Articles Tagged ‘ Ireland ’

Memoirs of Ireland

March 16th, 2010

Thomas Rice tells us about FAR FROM THE LAND: AN IRISH MEMOIR. He left his beautiful but hardscrabble family farm to emigrate to America in 1959. Also, we hear excerpts from a 2008 interview with Alphie McCourt about his memoir, A LONG STONE’S THROW.

Jacqueline Sheehan

July 6th, 2009

Jacqueline Sheehan talks about her new novel, NOW AND THEN. And host Francesca Rheannon talks with Sheehan about her previous novel, LOST AND FOUND in an archived interview from 2007.

St. Patrick’s Day with Alphie McCourt, and more.

March 17th, 2009

Alphie McCourt talks about his memoir, A LONG STONE’S THROW and we talk to Bill Martin and Beverly Swerling of Agent Research and Evaluation about the do’s and don’t of finding a literary agent.