Raise your hand if you suspect that you are the only one who struggles with anxiety, doubt, fear, resentment, comparison, jealousy, etc.?In Soul-Selfie: #NoFilter, Heather turns the camera back on herself, exposing her own battles with those same “plagues of the heart”, as she calls them. She lays bare her raw, unfiltered inner-world and invites you to come along side and walk with her toward hope, healing, and transformation.Heather shares her exp...

Two halves, one soul… Can Seven find it within her battered heart and fractured soul to trust in love oncemore?After working her life as a servant in her abusive mother's cathouse, Seven Ponds dares to dream of a future with the local farmer who stole her heart. But when her home is engulfed in flames, and the fire claims the life of her first love, she struggles against the grief consuming her.When a strange mechanical device in the...

Two halves, one soul… Can Seven find it within her battered heart and fractured soul to trust in love once more?After working her life as a servant in her abusive mother’s cathouse, Seven Ponds dares to dream of a future with the local farmer who stole her heart. But when her home is engulfed in flames, and the fire claims the life of her first love, she struggles against the grief consuming her.When a strange mechanical device in the sky and terrifying shadow creatures app...

A missing groom—a deconsecrated church—a hidden crypt—a skeleton wrapped in a blanketWhen a skeleton is discovered in the hidden crypt of a deconsecrated church, everyone is convinced the bones must be those of Conor Devitt, a local man who went missing on his wedding day six years previously. But the postmortem reveals otherwise.Solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keeffe is acting for the owners of the church. She is reluctant to get involved, but when Conor's bro...

Andamooka Anna is the snarky sister of Andamooka Nanna and Barossa Nanna. All three are fictional figures based in South Australia.Andamooka Anna's creative collages centre on women's lives and experiences. Essentially, 'herstory'.Andamooka Anna creates collages that question how to go about changing organisations, not women, to deliver structural reform that ensures equity for all women.A perspective on a range of topics including Societal Misogyny, The Environment...

A gentle retelling of a true story about a hospital experience. A digital version of the original collage composition created from the artist's own collection using colour photographs, old maps and birthday cards as well as the cardboard cover of her favourite ice-cream. The old maps used as the base for the collage represent the difficulties in finding a pathway through the medical system. The old maps also symbolise the journey that confronted Melanie as she navigated this forced diverge...

Solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keeffe and her boyfriend Police Sergeant Tom Molloy race to Dublin after hearing that some strangers had moved in with Ben's parents. When they arrive, only Ben's parents and their strange lodger remain, but come morning the lodger has left. Not wanting to leave them alone, Ben persuades her parents to come and stay with her in Inishowen.In Glendara, preparations are underway for Glenfest, Glendara's literary festival. Phyllis Kettle, the local bookshop ...

The majestic Inishowen Peninsula shore—home to dangerous and unpredictable currentsA woman's body washes up on a remote beach on the Inishowen Peninsula. Partially clothed, with a strange tattoo on her thigh, she is identified as Marguerite Etienne, a French woman who has been living in the area. Solicitor Ben (Benedicta) O'Keeffe is consumed by guilt: for the second time in her life Ben has failed someone who needed her, with tragic consequences.When local...

Summer has arrived in Inishowen and solicitor Benedicta (Ben) O'Keeffe is greatly tempted by a job offer from a law firm in America. Yet before making any life-changing decisions, there is her assistant Leah's wedding to attend at the newly restored Greysbridge Hotel—with its private beach and beautiful pier.The perfect location—but the festivities are brutally cut short when a young American, a visitor also staying at the hotel, drowns in full view of the wedding guests. And when ...

A cold—and terrifying—Christmas holiday on the Inishowen PeninsulaDecember on the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal—and solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keeffe is working flat out before the Christmas holidays. While on a trip to Dublin to visit her parents, she runs into Luke Kirby—the man who killed her sister—freshly released from jail. On the surface he appears remorseful, conciliatory even, but his comment as she walks away makes her realize he is as evil as ev...

Bridges Down—Roads Impassable—Killer TrappedApril in Florida and Benedicta (Ben) O'Keeffe is enjoying balmy temperatures during the last few days of a six month stint with a US law firm. A week later, she returns to Glendara, Inishowen, where a charity cycle event is taking place. The town is abuzz with excitement, but it starts to rain, causing the cyclists to postpone the start of their event and stay overnight in the town. The rain doesn't stop—it becomes relent...

Waymaking is an anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women who are inspired by wild places, adventure and landscape. Published in 1961, Gwen Moffat's Space Below My Feet tells the story of a woman who shirked the conventions of society and chose to live a life in the mountains. Some years later in 1977, Nan Shepherd published The Living Mountain, her prose bringing each contour of the Cairngorm mountains to life. These pioneering women set a precedent for a way of writing about wilder...