PRAISE FOR Carmel Harrington
Harrington's gift as a storyteller ... always gripping, endearing, convincing.
- IRISH INDEPENDENT
A popular voice in Irish publishing, often compared to the beloved Maeve Binchy, Harrington focuses her books on relationships, with a strong emotional overlay.
- LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW
I read it. I LOVE it! It makes an important point powerfully but subtly. Warm, uplifting & important…a very VERY special book.
- MARIAN KEYES
Beautifully moving and uplifting.
- CECELIA AHERN
Carmel Harrington is a natural storyteller … a book with heart, humour and hope.
– RTE
This brave & original novel is both heartwarming, heartbreaking & thoroughly enjoyable.
- LIZ NUGENT
Beautifully written, emotionally intelligent & moving in the extreme.
- DAILY MAIL UK
I both cried and laughed…one of the best books I have ever read.
– WOMAN'S WAY
My heart has been broken a thousand times & I've felt so uplifted by Carmel's words a thousand times more. This for me is the Book of the Year!
- CLAUDIA CARROLL
Her books are like a hug, they envelop you ... clever, finely honed, they make you think and make you grateful.
- IRELAND AM BOOK CLUB
- IRISH INDEPENDENT
A popular voice in Irish publishing, often compared to the beloved Maeve Binchy, Harrington focuses her books on relationships, with a strong emotional overlay.
- LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW
I read it. I LOVE it! It makes an important point powerfully but subtly. Warm, uplifting & important…a very VERY special book.
- MARIAN KEYES
Beautifully moving and uplifting.
- CECELIA AHERN
Carmel Harrington is a natural storyteller … a book with heart, humour and hope.
– RTE
This brave & original novel is both heartwarming, heartbreaking & thoroughly enjoyable.
- LIZ NUGENT
Beautifully written, emotionally intelligent & moving in the extreme.
- DAILY MAIL UK
I both cried and laughed…one of the best books I have ever read.
– WOMAN'S WAY
My heart has been broken a thousand times & I've felt so uplifted by Carmel's words a thousand times more. This for me is the Book of the Year!
- CLAUDIA CARROLL
Her books are like a hug, they envelop you ... clever, finely honed, they make you think and make you grateful.
- IRELAND AM BOOK CLUB
LATEST NEWS Chart success for A Thousand Roads Home, No. 6 in the Irish Times Bestseller Charts and No1 with Amazon UK for fourteen weeks
The UK Book Subscription club, My Book Moment, chooses A Thousand Roads Home as their Popular Fiction Book of the Month in August
A Thousand Roads Home UK publication date 8th August 2019
A Thousand Roads Home is an Amazon UK, Kobo and iBooks Bestseller!
A Thousand Roads Home is one of Eason's Top Ten Reads of 2018, as voted by their readers.
A Thousand Roads Home is Book of the Month with Easons and Bookstation October 2018!
As part of the Peter McVerry Trust #OpeningDoors week, a dramatic reading from A Thousand Road's Home will be made by actors Cathy Belton & Raymond Keane on 11th October, 630pm, The Winding Stair, Dublin.
The Woman at 72 Derry Lane remained in the Irish Bestsellers charts for 12 weeks, reaching no. 2! It was also a No. 1 UK, US and Canadian Amazon Bestseller.
Carmel's novel, The Woman at 72 Derry Lane is shortlisted in the Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year category. This is her second year in a row to be shortlisted for this prestigious award.
Carmel's official ITV novel, Cold Feet The Lost Years (Hardback Edition) reached No 14 in the UK Bestseller Charts.
Alongside Hazel Gaynor and Catherine Ryan Howard, Carmel co-founded The Inspiration Project writing retreats. Be inspired at www.theinspirationproject.ie
September Inspiration Diaries are a go!
