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Highland Ballad Series > The Hostage of Glenorchy The Mists of Glenstrae The Braes of Huntly

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Events at Macroom Library & West Cork Literary Festival 8/6/2012 0 Comments photo courtesy of Lee Valley Outlook Tuesday, July 3 There were no spare seats in the packed library in Macroom, Cork when I appeared there to celebrate the publication of Selkie Dreams . Former colleague and librarian, Paula Walker, introduced me and shared amusing insights about the staff’s enjoyment of working with an aspiring author, who ultimately published not one, but two books in a year. photo courtesy of Lee Valley Outlook The audience greeted the book trailer with enthusiastic applause. The warm and supportive atmosphere grew when I explained the part the song played in the book’s inspiration, so that when I sang the song and played the harp, some of the audience joined in at the end. The readings, selected from the novel’s opening and from a scene when the main character, Máire, meets her match in another main character, Natsilane, prompted several questions and many compliments at the end. The night finished with a wonderful array of homemade nibbles and a special feature of Selkie Dreams wine. The Bantry Library, in the historic harbour town of Bantry, Cork, provided a fitting setting to present Selkie Dreams , as part of the West Cork Literary Festival. With the sea at the library’s doorstep I explained the sea-based myth of the selkies, where seals take on human form, and how the song and its themes formed the novel’s structure. The Irish Times journalist, Lorna Siggins, introduced me and recounted that her own recent work took her to the northern coast of Ireland where she encountered a variation of the selkie myth. The audience, fascinated by the book trailer, the song, and the selected readings that gave a taste of the book’s storyline and nature, shared some of their own ideas of the myth. I also gave insight into my work with the Tlingit of Alaska that provided the other part of the book’s inspiration. The explanation prompted one audience member to recount her grandmother’s experience in the late 19th century traveling from Ireland to America to settle near the Cheyenne in Montana. The West Cork Literary Festival, now in its sixteenth year, attracts literary figures from all over the world and continues to grow. This year’s festival included Anita Desai, Anita Shreve, Dava Sobel and Micheal Parkinson. 0 Comments

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Author Kristin Gleeson is a writer, artist and musician who lives in the west of Ireland in the Gaeltacht. Her historical novels, Selkie Dreams , and Along the Far Shores, and Raven Brought the Light , are available on Amazon. Her biography of a Canadian First Nations woman, Anahareo, A Wilderness Spirit , is published by Fireship Press. Recieve a free novella prequel to Along the Far Shores when you sign up for the mailing list on the homepage homepage Archives February 2018 October 2017 August 2017 December 2016 June 2016 May 2016 August 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 September 2014 August 2014 June 2014 April 2014 March 2014 December 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 December 2012 November 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 Categories All Alaska Anahareo Anam Cara Art Class Assassin's Wife Bee Keeping Blog Hop Breath Of Africa Brehon Laws Catching The Eagle Company Of Liars Conservation Courtesans Cynithia Neale Devil In Deerskins Devil In Deersksin Duchess Of Gloucester Duke Humphrey Of Gloucester Early Writing Eating The Bible Edward IV Estoria De Espanna Falcons Of Fire And Ice Five Points Frances Kay Grey Owl Henry VI Hollywood Stereotypes Of Native Americans Imp Of Eye Ireland Jane Bwye John O'Donohue Karen Charlton Karen Maitland Lalibela Macroom Macroom Cloak Measuring Chains Medieval Ireland Medieval Spain Micka Misspelt Names Moonyeen Blakey Norah NY Prester John Prince Henry The Navigator Princes In The Tower Publishing Book Pumpkin Pie Rena Rosner Richard III Sean Keane Seven Noble Knights Social And Economic Deprivation Sophie McCall St. Aban St. Brigid St. Gobnait St. Patrick's Day Thanksgiving The Vanishing Witch Tim Weed Tlingits Tonto Venice Veronica Franco Witchcraft Witch Of Eye World War Ii Writing Inspirations RSS Feed

Kristin Gleeson is a writer, artist and musician who lives in the west of Ireland in the Gaeltacht. Her historical novels, Selkie Dreams , and Along the Far Shores, and Raven Brought the Light , are available on Amazon. Her biography of a Canadian First Nations woman, Anahareo, A Wilderness Spirit , is published by Fireship Press.

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