Updates on The Irish Within Us
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Wishing You the Best for 2025!

It’s that time of the year already. The world is chaotic when all we want is peace. But it’s time to look ahead, and, whatever our religion, we light the darkness and look ahead with hope. I am taking a few weeks off to share the joys of the season with friends and family. I Continue reading
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Happy Quarter Day to us!!

Today we are celebrating the three-month anniversary of the release of The Irish Within Us. Our online and Zoom events have brought together old and new friends. The love for stories set in Ireland is strong and the feedback is encouraging. Our first review came courtesy of Foreword Clarion. Of course, it’s always heartening to Continue reading
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May 25: Fifty Years of Tubular Bells

Helen of Troy may have been the face that launched a thousand ships, but Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells can be credited with launching innumerable crafts, starting with the original recording released on May 25, 1973. The album was in the top ten of the UK chart from March 1974 to 1975 and sold 2.7 million Continue reading
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We had fun at the Online Book Launch, May 8th
There’s something about Zoom that leads to more interactive discussions than a live event. You had to be there. I kept the whole recording for the archives (Bwa ha ha!) Here are a select handful of attendees. I read a few excerpts about the characters Kara, Imogen and David. We opened our mics for the Continue reading
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Digital Launch today at 4 pm ET / 9 pm BST
Please join us at a Book Launch Event for The Irish Within Us Please come as you are and bring a friend! The event promises to be a relaxed and intimate gathering. C.A. Logan will introduce her new work with a reading and Q&A session. C.A Logan is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Continue reading
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Toronto Book Launch, a fabulous evening
Description and photos below. The next book launch is online only May 8th at 4pm Ontario / 9 pm UK. A link will be posted here for the event on May 8th. So, Toronto (Hogtown, Muddy York). What a great night upstairs at O’Grady’s on Church Street! The rains held off. Approximately 30 attendees shared Continue reading
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Brilliant Ottawa Book Launch
Description and photos below. Next up is Monday May 1st 7 o’clock in Toronto at O’Grady’s on Church, 518 Church Street, Third Floor. Don’t miss it! Monday was cloudy, then sunny and finally rainy – just like Ireland. We had a brilliant evening in a private room in the Heart and Crown, a beautiful Irish pub Continue reading
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The Irish Within Us available at FriesenPress Bookstore
Friesen Publishers have released The Irish Within Us March 7th, presumably as a birthday present to me. I’m delighted as everyone can enter the fictional world of Ballybeg and get to know Kara, David and Imogen first-hand. For both eBooks and paper versions, the FriesenPress Bookstore is the better option for Canada and the US. Continue reading
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My First Ad

This was my first ad for The Irish Within Us (2023). I was experimenting with AI, using craiyon.com image generator for the picture. My close friend still comments that it’s spooky ever time I share it. It is supposed to be ethereal, but spooky will do. Continue reading
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Fairies are real

In 1999, the construction of a road in Ireland was delayed 10 years and ultimately re-routed to protect a fairy tree. Continue reading
