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20: Sorcha Fox

‘I always think of the voices that don’t get amplified in society.’  Sorcha Fox is a multitalented performer, actor, writer, director and poet who has written a poetic sequence called Remember that invites her audience to remember their national past, wh...
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19: Martin Dyar

 ‘Poetry is about addressing the limits of our perceptions.’ Martin Dyar is a poet who manages to be both a respectful scholar of the traditions of poetry and a voi...
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18: Danny Denton

In the Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow, Danny Denton has written a novel that really fits into the archive of Irish fictional writing while standing out as somethi...
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17: Dr. Martina Carroll on Writing in Positive Psychology

In this episode, Dr. Martina Carroll talks about the connection between writing and positive psychology. As a teacher, psychologist and writer, Martina has a lot to ...
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16: Rob Doyle

‘When I sit down to write, I’m pursuing an ideal of total freedom.’ Rob Doyle talks here about his novel 'Here Are the Young Men', his story collection 'This is the...
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15: Jo Unwin

‘Sometimes I think this person can’t write a letter, so I don’t have the confidence that they can write a book.’  Jo Unwin went from working in a bookshop to establ...
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