tracy fahey
 
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Back in 2021, writing QUEENS OF THE CRONE AGE was something that wasn’t in my five-year plan. I’d taken an unpaid sabbatical—my first career break in thirty years– born from exhaustion, and the strong desire to make a reckless change. So in October 2021, I started on a dream residency in Cill Rialaig, County Kerry. And that’s where I met the Hag, and all my carefully-laid plans fell apart. On Bolus Head, on the edge of the Atlantic, I sat in the cottage of the village story

Photography by Suzanne Thompson 2025, www.circusphotography.com I'm absolutely delighted - and a little stunned - to reveal that I've won...

It's always a lovely moment to have an acceptance email land in your inbox, and it is with great pleasure that I can say that I have...

I'm shockingly behind on this blog - but here's a late thank you to the wonderful Cove Park . I spent a week there in February, on the...

I'm a positive psychology junkie. So when I got a copy of Roxie Nafousi's Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life, I couldn't resist a...

It's been a strange and frantic time, transitioning from two years as a freelance writer back to academia. It's been amazing to be back...

Huge thanks to all involved in the Ennis International Fantastic Film Festival for hosting the Irish book launch of THEY SHUT ME UP. In...

The Season of the Witch is upon us. I'm excited and very much looking forward to the Irish book launch of THEY SHUT ME UP as part of EIFF...

So far I’ve looked at some of the physical factors around THEY SHUT ME UP – the research venues, the settings, the writing process… But...

The first time I saw Lemenagh Castle, I was transfixed. It was a sunny day in 2018. I’d stopped in the hamlet of Killinaboy to marvel at...