Saying goodbye has never been easy for me. I was very much reminded of that while writing ‘Don’t Look Back in Ongar’, the 24th and FINAL novel in the Ross O’Carroll-Kelly …
Category: Irish Writers
I had always wanted to set a novel in London but was daunted by those who have gone before me: writers born and bred there or who at least, spent …
Someone in the Attic is about Dublin born Julia and Gabe, who move back to Ireland from the US for reasons they don’t like to discuss. They’re settling into a …
It’s a heat-wave summer in the small West of Ireland village of Ardnakelty. Cal Hooper, who took early retirement from the Chicago police force and moved there looking for peace, …
When my debut novel Breaking Point came out, I quickly wrote a second novel. But after sending the draft to my editor, I realised a different story had been percolating …
Martin Doyle tells us about his new read Dirty Linen The Troubles in My Homeplace… Growing up in rural Co Down during the Troubles, I turned to books to understand …
Fin Dwyer tell us about his book A Lethal Legacy… Murder provides a unique insight into the past. In the aftermath of homicide, history tends to slow down. The victim …
Most of the story of my new novel, An Invitation To The Kennedys, takes place over the course of a week, in the summer of 1938, at the country estate …
Helen Corcoran shares how she came about to write Daughter of Winter and Twilight, the sequel to 2020’s exciting YA debut – Queen of Coin and Whispers. When I wrote …









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