In this special bonus episode of the podcast, we’re bringing you some highlights from our live event last week at the Dublin Book Festival. In the first part of the evening, Róisín Ingle was joined on stage by three distinctive voices in Irish fiction, authors Jan Carson, Sue Rainsford and Sheila Armstrong. The panel discussed the inspiration behind their writing, why they’re drawn to experimental and “weird” fiction, how they overcome any self-doubt and the joy of book-related tattoos.
Later on, author Louise Kennedy joined Ingle on stage to discuss her path to becoming a published author in her 50s. Kennedy, who released her debut novel Trespasses in 2022, spent 30 years working as a chef, before finding her voice as a writer. In this wide-ranging conversation, the author discusses how writing became a welcome distraction from a cancer diagnosis in 2019, why her family left Northern Ireland when she was a young girl and why she returned to the place she grew up in her storytelling.
With live music on the night from Laura Elizabeth Hughes.
Stations by Louise Kennedy is our next pick for The Women’s Podcast book club and that episode will be out later this month.
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