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Craft Book Review: On Writing and Worldbuilding

Every now and then when the world allows, Cupán Fae hosts its own book club to discuss craft books that we’ve read. At the start of the year, we tried our hand at reading Timothy Hickson’s On Writing and Worldbuilding. In this review, we’ll be looking at some of the pros and cons of the […]

Helen Carroll 1 year ago3rd November 2021

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Fierce – Book Cover Design Process

Every book cover to come from Cupán Fae goes through a similar design process that begins with an examination of what the book is about. In the case of Fierce, our latest anthology, we were looking at hope. Finding ‘hope’ in the book cover The book covers for the Fierce Anthologies all share a few […]

Helen Carroll 1 year ago27th October 2021

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Why Hopepunk?

Today marks the publication of Fierce: A Hopepunk Anthology. Way back in early 2020, Cupán Fae was preparing to publish two anthologies. At the time, we didn’t expect Covid-19 to effectively shut the world, and we weren’t prepared for the fallout it would have on how we operated as a group. In the time since […]

Helen Carroll 2 years ago29th September 2021

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Interview with Cupán Fae Author Paul Carroll

Paul Carroll is a writer and comic creator from Dublin. His work primarily focuses on the extraordinary, be that through magic, science or just downright chaotic. His obsessions include tea, foxes and spreadsheets. He is a founding member of both Limit Break Comics and Cupán Fae. He has contributed to Cupán Fae Anthologies: Dublin’s Fierce City, Fierce Mighty, Fierce New World, Fierce & Proud and Fiercepunk.

Helen Carroll 2 years ago24th September 2021

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The Season – Day 23 of the Cupán Fae 2019 Advent Calendar

A poem by Paul Carroll. They say “Tis the season”,But rarely quantify the statement, Barely justify the reasonWhy we battle down the pavement For gifts and trinkets galore,To wrap up messy or neatBefore we go door-to-door Upon our weary feet.We do not talk of whyOld friends and family unite,Whether to smile or cryAt good news or at plight.Annually […]

Helen Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

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Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar, Day 20 – Contagious

Review and gift idea by Paul Carroll. I love marketing books, which always seemed to shock people when I was nineteen and studying to be an English teacher. Contagious by Jonah Berger is probably my favourite, and certainly the one that I recommend most often. Like all accessible books on business and marketing, Contagious is […]

Helen Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

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A Man in Black – Day 18 of the Cupán Fae 2019 Advent Calendar

A short story by Paul Carroll. Originally published in Old Gods & Wicked Things. The coming of December came with a knocking on the door, three times for good measure. Ireland was a cold place at this time of the year, especially after everything that had happened of late. All that misery, all that anguish, […]

Helen Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

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The Jerry Davidson Show, Part 2 – Day 17 of the Cupán Fae 2019 Advent Calendar

A play in two parts, by Paul Carroll. Read part 1 here. [Lights up to Jerry on stage, dressed in his trademark clothing, and the stagehands walking across the stage with APPLAUD signs. Jerry stops them halfway across the stage to allow his applaud to continue a little longer. They rush away the first chance […]

Helen Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

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The Jerry Davidson Show, Part 1 – Day 16 of the Cupán Fae 2019 Advent Calendar

A play in two parts, by Paul Carroll. [Lights up to JERRY walking on-stage. Two stagehands cross the stage from opposite sides holding APPLAUD signs towards the audience. Jerry takes his seat beside two guest seats. He is dressed semi-formally, holding cue cards and a microphone. He lets the audience applaud for a while before […]

Helen Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021

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Cupán Fae’s 2019 Advent Calendar, Day 15 – Side Hustle

Review and gift idea by Paul Carroll. A bit of a departure from books explicitly on writing as gift recommendations, I present Side Hustle by Chris Guillebeau. I discovered Guillebeau’s work many moons ago, and have long been recommending him to people. One of his more recent ventures is Side Hustle, a guide on creating […]

Helen Carroll 3 years ago24th September 2021