by Orna Ross | Jan 10, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
Happy New Year to You All! I hope you had a lovely festive time. Since coming back, I've been knee-deep in boxes, with my trusty supporters, Laura Park and Alina Ion, putting together creative planning packs for authors. You may remember that in November I ran a...
by Orna Ross | Jan 1, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS |
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by Orna Ross | Dec 1, 2023 | 1. MEMBER POSTS, Fiction |
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by Orna Ross | Nov 10, 2023 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Fiction |
One of the things I most admire about WB Yeats is the care he took with his books, not just in their writing —- he was an avid reviser and improver -—but in their design and presentation. And in how he represented his own ideas and intentions to potential readers...
by Orna Ross | Oct 29, 2023 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
Last month I had the pleasure of attending the London Irish Literary Society's “Poetry as Commemoration” event at the stunning Fitzrovia Chapel. Poetry as Commemoration invited communities to turn to poetry as a mode of understanding and expressing...
by Orna Ross | Oct 27, 2023 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Fiction |
As most of you know, I'm in the middle of writing my biggest project EVER–a seven-book biographical fiction series, based around the true-life stories of two giants of Irish history, the activist Maud Gonne and the poet WB Yeats. These two, together with Maud's...
by Orna Ross | Oct 15, 2023 | 1. MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
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by Orna Ross | Oct 8, 2023 | Poetry |
The term “woodstock”, which is old English in origin, once meant a dwelling or a clearing in the woods. Which is where we started this overview of old Irish poetry, with The Hermit's Song. Today, it has come to mean a large, impromptu gathering, thanks to...
by Orna Ross | Oct 6, 2023 | Fiction |
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by Orna Ross | Oct 1, 2023 | 1. MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
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