Creative Places & Faces

Leading authors, artists and creatives explore the places that have most inspired their creativity and lives. From Belfast to India, from California to Berlin, discover fascinating places that ignite creativity easily.

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May 25, 2021 01:20:26
Renaissance Man, Simon Cocking, From London to Asia, Central America to Ireland

Renaissance Man, Simon Cocking, From London to Asia, Central America to Ireland

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....

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March 11, 2021 01:18:09
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UNESCO Poet, Maureen Boyle, From Sion Mills to Dublin, Belfast and Strabane

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...

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March 04, 2021 00:54:34
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Poet, Gaynor Kane, From Belfast To Dublin, Galway and the Ards Peninsula

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,...

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February 26, 2021 00:59:44
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Author, Byddi Lee, From Armagh to Belfast, California & Back (Part 2)

Today's guest is Byddi Lee - an Armagh based author, who has lived in Canada, South Africa, Paris and California before settling back in...

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February 19, 2021 00:45:02
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Author, Byddi Lee, From Armagh to Belfast, California & Back (Part 1)

Today's guest is Byddi Lee - an Armagh based author, who has lived in Canada, South Africa, Paris and California before settling back in...

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February 12, 2021 00:44:27
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Author, Seán Mackel, From Belfast to Australia to Northwest Ireland (Part 2)

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...

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