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9: Death and Nightingales; Joe Woods; Kathleen Jamie's  Scots accent of the mind

9: Death and Nightingales; Joe Woods; Kathleen Jamie's Scots accent of the mind

FromBooks for Breakfast


9: Death and Nightingales; Joe Woods; Kathleen Jamie's Scots accent of the mind

FromBooks for Breakfast

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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Sep 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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This week features a celebration of the work of Eugene McCabe, who died in August, with particular focus on his timeless novel Death and Nightingales. Our Toaster Challenge guest is poet and former Director of Poetry Ireland Joe Woods and we also discuss Scottish poet Kathleen Jamie’s Selected Poems. Toaster Challenge choice: Raymond Carver, A New Path to the Waterfall.Intro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt Not Carry’ from The Hare’s Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it.Art work by Freya SirrTo subscribe to Books for Breakfast go to your podcast provider of choice (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google etc) and search for the podcast then hit subscribe or follow, or simply click the appropriate button above. If you want to be alerted when a new episode is released follow the instructions here for iPhone or iPad. For Spotify notifications follow the instructions here.Support the show
Released:
Sep 10, 2020
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Podcast episode

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A fortnightly look at fiction and poetry hosted by poets and writers Peter Sirr and Enda Wyley. Also features the Toaster Challenge where guest writers are given the time it takes to make toast to talk about a book that has resonated with them.