
The Watch House by Bernie McGill
No 593 The Butterfly Cabinet by Bernie McGill
The Butterfly Cabinet was one of my books for Reading Ireland Month and I am delighted to have Bernie on the blog today answering questions about this beautiful book and her writing in general. The Butterfly Cabinet is based on a true story set in Portstewart, Northern Ireland and it tells the story of…

November in Review
Yet again I am playing catch up with myself! It’s the same old story – reading? Good. Reviewing? Bad. I feel like one of my old school teachers, ‘Cathy could do so much better if she would just apply herself more…’ In my defence, November has been a rather rubbish month. The obvious political situation…

Putting Women Writers from the North of Ireland in the spotlight!
Yesterday it was announced that New Island Books will publish a new collection of short stories by women writers from the North of Ireland in Autumn 2016. The book, called The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland will be edited by journalist and broadcaster Sinéad Gleeson and it is…

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