WRITING – I write from necessity. If I’m not writing, I’m miserable. I’ve written lots of non-fiction over the years but I reached a turning point in 2009 when I was short listed for the Virginia [Woolf] prize for my novel, Bone and Blood, published in 2014. Now every day is a writing day wherever I am.
Gunther
Gunther will be my third novel. It is about writing and AI Das Buch erscheint im Herbst. Stay tuned!
Michel-Michelle
My second novel Michel-Michelle challenges fixed notions of gender and seeks to increase awareness of diversity in ourselves, our friends, our families, and others.
Bone and Blood
My first novel, Bone and Blood, was inspired by a visit to Ravensbrück concentration camp near Berlin where I found out some Irish women had been imprisoned during the Second World War.
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“Humanity ties us all together”
Kashi Behrstock speaking, daughter Ela on left: Photo Klaus Fesche „Wunstorf is also now free of Jews” the local Nazi-boss and Mayor declared in a letter to “all the soldiers from our lovely Wunstorf” in 1942. Decades after, a group…
Above the Treeline
Spot on review of Nora Hughes‘ poetryAbove the Treeline by Chris Beckett in londongrip.co.uk see link below. Thanks to Chris Beckett for such a sensitive review which highlights the „emotional legacy“ of Nora’s life in Belfast and how „wherever…
Between the River and the Sea
Between the River and the Sea “The complexity I’ve lived with all my life has forced me to be alone with my position. If I’m already alone anyway, why not be alone in front of an audience.” Yousef Smeid, born…
GUEST BLOG
Opa’s return: H-G Rennert German version see below / Deutsche Fassung unten 80 years ago: my granddad arrived back home after a year as prisoner of war in Russia. Hermann Meuter, born in February 1907 in Steinhude, passed away in…
Unity in diversity
Connections between Irish nuns in WW II resistance and the work of Standing Together On Thursday 24th of April citizens from Berlin and Donegal gathered in the community hall at the Franciscan Friary in Rossnowlagh, Donegal to commemorate 5 Irish…
Unity in Diversity
Everyday Resistance: Jehovah’s Witnesses The commemoration in the Irish Embassy for the Irish women imprisoned in Ravensbrück Concentration camp (KZ) celebrated the 80th Anniversary of liberation. A special performance of the Berlin choir, La Voix Mixte was a reminder of…