by Ian Andrew | Mar 19, 2016 | Book Reality, Book Tour, Createspace, Independent Publishing, Indy Authors, Library, London, Non-Fiction, Northern Ireland, Places, UK 2016, United Kingdom
Normally, my blog gets left all alone for days, weeks and sometimes months. I get around to writing something when I feel the urge, but over the next five weeks I will be on a UK tour for the release of my new novel (Flight Path) and I hope to turn this blog into a...
by Ian Andrew | Mar 17, 2016 | Australia, Book Reality, Createspace, Independent Publishing, Indy Authors, Non-Fiction, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
After months of writing, months and months of editing, selecting cover art and generally getting all the rest that goes with launching a new book into place, and a last few days of checking and double checking… Flight Path will be released tomorrow as an e-book...
by Ian Andrew | Aug 8, 2015 | Northern Ireland
For the average Northern Irish expat, or perhaps that should be ex-William, (you know all that Derry / Londonderry stuff), there are some things that no amount of sunshine, freedoms, right to arm bears, surfing, skiing, wearing thongs, eating poutine, swanning in...
by Ian Andrew | Aug 4, 2015 | Books, Library, Non-Fiction, Northern Ireland
In 1788 the First Fleet sailed into Botany Bay and later Sydney Cove under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip – Meanwhile in Belfast, a Library was opening. The establishing of New South Wales and the founding of modern Australia had begun. The news did...
by Ian Andrew | Aug 2, 2015 | Memoir, Music, Non-Fiction, Northern Ireland
My Dad could sing. I always knew he could, from faint recollections as a child, but he never sang as I progressed through my teenage years. He wasn’t the one to “give us a song” in get-togethers or parties. He should have been, for he was good....
by Ian Andrew | Jul 14, 2015 | Fiction, Northern Ireland, War, WWI
In memory of my Great, Great Uncle who died of wounds on the 14th July 1916. Although I haven’t traced the exact circumstances yet, it is most likely he was wounded on the 1st of July as the 12th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles went over the top on the...
