• It was bound to happen. Today the vagaries of the Irish weather were felt with force. Yes, it rained. All day. We headed for Dingle which, unfortunately, has become even more touristy than I remembered – a pity but I suppose inevitable. We had two options – the Slea Head drive or the Connor Pass.…

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  • Finally here in Annascaul after months of planning and dreaming. My next book, The Carver Affair, a Victorian crime novel, is partially set in this wonderful location. For the next couple of days, I will be exploring locations with a very good friend of mine.

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  • This evening in the Library we have Barbara Lorna Hudson who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Barbara, please introduce yourself: I grew up on a farm in Cornwall, studied languages at Cambridge, became a social worker and have somehow…

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  • Today in the Library we have ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Miriam Drori, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Miriam, please introduce yourself: Hello Pam and thank you for hosting me in the Library. I was born and brought up in London, UK and…

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  • Today in the Library we have June Moonbridge, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, June, please introduce yourself:  June Moonbridge is my pen name. I come from Slovenia, a little country in the middle of Europe. So I apologise for all…

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  • This blog post is dedicated to Marcella & Keith Flanagan, Katharine’s relatives and my life-long friends *** It was a song I learnt in school and one, I’m sure, most of you know. All in the April Evening has a beautiful melody and the words touched something in my childish heart, something most of the…

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  • This evening in the Library we have ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Maggie Cammiss, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Maggie, please introduce yourself: It’s taken a while but I think I’ve arrived. This summer I put ‘novelist’ in the ‘profession’ column of my…

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  • I have a special guest in the Library today, fellow Dubliner, Patricia Hopper Patteson, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Patricia, please introduce yourself: Hello, I’m Patricia Hopper Patteson. I’m a native of Dublin, Ireland, now living in West…

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  • This evening in the Library we have ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Francis H Powell, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into his life as an author. You are very welcome, Francis, please introduce yourself: Born in a commuter belt city called Reading, (England) like many a middle or upper class child of such times,…

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  • Easter 1916

    Easter 1916

    “An elderly man stands utterly bewildered. Before him, his business and home are smouldering, black smoke billows from the skeletal remains and an acrid smell pervades the April air. Beside him, his wife and daughters stand, staring in horror. They have lost everything. All that remains of their home is a gable wall with fireplaces…

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