TPOE 122: Caroline O'Donoghue, Roisin Kelly and Junior Brother (Live at Quarter Block Party 2019)

The TPOE podcast was back at Quarter Block Party for a live recording with authors Caroline O'Donoghue and Roisin Kelly, and music from Junior Brother. Caroline released a brilliant debut novel called Promising Young Women, writes for the Times Ireland edition and podcasts at School For Dumb Women and Sentimental Garbage. Roisin has won a plethora of awards for her poetry which has featured in Hennessy New Irish Writing, the Stinging Fly and lots more and is currently writing her debut novel. We talked about their relationship with Cork, the London scene vs Ireland, the creative process and and poetry vs novel writing. Junior Brother is one of the hottest artists in Ireland at the moment - he played two tracks for us and there's a brief chat with the Kerry singer at the end too.