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Isabella Pollexfen Varley: Artist and Aunt of WB Yeats

June 29, 2022June 3, 2022 by Orna Ross

One thing I love about writing historical fiction is doing the research. I often have to stop myself digging too … Read more

July 24, 2022May 30, 2022 by Orna Ross

If you don’t already know, my Yeats-Gonne book Her Secret Rose (first published in 2015) has morphed into a Yeats-Gonne … Read more

April 5, 2022March 4, 2022 by Orna Ross

A while ago, I came across an idea that has made an enormous difference to how I plan my novels: … Read more

February 15, 2022September 4, 2021 by Orna Ross

I’m delighted that After the Rising & Before the Fall (Centenary Edition) was honoured as an award-winning finalist, in the family … Read more

February 15, 2022September 1, 2021 by Orna Ross

The After the Rising & Before the Fall blog tour begins today. For 10 days, 13 bloggers will be celebrating … Read more

February 15, 2022August 27, 2021 by Orna Ross

Each Friday, I publish an extract from my work in progress, currently Dancing in the Wind, based on a true … Read more

February 15, 2022August 3, 2021 by Orna Ross

“Poets should never marry,” Maud Gonne told WB Yeats shortly before she, without telling him, became engaged to another. “The … Read more

February 15, 2022July 30, 2021 by Orna Ross

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more

February 15, 2022July 21, 2021 by Orna Ross

Like all young women of her class and time, Maud Gonne was raised to have a wide variety of accomplishments—singing, … Read more

February 15, 2022July 9, 2021 by Orna Ross

The story opens in 1916. The world is at war, Irish freedom fighters have just staged an armed rebellion in … Read more