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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Zwitter
Z for Zwitter is in honour of the mix of male and female in our human nature. The diverse ways trees reproduce inspired me to think about gender as more fluid than we like to admit. Their network of roots…
Y for gender fluidity
Y for more chromosomes and gender fluidity in trees. The dying ash at my window takes me back to lockdown during the pandemic.The threat of danger and death rustled through me as I lay in bed and watched the ash…
X for fear
X is a cloak for Xtremes which distort our dreams and desires with fear. XX is for chromosomes and for the mysteries of gender. When fear seeks to distort my sense of self and when 21st century gender polarisation upsets…
W for Wood Wide Web
W for Woman Writer in Wood Wide Web W is for women especially those who have campaigned for human rights for centuries. W is for the Will to align human rights with nature. W is for a Writer who has…
V for Virgin
V is for Virgin and Victorina Press, a small independent publisher which supports bibliodiversity – it gives voice to the expression of diversity in its published authors. Victorina Press published my novel Michel–Michelle which tells the story of Axel whose…
U for Uncertainty
U for Uncertainty and the search for hope in an Unusual place. Can we make connections between the social construction of gender and race and economic empires? Are new connections between campaigns and corporate social responsibility possible for major corporations?.…