Monthly Archives: August 2014

Interview with MARTINA DEVLIN

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Lia Mills

Martina Devlin’s latest book is The House Where It Happened, a ghost story inspired by Ireland’s only mass witchcraft trial. Other books range from the number one bestseller Banksters, a co-authored account of the Irish banking collapse, to Ship of Dreams, … Continue reading →

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NEW WRITING AWARD @ New Welsh Review

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Lia Mills

The lovely people at New Welsh Review http://www.newwelshreview.com have launched a brand new writing competition, open to residents of Ireland & the UK and anyone educated in Wales: WWF Cymru Prize for Writing on Nature & the Environment (8,000-30,000 words … Continue reading →

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How to be a Child? – a Carmel Benson Exhibition @ The Mermaid (Bray)

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Lia Mills

  “How to be a Child?” is the title of Carmel Benson’s latest exhibition. Themes familiar from the artist’s earlier work recur but in newly explicit forms: here, the solitary, watching figure is that of a young girl who faces … Continue reading →

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Two poetry competitions from The Moth

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Lia Mills

This just came in from Claire Mulligan @ The Moth Magazine (http://www.themothmagazine.com/) Details of this year’s Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize: * One overall prize of €10,000 for a single poem * Three runner-up prizes of €1,000. The prize is open … Continue reading →

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What’s a copy-editor? What do they do? Why do we need them?

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Lia Mills

This is an interview with Robert Doran, copy-editor extraordinaire and all-round good bloke.  You’ll find him at Robert Edits. Robert, if you were profiling a copy-editor, what characteristics would they have? A degree of humility is essential. You must be able … Continue reading →

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Nothing’s Simple: making the case for an ebook

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Lia Mills

Several months ago, I decided to publish my second novel, Nothing Simple, as an ebook. Why? The first and most obvious reason was that the novel was out of print and the rights had reverted to me. There was a … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction or Prose Poem?

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Lia Mills

This is what’s exercising my sluggish, rain-soaked brain at the minute: what is the difference between flash fiction and a prose poem? Narrative, you might suggest – as Nessa O’Mahony did, very helpfully, when I posted the question on Twitter … Continue reading →

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