In October ’93 I was spending a few days in Dingle after the madness of the Children’s Book Festival and I took one of the dolphin boats out to see …
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This Halloween, why not settle down in a comfy chair, ignore the wind and rain outside and read something spooky. Here are some of our booksellers’ favourite spooky reads to …
Your short stories tend to follow you around in the world, but they can take their time about it. When I published my first collection, There Are Little Kingdoms in …
When I was three my parents drove from Kerry to Dublin. I spent the journey sticking my head between the driver and passenger seats and bombarding them with questions. No …
On the face of it, I get up, I put on my runners and I go out the door and run. On the face of it so often a person …
The process of writing Tell Me The Truth About Loss has been one of the most powerful experiences I’ve ever known. In equal measures, one of the toughest and also …
A couple of weekends ago, I was lying in bed, having been abruptly woken by the chatter of magpies. At this time of the year, this is a regular occurrence. …
OK, Let’s Do Your Stupid Idea is what I say to myself silently whenever a loved one, bandmate or colleague has an idea I am unsure of. Then I smile …
Almost as soon as I knew I wanted to write about Oonagh, Maureen and Aileen, the three glorious Guinness Girls, I knew I wanted to do it from the perspective …
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