{"id":43,"date":"2020-09-22T14:36:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T14:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/satchmo.secondlinethemes.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:28:58","slug":"episode-1-author-jan-carson-part-1","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/creativeplacesandfaces.com\/index.php\/podcast\/episode-1-author-jan-carson-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 2: Author, Jan Carson, Part 1 From Ballymena to Belfast and Portland, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Episode Released 31st October 2020: <\/span><\/h3>\n

Winner of the\u00a0EU Prize for Literature in 2019<\/b>,\u00a0Ballymena<\/b>\u00a0born author,\u00a0Jan Carson<\/b>, delves into her own imagination as well as a number of places that have had an important impact on her creativity. Be transported by Jan’s gentle voice as she considers the formative effects of her hometown Ballymena, how it contrasted with the\u00a0Belfast<\/b>\u00a0of her university days and learn how she desperately needed to leave an environment that these days she loves<\/p>\n

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Follow her to\u00a0Portland, Oregon<\/b>, where she ended up living by accident. A place for Jan that was “the maddest culture shock and it was wonderful.” In fact, she didn’t want to leave at all but this couldn’t be avoided.<\/p>\n

Leaving behind a cultural hub that she loved, not long afterwards Jan could be spotted writing her first book, the Portland inspired novel,\u00a0Malcolm Orange Disappears<\/em>. in the coffee shop at Tesco’s in Ballymena.<\/p>\n

Jan’s journey also takes you to\u00a0St. Andrews in Scotland<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Karm\u00f8y in Norway.<\/b><\/p>\n

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So, we were always heading off for what in Ballymena you call a \u201cwee run in the car\u201d. And we\u2019d usually be down in the glens or riding the north coast or forests and climbing Slemish and all sorts of things like that. So I\u2019m very, very grateful for that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This episode of Creative Places & Faces is sponsored by the\u00a0Property Insurance Centre.<\/a><\/p>\n

The transcription with images is available at Travel Inspires Jan Carson: Belfast, Portland and more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Episode Release Date 31st October 2020:<\/p>\n

Winner of the\u00a0EU Prize for Literature in 2019,\u00a0Ballymena\u00a0born author,\u00a0Jan Carson, delves into her own imagination as well as a number of places that have had an important impact on her creativity. Be transported by Jan’s gentle voice as she considers the formative effects of her hometown Ballymena, how it contrasted with the\u00a0Belfast\u00a0of her university days and learn how she desperately needed to leave an environment that these days she loves<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"02:16","filesize":"28.3M","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"5425142"},"tags":[],"series":[14,12,13],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/creativeplacesandfaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Jan-Carson-on-Creative-Places-and-Faces.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/creativeplacesandfaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Creative-Places-Faces-Podcast-Cover.jpg","download_link":false,"player_link":false,"audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/creativeplacesandfaces.com\/feed\/podcast\/authors","embedCode":"

Episode 2: Author, Jan Carson, Part 1 From Ballymena to Belfast and Portland, Oregon<\/a><\/blockquote>\n