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A Feast of Arts in Achill

Apr 24, 2012 | Comments Off on A Feast of Arts in Achill

Literary readings, three book launches, an illustrated lecture on ‘Women Artists on Achill’ by Catherine Marshall, and a guided walk on the nearby Clare Island, all feature in this year’s Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend on the May bank-holiday weekend. The book launches include Gisela Holfter’s Heinrich Böll and Ireland, which charts the Nobel Prize winning author’s connections…

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Making Facts Dance

Apr 5, 2012 | Comments Off on Making Facts Dance

My piece in the current edition of Writing.ie here describes the path I travelled in writing my nonfiction book The Veiled Woman of Achill and the challenge of staying true to the facts of the story while building a compelling narrative around the 1894 dark events at the Valley House, Achill.    

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Outrage on Achill

Mar 27, 2012 | Comments Off on Outrage on Achill

Outrage on Achill. Delighted to get this review of The Veiled Woman of Achill by Aine Ryan in the Mayo News:     

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The Veiled Woman of Achill

Feb 12, 2012 | Comments Off on The Veiled Woman of Achill

I have been absent from this blog while getting the book over the finish line. The Veiled Woman of Achill will be published by the Collins Press in April. There will be a launch in my home city of Limerick in late April and a launch / reading at the Valley House, Achill in early May.

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