Edna O’Brien and the Art of Fiction by Maureen O’Connor
Edna O’Brien, who will be celebrating her 91st birthday before the end of 2021, is
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Edna O’Brien, who will be celebrating her 91st birthday before the end of 2021, is
Whenever I’m asked, ‘Where do you get your inspiration from?’ my usual answer is, ‘I
Deirdre’s Sullivan’s haunting Little Lives from her collection I Want To Know That I Will
“How DO you do it?” I can’t count the amount of times someone has said
Many great novelists have used the Victorian Era as a backdrop to their work. What
They reckon in writing there are only seven basic plot themes—overcoming the monster, rags to
SiobhánLittle Island wanted to make a special Christmas picturebook, very beautiful and very appealing, a
The mass market paperback of The Dark Room is just hitting bookshelves across the UK
Putting Flesh on the Bones: Crafting Narrative from Fact in Historical Fiction For many readers
I first stumbled upon #VanLife on Instagram a few years ago. I’d been intrigued by
My new book, The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street is about Eliza and Jonty
Writing is easy. It’s sticking to it, shaping it, rewriting it, that’s hard. I come
What’s more important in writing a novel: the character or the story? As a thriller
Inspiration and practicalities are opposite poles of the writing process, with writing itself occupying the
In 1984, a mile away from my house, in a suburb of Manchester, the body
Wildlord is a thrilling, spellbinding story about a boy seeking a place for himself in
The idea for writing my debut outback noir crime novel The Stoning was hatched in
The story of Charlotte & Arthur began on a summer’s day in Haworth in 1979.
A twenty-first-century casino is often too well lit. The result of the overlighting is a
This article is from Francesca Beauman’s Introduction to The Literary Almanac and is reproduced here
