“The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.”
Jane Hirshfield, The Heat of Autumn
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Kate Amber
I've often been asked if I would create a photo wall calendar like the one I did in 2018. So, I listened and created one for 2023 which will be available from the end of October. Again, I have used my own photographs to bring the Irish landscape and whiskey together, enriched with little information about Irish whiskey. Sláinte!
Tricia Holbrook
This year I had the amazing experience of converting my two novels ‘Irish CoCo’ and ‘Secret Lives Hurt’ into audio books.
For this I have to thank Kate for all the technical stuff. She knows just how bad I am at all that stuff. I didn’t really know what to expect but it was an incredible experience. I just sat in front of the machines and read out loud. I tried to read as if I was reading it for the first time and it worked, and I enjoyed the experience so much. I was just lost in the story, but with the added advantage of knowing exactly how I wanted it to come across to the reader. At one stage in books, I felt a tear come to my eye, not bad considering at that stage I must have read each one about a thousand times.
During this whole experience Kate fed and watered me as I had to take many breaks over many days. And when you get fed by Kate it is another experience, everything is natural, healthy and good for me.
We then took on the challenge of me reading Kate’s book ‘The Irish Whiskey Guide’. While reading this from the comfort of Kate’s apartment I went on a journey throughout the whole of Ireland, tasting whiskey as I went.
I am looking forward now to being able to convert ‘House Share’, my new novel, to an audio book.