by Orna Ross | Jun 14, 2014 | Fiction |
Yeats activity is hotting up in Ireland, as June 13th 2015 will be the 150th anniversary of his birth. Yesterday was the third annual Yeats Day in Sligo and Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht used the occasion to launch “Yeats...
by Orna Ross | Apr 19, 2014 | Fiction |
Late in 1888, young Willie Yeats finished his first major book, The Wanderings of Oisin (a Gaelic name, pronounced “Usheen”), at the age of 22. The challenge then, as now, was to get it published and into the hands of readers. He had a publisher in mind...
by Orna Ross | Feb 3, 2014 | Fiction |
The wonderful Jane Dixon-Smith has just delivered the covers for the Yeats-Gonne trilogy, Between The Words, and yes, I'm a tad excited! Jane's done a wonderful job as always. These novels have been a long time in the writing. WB Yeats was 23-years-old when Maud...
by Orna Ross | Dec 1, 2013 | Fiction |
The “god-shaped question” is the subject of W.B. Yeats' poem about The Magi, the three men variously called kings or wise men who came to Bethlehem on the night of Jesus’s birth to pay homage to a new saviour. For Yeats, they are trapped forever in that posture of...
by Orna Ross | Nov 27, 2013 | Fiction |
WB Yeats had a connection with many places across the country of Ireland, particularly the counties of Galway, Mayo and Dublin. If you're hoping to go on a trip to visit some of the locations that are linked to his life, click the link to this Google Map for some...
by Orna Ross | Nov 13, 2013 | Fiction |
On Saturday, I did an interview with Marese O'Sullivan, a young Irish student here in London who is fascinated by the Gonnes' relationship with WB Yeats and wanted to know more about my motivation for writing the trilogy. Marese had a lot of questions, so we're...