How I Write – Kate Dempsey
Kate Dempsey is a fiction writer, poet and blogger whose writing had been published and broadcast widely in Ireland and the UK. Her debut poetry collection, The Space Between, was published by Doire Press in […]
Articles by LadyNicci
Diary of a one year old: 22 months
22 months. And all that’s on our minds is poop. There have been three nappy moments that led us to poo brain. The first was a text from our lovely childminder last week. “Out of […]
How I Write – Justine Delaney Wilson
Justine Delaney Wilson read English at Trinity College Dublin, and then completed a post-grad in Journalism at the DIT in 1997. She has been writing on a freelance basis ever since and also worked in […]
Why I’ll be doing Glastonbury differently this year
This time five years ago, I was busily laying out heaps of fringed clothes on the bed in my spare room. My house was spotless, I was skinny (gym hours) and I had just had […]
How I Write – Sarah Zama
Sarah Zama is a bookseller from Verona, Italy and has spent her life surrounded by books. As a fantasy reader and writer, she recently found her home in the dieselpunk community. Her first book Give […]
Books I’ve been reading – Early Summer 2016
The effort to read more books is going well. My penchant for buying books is also going well. Amount of books read that I’m posting about here: 4. Amount of books purchased in bookshops, second […]
The Girl From The Savoy Book Launch – The Liquor Rooms
I’d say he was a growler. Tony. Pretty fierce. He once roamed the forests, eating mice and small humans but now he does security at The Liquor Rooms. He wears a sailor hat and hangs […]
Win a signed copy of Hazel Gaynor’s The Girl From The Savoy
Going on holidays soon? Looking to read a book to drink your gin to? Well LadyNicci has just the 1920s answer for you. This week Hazel Gaynor launches her third book The Girl From The […]
Three things your summer festival dress must do for you
Ah summer. The smell of cut grass in your nose. The taste of icy cocktails in your tum tum. The light breeze swirling round your bottle tanned legs (newly shaven) and festival face on. YAAAAAAAAAAY. […]
How I Write – Hazel Gaynor
Hazel Gaynor is the internationally bestselling and award-winning author of The Girl Who Came Home and A Memory of Violets. The Girl From The Savoy is her third novel. She lives in Kildare with her […]
An idiot’s guide to freshening up your blog
It came up on me all of a sudden. A thought. An idea. An URGE. I think it was a bit like when you suddenly fall out of love with someone. One minute, they’re grand, […]
Diary of a one year old – 21 months
Booking a holiday. Groan. You’d think it would be an enjoyable task. I thought viewing gorgeous poolsides and colourful slides and imagining the HOMEMADE wine I’d be sipping on my balcony over the SUPERMARKET wine […]
How I Write: Cat Hogan
Cat Hogan was born into a home of bookworms and within spitting distance of the sea. Her father, Pat, a lightship man, instilled in her a love of the sea and the stars. Her mother, […]
How to waterboard your child in 25 easy steps
Have you ever waterboarded your child? No? Call yourself a parent?! We had the pleasure of water boarding our 21 month old yesterday. If you want know how to waterboard your own child follow these […]