The Weekend Break

Ruth O'Leary is an Irish Times bestselling author who lives in Dublin, Ireland, and who also works as a freelance movie extra. Her debut novel, The Weekend Break, spent two weeks on the Irish Times Bestseller list upon publication in 2024. Her second novel A Week to Remember (2025), is about four women who meet while undertaking the Camino de Santiago. Her third novel, The Last Week of Him, is due out in 2026.

Ailish Jeffers is a versatile voice actor from Dublin, Ireland, with over two decades of experience. She began her career voicing characters in Irish-language animation and now narrates audiobooks for children and adults in both English and Irish (Gaeilge). Ailish is also a trusted voice in radio campaigns, corporate narration, e-learning, podcasts, and radio drama. She brings warmth, clarity, and character to every performance, and is the voice of Nina Carberry’s Rowan Tree Stables audiobook series.