by Orna Ross | Feb 9, 2024 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Fiction |
Does Maud Gonne deserve a statue in Dublin? Of course she does and a group of writers and readers, artists and historians, are starting a campaign to bring this long overdue monument into being in a prominent Dublin location. We believe Maud Gonne deserves this public...
by Orna Ross | Jun 3, 2022 | Fiction |
One thing I love about writing historical fiction is doing the research. I often have to stop myself digging too deep while I'm working. I love the thrill of following a trail and getting to know new people, and the interconnections between them. This week I’ve been...
by Orna Ross | May 30, 2022 | Fiction |
If you don't already know, my Yeats-Gonne book Her Secret Rose (first published in 2015) has morphed into a Yeats-Gonne series. There are both prequels and sequels to that novel now and it's had a major rewrite to fit this new scheme. I'll be talking about this...
by Orna Ross | Dec 23, 2021 | Fiction |
In researching the prologue to my Yeats-Gonne series, which is told from the point of view of the fathers of WB Yeats and Maud Gonne, I came across the above black-and white-print by JB Yeats, sold at Whytes Gallery auction recently. It fetched €6,400, which is rather...
by Orna Ross | Sep 1, 2021 | Fiction |
The After the Rising & Before the Fall blog tour begins today. For 10 days, 13 bloggers will be celebrating the release of my centenary edition of this two-books-in-one set and you can buy the book directly from me here. Here's the full tour schedule:...