by Orna Ross | Jan 1, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
This is my blog and reader member feed, a blend of member-only exclusives and posts open to all. Whether you're a member, or just a passerby, draw up your chair and scroll down to enjoy!
by Shanaya Wagh | Feb 21, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
“The Mothers Who Never Forgot:” An Online Talk by Dr. Margaret Ward + Q&A On February 26, 2025, acclaimed historian Dr. Margaret Ward, author of Unmanageable Revolutionaries and Maud Gonne’s biographer, will give a presentation, followed by a Q&A. She'll...
by Orna Ross | Feb 19, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, The Rest |
Big social media news this week — Orna Ross Publications is moving to Pinterest I’m moving away from Facebook and Instagram due to Zuckerberg’s recent elimination of fact-checkers and general Trumpery. And I left X when Elon Musk bought it. I’ve settled on...
by Shanaya Wagh | Feb 17, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
Any future tour guide stopping at a statue of Gonne would have to devote considerable time to do justice to her complexity and robustness. Given the paucity of memorials to women adorning our capital, it would surely be a worthwhile addition. Diarmaid Ferriter says in...
by Orna Ross | Feb 16, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
Yes, Valentine’s Day is over—-but we all know love isn’t something to chuck away with the paper card. So here’s a poem to keep the love going–to remind us that we are not accidents, but offerings. My Only Answer: A Poem Don’t tell me you are just an accident who...
by Orna Ross | Feb 12, 2025 | The Rest |
The Seven Stages of the Creative Process: Workshop Replay is now available to Author and Workshop patrons on Patreon. Access here
by Orna Ross | Feb 7, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Fiction |
I’m coming to the end of the final edits of ‘A Crowd of Stars: WB Yeats Poems to Maud Gonne with Commentary by the Muse’ This book was offered as a Kickstarter bonus if our statue campaign for Maud Gonne managed to cross our stretch goal of target £15,000. We did… and...
by Orna Ross | Feb 5, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Go Creative! |
Go Creative! February Workshop is tomorrow! Looking forward to meeting with you LIVE if you can make it…or in replay afterwards. Bring your creative challenges and get them sorted. In this session, we'll be exploring the seven stages of the creative process, applying...
by Orna Ross | Feb 2, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
Switching up my newsletter day to the first Sunday of the month… so check your inboxes, reader members and subscribers. It’s been bumper!
by Orna Ross | Jan 30, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
I’ve been working on some special poetry gifts for St Valentine’s day. Lovely, thoughtful bookish, poetic gifts for those who are that way inclined. Find out more:...
by Shanaya Wagh | Jan 20, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
That day of the year when we celebrate love and our loved ones is almost upon us. For centuries, at least since the time of Chaucer, poetry and love have been intertwined, so I've been preparing a range of poetry gifts for Valentine’s Day that your beloved is likely...