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This interview with New York based podcast Irish Stew looks at the motivation for a novel set in Liverpool and Ireland in the 1970s. Click on the lick below to hear it in full. https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/JackByrneCheckIn/https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/JackByrneCheckIn/ Click on the link below to buy the book. https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/across-the-water-paperbackack

Set in 2020 facing police violence and climate change a cast of young characters find they need to change themselves before they can change the world. I am revising this novel and would love to hear what you think of this opening- You can comment here or email. If you are interested in reading moreContinue reading “Feedback Time”

It was about 5 pm when I walked into Central B&B in Tipperary.Graham’s first words were, ” Will you have a cup of tea?”“I will.” And so began my stay in what I genuinely think of as the best B&B in Ireland. I hadn’t planned to stop in Tipp, but it was 5 pm darkContinue reading “The Best B&B in Ireland”

Provisional Image The Morning AfterComing out in May 2023 This will be the last book in the first cycle of Liverpool Mysteries, following on from the widely acclaimed Under The Bridge, and Across the Water. The Morning After finds us back in Liverpool. This book can be read as a stand alone or as theContinue reading “The Morning After”

Depending on the dictionary you go to, there are variations in the defintion of amnesia, but it is usually seen an involuntary lapse in memory, due to illness or trauma. It can also be a self defence mechanism. We sometimes consciously try to forget episodes we are not proud of, or behaviour we regret. TheContinue reading “Amnesia or Erasure? The denial of justice”

I support Everton, for good or bad as people from other clubs might say, cest la vie, or que será, será, but for Evertonians ‘it is what it is’ seems to fit better. That is the approach of many supporters who have followed the club from the faintly remembered heights of the 80s through the mediocre mid-tableContinue reading “We all have a Stake in this.”

I took part in a Liverpool Literary Festival, Writing on the Wall event recently, its title was ‘Writing Across Borders’. The title was mine, I had the idea of inviting Paddy Osborne who wrote Baxter’s Boys set in Dublin with a leading Scouse character. So ‘Writing Across Borders’ was to explore my Liverpool Irish charactersContinue reading “Everything and Nothing”

Peter Dwyer explains why he and other Liverpool FC fans booed the monarchy at the FA Cup final in Wembley This article was reprinted from Counterfire follow the link at the bottom to read more and support. When I returned home from Wembley on Saturday night the Daily Mail was running headlines about MPs condemning the ‘shameful abuse’Continue reading “Boooo!”

‘Writing Across Borders’ ‘Most countries send out oil or iron, steel or gold, or some other crop, but Ireland has had only one export and that is its people.’ John F. Kennedy on his presidential visit to Ireland, June 1963 Reading JFK’s words resonates with how Derry/Londonderry, Dublin and Liverpool have one noteworthy trait. OverContinue reading “‘Writing Across Borders’”

https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/blog/why-you-should-listen-to-jack-byrne/ On Christmas Eve 2020,  Jack Byrne reached out to see if we’d be interested in doing an episode on his upcoming book. We had only launched the podcast in October and were chuffed that anyone would actually ask to come on the Stew. Things have changed 40 episodes later, much to our delight. AuthorsContinue reading “Why you should listen to The Irish Stew podcast.”