
How and Why I Tell Stories by Ubong Johnson
It was quite difficult growing up as a Nigerian child with a speech defect. The
It was quite difficult growing up as a Nigerian child with a speech defect. The
On November 21st, I published my seventh book of 2020. Everyone who hears that seems
I once boarded a plane with not the faintest idea of where it was going;
I inherited a skill from my da – I was always good at telling yarns.
I have become obsessed with a demi-john of bubbling, strawberry coloured liquid in my kitchen,
17th May, 1974 Getting from Celbridge to Dublin City Centre is not easy, very few
My name is Chris Rush, I live in Arklow Co. Wicklow and I am a
When the incoming tide threatened to reach the car, we decided it was high time
Writing had not been my career until I felt the great pulse of never stop
We married on the 28th March, in the Registry Office in Kildare Street. His parents
I first contacted Vanessa Fox-O’Loughlin, Writing.ie, in 2014 following an introduction by Martina Devlin. Such
We all want to be writers or artists when we’re kids, don’t we? I did
My earliest inspiration to write came from my Grandfather Michael Gearty, from Roscommon in Ireland,
Read Part 1 of this article here. The Bishop of Kerry suggested that the good
I have been a scribbler all my life. Whenever I felt the urge to write,
There was an air of quiet relaxation in the village as I shopped for a
‘Brendan Lynch’s novel, published at the age of 80, is an Irish classic in the
That Monday morning in April 1967 was typical as I made my way to work
Fracture Alert! Is society coming apart at the seams? We did not need pandemic to
I wrote in my diary that the first case of Covid 19 came to Northern