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• Quirky Reads
  One definition of ‘quirky’ is something that is “unusual in especially an interesting or appealing way” and anyone who knows me will know that I have a slightly ‘quirky’ sense of humour. Of course th...
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• The Pack Horse Library Project
  Recently I was intrigued to read of an initiative supported by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1930’s America of a library service to isolated areas of Kentucky. The books were carried by packhorses or mules an...
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• Fascination with ScandiNoir
  I’ve just heard that in Norway there is a tradition of reading Crime Fiction over the Easter break – it is called ‘paskekrim’ and has apparently spread to include more than just novels in Norway thoug...
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• You can take the Author out of Ireland
  A few years ago I discovered the Irish author Dervla McTiernan with her debut novel The Ruin. It is a crime novel based in Galway and introducing Cormac Reilly as a Garda Detective Inspector. He retur...
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• Holiday Fever
  It’s getting to the time of year when most people go on holiday. I remember the panic of getting packed up before hand and making sure I had enough books divided out amongst all the family’s luggage ...
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• Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
  Audio version When I first heard about Strange Sally Diamond (by Liz Nugent) I was intrigued – Sally sounded to me a bit like Eleanor Oliphant, an eccentric character, probably on the spectrum and f...
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• The Running Grave and The Raging Storm compelling continuations of popular crime series
  Audio version Many crime fans, like me, have been excited to follow the new series by Ann Cleeves - The Two Rivers. With the Vera and Shetland Series’ she has amassed a vast following for both her bo...
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• It Would Be a Crime Not To
  It’s great to see our local Crime writers doing so well with both Steve Cavanagh and Stuart Neville having cracking books out at the moment. Blood Like Mine by Stuart Neville is a thrilling story ab...
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• It Started in a Supermarket Carpark
  I was reminded recently of the time I sat in a supermarket carpark talking to Elizabeth Strout live on the radio! It was after her book Olive, Again! had been published and she was a guest on Radio 2...
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• The Aftermath of Book Week
  Click play to listen to audio transcript of this post. Well, Book Week NI was a blast this year with a plethora of author interviews available online and the launch of our new Bookcited! podcast. I ho...
  Type: Web Page Date: 09/02/2026