Just going to pop in to collate some lovely reviews received for White Feathers First up, here is a beauty from Margaret at the Bleach House Library blog. I’m delighted to get such a great write-up on this site, as she is a very prominent Irish book blogger and will be including White Feathers on […]
Year: 2014
Bist Du Bei Mir
A lot of my recent posts have been all about the book, the book, the book…I’ve barely had time to stop and reflect. I’ve managed to flee Christmas, a season I’ve never particularly liked, by signing books here, posting advertisements there. I’ve been in full on battle mode. But today is a change of pace, […]
Readings in Dubray Rathmines, Whyte’s in Schull
Last week was rather hectic, but in a good way. I was invited to read at the Dubray 20th Anniversary party in their shop in Rathmines, which I had often browsed a decade or more earlier when I lived in the area so I had many happy memories. Dubray MD Maria Dickenson interviewed several authors, […]
White Feathers Christmas Gift Post
Stuck wondering what to buy your partner, relative, friend or colleague for Christmas? Want to give them a passionate, gripping WWI story that will prove to be a “page-turner” and “beautifully written” with “three-dimensional characters”? Check out these three tweets as an example of feedback received about White Feathers. Or read more reviews here. This ambitious debut […]
Dubray Books Rathmines 20th Anniversary Party – Thurs 4 Dec
I’m delighted to announce I will be taking part in this event and reading a brief excerpt from White Feathers. It takes place in Dubray Bookshop in the Swan Centre Rathmines at 6pm until 8pm and refreshments are served. There are some other great authors, such as Joseph O’Connor, author of Star of the Sea, […]
Out and About in Yorkshire!
I was in the north of England last weekend to stay with a friend in York and meet some more friends in Leeds – but of course I could not resist the opportunity to go and make myself known to the lovely booksellers, whom I would like to thank for their charm and kindness at […]
Quick Post
to say that I’ve got a Facebook page now, which contains my calendar of events – handy that! Follow me here if you like 🙂 Also, thank you everyone who commented or liked my last post “On Restrained and Elegant Prose”. I had wanted to say all that for a long time, but it took a […]
Essay – On “Restrained, Elegant Prose”
There’s an old tale often retold in self-help books with Christian roots a la Norman Vincent Peale: an orator recites Psalm 23, “The Lord is my shepherd”, to an audience who listens rapturously to his words and then breaks out into applause when he is finished. After a moment, an old man steps hesitantly up […]
Armistice Day
Taken at the Bomber Command Memorial near Beachy Head, November 5, 2014:
Brighton and Eastbourne – And On the BBC!
My trip to England lived up to my expectations in every way. It was wonderful to visit the hinterland of much of the first half of White Feathers – and thanks to Sheila Bugler’s friend Anne-Marie who works at the Eastbourne Herald, I found out that the Links, the name of the school on which I’d […]
