by Orna Ross | Apr 27, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, FICTION |
I noticed while calendar rummaging this week that today, as well as being the birthday of one of my oldest friends (Happy Birthday Buts!), is the death anniversary of two of my favorite Irishwomen. Both the activist Maud Gonne and the poet Eavan Boland died on April...
by Orna Ross | Apr 17, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, FICTION |
Just recorded the video voiceover for Blue Mercy, as scripted by Arth of BookBarns. In a world torn between truth and treachery… Mercy Mulcahy has been accused of a crime that would haunt her to the end of her days. Now, as she faces her final chapter… she...
by Orna Ross | Apr 14, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, POETRY |
Yay! Delighted to let you know that Circle of Life: Inspirational Poetry for Mothers and Other Carers is a winner again. This time it's a BookFest Book Gold Award for “exceptional literary achievement”. Gift this Award-Winning Book for Mother's Day? This short...
by Orna Ross | Apr 1, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, Go Creative! Podcast |
In this first episode of the Go Creatiive! Podcast, novelist and poet Orna Ross introduces herself as a creative and creativist, and explains what to expect from her new solo podcast, for authors, artists and everyone. Read the Transcript to Go Creative! Podcast #1:...
by Orna Ross | Mar 31, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, POETRY |
Thinking of Easter, and of Eostre –the old goddess of spring and fertility who gave the celebration her name–along came another spring poem. I've called it “April in England” and to leave this one open to everyone. (Sorry patrons, but I'll have a new...
by Orna Ross | Mar 22, 2024 | - NON-MEMBER POSTS, FICTION, Gonne-Yeats Series |
Thank you to everyone who attended my St Patrick's Day talk at the Kino-Teatr St Leonards on Sea on Sunday last: More Than A Muse: Maud Gonne and the Poetry of WB Yeats. There's nothing I love more than delving into my obsession with the entwined lives and works of...