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Wishing you all a radiant October, dear friends, wherever you are in the world. Whether our days are shortening or lengthening, may this month bring us warmth in unexpected places, and remind us to go creative! I hope the season’s shifts stir your own imagination, and bring you closer to what matters most to you.
This is your latest update about the Maud Gonne Statue campaign, with information about Kickstarter late pledges, a new “stretch reward” book, and formation of the Maud Gonne Society as a company limited by guarantee, seeking charity status.
I’m delighted to announce that After the Rising & Before the Fall (Centenary Edition) was honoured as a Gold Winner, in the family saga fiction category of the 2024 Global Book Awards!
Our “More than a Muse” campaign, a Kickstarter fundraiser to create a statue of Maud Gonne for Dublin is now … Read more
WB Yeats on Maud Gonne’s Beauty – Enjoy a new open fiction post for all.
I stumbled across an interview where Maud Gonne MacBride describes witnessing evictions in her youth and her involvement in the Land War.
UPDATED JULY 8 2024: This campaign aims to connect a body of people who intend to see Maud Gonne honoured … Read more
With tributes to Maud Gonne on public view in Dublin already, do we really need a street statue too? Yes, we do.
You are invited to what we hope will be an enchanting evening of literary exploration and creative collaboration: The Gonne-Yeats Series: Virtual Literary Salon (& “Statue for Maud” Uncommittee Meeting) on Wednesday, 12th June, at 7 PM UK time.
An uncommittee is a loose collective of people with a shared goal, interest or cause, who meet up to collaborate, as needed. This more creative approach avoids the hierarchical and bureaucratic aspects of traditional committees, such as rigid roles, red tape, and top-down decision-making. Coined by Orna Ross, novelist poet and founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, who based it on the idea of the “unconference” that’s widespread in the self-publishing sector, an uncommittee eschew hierarchical structures in the same way, and foster a more egalitarian experience that thrives on spontaneity and serendipity.
Very pleased to find out that “Blue Mercy” is a winner again, this time it’s The Firebird Book Award as a first-place winner in the Mystery category.