I am so excited to announce that my new book is out. It has been a while in the gestation, and I have had a wonderful time drawing and writing it, but it’s all come together at last. It’s crammed with full colour urban sketches in ink and watercolour that I drew on location in the city of Galway, and a memoir of my life since I came to this town more than twenty five years ago. It’s a gorgeous book: I chose my publishers, Currach Press, for their top-class production values, and I have to say the designer really surpassed herself. I’m delighted with the result. It’s a hardback, containing over 150 sketches and about the same number of pages, and it would make the perfect gift for anyone who has visited Galway and wants to take a trip down memory lane, or even a Galway resident, so that they can wallow in the shared love of our town!
You can order my book at the bottom of this page. I will sign it and send it to you anywhere in the world.
Book review by Parkablogs
Here are a couple of pages to whet your appetite –
I spoke about my book on Galway Bay FM. You can hear the podcast here
and my book launch was in Dubray Books, Galway on 21st June 2019
Dear Roisin, first of all I would like to say how much I love your work. I am having a lot of trouble sourcing your book An urban sketchers Galway, I have your one on Dublin but as I now live in Galway and I saw the Galway book in a friend’s house, I would love to get it, unfortunately none of the bookshops have it in stock.
Appreciate if you could help me.
Regards Dolores Murphy.
Hi Dolores, you’re very kind. The Galway book is totally sold out and can’t be got anywhere. The good news is that it’s being reprinted and will be coming out this May. Hold tight!
Hello. Is the book available now? Hunted hard for it in shops while in Ireland last year but had no luck finding a copy.
Yes Andrew, I have copies in stock – they came last week and aren’t up on my website yet. If you order the Dublin book and write a note that you want the Galway one I can send it to you, they’re the same price.
Please accept my apologies; the shipping price to Canada broke my will. I have secured a 2nd hand copy that showed up on Amazon.ca. Best wishes.
I know – that’s why I have stopped shipping books. Shipping costs here (and in the US, and most places) are really shocking. I’m delighted you found a copy and I hope you enjoy it.