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 one of the most cathartic. It was tough because I wrote in real time. As I experienced, I described. Random notes, just words and sentences scribbled on my phone, a literary snap-shot of my experiences of loss. Eventually morphing those notes into paragraphs, pages, chapters. Writing was stop-start. I wrote, …
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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 …
‘What’s happening now Ann?’ My mother is in my ear. ‘Is he out yet? It’s 10 o’clock.’ We watch the empty altar on my tablet. There’s no sign of Father …
The Pull of the Stars began over sixteen years ago when I was in premature labour with our first child who, as a playful five-year-old, would be my model for …
June 16th. Another cloudless summer day. The RTE Six O’Clock News finishes with a montage of boater hats, round spectacles, moustaches and parasols. Colourful crowds gather each side of the …
Agus muid go léir sa bhaile anois de bharr an ordú dianghlasála, ceapaim gur deis iontach é píosa Gaeilge a chleachtadh leis na páistí sa theach, nó duit fhéin, chun …
Following on from Part One of this series, which looked at the fiction titles that have succeeded in converting some of the book-fearing men I know to the joys of …
handiwork is my first book of non-fiction. It was written quickly, almost impulsively, over the course of six months in 2018, and in response to a period in which I was …
I became a child again while writing Tatty. A child from the age of four to fourteen. At least that’s what I tried to do, physically and mentally. I started …
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