Books are my business: New Island commissioning editor Aoife Walsh

I saw the film 'The Hours', with Meryl Streep, and I loved the scene with all of the manuscripts and the proofs on the chairs, I thought about how they become books and said ‘I want to do that’

Aoife Walsh's first job was in Four Courts Press: 'That’s how I learned the hard skills.'

Aoife Walsh is a commissioning editor with New Island. From Co Limerick, she now lives in Dublin.

How did you get into publishing?