Only 10 days to go until my ONLY live online event of 2021 at Octocon 2021 -- are you getting excited yet?!?

Octocon is the National Irish Science Fiction Convention. It's usually held in...

Several months ago (sorry for being so late with my link!!) a YouTuber called Better With Bob? (with the coolest bandana in YouTubedom!) filmed an impressive video about YA fantasy books in the...

As I often say, I appreciate EVERY review that comes in for a book of mine -- the positive reviews obviously put a big smile on my face and are easy to love, but even if they're negative, I respect...

A YouTuber called AtheiSocial posted a short, entertaining video review of Cirque Du Freak a while back, prompted by a 28th birthday treat!! :-) I really like his delivery style -- and he's maybe...

When the Shans went on holiday to Fota Island in July, we travelled around Cork a bit as well, and on one of the days we went to the beach in Youghal. It wasn't the sunniest of days, but we had a...

My son Dante is having a party today, to celebrate his 7th birthday -- his actual birthday isn't until later in the coming week, but it made more sense to have the party at the weekend. In fact...