Creative Places & Faces
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Award-winning History Loving Author, Laura McKenna, from Dublin to Malawi and from Australia to Cork
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest was winning writing competitions as a child but went on to study medicine. She worked for many years as a child psychiatrist. Around the...
Salvador Dalí Protégé – Artist, Louis Markoya, From New York to Dalí Land, Barcelona & Rome
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is an exciting episode when I meet Louis Markoya, an artist who spent six years as a protégé of Salvador Dalí. It is dedicated to two very spe...
Amazing Author, Siobhán MacDonald, From Co. Clare, To Crete, West Cork and New York
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I read the third novel written by today’s guest late in 2020 and I couldn’t put it down. Guilty, which is set in County Clare is a riveting page-t...
Ground-breaking Author, Ryan Dennis, From Rural New York To Germany, Iceland And Galway
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Dennis explores the dynamics of rural life and those who inhabit it. He is a former Fulbright Scholar in Creative Writing and has taught at sever...
Top 21st Century Author, Nuala O'Connor, From Dublin To Galway To Paris And More
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This guest's latest novel has received rave reviews in lots of top publications worldwide. The New York Times review said, NORA is entirely convincing...
Award Winning Creator & Title Designer, Erin Sarofsky, From Long Island To Chicago
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Erin Sarofsky – the award-winning creator of the Sarofsky Corporation in Chicago’s booming West Loop. Sarofsky is a design-drive...
Renaissance Man, Simon Cocking, From London to Asia, Central America to Ireland
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is a bit of a Renaissance man whose early working life involved travel writing, focusing on the Deep South and Central America. Since th...
UNESCO Poet, Maureen Boyle, From Sion Mills to Dublin, Belfast and Strabane
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest won a UNESCO medal for a book of poems in 1979 at the tender age of eighteen. She went on to study at Trinity College Dublin and for a s...
Poet, Gaynor Kane, From Belfast To Dublin, Galway and the Ards Peninsula
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode's guest is poet, Gaynor Kane, who hails from East Belfast. Although Gaynor never imagined herself as a poet, her most recent collection, ...
Author, Byddi Lee, From Armagh to Belfast, California & Back (Part 2)
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Byddi Lee - an Armagh based author, who has lived in Canada, South Africa, Paris and California before settling back in her home town...
Author, Byddi Lee, From Armagh to Belfast, California & Back (Part 1)
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Byddi Lee - an Armagh based author, who has lived in Canada, South Africa, Paris and California before settling back in her home town...
Author, Seán Mackel, From Belfast to Australia to Northwest Ireland (Part 2)
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Seán Mackel, who writes fiction and poetry as well as being a visual communicator. He won the Kanturk Flash Fiction Prize in 2019, f...
Author, Seán Mackel, From Belfast to Australia to Northwest Ireland (Part 1)
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Seán Mackel, who writes fiction and poetry as well as being a visual communicator. He won the Kanturk Flash Fiction Prize in 2019, f...
Author, Maeve O'Lynn, From Belfast and Around Ireland
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest was described as a “force of nature” by the journalist who nominated her to be a guest. This force of nature is the award-winning au...
Author, Susanne Stich From Nuremberg To Northwest Ireland (Part 2)
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part of our conversation, Susanne talks about how she first came to Ireland and how the country makes her feel alive. We explore The Tr...
Author, Susanne Stich From Nuremberg To Northwest Ireland (Part 1)
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine being born and living as a sensitive child in Nuremberg in the 1980s who thoroughly absorbed the second-hand trauma of World War II. Add into ...
Stained Glass Artist, Ann Smyth: Strangford Lough
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stained glass artist, Ann Smyth, has been commissioned by a number of establishments including the BBC. Her stunning stained glass works can be seen i...
Jewellery Artist, Emma Thorpe: Portstewart and the Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Originally an archaeologist, Emma Thorpe, now makes stunning silver jewellery that is very much inspired by her surroundings of Portstewart and the Ca...
Artist, Helen Sharkey: Strangford Lough and Belfast
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For much of her week. visual artist, Helen Sharkey, lives and works on one of 70 small islands dotted along the coast of stunning Strangford Lough. Sh...
Author, Malachi O'Doherty: Back to Belfast (Part 3)
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The third and final part of our interview with Malachi O’Doherty brings us back to Belfast as Malachi becomes well-known and respected for his work....
Author, Malachi O'Doherty: From Donegal to Belfast and India (Part 2)
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The second part of the interview with author, journalist and broadcaster, Malachi O'Doherty, takes us from Belfast to India via England, Geneva and a ...
Author, Malachi O'Doherty: From Muff to Ballycastle and Belfast (Part 1)
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author, journalist and broadcaster, Malachi O'Doherty was born in the village of Muff, Co. Donegal in March 1951. Did you know that Malachi is a twi...
Glass Artist, Andrea Spencer: Ballintoy and the Causeway Coast Northern Ireland
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Spencer is a Glass Artist who makes beautiful works of art from glass. Originally from England, Andrea has been based in a Games of Thrones loc...
Author, Jan Carson: East Belfast, The Republic of Ireland & Community (Part 2)
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Carson has made East Belfast her base for a number of years now. Discover how these terraced streets play muse to this award-winning author.Listen...
Author, Henry McDonald, From Belfast to Berlin, Nerja and Hove
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Senior reporter for one of the world's top newspapers, The Guardian, (at the time of recording) and author of ten books, Henry McDonald talks to Jacki...
Author, Jan Carson: From Ballymena to Belfast and Portland, Oregon (Part 1)
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Winner of the EU Prize for Literature in 2019, Ballymena born author, Jan Carson, delves into her own imagination as well as a number of places that h...