Orna Ross Archives

After the Rising & Before the Fall: American Fiction Awards Finalist

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 24, 2022August 29, 2021 by Orna Ross

My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “Followings” Creatives grope through the dark drawn by the promise of … 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 24, 2022August 26, 2021 by Orna Ross

I’m making a change to my reader membership. From September 2021, each member will receive a short ebook from my … Read more

February 24, 2022August 22, 2021 by Orna Ross

My most popular poem on Instagram this week was “The Miracle of Reading” Those who give are never alone And … Read more

February 24, 2022August 15, 2021 by Orna Ross

I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the blog, … Read more

February 15, 2022August 8, 2021 by Orna Ross

I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the blog, … 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 24, 2022August 1, 2021 by Orna Ross

I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the blog, … 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 24, 2022July 30, 2021 by Orna Ross

Each month, I post one of my best poems exclusively to my poetry patrons in Patreon. Among other benefits (more … Read more

February 24, 2022July 25, 2021 by Orna Ross

I mostly post my poetry first on Instagram, (unless it is a patron-exclusive poem). Then, each Sunday here on the blog, … Read more

February 15, 2022July 23, 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