Transported as a convict to Melbourne, New South Wales, the pardoned.

Review of second indie published novel.

Historical Galway. Researching the setting for Jane Keating, one of my female protagonists.

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer who began to write in English to simplify his ideas. Then he translated his words back into...

Researching the Irish Civil War. My indie-published novels about the Irish Famine.

I have just read this amazing novel. It’s a best seller and for good reason. A mother takes her young son with her as they try to escape...

Free e-books!

When I wrote the story about Jane Keating's time in New South Wales in 1846-47, "Daughters in Exile", I planned for her to find out what...

The e-book went live last night and the paperback is in the process. Now, I can get on and finish the third in the trilogy! Hopefully...

historical research, and family history.

Indie author and self publishing my second historical novel.

My research on the failed Irish rebellion in 1848.

A morning walk beside the canal

A friend gave me a copy of this lovely book about the Irish Famine. The author, Patrick Campbell, writes about his family who lived in...

An image of a canal and the old railway line crossing above

Reading for research and also for pleasure. A history book and a crime novel.

August 2022 is looking like a slower month for my book orders. These are the total orders since I self-published my first novel back in...

Irish historical novel recounting the story of two intrepid young women, living through the Famine years.

Researching emigration in my own family. Census records and photographs.

Indie writers and creative writing workshops