I am so thrilled to be launching my new novel The Gravity of Love in Ireland in the wonderful independent bookstore Gutter Books in Temple Bar in Dublin on Wednesday 30th May at 6.30 p.m. I will be talking about why the gravity of love is so powerful, and how love stories are as relevant […]
Join me at my favourite Scottish Indie bookshop and celebrate the launch of my new novel The Gravity of Love on Thursday 24th May in Golden Hare Books in Edinburgh! I am so excited to be sharing the arrival of my new book in the very special location of Golden Hare where I will be […]
It was 2012, an autumnal evening in Bergen Norway. I was enjoying the dusky snap of coolness between the short summers and long winters, with my friend Nina as we walked her dog up Fløyen mountain. The steady steep incline would give us panoramic views of the city and the fjord. But although our bodies […]
WRITE YOUR OWN SHORT STORY INSPIRED BY A WORK OF ART IN BERGEN’S KODE 4 ART MUSEUM I am so looking forward to my forthcoming creative writing weekend workshop hosted by Skrivekunstkollektivet in collaboration with Aurora Writers Retreats in Bergen in Norway on 18th & 19th November in Litteraturhuset. This two-day workshop focuses on the […]
I am thrilled to be co-facilitating a very special Creative Writing Retreat with the writer Melody Nixon in the Scottish Borders in late February. The theme of our weekend retreat is the first days of Spring, creating new energy and unblocking creativity as nature reawakens after the dark winter months. All are welcome whether you […]
Join me at the Litteraturhuset in Bergen in Norway on Saturday 25th June when I will be teaching a day long workshop on how to write a novel. I will enable participants to put their ideas for a book into action, and strengthen their writing skills and focus, increasing their self-belief and drive to complete […]
You can listen to the National Gallery of Ireland’s podcast of myself in conversation with Sinead Gleeson alongside writers Eoin McNamee and Philip Davison as well as hear us reading our short stories published in Thames and Hudsons anthology of Irish writers on Art ‘Lines of Vision’ right here.
Join myself and two other writers Philip Davison and Eoin McNamee at the National Gallery of Ireland on Sunday 23rd November at 3 p.m. when we will be reading from our work in the new Thames & Hudson Anthology Lines of Vision, Irish Writers on Art, and in conversation with Sinead Gleeson, The Irish Times […]
As part of the 150 year celebrations of the National Gallery of Ireland a collection of Irish writers were asked to write a short story or poem inspired by a painting from the collection. I was honoured to be one of these writers. After several visits to the National Gallery of Ireland I chose Return […]
A rare opportunity to buy a special signed first edition of my novel The Secret Loves of Julia Caesar. Only 200 of the illustrated hardback editions are being produced. The Secret Loves of Julia Caesar is a search for the true nature of love in all its glorious and terrible manifestations. It can be read […]