Grace Wynne-Jones

(You can listen to the Tara radio documentary I made if you click on the relevant icon at the right hand side of this page.)
Two robins regularly visit my little patio garden. One of them is less shy than the other. In fact he has become fairly tame. This is because I sometimes […]

Someone I know who knows a lot about publishing has recommended this book: ‘From Pitch to Publication’. Apparently this is a detailed and accessible book by Carole Blake, one of Britain’s best-known literary agents. It contains information on what agents want, how to produce a successful synopsis, questions to ask a publisher before signing, and […]

I heard about this new website recently. It sounds interesting!
hostwriters.com
hostwriters.com is a new, user-generated webspace developed by the Verbal Arts Centre.
Have you got a masterpiece on your hands that no one else has read?
Do you want the world to see your work?
Do you want to get the support, advice and feedback from other writers and […]

You can listen to a radio documentary I made about the Hill of Tara on this website if you click on the thingy at the right hand side of this page. Happy listening!
And if you’re in Internet surfing mood you could also Google ‘A Living Word RTE Grace Wynne-Jones’ and you’ll find a number of […]

Goodness, it’s 6th February and this is my first blog of the New Year. Need to have some lunch soon. And put out more food for the birds in the garden. There are loads of plants around my kitchen sink at the moment. I’ve given them a watering and they are enjoying the winter […]

When I was a teenager I loved the ad. for Badedas. It featured a photo of a woman wearing a towel - after a bath I suppose. She was gazing out a window at a handsome man with a horse.’Things happen after a Badedas bath’ the ad explained seductively. ‘Perhaps it’s something to do with […]

I interviewed the actor/director Stuart Townsend last Sunday beside the Hill of Tara and I also interviewed his pal Jonathan Rhys Meyers. I didn’t feel like I was meeting ‘celebrities’. I felt I was meeting men who can care deeply about issues that are much bigger than themselves…and that is the kind of ‘celebrity’ I […]

‘If you try one new author, try Grace Wynne-Jones…that rare combination of depth, honesty and wit…and all of this backed by a deliciously soft, gentle and loving humour…’
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Yesterday I went with a friend into the wilds of County Wicklow. I sat in the sunshine under a tree for quite a while. There […]

I recently found a super new pair of boots in Horsham, which is a town in West Sussex. I am not someone who goes on a lot about footwear, but small things can mean a lot and I really liked wearing those boots to a wonderful wedding I attended some days later. I’d wanted new […]

‘If you try one new author, try Grace Wynne-Jones…that rare combination of depth, honesty and wit…and all of this backed by a deliciously soft, gentle and loving humour…’
OK! MAGAZINE
A lot of my novels are about the masks that people wear and what is truly underneath those masks. And of course I sometimes wear masks […]