• Why do I use folk horror in my books? A fellow Belfast writer asked me this recently, and honestly I hadn’t thought about it before, as I [...]

  Why do I use folk horror in my books?

  August 17, 2026
• Yesterday I went to the Wickerman festival at Navan Fort, Co. Armagh in Northern Ireland. It was an amazing festival and fun living history event [...]

  The Wickerman festival at Navan Fort, Co. Armagh

  August 10, 2025
• It’s May already! I find it a little scary that we are getting close to the halfway point of 2024 already. Instead of focusing on time [...]

  Happy Mayday, Beltaine blessings

  May 1, 2024
• Halfway between the midwinter solstice (Yule) and the spring equinox (Ostara) is Imbolc. This is a pagan festival that has been celebrated since [...]

  Imbolc blessings – halfway to spring

  February 1, 2024