Michael Gilbride Reflects on 30 Years as an NYC Teacher in Sobering Memoir Set to Exhibit at London Book Fair 2025

The London Book Fair attracts hundreds of publishers and many independent authors who are eager to broaden their audiences via distributors. However, it also makes this annual convention a place to find dozens of authors whose stories are repositories of lived history.

That is certainly one way to describe Michael Gilbride’s book “Memoirs of Thirty Years in the Classroom: Public, Private and Parochial.” As the title suggests, it shares a 30-year career in New York city schools (distributed across public, private, and parochial ones). He has not only taught in the classroom, but also served in the capacity of school psychologist.

Those three decades shown him just how much of NYC’s youth have struggled, which included the traumatic episode of 9/11 as well as the frequent struggles born about by rising inequality. The sharp contrasts in the lives of students at different educational institutions have left its mark, and his memoir shares his deepest reflections on the journey to becoming an educator as well as the current state of the U.S. school system.

Today, while retired from teaching, he is still practicing as a psychologist and continues to work between New York and Puerto Rico with his wife, Providencia. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Modern Language Association and is currently aiming for membership in PEN International.

It is his hope that his foray into publishing can help spread further awareness of the challenges being faced by American youth in their campaign for better rights.

Visitors to the 2025 London Book Fair can find “Memoirs of Thirty Years in the Classroom: Public, Private and Parochial” at the exhibit of ReadersMagnet, a book marketing and self-publishing company, at stand no. 6A90. The book trade fair will be held at the Olympia London on March 11-13, 2025. Get a copy of Michael Gilbride’s book on Amazon.

“Memoirs of Thirty Years in the Classroom: Public, Private and Parochial”
Author: Michael Gilbride
Published Date: November 7, 2023
Publisher: Bookbaby
Genre: Memoir

Michael Thomas Gilbride worked for more than 30 years in the classroom in public, private and parochial school systems of New York both as a teacher and as a School Psychologist. He is currently retired though he continues to work privately with autistic children and their parents. He reflects on struggles for human rights both for teachers and students as he made his way through various school systems.

With the publication of his second book he is applying for membership in PEN International. He is already a member of the New York State Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association and the Modern Language Association.

He currently divides his time between Puerto Rico and New York. In Puerto Rico he has his license in Psychology. Michael looks forward to writing and reflecting upon his career in his retirement.

He lives with his wife of 17 years Providencia Castro Apolinaris who with Venezualan Author Iris Tocuyo wrote and produced: “Carlina: Una Historia de Amor y Superacion.”

Michael previously wrote a short book “Letters,” which is available online through major book retailers.

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