Children’s author reimagines six figure royalties claim against Irish publishing house

Children’s author reimagines six figure royalties claim against Irish publishing house

Children’s author reimagines six figure royalties claim against Irish publishing house


Educational publisher CJ Fallon failed to pursue film, television and international publishing deals and gave away for free approximately €1.3 million of a successful children’s author’s materials including teacher’s notes and resource books, it is alleged in a High Court row.  The claims are made in a long-running contractual dispute between writer Fiona Holmes and the publishing house over alleged lost royalties, lost opportunity and damage to business reputation valued at around €400,000 plus damages. The publisher denies Holmes’s allegations. Holmes, with an address in Leixlip, Co Kildare, is the creator of the Wonderland literacy series designed to support children…