Another month, another entry in our Inspiration Diaries series! Have you been following along each month? This blog is written by six writers – three published, and three on the way to being published. Throughout 2019, Hazel, Catherine and me (the Inspiration Project founders) will share monthly updates about our own…
Just like that, summer falls into September
Hello everyone, September at last! One of my favorite months, as it happens. As well as the kids going back to school, autumn leaves beginning to fall and crisp, apples and blackberries galore in our back garden, it’s time for me to get back to my desk and start writing…
DEAR READER Dear Reader, books have always been one of the greatest loves of my life. From childhood to now, there isn't a time in my life where I didn't fall into the world of a new book with joyful abandon. I can remember standing in Wexford Library when I was ten years old, dreaming that one-day MY books would sit on their bookshelves. I still have to pinch myself that my dream became a reality.
'Am I living my best life?’ This is a question that I often ask myself and a thread that connects the stories in each of my books. I like to push my characters to their limits so that their true selves can be revealed. Because I believe it is only in our darkest moments, that we realise how strong - or weak - we are.
When I write, my characters become real to me. I hear their voices throughout the day, whispering their truths. And they always seem to know their own path, which is often different to the one I set them on in the opening chapters!
I’m a heart on my sleeve type of gal and my books are like that too. They will make you cry and laugh. I do both when I write them! When a storyline involves any hurt inflicted on children, you can be guaranteed I sobbed while writing it!
For me, my books are a little like this: sometimes in life, it rains, sometimes the sun shines. But when you have both, that's when the magic happens and a beautiful rainbow appears. My hope is that you, my lovely readers, get to see all of the colours of the rainbow when you pick up a Carmel Harrington book.
Thank you for reading
Carmel
Chart success for A Thousand Roads Home, No. 6 in the Irish Times Bestseller Charts and No1 with Amazon UK for fourteen weeks
The UK Book Subscription club, My Book Moment, chooses A Thousand Roads Home as their Popular Fiction Book of the Month in August
A Thousand Roads Home UK publication date 8th August 2019
A Thousand Roads Home is an Amazon UK, Kobo and iBooks Bestseller!
A Thousand Roads Home is one of Eason's Top Ten Reads of 2018, as voted by their readers.
A Thousand Roads Home is Book of the Month with Easons and Bookstation October 2018!
As part of the Peter McVerry Trust #OpeningDoors week, a dramatic reading from A Thousand Road's Home will be made by actors Cathy Belton & Raymond Keane on 11th October, 630pm, The Winding Stair, Dublin.
The Woman at 72 Derry Lane remained in the Irish Bestsellers charts for 12 weeks, reaching no. 2! It was also a No. 1 UK, US and Canadian Amazon Bestseller.
Carmel's novel, The Woman at 72 Derry Lane is shortlisted in the Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year category. This is her second year in a row to be shortlisted for this prestigious award.
Carmel's official ITV novel, Cold Feet The Lost Years (Hardback Edition) reached No 14 in the UK Bestseller Charts.
Alongside Hazel Gaynor and Catherine Ryan Howard, Carmel co-founded The Inspiration Project writing retreats. Be inspired at www.theinspirationproject.ie
The UK Book Subscription club, My Book Moment, chooses A Thousand Roads Home as their Popular Fiction Book of the Month in August
A Thousand Roads Home UK publication date 8th August 2019
A Thousand Roads Home is an Amazon UK, Kobo and iBooks Bestseller!
A Thousand Roads Home is one of Eason's Top Ten Reads of 2018, as voted by their readers.
A Thousand Roads Home is Book of the Month with Easons and Bookstation October 2018!
As part of the Peter McVerry Trust #OpeningDoors week, a dramatic reading from A Thousand Road's Home will be made by actors Cathy Belton & Raymond Keane on 11th October, 630pm, The Winding Stair, Dublin.
The Woman at 72 Derry Lane remained in the Irish Bestsellers charts for 12 weeks, reaching no. 2! It was also a No. 1 UK, US and Canadian Amazon Bestseller.
Carmel's novel, The Woman at 72 Derry Lane is shortlisted in the Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year category. This is her second year in a row to be shortlisted for this prestigious award.
Carmel's official ITV novel, Cold Feet The Lost Years (Hardback Edition) reached No 14 in the UK Bestseller Charts.
