Hooray for Grey
Wouldn’t it be easy if everything in life was yes or no, black or white, […]
Inside Out
There seem to be as many voices proclaiming about the refugee crisis as there are […]
Books and beyond: stories for everyone
Saving the universe from evil flying books with the 4th class heroines of St Vincent […]
Imagine-a-nation
I love the idea from writer Taiye Selasi that she doesn’t come from a particular […]
Crumlin Fun
Hooray for the wonderful Crumlin teachers. Hospital can be a scary place for the most […]
Scuppering Silence
Words are amazing. Even if you disagree and say they’re boring they’re amazing, because without […]
And the good news is …
We’re just back from South Africa, that miracle of a country – though you wouldn’t […]
Class Act
Huge thanks to Mercier Press and Barker & Jones bookshop for contributing proceeds from the […]
Class Act Launch
All invited to the launch of Class Act on May 9th. Hope you can make […]
Washing feet gives you wiiings
I’ve never given feet much thought. Mine are mercifully far away, rarely cause trouble and […]
Class Act
My new book’s arrived on the doorstep, shiny and exciting and just a bit scary. […]
Not a million miles away
What does an old lady living in a hole in a riverbank nearly 5,000 miles […]
Steaming Stories
The hollow whistles, the kindly old smell of coal, the dragon smoke curling outside the […]
THE BEST CAFE IN DUBLIN
Over soup and a sandwich Brian peppered me with questions. ‘What’s Manchester like? … ‘Do […]
The problem with Alice
Well the problem for me, anyway. Not for Martha Kearney whose TV documentary on Saturday […]
Marking Leprosy
Yesterday was World Leprosy Day. As a volunteer with Nepal Leprosy Trust (NLT) Ireland, I’ve […]
Fine words butter no parsnips
What a mad idea. Imagine trying to scrape words off the page with a knife and spread them […]
FORGET THE ANSWER, WHAT’S THE QUESTION?
Hooray for Young Scientists! Walking round the main hall at Dublin’s RDS this weekend I […]