by Orna Ross | Apr 26, 2017 | Fiction |
Below are three of my favorite readings of Yeats's poetry. The first is from Bob Geldof's flawed but fabulous program for RTE TV, Fanatic Heart. Liam Neeson Reads “Easter 1916” The second reading is from the film adaptation of every book lover's must-read...
by Orna Ross | Dec 3, 2016 | Fiction |
Just out: Footage of the Historical Fiction panel at The Triskele Literary Festival in London, back in September. Together with Radhika Swarup, JD Smith and Alison Morton, I was interviewed about the joys of writing historical fiction. Between us, we covered 3rd...
by Orna Ross | Nov 5, 2016 | Fiction |
On October 25th, which also happens to be the night the Man-Booker prize winner was announced this year, I won my own first prize as a novelist. It's not likely that you'll have heard of that award, for three reasons. It's an Irish prize, this is its first year in...
by Orna Ross | Oct 25, 2016 | Fiction |
The Carousel Aware Prize for the best independently published books in Ireland will be announced tonight, at a gala event in Dublin. I'm honored that Her Secret Rose is shortlisted in the Best Novel category and sad that, for personal reasons, I can't travel to...
by Orna Ross | Oct 12, 2016 | Fiction |
In this extract, we’re taking up the story, just before Mercy's father dies and she is arrested for the murder. At this point, she has returned to Ireland to care for him, he’s very old, he’s very ill and he’s as tyrannical as he ever was, in the days when she fled...
by Orna Ross | Sep 23, 2016 | Fiction |
Rather thrilled have been shortlisted for Best Novel in the CAP AWARDS-2016, along with: Thomas Paul Burgess for White Church, Black Mountain James Lawless for American Doll Pam Lecky for The Bowes Inheritance Neil Rochford for The Blue Ridge Project. The prize was...