Magazine
Children & Young Adult
Losing Myself in a Book: The Crystal Run by Sheila O’Flanagan
When I was a child I loved nothing more than finding a quiet corner, out of mum’s reach, and losing myself in a book. I liked adventure stories, particularly ones...
Real Magic: Creating a System of Sorcery for your Fantasy Novel by Dave Rudden
The Source. The One Power. The Gift. The Eight Winds of Chaos. The Sympathy. The Han. The Force. Magic. Magic is what brings us to fantasy again and again. The...
The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr
When I started writing The One Memory of Flora Banks I was supposed to be working on something entirely different. My most recent novel, a psychological thriller called The Sleeper,...
An Issue of Genre: Denise Deegan
‘Halfway through this gorgeous book, and GRIPPED. It’s got elements of YA, historical romance, and also facts I did not know about Dublin.’ This recent Facebook post by the amazing...
E.R. Murray talks to SCOOP: A Creative Magazine For Kids!
Recently, I stumbled upon a new magazine for young creative people called SCOOP. Impressed by the quality of the magazine and its content, I decided to learn more. Here’s what...
The Ghosts of Magnificent Children: ER Murray Talks To Caroline Busher
The children’s book world is thriving, and it’s always a delight to meet a new author with an exciting career ahead of them. This week, E.R. Murray caught up with...
Where Do Ideas Come From? By Paul Gamble
If there’s one thing that everyone engaged in the writing world wants to achieve it’s originality. We want to be the first to say something and are terrified of being...
Building A Trilogy: The Book of Shadows by ER Murray
Writing a trilogy is an interesting beast; each book has to stand alone, and yet there needs to be over-arching elements that wrap up in book two, or book three....
Rod Smith: The Importance of Books
Books have played a major part in my life. Years ago, when I was seven, I was sitting in second class stuck in the middle of the collection of stories...
The Unexpected Pleasure of Writing a Sequel by Helen Falconer
The Dark Beloved is the second book in the Changeling trilogy – a YA fantasy romance set in the west of Ireland, between the human and the fairy world. If...
