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Borderlines: Jan Carson on having multiple identities, holding on to faith and life in Northern Ireland after Brexit

Jan Carson talks to Borderlines hosts Freya McClements and Mary Minihan about her rural Protestant evangelical background. The writer, whose grandfather was an Orangeman, explains how her latest novel The Raptures was inspired by the Co Antrim community she grew up in. She says B ...  Show more

Séamas O'Reilly on childhood memories, the significance of the Border and the impact of Brexit

Author Séamas O'Reilly talks to Borderlines hosts Freya McClements and Mary Minihan about growing up with his 10 siblings on the Border between Derry in Northern Ireland and Donegal in the Republic when the Troubles were on the wane.The writer also reflects on the "bittersweet" e ...  Show more

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