Books

As well as a couple of fanzines Hope Publications have published 4 books to date

Document – A Story of Hope (now out of Stock)

In Concert (now out of Stock)

Great Gig Memories From Punks and Friends available here

Punks Listen available online. It is also available in the following shops.

The Library Project, 4 Temple Bar Street, D02 YK53, Dublin 2
Beat That Records – 32 Main Street, Arklow, Co.Wicklow,
Big Moon Records, 44 St Laurence St, Lagavooren, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 YDX0
No Alibis Records, 83 Botanic Ave, Belfast BT7 1JL
Life’s a riot, 49 Rosemary St Belfast
Waterstones Dublin 56-58 Dawson St, Dublin 2, D02 XE81

Our latest venture is Punks Listen the Fanzine

On 18 November 2024 Dublin’s Hope Collective launches the Punks Listen fanzine.
It is a follow-up to the recent book of the same name. The ‘zine, designed by Russ Bestley (author of The Art of Punk) is filled with the writing of some of their favourite musicians, writers, DJs, thinkers and friends.
Available from:

Contributors include

Will Sergeant (Echo and the Bunnymen), Bill Drummond (KLF), John Altman (composer, musician – Graham Parker and the Rumour, Chas Jankel, Prefab Sprout etc. author: Hidden Man, My Many Musical Lives), Esme Young (designer, Swanky Modes; films including Trainspotting; judge, The Great British Sewing Bee), Paul Charles (author Adventures in Wonderland: booking agent Elvis Costello, Van Morrison, Tom Waits etc.), Philip Rambow (solo, The Winkies, Brian Eno, Ellen Foley, Kirsty McColl, Peter Murphy etc), Paul Hemmings (The La’s, Lightning Seeds, Aviator etc), Clive Langer (Deaf School), producer (Madness, Teardrop Explodes, Dexys Midnight Runners), Danny Briottet (Renegade Soundwave)
Raymond O’Gorman (That Petrol Emotion, Everlasting Yeah), Holly Johnson (Frankie Goes to Hollywood), David Balfe (Zoo Records), producer (Echo and the Bunnymen, Undertones etc)
Karl Tsigdinos (Radio DJ Shakin’ Street), Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper, Blue Coupe), Enrico Cadillac Jnr of Deaf School (AKA Steve Allen), Rose Gross-Marino (author, Assorted Hits: Music, Murder, Mayhem and the Mob, Vice-President, Arista Records), Roy White (White and Torch), Jimmy Destri (Blondie), Linda King (historian, design educator, writer, broadcaster)
Derek Gibbs (Satellites – Acton), Marc Marot (Blue Mountain Publishing, Island Records, manager Lemon Jelly etc), Elvera Butler (promoter, Cork, Reekus records label owner)
Michael Des Barres (solo, The Power Station, Detective, Gene Simmons etc), Jake Burns (Stiff Little Fingers), Mike Peters (The Alarm), Paul Harvey (artist/musician; Penetration; Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls; Happy Refugees), Grant Nicholas (The Godfathers/Skid Row (IRL)), Mike Badger (The La’s, The Onset), Ian Grant (manager, The Stranglers, Big Country, The Cult etc.), Bruce Dickinson (longtime record company A&R and Marketing executive), Dave Linehan (Hooligan), Lar Murphy (Chant! Chant! Chant!), Deko (Paranoid Visions), Armitage Smith (The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show), Michael Coles (Artist, Designer, Malicious Damage, Killing Joke, The Orb), Helen McCallum (Helen McCookerybook, The Chefs), Mike Nicholls (author, journalist), Martin O’Connor (DJ Shush! Sounds from UCC Library), Daniel Makagon (author, Underground: The Subterranean Culture of Punk House Shows), Simon McQueenie (music supporter), Ava Vox (aka Elaine Hannon), Colin Biggs (Records & Relics record shop, Cork), Marc Monitor (The Milk Monitors), Meryl Streek, Ciarán Ó Tuama (Cypress Mine!)
Orla Fitzpatrick (author, (Lost Ireland), visual culture historian and librarian), Ann Marie Kelly (broadcaster, documentary maker), Cathy McPhail (The Crafty Artist), Julie Hamill (author, (15 Minutes with You: Interviews With Smiths/Morrissey Collaborators and Famous Fans, June), broadcaster), Danny Briottet (Renegade Soundwave), Rick O’Shea (RTE Radio Presenter), Brina Corrigan (solo, The Beautiful South, Dave Couse), Rich Levene (DIY gig promoter S.T.E. Collective, Southampton), Stephen Kennedy (promoter, Nighthawks, The Beatles Festival), Ciarán Ryan (educator, documentary maker, author (‘Fit for consumption? Fanzines and fan communication in 21st Century Irish DIY Music Scenes’), Louisa Moss (broadcaster, Off the Record, Dublin City FM), Ana Raposo (designer, photographer, punk scholar, Porto), Erin Hyde (Nervous Twitch), Marie Arleth Skov, author (Punk Art History: Artworks from the European No Future Generation), Bette Bright (solo, Deaf School), Gary Topp (Promoter, Toronto), Vaari Claffey (curator), Kieran McGuinness (Delorentos), Maria Elena Buszek (art historian and member of Punk Scholars Network), Lou Molinaro (co-owner This Ain’t Hollywood, Hamilton, DJ Lou’s Control), Emily Dollery (DJ Set Guitars to Kill, author, I’ll Be Okay, I Just Need to Be Weird and Hide for a Bit: Modern Post Punk and Dada), Jessica A. Schwartz (musician, Trap Girl; author), Ellen Bernhard (author, Contemporary Punk Rock Communities: Scenes of Inclusion and Dedication), Bob Grace (publisher, author (Solid Rock: From demo to limo to God), John Leckie (producer The Fall, XTC, Stone Roses, Skids, Adverts etc.), Peter Knight (head of A&R, Polydor Records), Leo Lyons (Ten Years After), Melinda Simonian (music supporter), Ira Robbins (Trouser Press ), Eduard Meyer (musician, technician), Glenn Friedman manager (the Carpenters, Chaka Khan), the Music Umbrella International Consultants, Pat O’Mahony (broadcaster), Ann Munday (senior vice president, general manager, Chrysalis Music America), Donna Destri (solo artist; The Fast, etc.), Tollim Toto (The Lous), John Hollingsworth (writer, photographer), Eric Troyer (solo artist; Lou Reed; Ian Hunter; Meat Loaf; Billy Joel, etc.), Tony Paris (journalist), Niall Toner Jr. (The Dixons; The Prongs), Gavin Davies (musician), Todd Everett (journalist, The Los Angeles Times, etc.), Victor Torpedo (producer, musician: Tédio Boys, Parkinsons), Pedro Miguel (journalist, author: Uma Cena ao Centra: Modern Portuguese Music 1990-1999), James Hendicoot (freelance journalist: NME, Dublin Gazette; author: CONIFA: Football for the Forgotten. The Untold Story of Football’s Alternative World Cup), Aleksandr Mikitenko (Ukrainian/Russian underground musician and non-fiction translator, now settled in Toronto, Canada).

At a time when Dublin is sometimes in the news for the wrong reasons, the project represents a warm welcome to Ireland to anyone who is displaced,