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Four Society of Authors writers at the Borders Book festival, Melrose, Scottish Borders, June 2024

Drawing on stories from my own family history, and combining fact with fiction, this book tells of the struggles, heartbreak and joys of emigrant settlers in nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Australia and New Zealand.

This collection of 24 short stories captures the lives of ordinary people in surprising and often entertaining ways.

Eildon Tree Editors:

Carol Norris, Sara Clark, Iona McGregor, Julian Colton at the ET32 2019 Competition Prize Giving Galashiels Library.

Book signing at the launch of the first novel in the Oisin Kelly series, 'Crying Through the Wind' on 17 June 2014.

Joint book launch with Oliver Eade at the Corn Exchange, Melrose, Scottish Borders on Thursday 29th October 2015.

This is the tale of Oisin Kelly, beginning with his mother, Annie as she struggles to come to terms with her love for two men. The story set in 1950/60's Ireland moves forward, sometimes gently, sometimes turbently, combining pathos and humour. 

Talking to Russell Bruce, Chair of the Borders Writers Forum about my series of books featuring Oisin Kelly. At the Borders Book Festival, June 2014.

With the Vietnam War as background, life in 1970's Australia was a time of social and political change. Bitter, disillusioned and still haunted by past events, young Irishman, Oisin Kelly arrives in the outback Australian town of Kilgoolga. As he struggles to come to terms with this new and sometimes frightening environment, he falls under the spell of the enigmatic Eleanor Bradshaw. He is totally unprepared for what happens next. 

Signing copies of the second novel in the series about Oisin Kelly, 29th October 2015.

At the Borders Book Festival, Melrose, Scottish Borders June 2015.

Oisin Kelly has put down roots in the outback Queensland town of Kilgoolga. Here his life becomes entwined with Vietnam War veteran, Harry. Past traumatic events affect both men in similar and sometimes surprising ways. As Oisin discovers more and more hidden secrets, he begins to wonder where his life is leading, and where his true home really is. 

Pamela Gordon Hoad and Oliver Eade and myself at the Ormiston Gallery, Melrose 7th November 2019 to launch three new books.