10 episodes
No Alibis Press Podcast No Alibis Press
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Writers join No Alibis Press (David Torrans and Emma Warnock) to discuss fiction, form and writing practice.
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1.10 Louise Farr
Lots of advice for writers here from Louise Farr as she discusses early inspiration, the discipline required to write and the importance of finding a supportive online community. Louise discusses the genesis of her tragicomic story "Sing to Me", which she reads in full.
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1.8 Joanna Walsh
"I like what happens to the reader when you present something as not entirely untrue." Joanna Walsh discusses her autofiction and creative nonfiction, including Break.up, Still Worlds Turning and Seed, and reads from "Fine" (Still Worlds Turning).
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1.9 Laura-Blaise McDowell
Laura-Blaise McDowell's "Balloon Animals", from Still Worlds Turning, was shortlisted for the Writing.ie Short Story of the Year Award at the An Post Irish Book Awards 2019. Here she chats to us about inspiration and how a story comes together, and reads the story in full.
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1.7 Mandy Taggart reads from Still Worlds Turning
Mandy Taggart discusses her writing and reads ‘Burn’, an otherworldly tale of the demonic visions and euphoric reinventions of destitute drinker Billy McLaughlin.
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1.6 Niamh McCabe reads from Still Worlds Turning
Writer and artist Niamh MacCabe discusses life dictating form and the undemanding love of baby magpies. Niamh reads her story ‘Lullula’.
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1.5 Jan Carson reads from Still Worlds Turning
Jan Carson (aka NI’s leading Casualty expert) on glimpsing odd things through windows and transforming cul-de-sac stories. Jan reads ‘The World Ending in Fire’.