{"id":1616,"date":"2010-07-13T18:58:15","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T17:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2010-07-13T18:59:21","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T17:59:21","slug":"guildhall-press-launch-debut-novel-by-charlie-herron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2010\/07\/guildhall-press-launch-debut-novel-by-charlie-herron\/","title":{"rendered":"Guildhall Press Launch Debut Novel by Charlie Herron"},"content":{"rendered":"

GUILDHALL PRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n

launch debut novel<\/p>\n

McCauley\u2019s War
\nby
\nCharlie Herron<\/strong><\/p>\n

Corinthian Lounge, City Hotel, Derry
\nFriday 16 July at 7:30pm<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Guildhall Press is pleased to announce the launch of McCauley\u2019s War, a thoroughly entertaining debut novel from well-known Derryman Charlie Herron.<\/p>\n

Set in Derry in September 1941, McCauley\u2019s War is written through the eyes of the streetwise nine-year old Dickie McCauley, who dominates his friends and constantly outwits his elders. Torn between the foolish, drunken dreams of his father and the realities of family life in wartime Derry, Dickie\u2019s antics with his motley gang bring unwanted attention to the doorstep of his long-suffering mother. These innocent scrapes, ultimately complicated by much darker deeds and local politics, lead to terrible consequences for the close-knit McCauley family.<\/p>\n

McCauley\u2019s War is a poignant and compelling story, told with an absorbing mix of humour, insight and affection. Dickie McCauley\u2019s war is hard fought \u2013 and he takes no prisoners.<\/p>\n

Hot on the tail of Derry finding out if it has secured the honour as the UK City of Culture 2013 this Thursday 15 July, Charlie Herron is the seventh author aged over seventy years of age to debut with Guildhall Press.<\/p>\n

Born in Derry, but with strong Donegal connections, Charlie grew up in the Marlborough area of the city and was for many years principal of Foyle View School. Charlie\u2019s love of spinning tall tales has stood him in good stead as a stalwart of the Colmcille Debating Society and as a four-time winner of the \u2018prestigious\u2019 Baron Von Munchausen competition. More recently known for his storytelling on local radio, Charlie continues to broadcast with storylines never far removed from his native Derry and Donegal.<\/p>\n

On retirement, Charlie took to creative writing as a hobby and has never looked back as he explains: \u201cMcCauley\u2019s War has been a pleasure to write. It began as a short story, but the characters took on a life of their own and I couldn\u2019t put down the pen. It is a different approach to writing for the radio or short stories. You have to develop the characters more and keep track of the various plot lines while always trying to retain the reader\u2019s interest. But I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and learned a lot from working with the team at Guildhall Press. They helped greatly and I am thankful to them, and the Arts Council, for giving me this opportunity. Here\u2019s hoping everyone enjoys reading it!\u201d<\/p>\n

McCauley\u2019s War by Charlie Herron is published by Guildhall Press. Available from local bookshops and www.ghpress.com priced at \u00a36.95. The author is available for interview. For further details, please contact:<\/p>\n

Guildhall Press, Unit 15 R\u00e1th M\u00f3r Business Park, Bligh\u2019s Lane, Derry BT48 0LZ, N Ireland. T: 028 71 364413; E: info@ghpress.com; W: www.ghpress.com<\/p>\n

Supporting Derry for City of Culture 2013 at www.cityofculture2013.com<\/p>\n

GUILDHALL PRESS CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF PUBLISHING 1979 – 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GUILDHALL PRESS launch debut novel McCauley\u2019s War by Charlie Herron Corinthian Lounge, City Hotel, Derry Friday 16 July at 7:30pm Guildhall Press is pleased to announce the launch of McCauley\u2019s War, a thoroughly entertaining debut novel from well-known Derryman Charlie Herron. Set in Derry in September 1941, McCauley\u2019s War is written through the eyes of … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[559,561,557,560,558],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1616"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1621,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1616\/revisions\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}