Alison Wells Author

For anyone in the Abbeyleix area, I have an exciting occasion coming up on next Saturday August 19th, talking about Random Acts of Optimism in Writing with Mary Hanrahan (not Noelle as advertised) at the Power of Words Festival in Preston House, Abbeyleix at 3.40pm. This will be my first festival, celebrating the upcoming launch of my short collection Random Acts of Optimism and talking about life, writing resilience and working in public libraries.

Event Description

How do you keep writing when you think it makes no difference or that you won’t ever succeed in being published? How do you create the time, headspace and enthusiasm to write alongside very real difficulties or just general busyness – work, caring commitments and the rest of your life? Having raised four children and then returned to work, Alison talks about her long road to traditional publication. Since 2009, her blog Head above Water has explored ways of finding confidence, persistence, creativity and writing verve alongside the challenges of life. Celebrating the upcoming launch of her debut short story collection Random Acts of Optimism, Alison explores leaps of faith both in her story’s characters and in her own writing endeavours and she recalls the wonder and consolation of books sent out to library patrons when the world had closed down.

Tickets on for the event are on sale at eventbrite and full Saturday tickets can also be purchased here.

I would absolutely love to meet any of you who live in the area, please come and introduce yourselves. I am also free to discuss these topics and more at further festivals throughout the years. Send a message through the contact form.