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#BookReview | The Skelper and Me: A memoir of making history in Derry by Tony Doherty | @tonydutchdoc | @MercierBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 29th July 2020 Leave a comment

‘The metal door of Cell 5 clanged heavily behind me. I realised I was in someone else’s space as I eyed the resident prisoner for the first time. In effect, I had just moved into his bedsit. It was 1 March 1981’– The Skelper and Me [ About the Book ] From a young age,…

#BookReview | #ForgetMeNot by @ClaireAllan | #BlogTour with @AvonBooksUK |

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 10th June 2019 4 Comments

I disappeared on a Wednesday afternoon.I was there one minute and the next I was gone….. [ About the Book ] It’s six in the morning during the hottest summer on record when Elizabeth O’Loughlin, out walking her dog, comes across Clare, a victim of a horrific knife attack, clinging onto life at the side…

#Bookreview The Dead Beside Us by Tony Doherty @tonydutchdoc | @MercierBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 12th January 2018 4 Comments

Today I review The Dead Beside Us : A Memoir of Growing Up in Derry by Tony Doherty. Published by Mercier Press in October 2017, it is the sequel to the acclaimed This Man’s Wee Boy.