James Lawless Published in Sunday Independent 22/06/2014 Waiting for the Bullet, Madeleine D’Arcy, Doire Press €12 Madeleine D’Arcy’s stories begin in medias res as good short stories should — ‘Fintan can smell warm chips as he enters the pub’ kickstarts…
Rocio Paula Sanchez has done a great job in capturing the historical and linguistic nuances in Peeling Oranges which encapsulates so much of Spanish and Irish history. Only three dollars at http://www.amazon.com/Pelando-naranjas-Spanish-Edition-Lawless-ebook/dp/B00KPW04WC or in English at http://www.amazon.com/James-Lawless/e/B001JOXD96.
My first novel Peeling Oranges has just been translated into Italian by Martina Divisoli through babelcube.com It is entitled Sbucciando arance and is available from amazon epub for 2.99 euro and later will be in paperback Peeling Oranges is a…
June 2014 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering 13 May 2014 at 16:25 The Limerick Writers’ Centre Presents The June 2014 ‘On the Nail’ Literary Gathering Tuesday 3rd June 2014 @ The Loft Venue @ The Locke Bar, Georges Quay, Limerick.…
Here in No Place A. W. Timmons New Island €16.99 When one reads that A.W. Timmons is a graduate of the MA creative writing course at UCD, one is made slightly wary of the putative danger of creating writing schools…
‘The meaning of life is to find your gift, The purpose of life is to give it away.’ Pablo Picasso.
I first became acquainted with the work of James Lawless when I read and greatly admired his novel, Knowing Women. Here are some of my thoughts on his work: Knowing Women by James Lawless made me think of one very good book…
Guest Blog: James Lawless Thanks for inviting me to your blog. As regards tips for writing, all I can say for sure is that the best tip is the act of writing itself, writing in a disciplined manner and regularly. What…
Author’s Preface Peeling Oranges: The Provenance of a Novel. In the nineties I wrote a short story called Diaries about Derek Foley, who sifted through the diaries of his late father, a diplomat in Franco’s Spain, and discovered things…
What a great novel! This is a fantastic story where two very different ways of life meet up. Penelope is from Ireland where her father is the dominant figure in the home and has a brother hooked on drugs…