Mayo author's latest book launched by former Taoiseach in Dublin

At a reception hosted in Hodges Figgis Bookshop, Dawson Street, Dublin, attended by family, friends and fans, Castlebar author Anne Chambers’ latest book, Living Lives: A Biographer’s Journey, was launched by former Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

An established and award-winning writer in the art of biography for over 40 years, from pirate, prince, patriot, prima-donna, playboy planter emancipator to forgotten survivors of conquest, her biographies have rescued and reinstated the lives of some remarkable men and women.

The list includes Mayo’s own Grace O’Malley, her son Lord Mayo and the remarkable slavery emancipator Lord Sligo from Westport House.

Anne’s most recent biography – T.K.Whitaker: Irishman of the 20th Century – was commended by former minister Paschal Donohue as a ‘superb biography’ and by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, as ‘a significant work on the life and contribution of a man whose vision and leadership shaped modern Ireland.’

In her latest book we are introduced to the art and methodology of writing biography as Anne brings her reader along on her many exciting and diverse voyages of discovery through epochs, countries and cultures.

As she noted in her launch speech: “In this age of narcissistic captivation with the individual self, it comes as somewhat of a relief that through the art of biography one can shine a light and learn about the life of someone else, someone who made a genuine contribution to their time on this Earth.”

Living Lives: A Biographer’s Journey by Anne Chambers is published by Red Stripe Press and available in all book shops or direct from info@redstripepress.com.