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Season 2: Into The West
S2, E7: Award-winning History Loving Author, Laura McKenna, from Dublin to Malawi and from Australia to Cork
Today’s guest was winning writing competitions as a child but went on to study medicine. She worked for many years as a child psychiatrist. Around the age of forty,...
S2, E6: Salvador Dalí Protégé – Artist, Louis Markoya, From New York to Dalí Land, Barcelona & Rome
This is an exciting episode when I meet Louis Markoya, an artist who spent six years as a protégé of Salvador Dalí. It is dedicated to two very special...
S2, E5: Amazing Author, Siobhán MacDonald, From Co. Clare, To Crete, West Cork and New York
Siobhán MacDonald Episode Release Date 23rd July I read the third novel written by today’s guest late in 2020 and I couldn’t put it down. Guilty, which is set...
S2, E4: Ground-breaking Author, Ryan Dennis, From Rural New York To Germany, Iceland And Galway
Ryan Dennis explores the dynamics of rural life and those who inhabit it. He is a former Fulbright Scholar in Creative Writing and has taught at several universities. His...
S2, E3: Top 21st Century Author, Nuala O’Connor, From Dublin To Galway To Paris And More
This episode’s guest’s latest novel has received rave reviews in lots of top publications worldwide. The New York Times review said, NORA is entirely convincing in her raw sensuality, her...
S2: E2 -Award-Winning Creator & Title Designer, Erin Sarofsky, From Long Island To Chicago
I am delighted to welcome Erin Sarofsky – the award-winning creator of the Sarofsky Corporation in Chicago’s booming West Loop. Sarofsky is a design-driven production company whose artists, directors, producers and...
S2: E1 – Renaissance Man, Simon Cocking, From London to Asia, Central America to Ireland
Today’s guest is a bit of a Renaissance man whose early working life involved travel writing, focusing on the Deep South and Central America. Since then, he’s been involved...
Episode 19: UNESCO Poet Maureen Boyle, From Sion Mills to Dublin, Belfast and Strabane
Photo by Malachi O’Doherty Today’s guest won a UNESCO medal for a book of poems in 1979 at the tender age of eighteen. She went on to study at...
Episode 18, Poet, Gaynor Kane, From Belfast To Dublin, Galway and the Ards Peninsula
This episode’s guest is poet, Gaynor Kane, who hails from East Belfast. Although Gaynor never imagined herself as a poet, her most recent collection, “Venus in pink marble’ is...
Episode 17: Author, Byddi Lee, From Armagh to Belfast, California & Back (Part 2)
Today’s guest is Byddi Lee – an Armagh based author, who has lived in Canada, South Africa, Paris and California before settling back in her home town of Armagh...
Season 1 Guests
Henry McDonald
Author of the novels Two Souls and The Swinging Detective, eight non-fiction books, Henry McDonald, talks about growing up in Belfast, time spent in Berlin,
Ann Smyth
BBC featured stained glass artist, Ann Smyth, is deeply influenced by the special light and surroundings in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
Maeve O'Lynn
Poet and author, Maeve O’Lynn, explores places that have influenced her and talks about bringing the visual world of the Ulster Unit artists to life through words
Emma Thorpe
Emma’s bonds with the land that embraces her link to childhood and her career in archaeology. Her silver jewellery collections are inspired by The Causeway Coast and
Jan Carson
Winner of the EU Prize for Literature 2019, Jan Carson’s creative journey takes you to Ballymena, Portland Oregon, Belfast, Norway and more.
Andrea Spencer
Hertfordshire born Andrea has a deep connection with the environment where she works and lives in Ballintoy and the Causeway Coast.
Malachi O'Doherty
Much of the work of author, journalist and broadcaster, Malachi O’Doherty is deeply linked to Northern Ireland. Yet India also plays an important role.
Helen Sharkey
Artist and socio-cultural academic researcher, Helen Sharkey, creates in stunning Strangford Lough. Yet St. George’s Market in Belfast is central to her also.
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