| Name: Tom Ireland |
| What genres do you write in? |
| Poetry, short stories, travel fiction |
| Have you ever had any work published? If so, what and where? |
| Ten novels published on Kindle as eBooks and paperbacks. Short stories and poems in VRWG publications |
| Do you have a preferred place in which to write? |
| Gladstone’s, Theology room, second desk on the right at the top of the spiral stairs |
| Let’s talk about your muse. What/who inspires you to write? |
| Cake, preferably rich fruit with marzipan, and biscuits. Any biscuits. Coffee, double espresso |
| Tell us about your writing ambitions |
| Started the Malinding series as a short story which became an opening chapter which became a trilogy … the idea was that sale of the books would finance GOES, a micro-charity which sponsors education for girls, and medical care.
Pulitzer prize would be good. Maybe sell a few more books? Generally sell one book a month. Perhaps finish this pesky ghost story … |
| Who are your favourite writers? |
| Ransome, Conrad, Shakespeare, Thomas |
| What’s your ideal writer’s life? Go on, let your imagination run wild! |
| A small house in the Gambian village which is the basis of Malinding, not too far from the river, near our friends’ compound. Views of the market place and the river |
| Outside of writing, is there something else we should know about you? |
| An archbishop of Canterbury once held a door open for me |
