Caroline E. Farrell's Blog, page 25
June 11, 2015
Doing it with Passion! Writers in Ireland Series: Eamonn Tutty
Award-winning filmmaker, Eamonn Tutty, began his career as a writer, having discovered his passion for storytelling at a young age. In 2011, he directed his first self-written short film Untitled, receiving nominations in three categories at The Underground Cinema Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress andwonfor Best New Director.His second short film Anna, which he also wrote, directed and produced, featured in a host of festivals, including Newry Film Festival, winning the Audience Choi...
June 7, 2015
Interview – with me – on Smashwords.
Delighted to announce that my novel, ARKYNE, STORY OF A VAMPIRE, is now available via Smashwords, and I have done an interview…
https://www.smashwords.com/interview/CarolineFarrell
Details of Arkyne, Story of a Vampire here:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/548643
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June 4, 2015
Doing it with Passion! Writers in Ireland: June Considine
June Considine, who also writes under the pen name, Laura Elliot, has written sixteen novels, twelve for children, four for adults. Her novels, which include When the Bough Breaks, Fragile Lies, The Prodigal Sister and Stolen Child, have been translated intomany languages. Her short stories have been broadcast on RTE and have appeared in a number of teenage anthologies. She has also worked as a freelance journalist and magazine editor.
Welcome, June. So when did the writing bug first take hol...
May 28, 2015
Doing it with Passion! Writers in Ireland Series: Frank Kelly
Frank Kelly studied animation production at Ballyfermot College of Further Education. He began writing screenplays during college and formed a writing partnership with Thomas Kennedy when he graduated in 2000. Together they founded Pale Stone Productions Ltd and completed their first short, Emily’s Song in 2006. It was screened at 30 international film festivals, broadcast on RTE and Channel 4, won the Crystal Heart Award, UNICEF Award and special Mention at Oberhausen Short Film Fest. Frank...
May 20, 2015
Doing it with Passion! Writers in Ireland Series: Martin Malone
Martin Malone is the author of 6 novels, a memoir, 2 short story collections and several radio plays. He has also written for TV and stage. His first novel ‘Us‘ won the John B Keane/Sunday Independent Literature Award and was shortlisted for the Irish Fiction Award. His second novel ‘After Kafra’ was scripted for RTE TV. ‘The Broken Cedar’ was nominated for the IMPAC Award and shortlisted for an Irish Fiction Award. His short stories have been widely broadcast and published, and have won nati...
May 15, 2015
Doing it with Passion! Writers in Ireland Series: Lissa Oliver
Author Lissa Oliver’s published books include Nero – The Last Caesar, Gala Day, Chantilly Dawns and a collection of short stories Tales Of The Turf & Other Worlds. She regularly facilitates creative writing classes, is a Director of the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency and is a long-serving Executive Officer of the Irish Writers’ Union. Lissa isalso an award-winning freelance horseracing journalist and broadcaster. Based in Kildare, she writes for The Irish Field, International Thoroughbred,...
May 10, 2015
So what is IN RIBBONS about?
Oft asked question. And not one that can ever be summed up in one clinical logline. When you see our short film, and I hope there will be many, many opportunities to do so, you’ll know more about what it isthrough the visual experience of it, and that’s why I wrote it sans dialogue.
I’m a fan of the less-is-more in most areas of life, but especially so in writing, and believethat scripts should be sparse enough to let a story unfold with unhindered visualisation. I get exhausted by endless di...
May 5, 2015
Authors for Nepal Appeal
I am only too happyto donate a signed copy of ARKYNE, STORY OF A VAMPIRE to an organisation called AUTHORS FOR NEPAL – working hard and doing their thing to raise much needed funds for the on-going Nepal earthquake relief actions.
You can check out the book auction on ebay here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Signed-books-Arkyne-Story-of-A-Vampire-/171775578854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27fe9f52e6
And the ‘Authors for Nepal’ Facebook Page here: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorsforNepal/info?ta...
April 12, 2015
When Barrytown met Musictown…
So where would you get it? Imelda May, Camille O’ Sullivan, Glen Hansard, Damien Dempsey, Peter Coonan (Yes, that guy can sing!) Nelli Conroy,Tina Kellegher, Ger Ryan and many more – all gathered on one stage, doing their bit on a version of Candi Staton’s Young Hearts, Run Free?
Barrytown Meets Musictown – a Tribute to Roddy Doyle, that’s where!
This year, The One City, One Book is actually three, The Barrytown Trilogy. And as part of the inaugural Musictown Festival, Dublin’s Vicar Street w...
March 27, 2015
The Nymph: a beguiling tale…
Oracle Pictures have just released The Nymph, a charming short film, written and directed by Damian Byrne, and shot in Blarney Castle Fairy Gardens and Dublin’s Hellfire Club. With fantastical otherworldly characters, theme and setting, the film depicts The Hunter ( Martin Galligan )barbarous in his forest domain, the ultimate predator, untila beguiling creature appears,The Nymph (Anna Ilaya Ozolina )and a bewitching choreographedseduction begins.
Describing the film as “a nocturnal dream abo...
