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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Holy Halls/ Heilige Hallen
H is for heterosexuals who are attracted woman to man or man to woman. H is for homosexuals which was used to describe gay men before the days of gay liberation. H is also for the holy halls of beech…
Proud of GCN
G for Gay has been used for a long time to describe sexual activities which go against conventions. In 1951, it entered the Oxford English Dictionary as a slang term for homosexual and since then has been the preferred term…
Feisty Feminist
F is for Feminist. For centuries feminists have asserted the rights of women to own property, vote, have a profession. Where does feminism connect to the inequalities of North v South? Can men be feminists? THINK GLOBAL: ACT LOCAL Think…
Eco-equality
E is for equality in diversity. E is also for Ears which are really important for listening to others without jumping into EGO judgement or polarisation which helps the powerful manipulate us. ECO resonates with the power of connection to…
D for Deadline for Diversity
D is for Deadline for Diversity in all our nature, where WE are true to ourselves and THEM in the space for empathy,art, imagination. D for Drag Race and the delights of diversity expressed through creativity helps us survive and…
C for CIS, Closet and Celibate
C for CIS is used to mean your gender identity is the same as the sex assigned to you at birth. C for closet is where LBGTQI+ kept their gender identity hidden because we were afraid of backlash. C is…