Welcome To My Website

Here you will find everything out about my books, my writing life, all my news and forthcoming events.

My new novel THE GIRL ACROSS THE SEA is out NOW. Buy it: HERE

I also write under the name ANYA BERGMAN. If you are interested in historical fiction with a dash of magic realism please check out my forthcoming novel:

THE WITCHES OF VARDØ: HERE

My agent is MARIANNE GUNN O’CONNOR. For more information please go HERE:

To join one of my writing courses or book a place on my IRISH CASTLE WRITING RETREAT in December 2022 please go here:
Aurora Writers Retreats

I would also like to invite you to REST AND RISE my yoga and meditation online platform with Lizzie Mcghee . Check it out here: RESTANDRISE .

The Girl Across The Sea

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Available as e-book, & print. Audio forthcoming.

‘I couldn’t read it fast enough… I devoured this book in one sitting… Perfect and I absolutely loved it. Wow, truly an amazing story… Fantastic, heartbreaking and emotional… Absolute must read. I loved everything about this unputdownable book.’ Page Turners, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

‘I need you to find out what happened to my mother. The woman who sent me across the sea to Ireland. And never came to find me.’ Mairead’s world is falling apart. Recently separated, she has returned to her beautiful childhood home in Ireland to nurse her dying mother. But as Brigid sits pale and papery thin, looking out over the Atlantic Ocean, she has one last request for her only daughter….

The Boatman’s Wife

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Available as e-book, print & audio.

Number 1 Bestseller on Amazon. ‘A heartbreaking story that you can’t put down. I was reading it every spare second I got until I finished it!… I’m in awe of this compelling, powerful story… A magnificent 5 star read!’ Rachel Bustin, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

There was some dark secret in this western edge of Ireland that her husband never wanted her to find out. She might never be able to lay his body to rest, but she could gain some kind of closure by finding out who the man she married was.

JOIN ME ON MY IRISH CASTLE WRITING RETREAT

1-4th December 2022 - ONE ROOM LEFT! Join me on my very special Irish Castle Writing Retreat from 1st - 4th December at Springfield Castle, County Limerick in the beautiful south-west of Ireland. Take time to rest, write, restore, and draw creative inspiration amid...

VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH THE BOATMAN’S WIFE 14TH JANUARY

Next week I am so excited for the virtual launch of my new novel THE BOATMAN'S WIFE published by Storyfire Ltd, an imprint of Bookouture, next Thursday 14th January. I will be talking  about THE BOATMAN'S WIFE and what inspired the story as well as talk about the...

ONLINE AUTUMN CREATIVE WRITING COURSES

STARTING SEPTEMBER 2020 CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE WHETHER YOU ARE A BEGINNER OR MORE EXPERIENCED. WRITE FROM THE HEART: WEEKLY CREATIVE PRACTICE  Thursday nights 7- 8 p.m. starting 3rd September  £6 drop in, £20/£15 for low income for block of 4...

Online Summer School – How to Read Tarot Cards & How to Write Stories with Tarot Cards

I am delighted to announce I will be running two courses this summer which I am so looking forward to teaching. HOW TO READ TAROT CARDS Beginning on 14th July and running for three weeks (finishing on 28th July) I will be drawing upon 35 years of experience reading...