by Val Troy | Apr 3, 2025 | Val Troy Comedy, Val's Blog
I am very grateful for my invitation to the launch party for the 2025 Funny Women Awards, sponsored by Funny Parts (BBC Studios’ digital comedy channel), at The Comedy Store in London this week. The annual awards are an incredible platform for new talent from women...
by Val Troy | Mar 14, 2025 | Val's Blog
Approaching her 60s, Siobhan Daniels was frustrated with her job at the BBC and with life in general. She made the incredibly courageous decision to pack up, sell her belongings, buy a motorhome, and hit the road in the UK. Her mission is to embark on a positive-aging...
by Val Troy | Mar 7, 2025 | Val's Blog
Hands up if you love commercial fiction. My hands are in the air like I just don’t care. I adore it, specifically fiction written by female Irish authors. It’s Maeve Binchy’s fault, Marian Keyes has to take some of the blame, and now, so too does Ruth O’Leary. Her...
by Val Troy | Sep 18, 2024 | Val Troy Comedy, Val's Blog
I am back on the road again with two legends, Barbara Scully and Orla Doherty, this November. Following our sell-out events at the Dalkey Book Festival and Listowel Writers Week last June, we are taking our panel discussion, The Madonna Effect: Reinvention As You Age,...
by Val Troy | Aug 1, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
Last March, on International Women’s Day, Orla Doherty and I chewed the ear off (not literally) journalist Sophie Grehnam for a few hours. Luckily for us, Sophie can talk for Ireland too, so we were in good company. We met in the Westbury Hotel off Dublin’s Grafton St...
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