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My first novel, The Kingdom Keeper, will be published by St. Martin’s Press in early 2017. I find it impossible to put into words how happy, and relieved, and grateful I feel. The publicity blurb: Award-winning author Ethel Rohan’s debut … Continue reading →

The Shebooks anthology, Whatever Doesn’t Kill You, won a silver medal in the Independent Book Publisher (IPPY) Awards. My memoir single, Out of Dublin, is included in the anthology. Huge congrats to editor, Laura Fraser, and to my fellow five … Continue reading →

was something my dad often said before he’d start a sceal (the fada accent is missing from sceal, look both ‘sceal’ and ‘fada’ up if you need to). Wait till I tell you, driving scares me, especially driving on freeways, … Continue reading →

Congratulations winners of the Shebooks first print anthology, Whatever Doesn’t Kill You. Please send me your addresses and I’ll get your copy in the mail right away. Huge thanks to all for entering and your interest. I hope you three … Continue reading →

Shebooks have published their first anthology, Whatever Doesn’t Kill You: Six Memoirs of Resilience, Strength, and Forgiveness, a collection of six of its “Best of Shebooks 2014” non-fiction essays which includes my contribution, Out of Dublin. My fellow authors are … Continue reading →

Come hear me, and my five fellow contributors, read from the forthcoming anthology Whatever Doesn’t Kill You: Six Memoirs of Resilience, Strength, and Forgiveness which includes the print version of my e-single, Out of Dublin. Tuesday, October, 14, Booksmith, Haight … Continue reading →

Really pleased with, and grateful for, this review of Out of Dublin. Out of Dublin will be included in Shebook’s forthcoming print anthology, Whatever Doesn’t Kill You. I’ll be reading from Out of Dublin, alongside my five fellow anthology contributors next … Continue reading →

After six years of Internet friendship, I finally got to meet Roxane Gay last night at her excellent reading of Bad Feminist at a packed Mrs. Dalloway’s Books in Berkeley. She was everything I thought she would be, and more. … Continue reading →

I recently enjoyed a week-long gig as guest editor for SmokeLong Quarterly Magazine, a revered publisher of flash fiction with a story limit of 1,000 words. The magazine editors charged me with choosing 1 story for publication from amongst all … Continue reading →

This week I’m guest editor at Smokelong Quarterly Magazine. Full details here. Please send me a great story to read and publish.