Bronagh Slevin

Check out this review by Booklover Book Reviews of Water Will Find its Way. I guess if it ever gets mainstream published I’ll have to change the cover 😉

“You will hear thunder and remember me,and think: she wanted storms…” ― Anna Akhmatova What an amazing woman. Poet Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966), having lived through war, revolution and Stalinist terror, had storms aplenty. Condemned by Russian totalitarianism, desired by fellow writers and admired by other great Russian figures of the time, from Pasternak to Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetaeva … Continue reading →

A friend of mine has left Water Will Find its Way on the Camino de Santiago. Another pilgrim will pick it up. How cool is that? El Camino del Agua – on the Camino de Santiago …

In English class at school the teacher used to berate me for looking out the window, daydreaming. “Are you too good for this? Do you know it all already?” she said. She was wrong, I was always focussed in English class, but staring out the window might have been my way of digesting the words … Continue reading →

The Allies landed in Sicily on July 10, 1943. The British army was led by General Montgomery, the American army by General Patten. Winston Churchill’s oft-quoted comment that Italy was the soft-underbelly of Axis Europe was about to be proved true, largely because Sicily was abandoned by the fascist leaders and left to fend for … Continue reading →

Now I know what that plant is. It took Bryan Talbot, artist and comic book writer to point out that the silvery green fronds that cover the castle grounds and stick out from ruins in the old town are: artemis absinthium. Here in Sicily for the Etna Comics festival, Bryan and his wife Mary were … Continue reading →

  Last Saturday, Milazzo’s Castle – which features strongly in my next book – hosted a book launch for legendary Dacia Maraini, who is half-Sicilian. The inspirational writer was promoting her new book “L’Amore Rubato” – Stolen Love, eight short stories based on true facts about physical and psychological violence inflicted on women. The eight … Continue reading →

In the weekend’s Irish Times edition, Kate Holmquist reported on the sex trade in Ireland. The campaign to stamp out prostitution is becoming more high profile, thanks to organisations like SPACE International, and books like Rachel Moran’s “Paid for: My Journey Through Prostitution”. When I tweeted about this article this morning, it was one of … Continue reading →

Bronagh will find her way This piece is by Irish journalist Mark McKelvey, from the Ulster Herald, 18 April 2013

Omagh-born author releases gripping debut novel by Robert Pollock, The Tyrone Constitution. 17/04/2013 “Water Will Find Its Way is an unqualified success. Slevin’s debut novel leads the reader into the lives of three generations of women who have had their future tragically determined by the Armenian genocide. We explore Beirut, Argentina, France and Spain; and … Continue reading →