What Will People Think? by Vedashree Khambete-Sharma
Vedashree Khambete-Sharma: how Jane Austen saved me from the pandemic. 2021. The world was in
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Finding My Autistic Voice: The Way Out by Natasha Burge
Author Natasha Burge on how being diagnosed as autistic meant ‘she could finally see the
Piece of my Heart by Penelope Tree
Memoir as Fiction, Fiction as Memoir: Penelope Tree on her debut novel, Piece of my
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller
Kirsten Miller on how her latest novel, Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books, hits
A Good Enough Mother by Catherine Dunne
An interview with Catherine Dunne, author of A Good Enough Mother published by Betimes Books.
Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
Priscilla Morris, author of Women’s Prize Shortlisted Black Butterflies, on the real-life inspiration behind her
Greener by Gráinne Murphy
Come on in: our homes as friendship spaces. Gráinne Murphy on the inspiration behind her
Goodbye Birdie Greenwing: The Difficult Second Novel by Ericka Waller
Dog Days author Ericka Waller on what she learned while writing her second novel, Goodbye
Tell the Damn Story! The Fates by Rosie Garland
‘The past is another country; they do things differently there.’ Or so I was told.
My Path to Publication: The Almost Truth by Anne Hamilton
The (Almost) Truth is Stranger than Fiction . . . As the self-confessed longest emerging
Immigrant, Emigré, Expatriate: River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
On Migration Narratives: Author Aube Rey Lescure on her new novel, River East, River West.
When Fact Becomes Fiction: Because You Were There by Joan Lewis
Because You Were There was woven from two indisputable facts. Firstly, I once taught at
The Cartoon Life and Loves of a Stupid Man by Marc Joan
The Inspiration for Cartoon Life: Where do stories come from? The Cartoon Life and Loves
The Prophet in His Own Land: Paul Lynch by Peter Murphy
Prophet Song is a terrifying book – this much you’ll have gathered from peer blurbs,
Words at Play: Jabberwock by Dara Kavanagh
When does the composition of a novel begin? In one sense, Jabberwock, which is launching
On Writing Though the Bodies Fall by Noel O’Regan
Author Noel O’Regan on the journey to publication of his novel, Though the Bodies Fall.
Witnessing a new Ireland: Youth by Kevin Curran
Writing and books mean everything to me. But I’m a teacher first, reader and writer
The Birth of Azúcar by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
When I first read the Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street in
Seeing Like a Writer: Tell Me What I Am by Una Mannion
‘Writing is when I feel best . . .’, says Una Mannion, discussing her new
Looking Back: The Makeweight by Philip Davison
The workings of the memory are intricate and often mysterious, but the business of forgetting
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