Novel Ideas: Anne Madden
Debbie McGrory talks to former journalist Anne Madden about her first novel ‘The Wilderness Way’.
Novel Ideas: Margaret Ward – Rebel Women
Rebel Women tells the previously untold story of republican women in the North in the 1914-1924 period. Author Margaret Ward discusses her work on the book and bringing this history to light.
Novel Ideas: Angeline King
Novelist and author Angeline King talks about her new novel ‘The Secret Diary of Stephanie Agnew’ the story of teenager coming of age in the testing terrain of Northern Ireland in 1995.
Novel Ideas: Isabel Kelly
Mike Gaston talks to Isabel Kelly about her memoir ‘IS-Abel’, which depicts her experiences growing up in care, overcoming emotional and physical abuse and becoming the first foster child in the Down and Lisburn area to graduate from university.
Novel Ideas: The Lost and Early Writings of James Connolly – Conor McCabe
Historian Conor McCabe brings together Connolly’s earliest writings, many of which have remained unpublished or inaccessible for over a century.
Our Parlour: Fitzroy Presbyterian Church Memory Lane Service
Maryann Quigley learns the story behind the dementia friendly service in Fitzroy Presbyterian Church.
Our Parlour: Bill McKnight
Bill McKnight speaks on his Mental Health, his struggles with it, as well as how he overcame this condition and uses it as inspiration for his poetry.
Our Parlour: Liam Kelly
Maryann Quigley talks to writer and poet Liam Kelly about his life growing up in the New Lodge Road in North Belfast during The Troubles.
Novel Ideas: PUNK As F*CK with author Micky Cassidy
Author of ‘Punk as F*CK’ Micky Cassidy reflects on growing up in Belfast in the late 1970s as a punk rocker.
Novel Ideas: Jude Morrow
Mike Gaston interviews Jude Morrow on his book ‘Dan Cooper’.