2nd January 2015

Dear Everyone,

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and all good things in 2015.

I also want to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who provided help and support to me during 2014. I truly appreciate it and could not have managed without you all.

2014 was a busy year for me. In January, myself, Audrey Brennan and Tara Quirke made a short film called ‘Dog Pound’. In April, my short story collection, Waiting For The Bullet, was launched at Cork World Book Festival in Triskel Christchurch. In October, I completed my MA in Creative Writing at UCC (First Class Honours – phew!). I also attended the International Short Story Conference in Vienna, Dublin Book Festival, West Cork Literary Festival and Cork International Short Story Festival, and there was a whole heap of other stuff going on that I can hardly remember now…

All this would not have been possible without the support of many wonderful people, far too numerous to mention individually here. 

However, I must especially thank Andrew Lane for his quiet heroism! 

I truly appreciate you all.

Let's hope 2015 will be a fine year.

XXX Madeleine