Writing News

If you're looking for honest and insightful content that will inform and inspire you, then my blog is the perfect place for you. I aim to share trips that I have taken myself that I hope will give you ideas for your own adventures.

You can listen back to an interview I did live on Radio One with Maura Derrane who was standing in for Oliver Callan. Maura is a Galway girl and that's where the women in The Weekend Break travel to. Her is the link:https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22367761/

You can listen back to an interview I did with Helen Dwyer of Dublin South FM for her Rhyme and Reason SBook show that goes out every Friday night at 7pm> Here is the link  https://www.mixcloud.com/DublinSouthFMCommunityRadio/rhyme-reason-ruth-oleary-050424/

Thank you to NewsFour who published a lovely interview with me in their April/May issue and a wonderful review of The Weekend Break.

I am delighted to announce that The Weekend Break has gone in at number 7 on the Irish Times Bestseller list in it's first week of publication. Thank you to everyone who purchased a copy.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Jvvuy1gDP0ztQ8rav4R2T
Here you will find an interview I did for Ringsend community radio. I come in at about 8 minutes.

My debut novel is now available in all good bookshops! It is also available to order online in paperback and ebook form. I hope you enjoy it! 

My Wuthering Heights inspired SHort Story was published in this months, Feb 2024, Valentine's Special Edition. Available in shops still and of course online at www.irelandsown.ie

On the 7th of February I went along to the Circular Bar in Dublin to support my friends reading their work at this live event. Shorterstories.ie gives writers an opportunity to publish their work on their on their website or read it at live events in Dublin.

Our February hike was to the Hell Fire Club in the Dublin M<mountains. With views all over the city, it is a great spot for an early morning flat walk suitable for beginners.

You can watch an interview I did today with Carolina Cioara podcaster on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5h65sb4Dj8

Signed copies of The Weekend Break now available in Chapters Parnell Street Dublin. I called in for a meeting of the Romantic Novalists Association Ireland Chapter meeting and was delighted to see my book displayed on their counter with Faith Hohan's new release.

 My second novel A WEEK TO REMEMBER was published on 04 March '25. Set on The Camino, it follows three strangers who meet on the first night of their Camino journey.
Three strangers, the Camino, one week to change everythng.
Available in all bookshops now and on Amazon. 

You can listen back to an interview I did with Helen Dwyer of Dublin South FM for her Rhyme and Reason SBook show that goes out every Friday night at 7pm> Here is the link  https://www.mixcloud.com/DublinSouthFMCommunityRadio/rhyme-reason-ruth-oleary-140325/

Thank you to fellow writer Val Troy for launching A Week To Remember with me in Easons St Stephens Green. And thank you to everyone who came along to make it a great night. 

Here is the link
https://listenagain.org/?p=54778
for my fun interview with Orla O'Doherty for her show Oldies Unleashed on Near FM.

My Wuthering Heights inspired SHort Story was published in this months, Feb 2024, Valentine's Special Edition. Available in shops still and of course online at www.irelandsown.ie

Pleanty of copies of A Week To Remember in Terminla 1 and Terminal 2 of Dublin Airport.

Our February hike was to the Hell Fire Club in the Dublin M<mountains. With views all over the city, it is a great spot for an early morning flat walk suitable for beginners.

Thank you Bookstation Ireland for your fantastic window displays all over the country for my second novel A Week To Remember.

Signed copies of A Week To Remember now available in Chapters Parnell Street Dublin. I called in for a meeting of the Romantic Novalists Association Ireland Chapter meeting and was delighted to see my book displayed in their new releases section.

NewsFour April/May issue has a full page piece on my book launch. The link is here:
https://www.newsfour.ie/2025/04/local-writer-launches-second-successful-novel/

The link to the review is here:
https://www.newsfour.ie/2025/04/a-book-to-remember/