No sooner do I emerge from a festival tent to return to the Curragh, than I'm back on the hallowed turf yet again! This time it was the wonderful Cancer Trials Day in memory of Pat Smullen and congratulations to all involved. We were also treated to the first of the one-mile maidens, attracting very good debutants with Classics beckoning next year. It's lovely ...
I'm a past Chairman of the Irish Writers' Union and sit on the Board of Directors of the Irish writers centre and the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency. I teach creative writing with the ETB and I'm a Professional Mentor at the Irish Writers' Centre. In 2012 I was among the Irish authors who set a Guinness World Record for the number of continuous readings from their published books.
