The average life is made up of millions of moments, some memorable, most forgettable, but occasionally it’s defined by a single one. For Oscar Wilde, such a moment came on February 28th 1895 when he received a card from the ninth Marquess of Queensberry denouncing him as a “somdomite”, in anger at the playwright’s relationship with his son, Lord Alfred, known as Bosie. Showing the note to friends that night, they encouraged him to sue. When the case was heard …
Category: Fiction
‘Hello, everyone,’ I said. ‘My name – for those of you who aren’t au fait with Irish-Sino relations,’ and here I gave a little chuckle, ‘is Fiach O’Bric. I’m from, …
Where are the Kings is the story of a boy who moves from the comfort and familiarity of his childhood home to live with his late mother’s family on a …
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 …
Saoirse is the story of a young American woman who flees to Ireland to escape the troubles she left behind in Michigan. Travelling under a stolen identity, she boards a plane planning …
From the second I set foot in the coastal village of Dunmore East in Waterford, I knew I was onto something truly special. The cliffs, the tidal strand, the hotels …
Dear lovely Dubray readers, First of all thank you for your patience. It has been three long years since Strange Sally Diamond was published and I’m sure you must have …
Every literary generation has its own underdog – as a kid I had Adrian Mole, in the late 90’s there was Stanley Yelnats from HOLES, ten years on Wimpy Kid crashed the party, …
I began my writing life with novels and plays and had success with three books, Priest, The Trouble with Sarah Gullion, and Bird in the Snow, and 6 plays produced …
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