| A chara Irish Academic Press in conjunction with author Dr. Ruan O’Donnell and the Republican Committee on The English Prison Experience are having its inaugural Book launch of ‘Special Category. The IRA in English Prisons, Vol. 1: 1968-1978’ (ISBN: 9780716531418) in Kilmainham Jail on Thursday the 24th of November at 6.30 pm. This 550 page volume contains exclusive interviews from former Irish Republican POWs in English prisons and is the first and only authentic account of the brutality experienced by Irish Republicans and their families and also of their tenacity and determination through beatings, solitary confinement, hunger strikes, forced feeding, medical neglect and death. It also covers escape attempts, organised protests and the fight back against the British prison regime. This is the first Volume and covers the period from 1969 to 1978. The second volume will be published in October 2012. We have agreed a deal with Irish Academic Press to buy copies in advance at a cost of €35 (hardback) & €20 (paperback). If you wish to book an advance copy please express your interest by the 5th October 2011 by contacting Eddie O’Neill tel: 087-271-2864 or email ruabook@hotmail.com The Book Launch in Kilmainham Jail is open to everyone and is free but due to fire regulations spaces are limited to around 250, we expect a great deal of interest in this book so people will be admitted on a first come basis. Further details can be obtained from Irish Academic Press tel: 01- 298-9937 email: info@iap.ie There will be an extended launch, on the same night, where you can collect your pre-ordered and signed copies of the book in the Hilton hotel, Inchicore Road, Kilmainham. The hotel is adjacent to Kilmainham jail and will be available from 7pm to 10pm. The following night, Friday, 25th November at 7pm, there will be a Belfast launch at the Culturlan, Falls Road. You will be able to collect your pre-ordered books at this venue. In the following two weeks there will be launches in Tyrone, Letterkenny, Limerick and Cork and London, Birmingham and Scotland. The details of these launches will be arranged in due course. Unfortunately, at this stage, pre-ordered books are limited to those people living in Ireland as we are only able to deliver books to the launch venues. Please forward this email to your friends and comrades. All of the people who have participated and worked on this book have done so on a voluntary basis and we are relying on our friends and comrades to help to publicise this important story of the republican struggle. |