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Sandra Ireland

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Doncaster, The United Kingdom

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Sandra Ireland was born in England but lived for many years in Éire before returning ‘home’ to Scotland in the 1990s. She is the author of Beneath the Skin, a psychological thriller, which was shortlisted for a Saltire Literary Award in 2017. Her second novel, Bone Deep, a modern Gothic tale of sibling rivalry, inspired by an old Scottish folktale, will be published in the UK by Polygon in July, and in the US (Gallery) and Germany (Penguin) next year. She also writes poetry, often inspired by the seascapes of Scotland’s rugged east coast. Her poems have been widely published in anthologies, including Seagate III (Dundee), and New Writing Scotland. She won the Dorothy Dunbar Trophy for Poetry, awarded by the Scottish Association of Writers, ...more

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	Bone Deep 3.55 avg rating — 604 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unmaking of Ellie Rook 3.79 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sight Unseen (A Sarah Sutherland Thriller, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 88 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath the Skin 3.85 avg rating — 86 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House on Devil's Lane by S.L. Ireland, Sandra Ireland (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 53 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With Their Best Clothes On by Susie Maguire (Editor), Samuel Tongue (Editor), Patricia Ace (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foxfire liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Wreath of Wraiths: The Eighth Crowvus Christmas Ghost Story Anthology by Peter Cackett, Thomas Cox, Rob Waft 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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On being sent to Coventry…

I waited for the train at Coventry;
I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge,
To watch the three tall spires; and there I shaped
The city’s ancient legend into this:

So begins Tennyson’s iconic poem ‘Godiva’, a setting of the scene, along with a declaration of intent, to shape an ancient legend into something new. My recent trip to Coventry was very much with the same intention, to breathe aut

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The Witches of Vardø

by Anya Bergman

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Sandra Ireland said: " From the outset, The Witches of Vardø sets out to give a voice to those who were silenced so brutally during the ‘witch terror’ of 17th century Norway. In doing so, Bergman sensitively and compellingly explores the question of feminine power while po ...more "

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by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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