When I was seven years old my mother took me to Ligoniel Library in Belfast and I got my first three library tickets. Every Friday after school I would be...

Silence is many things.  We take it for granted, assume that it will always be the backdrop whenever we finish what it is we are doing.  Watching television, listening to...

One summer evening, almost two years ago now, my father-in-law and I were stuck in holiday traffic on the Prospect Expressway. The Prospect is a blocked artery in the heart...

 Sarah Davis-Goff and Lisa Coen launched Tramp Press in early 2014 as an independent publisher which aims to introduce readers to great new writing that other publishers might shy away from....

In the realm of writers, several have proved to be creative in other artistic disciplines, including art, music and of course acting. Eoin Macken came to public attention at the...

Have you ever read a book which moved you so profoundly that you felt, because of it, your own writing would never be the same again? In the last year,...

Now and again, you stumble across a book that touches you, and stays hovering in your thoughts, long after you’ve finished it.  While I could safely go through hundreds of...

Like lots of people, I always wanted to write. When I was a teenager, I wrote all the time. I kept a diary; I loved composing school essays; I scribbled...

Pure panic inspired my new novel, The Playground. I had attempted to write another novel, the second of a two book deal with Quercus, and it hadn’t worked out. During...

Every time I write a novel, I gather objects around me that are relevant to the book. They go into the wine-box shelf above my desk and I like to...