by Oakleaf Press Admin | Jun 19, 2026 | Events
AI: An Author’s Friend or Foe?
Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we write, publish and market books, but is it a threat to authors or simply another tool in the creative toolbox?
Join author and publisher Jane Buckley for a practical, honest and often entertaining discussion about what AI can and cannot do. Drawing on her experience as both a novelist and founder of Oakleaf Press, Jane explores how writers are already using AI to assist with research, editing, marketing and publishing, while examining the concerns around creativity, copyright and the future of storytelling.
This session cuts through the hype to offer a balanced, common sense look at one of the most talked about developments in publishing today.
Whether you’re excited by AI, sceptical of it, or simply curious, this talk will help you understand how authors can adapt, benefit and continue to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Suitable for: Writers, aspiring authors, publishers and anyone interested in the future of creativity and technology.
by Oakleaf Press Admin | Mar 12, 2026 | Press & Media
RTE Culture presented an extract from Turmoil by Jane Buckley.
Thursday, 27 Nov 2025
Set in Derry in 1972, the first installment of Jane Buckley’s Stones Corner series takes readers back to a city under siege — soldiers on the streets, families divided, and a community trying to hold on to ordinary life amidst extraordinary times. Through the eyes of factory girls, soldiers, and mothers, Buckley tells the story of those who endured the chaos, with courage, wit and an unbreakable spirit.
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by Oakleaf Press Admin | Mar 9, 2026 | Press & Media
I was delighted to be interviewed by Yvonne Reddin on Dublin South FM last week
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by Oakleaf Press Admin | Feb 6, 2026 | Events, Press & Media
I’m really looking forward to attending Ireland’s Publishing Show 2026, and not just for the talks and workshops, though they’re always brilliant.
Events like this matter because they bring people together. Writers, publishers, editors, designers, marketers, all in one place, sharing experiences and learning from one another.
For Oakleaf Press, networking is not about business cards and quick chats. It’s about conversations. Listening to writers talk about their ideas, their struggles, their half written novels and their very real hopes of seeing a book out in the world. Many writers are working quietly, often alone, unsure where to turn next. That’s where these gatherings become so important.
Ireland’s Publishing Show creates space for those conversations to happen naturally. Over coffee, between sessions, at the back of a room, or during a slightly lively St Patrick’s Day chat. It’s often in those moments that writers realise they are not on their own, and that support does exist.
Oakleaf Press was built to support authors through the publishing process, from first draft to finished book and beyond. Meeting writers face to face helps us understand what they really need, whether that is guidance, reassurance, practical help, or simply someone to say, yes, this is possible.
I’m looking forward to meeting new writers, catching up with familiar faces, and coming home inspired, with new ideas and new connections. That sense of shared purpose is what keeps this industry alive.
If you’re attending, do say hello. I’d love to chat.
by Oakleaf Press Admin | Jan 20, 2026 | News
The Project Children Story is a deeply human account of one of the most extraordinary and compassionate responses to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
From the mid 1970s, thousands of children from across the North were quietly lifted out of violence, fear, and daily tension, and brought to the United States for weeks of peace, fresh air, and ordinary childhood. They were welcomed into homes by strangers who became family, often for life. For many, it was the first time they had ever slept without listening for sirens, helicopters, or rioting in the streets.
This book tells that story through the voices of the children themselves, now adults, alongside host families, coordinators, and volunteers who gave their summers, their homes, and their hearts. It traces childhood in the shadow of conflict, the shock and wonder of America, and the long echoes those experiences left behind, shaping lives, careers, relationships, and identities in ways that are still felt decades later.
What emerges is not nostalgia, nor sentimentality, but something far more powerful. Stories that are sometimes heart wrenchingly funny, sometimes quietly devastating, and often life changing. Stories about kindness, courage, confusion, culture shock, and connection. Stories about what happens when ordinary people decide to do something extraordinary.
Written with care, honesty, and respect, The Project Children Story is as much about humanity as it is about history. It is a record of what was endured, what was given, and what it meant, then and now.
Coming autumn 2026 from Oakleaf Press.
