How I Write – Liz Nugent
Liz Nugent has published two novels with Penguin, Unravelling Oliver, winner of the Crime Fiction Award at the 2014 Irish Book Awards, and Lying in Wait, winner of the Ryan Tubridy Listener’s Choice Award at […]
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Books I’ve been reading Winter 2016
I’ve made reading such a habit now, that I’m starting to build a little library in my spare / writing room and I love nothing more than finishing one book and hitting the shelves to […]
16 from 16 – a look back on the year that was 2016
So many people have found 2016 tough. It feels like the world around us has caved in a little bit – like the place has gone a bit mad. We don’t know what’s coming next […]
How I Write – Cormac James
Cormac James was born in Cork, Ireland. He has published short fiction in Guernica, AGNI, Phoenix Best Irish Short Stories, and The Dublin Review. He is author most recently of the novel The Surfacing. He […]
Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards – Behind the scenes and sitting on Graham Norton’s lap
“I’m going to go to the Irish book awards this year,” I proudly told one of my closest friends @supasambo back at the start of the year. “Let’s go together, it’ll be fun.” I presumed […]
Dowth Point to Point – an ancient Irish race track
If you’ve been following this blog you’ll know that I’m fascinated by a beautiful area in Co. Meath called Dowth. This scenic setting is the backdrop to a novel I’ve written called December Girl which […]
Books I’ve been reading – Late Summer and Early Autumn 2016
I’ve discovered an amazing way to get through more books and I’m raging I didn’t start the process a year and a half ago when I began my commute to work. It has doubled my […]
Bord Gais Energy Irish Books Awards Shortlist – author interviews
This time last year I was looking to start something new. I’d just sent off an entry to the Greenbean Novel Fair and I was in the form for writing. Or talking about writing. Or […]
How I Write – Caroline Busher
Caroline Busher is an award-winning author who teaches creating writing courses. She graduated with a First Class Honours MA in Creative Writing and is a curator for Wexford Literary Festival. Her debut novel The Ghosts […]
How I Write – Anne Goodwin
Anne Goodwin is a book blogger and author of over 60 published short stories. Her debut novel, Sugar and Snails, was shortlisted for the 2016 Polari First Book Prize. Her second novel, Underneath, is scheduled […]
And from deflation comes hope – some news
It’s 4.30am. I’ve just made a cup of tea with Robert Roberts luxury tea bags. I’ve broken out the emergency chocolate supply (Carmello, mmm). And I can’t sleep. Because I’m celebrating. Things have been moving […]
How I Write – E.M. Reapy
EM Reapy is a writer and tutor from County Mayo, Ireland. She was featured in The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers and released her debut novel Red Dirt, published by Head […]
How I Write – Dinah Jefferies
Dinah Jefferies was born in Malaysia and moved to England at the age of nine. She is the author of three novels published by Penguin and, after a lifetime of wandering, now lives in Gloucestershire. […]
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 […]