Falling in love with Leonardo di Caprio – I saw him first
I love Leonardo di Caprio. I love him like a first crush. I own him like a first crush. I mean, I saw him first. When I was 12. At the cinema. We spotted him […]
February 2016
How I Write – Jo Baker
Jo Baker is the author of five novels. Her sixth, A Country Road, A Tree, is published by Doubleday (UK) and Knopf (US). Jo’s novel Longbourn made her a Sunday Times bestseller and the book […]
Doolin Writers’ Weekend: a preview
I’ve only been to County Clare once. It was part of a political visit, whether it was on the election trail or as part of a ministerial visit I can’t remember. We drove round the […]
Safe driving and the lack of old mattress viewing
What’s your favourite thing about driving? For me, it used to be about jumping in, zooming off and having the freedom to go wherever and whenever I liked. I blogged before about my long history […]
How I Write – Joe Murphy
Joe Murphy was born in 1979 in Enniscorthy Co. Wexford. He excelled at writing during his school years, went on to study English Literature in UCD and completed a Masters at the same university in […]
Andrea Hayes – Pain Free Life Book Launch, Lillie’s Bordello
It’s not often you get invited to book launches in nightclubs. I’d been to Lillie’s Bordello once before, for my birthday, a few yonkers ago when I had bag free eyes and time to get […]
Diary of a one year old – 18 months
18 months. It’s quite an iconic age, isn’t it? And like an 18th birthday, we seemed to have crossed over to some sort of new life. A sense of growing up. A right to vote. […]
How I Write – Jan Brigden
Jan Brigden is from south-east London and won Choc Lit’s Search for A Star competition in 2015 for her contemporary fiction novel As Weekends Go. She is a former member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association […]
Carstown House, Louth – a magnificent ruin
Carstown House is located on the Cartown Road, about 5km outside of Drogheda. You access it by walking up through a corn field and through a small wood. It appears in a small clearing, its […]
How I Write – Muriel Bolger
Muriel Bolger is a freelance travel journalist and and won the Dublin City of Literature travel writer book of the year in 2011. She has written five novels, with her 2014 release, the Pink Pepper […]