Brooks Hotel Book of the Month

I’m delighted to announce that my novel Journey to the Heartland has been chosen by Brook’s Hotel in Dublin to be their Book of the Month. This means that copies will sit in the resident’s lounge and residents can read a copy during their stay The Book will be available in the Resident's Lounge My book will be sitting back to some other lovely Irish Author...
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Hope Foundation Book Club Event

It's been a difficult year for charities and with book club events being one of the few activities that is thriving I've jumped on board this great opportunity to support The Hope Foundation that's happening on March 18th 2021. The Hope Foundation is a registered charity working with street and slum children in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India. It's only €10 to participate...
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Novel Travel News for 2021

Without doubt, 2020 was a difficult year for those of us with wanderlust and it looks like 2021 isn't going to be any easier but this is the perfect time to settle in and dream up your future travels. I've been busy re-writing a new novel which will be released on January 21st 2021 under the imprint The Novel Press. It's been a long time in the writing but this story set again...
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Writing a Novel on Newstalk

How to Write a Novel on Newstalk with Ivan Yates Everybody has a book in them. There has never been a better time to write that book than this unusual time of self isolation that we find ourselves living in. I've put down some notes about my process for writing a novel and with some tips and hints to help you to get started. If you'd like to take a look at some of my novels ...
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Happy Halloween

Apologies for my silence on this website but as Halloween is one of my favourite times of the year I was reminded of my novel that I set during Halloween! Ten years ago today, while visiting Las Vegas I managed to pack in five crazy weddings that were going on in different chapels all over the city and it inspired me to write 4am in Las Vegas! Get 4am in Las Vegas here on Amazo...
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Busy Broadcasting and More Travel

Hi There It's been a while since I've checked in on my website. I've been doing weekly podcasts with Ivan Yates on the Hard Shoulder and am still Travel Pundit on The Elaine Show on Virgin Media one. I've also been on a couple of lovely trips. In February I went to cornwall - see my mini movie here And at the end of last year I took a road trip with my Dad to Easte...
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