I was asked where Grattan and Me came from. I still have to think about that a bit. The writing influences are many. … I took the liberty of adding a couple of extra layers. Narrator, foreword writer, inner editor, and others all have their say and give extra voices to bounce around in, each very sound and reliable only in small parts.

But I’m still left with where the actual stuff of this book comes from.

Read the full article online at the Irish Times.

GRATTAN AND ME will be launched this evening, Friday, January 27th, at 7pm, by publisher John O’Brien in the Clubhouse Hotel, Patrick Street, Kilkenny.