I am delighted to be sharing an extract today from Greta Garbo And the Rise of the Modern Woman by Scott Reisfield, Garbo’s great nephew. Published with Vendela Publishing on 30th April it is described as ‘the story of how one woman’s courage and artistry helped millions discover what it means to be modern and…
On this week’s Write Smarter Blog, I am delighted to introduce you all to my guest Rebecca Murphy, winner of the 2025 RTÉ Today Show Novel Competition in association with Mercier Press. Blood & Water is her debut novel and is described as‘a haunting, beautifully observed novel about identity, inheritance, and the quiet devastations that echo…
[ About The Future of Fraud ] Fraud is BIG business – in this latest edition to the FUTURES series, find out the new (and old) ways fraudsters are targeting us, what future technological threats await, and how we can protect ourselves. Humans have been ripping each other off since they first discovered the concept…
[ About Dear Darling ] Dear Darling, So begins the letter from Daniel Prior.The man Lauren had sex with when she was fourteen years old.The man she fell in love with, long before conversations about power and consent and #MeToo.The man she locked away in the deepest part of her memory.Eighteen years later, the world…
On this week’s Write Smarter Blog, I am delighted to introduce you all to my guest, writer and creative writing facilitator, Claire Hennessy. From Dublin, Claire is the author of several YA novels, including Nothing Tastes As Good and Like Other Girls, and is the YA book critic for the Irish Times. Her most recent book…
[ About The Hotel Guest ] Kit’s summer job at the Abbaye de Saint Maurice was supposed to be a clean slate – until she fell in with ‘the Olympians’, a clique of wealthy young academics staying nearby. Kit, desperate to fit in, was drawn to them like a moth to a flame. Then came…
On this week’s Write Smarter Blog, I am delighted to introduce you all to my guest, journalist and award winning short story writer Kate Durrant. A regular contributor to RTÉ Radio One and BBC Radio Two, Kate is also a columnist with Irish County Living within The Farmers Journal. Her fiction and creative non-fiction has been…
[ About The Woman in The Water ] At the heart of the classic novel Rebecca lies a mystery … Pearl Day has always lived in the background – companion to her childhood friend, the dazzling and unpredictable Lady Eleanor Nicholson. Their bond was forged at Alderleigh, Eleanor’s crumbling country estate, but now they share a sleek…
‘Telling the truth could destroy something – or someone.’ [ About Tell The Truth ] A woman is accused of murdering her husband. Twelve jurors must decide her fate. Marion McMahon lies in her cell, guarding a secret that could set her free. But she will never tell. She is safer on the inside. Stephanie…
[ About Yesteryear ] ‘My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive…’ Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more…