Podcasts Culture Arts & Ideas Writing and Place: Northern Ireland

Writing and Place: Northern Ireland

Published: July 17, 2023, 9:36 a.m.

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Small town life in Northern Ireland is the focus of this conversation about writing and place. Since his debut Divorcing Jack in 1994, Colin Bateman has written many novels, dramas and screenplays and most recently Thunder and Lightning: A Memoir of Life on the Tough Cul-de-Sacs of Bangor. Michelle Gallen\\u2019s novels Big Girl, Small Town and Factory Girls have appeared on literary prize lists and they focus on life in a border town. Shahidha Bari, who presents Radio 3's arts and ideas programme Free Thinking is the host of the first in this series of conversations about writing and place to tie into a series of BBC Proms concerts.

Producer: Robyn Read

You can find a collection of conversations about Prose, Poetry and Drama on Radio 3's Free Thinking programme website, all available to download as Arts and Ideas podcasts.\\nYou can find recordings of Michelle Gallen's books available to listen to on BBC Sounds

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