Episode 2

S9 E2. Kerri ni Dochartaigh on finding home in the Irish landscape

Published on: 4th September, 2024

Kerri ni Dochartaigh is the award winning author of Thin Places and Cacophany of Bone. Kerri's work delves deep into home and belonging, from her childhood in Derry during the troubles, where her family were forced to leave their home, to an adulthood of wrestlessness, unable to find a feeling of home, until she returned to the Irish landscape of her early years.

We talk about intergenerational trauma, what it means to our sense of safety and belonging to have a home forcibly removed, as so many are facing in the world today, and finding home in the Irish landscape, in community, in our bodies and ritual.

We also talk about creativity and caregiving, and the joys of teaching and mentoring other writers.

Links

Thin Places - Kerri ni Dochartaigh

Cacophony of Bone - Kerri ni Dochartaigh

In The Garden: Essays on Nature and Growing (Daunt Books)

The Garden Against Time - Olivia Laing

Unearthed - Claire Ratinon

Uprooting - Marchelle Farrell

Home Matters - Penny Wincer

Kerri on Substack kerrindochartaigh.substack.com

Penny on Substack pennywincer.substack.com

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Not Too Busy To Write
Writing amongst life's many other demands
Penny Wincer is not too busy to write. Except of course, sometimes she is too busy to write as much as she would like. Join Penny as she has conversations with other writers about writing, publishing and creativity whilst juggling all the demands on them such as motherhood, caring and other paid work.

Penny Wincer is the author of Tender (Hodder, June 2020), a mother of two, a non-fiction writing coach and an Australian and long-term resident of London. She’s currently writing her second narrative non-fiction book, Home Matters (July 2024) and working on her first novel.

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Penny Wincer is the author of Tender: The Imperfect Art of Caring (Hodder, June 2020) and is a single parent to two kids, one of whom is disabled. She is also a non-fiction book coach and an Australian and long-term resident of London. She’s currently writing her second non-fiction book and working her first novel.