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A festival of words with a huge heart
Last week I took part in the inaugural Donaghmede Literary Festival and it was just such a gorgeous event. The brainchild of international bestselling novelist Sheila O’Flanagan the festival grew out of a campaign to save the local library in Donaghmede Shopping Centre. It may have been the first literary...
Read MoreAm writing…
I asked Joseph O’Connor once at a reading why he wrote. He is self deprecating, as most writers worth their salt tend to be, and he had told us how in his early days as a writer he had submitted a manuscript to Faber and Faber only to be rejected...
Read MoreIrish Embassy Washington DC
Washington DC has always been a place close to my heart. It is a beautiful city – lots of green space, no tall buildings and fabulous museums but every time I visit I get the sense that anything is achievable there. Perhaps it is the omnipresence of power in the air or maybe...
Read MoreInterview with Ryan
For many years Susan struggled with a fear of public speaking but knew it was something she had to conquer. She joined Ryan in studio to talk about facing her fear and overcoming it with the help of Toastmasters. http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=b9%5F21317311%5F20433%5F%5F
Read MoreLonglisted for the Annie McHale Award!
I’m thrilled skinny to see The King of Lavender Square sitting alongside these gems. Together we make the longlist for The Annie McHale Debut Novel of the Year 2017 Award. Shortlist to be announced in the next few weeks. Fingers crossed!
Read MoreBlog entry January 14
Hello there January already! I know it’s a bit late and we’re well into January and all that but Happy New Year anyway. I hope you’d a fabulous Christmas and read lots while dipping into your selection boxes and boxes of Roses. I’m only getting back to the blog...
Read MoreSunday Independent
A Dublin-based writer originally spotted by a literary editor who discovered John Grisham and Maeve Binchy has finally made it into the bookshops after her first novel was turned down. Susan Ryan was inspired by the support she received from Rosie de Courcy, an editor at a London literary...
Read MoreNewstalk interview
Author Susan Ryan on “The King of Lavender Square” We talk to author Susan Ryan about her new book “The King of Lavender Square”
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Blog Entry November 4th
Hello there I was in hospital a week back for a very minor yoke and the kind woman who was doing all the form filling and box ticking asked me what my profession was. I said “novelist” and then went bright red before realising that I didn’t need to...
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