You know that ever-growing pile of books that you keep meaning to get to and yet, for a myriad of good reasons, don’t? Although, let’s face it, if you’re a bibliophile at all it’s probably multiple piles.

My life, in many ways, has been defined by bookshops

Why write simply for the love of it? Well, why do any sort of creative work if you don’t have a bit of love for it? Use it for yourself, first and foremost, writes David O'Mahony

Why do parents and educators have to fight tooth-and-nail for the promised State services for their disabled children? It’s time for the HSE to be pressured into doing what it is claiming to do, writes David O'Mahony.

"You can edit a bad book, but you can't edit a blank page. "That's probably the equivalent of "feel the fear and do it anyway" for a writer.