Forest Issac Jones

Author. 'Good Trouble’by @AnthemPress. Out now! Rep’d by: Cathie H Armstrong @ Marsal Lyon Agency

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

I am honored that @AnthemPress will publish my first book- 'Good Trouble: The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972' in April 2025. I am over the moon and humbled to have signed my first book contract. #NorthernIreland #CivilRights #History #writing

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

Talking about ‘Good Trouble’

[Amanda Ferguson @AmandaFBelfast]

@DrForestIssac @CrescentArts Forest Issac Jones on Sunday Sequence @bbcradioulster
About 48 minutes in: https://t.co/iAFmP8pEVl

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

@AmandaFBelfast Fingers crossed 🤞

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

Huge thanks to Amanda & Violet. This was a fantastic event ❤️ The Belfast Book Festival team were phenomenal!

[Amanda Ferguson @AmandaFBelfast]

Love BBF. I had a great time today interviewing Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac about his book Good Trouble exploring the civil rights movement commonality in Selma and Derry in the 60s/70s. Loads of great questions from the audience. @CrescentArts

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

@BeckettRuth @CrescentArts Thank you for coming and lovely to meet you as well ❤️

[Amanda Ferguson @AmandaFBelfast]

👆🏻And I enjoyed having Violet McL from Lecale Trinity Grammar School in Downpatrick work shadowing me. A press pass suits her! #goodtrouble @DrForestIssac @CrescentArts

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

@RusBradburd My 83 year old father still remembers that historic game!

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

Thank you so much and great chatting with you today!

[Rus Bradburd - author of "Big Time" - a novel @RusBradburd]

I went to Forest Issac Jones' talk today in Belfast: terrific..can't wait to read this book. @DrForestIssac @BelfastBookFest @BelTel

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

@BeckettRuth @AnthemPress @BelfastBookFest Thank you so much! ❤️

[Anthem Press @AnthemPress]

@DrForestIssac, author of ‘Good Trouble’, will be presenting his book at the Belfast Book Festival on 6 June 2026. Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/L5tmde2pS9 @BelfastBookFest #AnthemPress #CivilRightsMovement #BlackCivilRightsMovement #HumanRightsHistory #FreedomStruggle

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

I’ll be talking about my friend, Billy McVeigh and others from ‘Good Trouble’ and the fight for voting rights here and in Northern Ireland next Saturday, May 9th at Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, VA. Please share if you have friends or family in the area! #books #history

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

Great talk with Ali Muldrow today about ‘Good Trouble’ on WORT FM radio in Madison, Wisconsin! #books #History

https://t.co/zY8sImODbi

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

A huge thank you to Livingstone College for fantastic event yesterday for ‘Good Trouble. Loved talking to the students and it was truly one of the best events I’ve participated in! #history #books #NorthernIreland

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

A big thank you for the people who came out today for the event at the Virginia Festival of the book. Standing room only and great questions about Good Trouble! #history #books #NorthernIreland

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

Tomorrow I’ll be talking about ‘Good Trouble’ at the Virginia Festival of the Book at 2pm in the McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville! Please share if you know anyone in the Charlottesville area! #books #history #Ireland #NorthernIreland

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

If you want to learn more about the Catholic civil rights experience in Northern Ireland, ‘Good Trouble’ is available everywhere! #StPatrick #StPatsDay #History

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

@tLoebLookout Fantastic! I’ll be at the Irish Arts Centre in NYC on 9/17. No details on the time yet.

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

@tLoebLookout I also have an events page on my website 😊 https://t.co/j1OmJKyp5k

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

@OfficialMLK3 Amen. I was honored to interview many of these folks and talk about their influence on the Catholic civil rights movement in Northern Ireland ❤️🇮🇪

[Forest Issac Jones @DrForestIssac]

@SenatorWarnock And if you want to read about the people that were there and their influence on the Catholic civil rights movement in Northern Ireland—check out ‘Good Trouble’ ❤️🇮🇪