Alongside Hazel Gaynor and Catherine Ryan Howard, Carmel co-founded The Inspiration Project writing retreats. Be inspired at www.theinspirationproject.ie
September Inspiration Diaries are a go!
Another month, another entry in our Inspiration Diaries series! Have you been following along each month? This blog is written by six writers – three published, and three on the way to being published. Throughout 2019, Hazel, Catherine and me (the Inspiration Project founders) will share monthly updates about our own…
Just like that, summer falls into September
Hello everyone, September at last! One of my favorite months, as it happens. As well as the kids going back to school, autumn leaves beginning to fall and crisp, apples and blackberries galore in our back garden, it’s time for me to get back to my desk and start writing…
DEAR READER Dear Reader, books have always been one of the greatest loves of my life. From childhood to now, there isn't a time in my life where I didn't fall into the world of a new book with joyful abandon. I can remember standing in Wexford Library when I was ten years old, dreaming that one-day MY books would sit on their bookshelves. I still have to pinch myself that my dream became a reality.
'Am I living my best life?’ This is a question that I often ask myself and a thread that connects the stories in each of my books. I like to push my characters to their limits so that their true selves can be revealed. Because I believe it is only in our darkest moments, that we realise how strong - or weak - we are.
When I write, my characters become real to me. I hear their voices throughout the day, whispering their truths. And they always seem to know their own path, which is often different to the one I set them on in the opening chapters!
I’m a heart on my sleeve type of gal and my books are like that too. They will make you cry and laugh. I do both when I write them! When a storyline involves any hurt inflicted on children, you can be guaranteed I sobbed while writing it!
For me, my books are a little like this: sometimes in life, it rains, sometimes the sun shines. But when you have both, that's when the magic happens and a beautiful rainbow appears. My hope is that you, my lovely readers, get to see all of the colours of the rainbow when you pick up a Carmel Harrington book.
Thank you for reading
Carmel
Dear Reader, books have always been one of the greatest loves of my life. From childhood to now, there isn't a time in my life where I didn't fall into the world of a new book with joyful abandon. I can remember standing in Wexford Library when I was ten years old, dreaming that one-day MY books would sit on their bookshelves. I still have to pinch myself that my dream became a reality.
'Am I living my best life?’ This is a question that I often ask myself and a thread that connects the stories in each of my books. I like to push my characters to their limits so that their true selves can be revealed. Because I believe it is only in our darkest moments, that we realise how strong - or weak - we are.
When I write, my characters become real to me. I hear their voices throughout the day, whispering their truths. And they always seem to know their own path, which is often different to the one I set them on in the opening chapters!
I’m a heart on my sleeve type of gal and my books are like that too. They will make you cry and laugh. I do both when I write them! When a storyline involves any hurt inflicted on children, you can be guaranteed I sobbed while writing it!
For me, my books are a little like this: sometimes in life, it rains, sometimes the sun shines. But when you have both, that's when the magic happens and a beautiful rainbow appears. My hope is that you, my lovely readers, get to see all of the colours of the rainbow when you pick up a Carmel Harrington book.
Thank you for reading
Carmel
'Am I living my best life?’ This is a question that I often ask myself and a thread that connects the stories in each of my books. I like to push my characters to their limits so that their true selves can be revealed. Because I believe it is only in our darkest moments, that we realise how strong - or weak - we are.
When I write, my characters become real to me. I hear their voices throughout the day, whispering their truths. And they always seem to know their own path, which is often different to the one I set them on in the opening chapters!
I’m a heart on my sleeve type of gal and my books are like that too. They will make you cry and laugh. I do both when I write them! When a storyline involves any hurt inflicted on children, you can be guaranteed I sobbed while writing it!
For me, my books are a little like this: sometimes in life, it rains, sometimes the sun shines. But when you have both, that's when the magic happens and a beautiful rainbow appears. My hope is that you, my lovely readers, get to see all of the colours of the rainbow when you pick up a Carmel Harrington book.
Thank you for reading
Carmel