JOYRIDE - VIRTUAL TOUR STOP #4

The incomparably shiny Claire Hennessy interviews me here on stop four of my virtual tour. We talk about my use of my birth name, stories vs novels and more.

'There was a shit-storm on Twitter when I reverted to my birth name, from a bunch of Irish writers whom I shall not identify. Betrayal of identity, blah-fucking-blah. These people don’t even know me; they’d be better off writing books rather than bitching about what I do, imo…'

VIRTUAL TOUR - JOYRIDE TO JUPITER

I am in the middle of the book-just-out swirly madness. Hence somewhat neglected blog. I had a great time at the Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Derry on Friday with Jan Carson (a sweetheart) and before that at the Flash Fiction Festival in Bath with all my flash fiction friends, including Tania Hershman and Christopher Allen. Well done to organisers Jude Higgins and Meg Pokrass.

Seamus art in my B&B, Laurel Villa in Magherafelt

More B&B art - I felt a bit like this after my long drive from Galway

My rather lovely bed in the Michael Longley Room

Meanwhile my Virtual Tour for Joyride to Jupiter continues apace. So far Margaret Bonass Madden has reviewed the collection on her high-octane blog, Bleach House Library. And Rae Joyce has also interviewed me at her fabulous blog, Snow Like Thought. Next stop is Cathy Brown's 746 Books this week.

Here are the virtual tour stops so far, with links:

Bleach House Library - review

Snow like Thought - interview.

In the coming weeks, after Cathy's review, I will be visiting the lovely Claire Hennessy (interview) and also my dear friend Shauna Gilligan (interview).