The idea for Hotel 21 came to me when I was staying in a small hotel in Lisbon and I accidentally annoyed the hotel cleaner. She wanted to get in to clean the room and I kept asking her to come back later. When I finally left, she was standing outside, arms crossed and gave me a dirty look. I felt terrible. When I got back that night, I went to brush my hair and… my hairbrush was missing. Looking …
Month: April 2023
Sheila O’ Flanagan, briefly tells us about her first historical novel, The Woman On The Bridge. The story of a young woman caught up in Ireland’s fight for freedom. The …
I had a single recurrent idea for How to Build a Boat for many years––to write a story about a boy who was starting secondary school. But it took me …
A few words by Alice Bell, for her forthcoming book, Grave Expectations. Anyone who grew up in a rural area with no internet will be familiar with “making your own …
Claire Kilroy shares a few words about her new novel, Soldier Sailor. This takes the reader “deep into the early days of motherhood. It’s been a long time since I published …
Books tend to form slowly for me. Usually there’s a novel or two in various states of progress, and particularly early on, and then again between drafts, I’ll bounce between …
Globally, water bodies and our ocean are the most degraded ecosystems in the world – they hold all of who are: Our waste, our memories, our history, our ancestry, our …
Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out is a debut novel by Ryan Love. The story opens with Arthur, Teddy’s 79-year-old grandfather, coming out to his children. Teddy has a secret …
Carmen and Grace is a story set in the Bronx about feeling both trapped and loved. Not just stuck, but attached to the very people and places that threaten, yet …
The seed of the inspiration for my debut novel There’s Something I Have To tell You was sown one day as I listened to Lunchtime Live on Newstalk. I loved …
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