Dianne Ascroft, from the Irish Chapter of the Historical Novel Society chats to Katy about The Scarlet Ribbon. You can read the interview here.
Interview – The Scarlet Ribbon
21 Friday Dec 2012
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The Scarlet Ribbon – Goodreads Giveaway
05 Sunday Aug 2012
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Three copies of The Scarlet Ribbon are up for grabs at Goodreads until September 3rd 2012.
You can enter here – and scroll down. Happy reading!
Author Interview – Lisa Burkitt
05 Thursday Jul 2012
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To celebrate the launch of the History Press Ireland’s third fiction title, ‘The Memory of Scent’, Katy spoke to the author Lisa Burkitt.
You can read the interview here. Wishing Lisa all the best of luck with her book!
In The News – The Historical Novel Society
08 Tuesday May 2012
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The Scarlet Ribbon got a fantastic review over at the Historical Novel Society.
You can read it here.
With thanks to Edward James for the review and to all at the Historical Novel Society, which is well worth a look for fans of everything hist fic.
In The News – Beginner’s Pluck
16 Monday Apr 2012
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Katy was interviewed by Sue Leonard for her column Beginner’s Pluck. The interview appeared in the Irish Examiner on Saturday 14th April 2012 and you can read it here.
Author Interview – Annemarie Neary
02 Friday Mar 2012
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To celebrate the publication of the History Press Ireland’s second fiction title, ‘A Parachute in the Lime Tree’, Katy spoke to the author Annemarie Neary.
You can read the interview here. Wishing Annemarie all the best of luck with her book!
The Scarlet Ribbon – Win A Copy
29 Wednesday Feb 2012
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Another busy few days for The Scarlet Ribbon.
A great write-up appeared at Caren Kennedy‘s rather fantastic site – and she’s giving away a copy of the book in a competition.
There was another nice piece this week too over at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland site.
Thanks to all involved.
In The News – The Scarlet Ribbon
24 Friday Feb 2012
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The launch of The Scarlet Ribbon made the front page of this week’s Irish Medical Times.
There’s a great piece over at Inkwell about how they helped to find a good home for The Scarlet Ribbon.
Also this week, Katy spoke to Strictly Writing and visited Laura Wilkinson‘s blog to have a light-hearted chat about coincidences.
And there are some lovely five star reviews over at Amazon and Waterstones thank you very much to the readers who are taking the time to leave them.
Officially Launched! The Scarlet Ribbon
10 Friday Feb 2012
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The Scarlet Ribbon has been launched!
The launch party took place at the gorgeous bookstore, Hodges Figgis on Dawson Street in Dublin and there was a great turn out of lovely, supportive people. There was also a marvellous window display.
Vanessa O’Loughlin from Inkwell Writers and writing.ie officially launched the book, there were two readings, and a q&a session. It was a fantastic night, and just wonderful to have so many attend, thanks so much to everyone who came along.
You can, should you wish, read more about The Scarlet Ribbon at:
writing.ie and check out the competition page where you can win a copy of The Scarlet Ribbon, with thanks to all at writing.ie
Louise Phillips also has a piece over at her blog, thanks Louise!
The Scarlet Ribbon
02 Thursday Feb 2012
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The Scarlet Ribbon has been chosen to launch the History Press Ireland‘s fiction line.
Written by father and daughter team Michael and Katy O’Dowd, the book follows James Quinn, a young Irish surgeon battling prejudice, suspicion and personal demons in his controversial quest to change the face of medicine.
Following his marriage, tragedy strikes, thrusting James into a life of turmoil and despair. Throwing himself into his work, the young surgeon eventually begins to find solace in the most unexpected of places.
From the backstreets of Paris, through the glittering social whirl of London and finally back to Ireland again, this is a story of the thorns of love and the harsh reality of life in the eighteenth century, where nothing is simple and complications of all kinds surround James Quinn, man midwife.
The Scarlet Ribbon is available from bookshops and online.