Declan Varley’s speech to launch On The Way Out
Fellow Ballinrobe writer and my (almost) lifelong friend Declan Varley delivered a wide-ranging, thought-provoking and highly entertaining speech to launch On The Way Out, my debut novel.
More than 170 people packed Ballinrobe Library for the launch. The venue, set within the beautifully converted former Church of Ireland church, added a spectacular sense of place to the evening.
I am extremely grateful to Declan, author of Kittyland and The Confession of Peadar Gibbons, and four other books, for being my launch guest – he was my first choice and he said ‘yes’ immediately.
Introduced by MC Colm Burtchaell.
