Persistence pays
It was an itch that would not go away and in the end Mary Costello could not help becoming a writer, a very good one at that. She spoke to Sue Leonard about her debut novel…
Magdalene Laundries memoir to Orion
Orion non-fiction has acquired three “moving and inspirational memoirs”, one of which will be released as five e-shorts as well as a whole book. Publishing director Anna Valentine bought UK, Commonwealth (excluding Canada) and European rights…
Gerard Lee
Gerard worked in social care, on and off, for twenty years. At first he worked in residential settings, then, as a freelance actor, he dipped in and out of relief work. “My acting career has been…
A History of Loneliness by John Boyne
A History of Loneliness by John Boyne. Published by Doubleday Reviewed by Sue Leonard. Published in Books Ireland, November, 2014. ‘I did not become ashamed of being Irish until I was well into the middle years…