#7 The Child's Eye from Marita Conlon-McKenna

04/23/20 • 28 min

Marita Conlon-McKenna is the much-loved author of many books for children and adults. They include her children's classic about Ireland's Great Famine, Under The Hawthorn Tree. She talks here about the magic of storytelling, why famine stories continue to grip us and the powerful use of the child's voice in Tatty - the 2020 Dublin One City One Book choice.

For more about Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey https://www.newisland.ie/fiction/tatty/

For more about Marita Conlon-McKenna and her fiction including her latest novel The Hungry Road https://maritaconlonmckenna.com/

Produced and presented by Martina Devlin

Music by Daragh Dukes

For more about Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey https://www.newisland.ie/fiction/tatty/

For more about Marita Conlon-McKenna and her fiction including her latest novel The Hungry Road https://maritaconlonmckenna.com/

Produced and presented by Martina Devlin

Music by Daragh Dukes

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#6 South Dublin Noir Meets White Knuckle Crime

RTÉ Arts and Media Correspondent Sinéad Crowley, also a crime novelist, talks about books, her love of running, her passion for ghost stories and 'Tatty' - the 2020 Dublin One City One Book choice.

Sinéad is author of three novels in the Detective Sergeant Claire Boyle series, all of them shortlisted in the crime category at the Irish Book Awards: Can Anybody Help Me?, Are You Watching Me? and One Bad Turn.

About Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey: https://www.newisland.ie/fiction/tatty

About Sinéad Crowley and her fiction: https://www.rte.ie/culture/2017/0529/878783-one-bad-turn-by-sinead-crowley-read-an-exclusive-extract/

Produced and presented by Martina Devlin

Music by Daragh Dukes

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#8 Joanna Trollope on Fiction, Family and Feminism

Three Fs have been a consistent part of international bestseller Joanna Trollope's life:

Fiction, family and feminism. She explains why here.

The international bestseller says, “There will always be women who want to stay at home in the kitchen and make jam tarts with the three-year-old, and there will always be women who want to rule the world.”

Which kind is she?

And why does Jane Austen inspire her?

This episode also includes a tribute to poet extraordinaire Eavan Boland from writer Colum McCann.

For more on Joanna Trollope’s latest novel Mum & Dad follow the link https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/joanna-trollope/mum-dad/9781529003383

For more on Joanna Trollope follow the link https://www.joannatrollope.com

Presented and Produced by Martina Devlin

Music by Daragh Dukes