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 […]
2016
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 […]
How I Write – Manchán Magan
Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary-maker. He has written books on his travels in Africa, India and South America and two novels. He writes occasionally for The Irish Times, reports weekly on travel for […]
Ten ways Peppa Pig brings sunshine to my days
I’m aware that all my blog posts lately have either been about writing or TV. That’s because when I’m not writing, I’m watching television. With the child. If I had a choice I wouldn’t be […]
How I Write – Tomás O’Connor
Tomás is from Cork and is currently studying Statistics at Trinity College as part of his ongoing actuarial training. He’s writing the second draft of his first book, a humorous novel about a fictitious footballer. […]
Coping with rejection and working hard
I haven’t posted about writing in a while. Yes, I’m publishing weekly interviews with authors and sharing out lots of interesting scribbler content on my social media pages but it’s been a few months since […]
When the walls are closing in – coping with clutter
Right now I’m sitting in front of Paw Patrol in a room that used to resemble my sitting room. There are piles of toys in the corner and across the floor, the contents of my […]
Did you keep the receipt? The guilt of Christmas gifts
Obviously the best thing about Christmas is the presents. Sure, we’ll mumble on about family, and Christmas cheer and get togethers and you know, the baby Jesus, but in the cold light of January, when […]