful introduction.2025-09-03 15:40:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/something-strange-something-startling-at-new-isles-pressNew Isles Press Issue 5 brings together vibrant voices in poems and short stories, featuring contributions from legendary playwright Dermot Bolger and introducing the debut short story collection Anything Strange or Startling by Tony Black. Edited by Dr Artur Broomfield, this anthology celebrates contemporary writing in English, Irish, and Ulster Scots.2025-07-01 08:15:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/anything-strange-or-startlingTony Black’s debut collection, Anything Strange or Startling (Yellow House Publishing, October 2025), brings together fifteen years of acclaimed short fiction and micro fictions. With sharp wit, lyrical prose, and deep compassion, these stories explore love, loss, friendship, morality, and art, set everywhere from 1950s Belfast jazz clubs to medieval villages and the Glens of Antrim. A bold, humane, and imaginative debut from a vital Northern Irish voice.2025-04-10 04:00:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/champion-of-language-voice-of-progressA tribute to Linda Ervine MBE and her transformative work with the Irish language, standing strong against attempts to divide communities. This blog highlights her impact, recent challenges, and the power of cultural openness.2025-04-06 19:45:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/yellow-house-publishing-standing-for-a-truly-free-pressYellow House Publishing Ltd champions ture editorial independence by refusing government or arts funding. In contrast to much of the Irish publishing industry, which relies heavily on state support, Yellow House maintains a free press ethos; publishing bold, challenging voices without compromise or censorship.2025-03-14 14:41:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/atrocity-%C3%81rAtrocity Ár is a poignant bilingual haiku collection by Dr Ciarán Ó Coigligh ensuring no life is reduced to a statistic. Each poem memorializes victims of past atrocities, capturing their humanity with striking simplicity. The emotional weight of accumulated loss reinforces the book’s impact, countering political revisionism of the “Troubles.” Both a literary achievement and a personal journey, this work stands as a deeply affecting tribute to those lost to political violence on the Island of Ireland.2025-02-18 08:00:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/the-authors-issue-4-anthologyNew Isles Press Issue 4 anthology is our most geographically diverse collection to date, bringing together over thirty authors from across our shared Isles who have entrusted Yellow House Publishing Ltd. with their work.2024-09-24 04:14:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/psychopompNEW ISLES PRESS: Psychopomp Sìopomp Beayntee Issue 4 anthology, will open for submissions from the 1st Dec and close on January 5th. Our theme for issue four is Psychopomp. Featuring authors are...2024-09-03 18:07:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/stair-turas-the-history-of-turasAnd I've heard that even some Protestants are starting to learn Irish now up in Belfast' I heard this from my friend's mother when I was speaking to her over nine years ago. This is the first time I heard about Linda Ervine and her work in Turas.2024-07-08 17:33:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/shipyard-writers-competition-2024Yellow House Publishing are delighted to announce the winners of the Shipyard Writers Competition 2024. 1st Prize David Butler 2nd Prize Angela Graham 3rd Prize Lucia Kenny As part of EastSide Festival...2024-07-03 19:49:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/new-isles-press-issue-3We are still breaking barriers in Irish publishing with New Isles Press issue 3. Our featured author and novelist are Billy O'Callaghan. We are also featuring local flash-fiction and short story writer Tony Black and poet Stephen Knox, both of whom will have their debut collections published by Yellow House Publishing. Cover photo is by Belfast photographer Sean Allan. With over thirty contributing authors and artists from across the Island of Ireland and the United Kingdom... issue three is a lived celebration our rich literature heritage. Our successful contributing writers in issue three are...2024-04-17 22:36:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/stephen-knox-debut-poetry-collectionWe are delighted to be working with Belfast poet Stephen Knox on his first collection of poetry. Originally from Bangor, Co Down, Stephen Knox is a retired Social Worker who has lived in East Belfast for more than 40 years.2024-03-28 13:03:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/eastside-arts-festival-new-isles-press-issue-3A WORD FROM THE EDITOR. I’m delighted to join the editorial team for issue 3 of the New Isles Press Anthology by Yellow House Publishing and I plan to help make it the best yet.2023-10-31 17:53:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/new-isles-press-issue-2Breaking barriers New Isles Press Issue 2 will be available from 28th Dec 2023. Featured poets are Ifor ph Glyn and Mark Ward including Belfast photographer Sean Allan. With over thirty five contributing authors and artists from across the Island of Ireland and the United Kingdom... celebrating our rich language heritage.2023-09-01 01:07:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/orange-maryersThis series of 684 haiku poems (342 in English and 342 in Gaelic) has been composed in remembrance of the 342 members of the Orange Order who were murdered during the last terrorist campaign and in solidarity with the bereaved, the injured and the traumatised.2023-07-26 21:00:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/shipyard-poets-20232023-05-29 11:01:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/400-years-of-ulster-scots-language-heritage-leid-heirskip400 years of Ulster-Scots language heritage/leid heirskip By Al Millar2023-04-27 21:13:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/eastside-arts-festival-work-place-and-languageThe Thomas Carnduff Appreciation Society Summer Yard Session. East Belfast Arts Festival July 29th 20232023-03-14 08:00:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/new-isles-press-literary-hawks-on-pagesHawks on Pages, crossing boundaries and dismantling barriers. Meet the poets and storytellers in our first issue of New Isles Press.2022-10-27 23:32:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/new-isles-press-c%C3%A9im-amach-agus-turasStep out and journey with us on the 1st November? We are now open for submissions for our first issue of New Isles Press. The editors are very thankful to all the authors who have committed to take that first journey with us as featured poets and artists in the first edition of New Isles Press literary journal.2022-09-04 11:00:00https://www.yellowhousepublishing.com/news/yellow-house-publishing-ltd-holds-no-safe-spaceYellow house publishing holds no safe space. In the tradition of the great Irish bards like Micheal Hogan who cut the legs from the great and good of Limerick with his spoken word, or the blind bard Zozimus from Dublin’s liberties whose auditorium was the wet street.