Irish PEN Award recipient, Man Booker prize winner Anne Enright launched the PEN International Women’s Manifesto in Ireland for Irish PEN on Sunday 18th November, to a packed house at...

The most disconcerting aspect about writing books for me is feeling so exposed to other people’s opinions.  I find writing a joy and I’d happily read and write all day...

Enda McNulty is Ireland’s leading performance coach. He has worked with some of the biggest names in Irish sport – including Brian O’Driscoll, Leinster Rugby, the Irish Rugby team, golfer...

The middle ground. It doesn’t get much press, does it? There’s no click-bait in stability, no hedonic headline in balance, no cliff-hanger in even keel. Hearts don’t beat faster, palms don’t...

I have lost my flow and I don’t know where to go . . . Easing back after Christmas into my sacred space of creative bliss, or, for want of...

While this, my first book, has not been my life’s work so to speak, the whole project has spanned about four years from the germ of an idea, to publication....

I was born in Portadown in the County of Armagh in August 1945 not long after the war had ended both in Europe and Japan. From the age of five...

2016 opens with some exciting debut novels getting set for launch – we’ll be keeping up with these guys and many more as the year progresses, but we thought we’d...

If you were to ask me what the inspiration behind my book, Hidden City, was – it’s obvious: Dublin. It was the city where I grew up and where I...

The idea of being a published author has always appealed to me. It also adds a feather to your cap as a journalist. There was just one problem – time....