Maria C McCarthy’s book 'Learning to be Irish' details her search for identity, a chronicle of a lost generation, and a yearning for truths that may never be known.

‘Oi, You An Artist?’ is the first part of Medway-based fine artist Simon Mills’ autobiography. ‘This book is about the first part of my life and there’s nothing more that I’m prepared to say on that subject’. 

Maria C. McCarthy was born in 1959 and raised in a community of Irish migrants in Epsom, Surrey. Her Irish heritage features strongly in her writing. She is the author of two poetry collections: strange fruits and There are Boats on the Orchard; a collection of linked short stories, As Long as it Takes; and is contributing editor of Unexplored Territory. All four books are published by Cultured Llama. She is also a contributing editor of Inspired by Six Women Who Shook the World (Medway Libraries). Maria was the winner of the…