The first rule in writing stories is that there is no hurry. Some stories in my new book ‘The News from Dublin’ took a decade or more to finish. The second rule is that, once you decide the time is right, you must work with a kind of urgency. Settle down. Stop dithering and faffing around. Look down. Work as though this next paragraph needs to be finished now, now this minute. Thus, one of a mixture of dreaminess and …
Author: Sorcha Hennessy
Caoimhe in our Cork store reflects on the books that have shaped her… In May 2015, I was 15 years old and although I did not yet recognize my own …
Usually when asked where my inspiration comes from, I tend to say that it begins with character. But The Night I Killed Him started with a location – specifically the …
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