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Ian Macpherson is the fictional editor of the fictional Gnarled Tree Press. Ian Macpherson is also the real writer and comedian behind the Loose Trousers collection of columns purportedly written by the fictional Ian Macpherson. Where does…

Gnarled Tree Press is about to hit the literary jackpot. We’re talking, of course, about our forthcoming game show, Book Snuff. It’s based on a simple premise. There are too many writers in the world. Let’s kill some of them off. So how are…

Crisis at Gnarled Tree Press. To pulp or not to pulp. We have a very exciting spring list, but one of our titles has been caught in the crossfire of two opposing world views. The tome in question? A Learned Disquisition on the Theory and…

Interesting times at Gnarled Tree Press. Cast your minds back to Loose Trousers Two. Me. My Aunt Brigid. Standoff. You may wish to reacquaint yourselves with the piece in question. Be my guest. PAUSE TO ALLOW CLOSE READING OF RELEVANT…

I was delighted to get a five-star rave for my first column from the Skibbereen Eagle Online: ‘We have our eye on Kaiser Wilhelm, the Emperor of Russia, and this boyo. All will go far.’ Others, however, were less enthusiastic. The…

‘For what is comedy but tragedy with loose trousers’ Curious. I’m writing this on best pink vellum with a quill inherited from my great-aunt Nance – of whom more anon – and already 27 people have clicked like. What a strange,…

THE WIKIPEDIA MACFIACH Fiachra MacFiach is the quintessential Irish poet. His slim volume Deep Probings, according to the prestigious Parish Review, redefines forever the word ‘slim’. His forthcoming memoir, ‘The Autobiography of…