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Irish Writers Respond to the Election Result, for the Irish Times
And it takes some scrolling down, but I’m in there amongst some excellent commentary, and some other commentary that’s…well I’ll let you decide for yourself.
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The Shortest Post Ever on Reading, Sex, Crime, Workshops & Wine. You’re welcome.
I’ve lived in San Francisco for over twenty years and I’ve never been to Los Gatos! That will be fixed this Friday when I travel to the 2016 Los Gatos – Listowel Writers’ Festival. I’m giving a free talk at … Continue reading
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St. Martin’s Press are giving away 30 galley copies of my first novel, The Weight of Him, on Goodreads. The novel publishes on February 14, 2017. That seems like a long way away. It is and it isn’t. ‘Valentine’s Day?’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Debut Novel, Ethel Rohan, Goodreads Giveaway, Irish Novel, Self-love, St. Martin's Press, The Weight of Him, Valentine's Day
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I just had my author photo taken for my novel. I have an irrational almost-fear/total discomfort with the camera. I carry my tension and anxiety in my jaw and in photos my mouth looks weird and my expression looks stern. … Continue reading
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First Joe Plumeri Fellowship
I am thrilled and grateful to have won the inaugural Joe Plumeri Fellowship for my forthcoming first novel, The Weight of Him. The fellowship is in memory of Joe Plumeri’s son, Christian, and is awarded to writers pursuing a book … Continue reading
What Lies Between Us
I wasn’t immediately drawn into Nayomi Munaweera’s searing novel, What Lies Between Us. I found the prologue evasive and withholding rather than suspenseful, but thereafter I was quickly hooked. And the read just kept building until it culminated in a gripping … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay Area, Book Review, Childhood sexual abuse, Colombo, great novels, Immigration, incest, Inter-racial marriage, Matricide, Nayomi Munaweera, PTSD, Sri Lanka, St. Martin's Press
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It’s Book Cover Time!
My first novel, The Weight of Him, will publish from St. Martin’s Press in February, 2017. While I excitedly await what my editor, Brenda Copeland, and SMP’s Creative Director, Michael Storrings, magic up, I would love to see some of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonnie Jo Campbell, Book Covers, Brenda Copeland, Celeste Ng, Debut Novels, Emily Bronte, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Heidi M. Durrow, Herman Koch, J.D. Salinger, James Hawes, Jesmyn Ward, Jill Ciment, Keith Ridgway, Kevin Brockmeier, Michael Storrings, Philippe Claudel, Ray Bradbury, St. Martin's Press
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A Master Plan for Rescue
Bay Area Friends, one week from today, on Thursday, July 16th at 7:30 pm, I’m in conversation with Janis Cooke Newman at The Booksmith, San Francisco, to discuss her tender, imaginative, and gripping new novel, A Master Plan for Rescue. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethel Rohan, Haight Street, Historical Fiction, Janis Cooke Newman, Riverhead Books, San Francisco, The Booksmith, WWII
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