by Clare Flynn | Jul 11, 2024
Why The Artist’s War is dedicated to the grandfather I never met Sadly, I never met either of my grandfathers – they both died in the 1930s when my parents were still children. My paternal grandfather, William Joseph Flynn served in the First World War on the Western...
by Clare Flynn | Nov 27, 2023
Penang – How a Location Spoke to me I’d had a writing drought for three months. Not what I’d expected when I set off to sail around the world in one hundred and thirty days. With all that time and having finished my previous book I was certain I would have the...
by Clare Flynn | Mar 21, 2023
Another story about stained glass | The Colour of Glass Final edits are completed on my latest book – number 15 is set for publication this June! I need to stop beating about the bush and tell you what it’s called! You may remember it had a working title The...
by Clare Flynn | Aug 21, 2022
Recently I visited Ireland for a family wedding. Whilst there, enjoying an evening in a local pub, I was reminded of one of the inspirations behind part of my book Storms Gather Between Us – an inspiration I’d entirely forgotten about until now!
by Clare Flynn | May 11, 2022
On Location in Australia | A Greater World Australia Sisters at War My first novel A Greater World is set in the beautiful Blue Mountains of Australia. As it’s only about 70 miles from Sydney you can visit on a day trip. On my first visit to Australia in 1995 I stayed...
by Clare Flynn | Mar 19, 2022
The reviews are in from my German readers…and they’re wunderbar! | Book Reviews German Translations My Readers In the middle of 2021, I began translating my books into German. I’d always liked the idea of translating my novels for a wider audience...