Somerville Press is a book publisher based near Bantry , West Cork , Ireland. Our publishing programme incorporates both fiction and non-fiction, mainly of Irish interest. We also distribute various titles for other publishers.
Compiled by Andrew Russell
We think we’re living in the present, but we’re really living in the past. JOHN BANVILLE
Words are all we have. SAMUEL BECKETT
Samuel Beckett is a good friend of mine. I don’t know what his plays are about, but I enjoy them. BRENDAN BEHAN
If you look at life one way, there’s always call for alarm. ELIZABETH BOWEN
Sometimes being Irish feels like a job you never applied for. ANNE ENRIGHT
A person from Northern Ireland is naturally cautious. SEAMUS HEANEY
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. JAMES JOYCE
The trouble with Ireland is that it’s a country full of genius, but absolutely no talent. HUGH LEONARD
One doesn’t have to get anywhere in a marriage. It’s not a public conveyance. IRIS MURDOCH
Money does not make you happy, but it quiets the nerves. SEAN O'CASEY
I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. OSCAR WILDE
The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time. WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
We are based in Dromore, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland. We can be contacted by telephone on 00353 (0) 28 32873 or 00353 (0) 87 233 1970, and by email at somervillepress@gmail.com
Our books are distributed in the UK by Central Books, 50 Freshwater Rd, London RM8 1RX, and in the US by Casemate, 1950 Lawrence Road, Haverton PA 19083.
Somerville Press also incorporates RUSSELL BOOK REPRESENTATION, a publishers' sales agency covering the whole of Ireland. The publishers we represent include Hurst Publishers (www.hurstpublishers.com), W.W. Norton & Company Ltd. (www.wwnorton co.uk) and Reaktion Books Ltd. (www.reaktionbooks.co.uk).