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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Borders
Other-eyes-perspective on border technologies from Berlin. Can 2020 take us beyond the divisive rhetoric of Brexit? Thanks to Sabine and Marcus for the ground level view of the Donegal border in 2019. They highlight the proposal to monitor Ireland’s 208…
Hope
„The people united will never be defeated. “ Is unity in diversity possible without the snakes and ladders of power and corruption? Thanks for the hopeful inspiration from this song, resurrected in October 2019 in Chile. I will store it…
Best of 2019
Liz Mc Skeane’s novel, Canticle, was my most compelling read of 2019. It immersed me in the struggle between creativity, research and corrupt institutions. Set in Madrid in 1616, in the shadow of the Inquisition, Canticle (Turas Press ISBN 978-0-9957916-3-3)…
No Small Talk
NO SMALL TALK is a group of writers who have come together out of concern for the level of division and increasing hostility that has crept into the rhetoric around Brexit. We want to generate links between writers and artists…
Hireath
When the writer, Louise Kennedy, referred to Hireath, the Welsh word for longing for home, my friend the poet, Winifred Mc Nulty, challenged me to open up my „Heimat Coffer“ to a wider public. Louise and Winifred were both reading…
La voix mixte
La voix mixte, a Berlin Choir, celebrates its 30th anniversary with works from Ernst Pepping, Philip Glass, Sade Bartling among others. The link will also take you to a special composition performed at the launch of my novel Bone…