I am currently in self-imposed social media hibernation so I can complete the edit of my third book (hard deadline looming!), but I am really happy to emerge for a few minutes to announce that Revenge of Queen Rose (book 2 in The Lucky Diamond trilogy) has been selected as a finalist in the 9-12 […]
Category: Irish Writers
Book Review: The Time Tider
From the publisher: Mara and her dad have lived in their van for as long as she can remember. Whatever her father does to scrape a living has kept them constantly moving and Mara has never questioned it. That is until she uncovers a collection of notes addressed to ‘the Tider’, an individual responsible for […]
Happy New Year & Classic Irish Childrens Fiction
Happy New Year! Yes, another year has arrived! Although I am not happy with how quickly 2022 came and left us (seriously, how did that happen so fast?), I am pleased with how my writing year went. My second book was published, I gave writing classes for kids, I did school visits, I was interviewed […]
Book Review: Sky Born
This week, TOTP and Knitted TOTP take a look as SkyBorn by Sinead O’Hart. From the blurb: The circus has seen better days, but for Bastjan it’s home. He will do anything he can to save it, even if it means participating in a death-defying new act. But when that fails to draw in the […]
Valinora Troy 