Pam Lecky
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Today in the Library we have Angela Wren, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Angela, please introduce yourself: Hello Pam and thanks for inviting me into your fabulous library. You’d better put me on a lead or I may…
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Originally posted on JO LAMBERT: Good morning Pam and welcome. Can I start, as always, by asking you a little about yourself? Hi Jo and thank you for inviting me along for a chat. I am an Irish Indie author of historical fiction. I’m married with three children and work part-time, so my spare time…
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Anyone reading Regency or Victorian novels will be all too well aware of the obsession with remedies for invalids that were handed down from generation to generation. Some may have worked (most were at least nutritious) and we cannot really blame them for quacking themselves when terrible diseases lurked in their homes and…
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Today in the Library we have Kate Braithwaite who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Kate, please introduce yourself: I grew up in Edinburgh but now live with my family in Pennsylvania. I write book reviews and features for…
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One of the most deplorable uses of child labour in 19th century Ireland was for the sweeping of chimneys. A master sweep would obtain very young boys, some as young as seven, to train as apprentices. The boys were sent up the chimney flue to brush and scrape the soot loose. The dangers were numerous –…
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This evening in the Library we have Jane Risdon, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Jane, please introduce yourself: I have been writing for the last 5 years. Marrying a rock musician when still quite young, and to help…
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One of the most notorious characters of 18th century Dublin was George Robert Fitzgerald. Contemporaries described him as a ‘reckless duellist’, who loved to duel so much that he would provoke fights with total strangers and is reported to have fought in eleven duels by the time he reached the age of 24. He fought…
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Today in the Library we have Tom Williams, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into his life as an author. Tom used to write about boring things for money. If you wanted an analysis of complaints volumes in legal services or attitudes to diversity at the BBC, then he…
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This evening in the Library we have Nora Fountain, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. Hello, I’m a trad- and self-published author of contemporary and historical romances plus one crime story ‘Chain of Evil’, which also has a romantic thread. I read…
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