It’s the Irish publication date of My Pear-Shaped Life!

Sometimes, even the best-laid plans go pear-shaped. That’s pretty much whats happened to the launch plans we’ve been plotting and fine-tuning for months now! My eight novel comes out in Ireland today, then follows on in the UK on 16th and then Australia and New Zealand on the 20th! We…

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Did you fail the cynic test?

I was delighted to come across a review in the Irish Echo Australia by Frank O’Shea. In the feature, Travels in the Interior, he shares his thoughts on Night Boat to Tangier, by Kevin Barry and A Thousand Roads Home! So much modern fiction is grim and serious that it…

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