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#BookReview | Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler | @dylanthomprize #SUDTP20 |@yazzarf #BlogTour|#StubbornArchivist | @midaspr

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 5th March 2020 Leave a comment

Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize with my review of longlisted nominee Yara Rodrigues Fowler and her debut novel Stubborn Archivist I am thrilled to be involved with the blog tour for the prestigious literary award, The International Dylan Thomas Prize, with my review of one of the long-listed titles, Stubborn Archivist…

#BookReview | None the Wiser by @RachelAmphlett | #NoneTheWiser

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 2nd March 2020 4 Comments

What if some secrets were meant to stay buried?– None the Wiser [ About the Book ] When a parish priest is brutally murdered in cold blood, a rural community is left in shock – and fear. New to the Vale of the White Horse, Detective Sergeant Mark Turpin discovers the murder bears the hallmark…

#BookReview | The Book of Echoes by @RosannaAmaka @DoubledayUK | #TheBookOfEchoes

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 28th February 2020 Leave a comment

‘A story of love, hope and resilience rippling through the generations..’– The Book of Echoes [ About the Book ] Narrated by the soul of an African slave woman, who giving thanks at a shrine in Africa over two hundred years ago, tosses her infant son to safety moments before she is hauled away by slavers.…

#BookReview | The Paper Bracelet by @EnglishRachael | @HachetteIre | #ThePaperBracelet

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 27th February 2020 13 Comments

‘Every baby’s bracelet held a mother’s secret…’– The Paper Bracelet [ About the Book ] For almost fifty years, Katie has kept a box of secrets. It dates from her time working as a nurse in a west of Ireland mother and baby home, and contains a notebook with details of the babies and young…

#BookReview | The Guest List by Lucy Foley |@lucyfoleytweets | #TheGuestList

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 25th February 2020 8 Comments

They all have a secret They all have a motive The bride The groom The bridesmaid The plus one The wedding planner The best man The past lover The body One won’t leave this wedding alive – The Guest List [ About the Book ] On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather…

#BookReview | #TheSnakes by Sadie Jones | @midaspr

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 21st February 2020 6 Comments

‘Family secrets can be deadly…‘– The Snakes [ About the Book ] Newly-weds Dan and Bea decide to escape London. Driving through France in their beaten-up car they anticipate a long lazy summer, worlds away from their ordinary lives. But their idyll cannot last. Stopping off to see Bea’s brother at his crumbling hotel, the…

#BookReview | #TheLiarsDaughter by @ClaireAllan | #Blogtour with @AvonBooksUK

Blog Tour, Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 20th February 2020 4 Comments

‘There’s a monster in this family…‘-The Liar’s Daughter [ About the Book ] No one deserves to be taken before their time. Do they? Joe McKee – pillar of the Derry community – is dead. As arrangements are made for the traditional Irish wake, friends and family are left reeling at how cancer could have…

#Mageborn by Jessica Thorne | #Blogtour with @bookouture | #GuestPost | @JessThorneBooks

Blog Tour, Guest PostBy Mairéad Hearne 19th February 2020 2 Comments

The room is small and dark. Row upon row of jars line the shelves, each one sealed with blood-red wax. The seal’s mark is a twisted circle of briar with gleaming, gold-tipped thorns. And in each jar a flicker of forbidden magic dances… beautiful, but deadly.– Mageborn Today I join Jessica Thorne on tour with…

#BookReview | #TheSleeperLies by Andrea Mara | @office_mum | @PoolbegBooks

Book ReviewBy Mairéad Hearne 18th February 2020 2 Comments

‘One windowThree Lies24 days is all it takes‘– The Sleeper Lies [ About the Book ] ONE WINDOW, THREE LIES I step forward, breathing fast. Movement. I force myself to take another step. I think about all of it, all of the deaths and all of the accidents and all of the pain. And I…

#SaltTheSnow by @CarrieCallaghan| #QandA | @amberjackpub | @booksforwardpr

Q & ABy Mairéad Hearne 17th February 2020 5 Comments

‘This impeccably researched historical novel tackles the true story of a female journalist ahead of her time‘– Salt the Snow Today it a pleasure to chat with Carrie Callaghan, author of the recently published historical fiction novel, Salt the Snow. Described as a ‘a vivid tale‘, Salt the Snow was published on February 4th with…

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