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The Librarian’s Cellar: ROOM LITTLE DARKER by June Caldwell

Much praise has already been heaped upon this collection of short stories, and rightly so. Caldwell’s writing exposes a brutally truthful voice, and perhaps, is responding to the fundamental underbelly of human nature – the murky and the painful – stuff that readers can relate to, however uncomfortably the narratives punch out from the pages. You may laugh, gasp, cringe or cry, each story with the capacity to leave you a little battered and breathless, but that won’t stop you turning the page...

The Librarian’s Cellar: One We Sang Like Other Men by John MacKenna

This collection of short stories is a slow burner, in the best sense of the phrase. Each of the 13 stories stand alone, glimpses of other lives on journeys through very human themes – family, love, grief and death. Collectively, there is mystery, and tension, that connects these contemporary narratives with something that just might be other-worldly, each fractured character allied historically through their pasts. Lamenting the loss of  the man who once united them, The Captain – chieftain,...

LADY BETH, The Novel: Reviews and Stockists

Putting your writing out in the world is a risk. The risk of being criticised. Of being rubbish. Of being ignored. Sometimes though, the risk pays off and I am so grateful for the praise and encouragement I have received so far for LADY BETH and am delighted to share the good word and positive vibes here!

 

BOOKS IRELAND Review

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Cornflakegirlsmusings Interview and Review HERE

 

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From Liz Nugent. Author of Unravelling Oliver and Lying in Wait.

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Lady Beth: Free until Tuesday!

Lady Beth, the ebook, is FREE to read until Tuesday. And sure why not!

Check it out HERE

And all the good vibes HERE

 

Many, many thanks for your support.

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Talking about writing: Featured Interview

Many thanks to author Wanda Dehaven Pyle for this feature interview on her blog.

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https://wandadehavenpyle.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/interview-with-caroline-farrell/

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Animation in Irish Short Film: Maynooth Film for All Short Film Programme 2016 – 2017

I was once again delighted to be asked to curate another short film programme for Maynooth Film for All [MFFA], a joint partnership between Kildare Library & Arts Service and the Department of Media Studies in Maynooth University. The film club is also affiliated with access>CINEMA.

Hosted by the University and generally held in the IONTAS Building on the first Wednesday of every month, the short film programme ran from October 2016 to May 2017. Each of the films I selected screened before th...

The Librarian’s Cellar: 31 Years of Hell! 1914 – 1945: An interview with author, Eamonn Ashe

In 1991, along with his sister Sheila, Eamonn Ashe took his mother to visit her late father’s grave in the war cemetery at St. Emilie near St. Quentin in France. She was 75 years of age at the time and she had never been to see his grave. It was also Eamonn’s first time visiting a war grave and on the way home, the idea of writing a book about the war seeded itself in his mind. His initial idea was to write a book about World War I but research quickly told him that there were plenty of books...

An Omen? Or just the flutterings of a dumb bird?

A Raven sits on my mantelpiece, surveying all and sundry with a haughty eye. Arkyne, as I call him, is cast iron, in body and, yes, I believe, in spirit. He travelled here from a curio and antiques store in a small town called Cashmere in Washington, USA. As I recall, the suitcase didn’t make it onto our flight home from Seattle, well not until two days later, and I worried so for Arkyne, if he would ever get here. My treasured dark-winged harvester.

So, the other day, while we were out, we g...

On Writing: The process and importance of book reviews…

My novel, LADY BETH is out there…seeking honest reviews…and here’s why!

My book is finally published, and I curl up in a quiet corner to rest, sleep, ruminate on the exhausting, though hopefully, exhilarating process I have just experienced in the writing – the editing – the formatting – the cover design – the launch!

And then I remember – I ain’t finished yet. Not by a long shot!!

Next I have to market my baby, get it out there, get it SEEN, get it READ, get it ENDORSED, get it REVIEWED!

I a...

The Librarian’s Cellar: The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales

Haunting, as in lingering like shadows when you’ve finished the book entirely, The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales by Kate Mosse is a lovely read. Nothing gorey or horrific, the book is filled with winsome characters and haunted houses…buildings that hold secrets, and spirits that connect with the living. The author, who takes her inspiration for these stories from English and French legend and folklore, has also included notes on each story, and one play, which gives the reader some...