Podcast appearances and mentions of Claire Allan

Andrea Catherwood is joined by novelist Claire Allan who has been adding her voice to the protests about the proposed cuts to Radio Foyle in Northern Ireland. And Three Counties Local Radio presenter Edward Adoo shares his concerns that the reorganisation of Local Radio in England is going to affect programmes aimed at African, Caribbean and Asian audiences. As the competition in Qatar pushes towards a conclusion, football fan Rob Crossan tells us why the 5 Live radio commentary has been a winner for him at the World Cup. We hear what listeners have to say about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Reith Lecture, the first in this year's series. And making an impact on our inbox this week was Justin Webb's interview with RMT leader Mick Lynch on the Today programme. Andrea hears what listeners had to say. Presented by Andrea Catherwood
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The TDG's are now back in their separate homelands after an extended Hallowe'en visit to Derry. Any rumours that their stay had anything at all to do with Derry Girls filming in the City last week are merely speculation.  Ask No Questions…is both a request and the title of Derry Writer Claire Allan's latest novel. Claire has a true Derry Girl pedigree - all of her books are set in the City and this latest crime novel takes place at Hallowe'en. We all know how much Derry Loves Hallowe'en. Add to this the fact that Claire was two years ahead of Lisa Mc Gee at school and was editor of school magazine The Habit and you can guess that the TDG's had a lot of questions to ask….  Claire's website: https://www.claireallan.com/ https://harpercollins.co.uk/blogs/authors/claire-allan https://www.claireallan.com/freya-kennedy An outline of the Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10147362 Congratulation to Jenni - Little Acorns Bookstore regional winner of An Post bookshop of the year https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/derrys-little-acorns-bookstore-named-ulster-regional-winner-in-an-post-bookshop-of-the-year-2021-awards-3452617 Short list announced for An Post Irish book awards 2021 https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/an-post-irish-book-awards-shortlist-2021 The Habit - https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/school-derry-girls-actually-brought-habit-magazine-back-perfect-article-617924 BBC NI - Blue Lights https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/be/new-bbc-drama-blue-lights-20288003 A bump along the way  https://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/news/general/bump-along-way-now-available-demand/ Louise Gallagher https://www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk/news/general/hat-trick-appoints-louise-gallagher-scripted-executive-producer/ Bronagh Gallagher https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302345/ The Chocolate Manor - https://thechocolatemanor.com/ Hallowe'en in Derry - https://derryhalloween.com/ Feed my Curiosity Podcast with Tara Lynne O'Neill - https://www.stevencarterbailey.co.uk/podcasts Jamie Lee O'Donnell guest on The Proper Class Podcast https://shows.acast.com/the-proper-class-podcast/episodes/jamie-lee-odonnell Whistle through the Shamrocks - Nicola Coughlan's new podcast https://play.acast.com/s/whistle-through-the-shamrocks Paul Mallon - soon to be a guest with TDGs https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2546951/ For more information about Talking Derry Girls, go to: www.thebiglight.com/talkmedia

This week, we chat to Claire Allan. Her new book is 'Ask No Questions', a psychological thriller about Ingrid Devlin, on the search to find the truth of her best friend's disappearance 25 years ago.Claire started her career as a journalist, has written women's fiction under the name Freya Kennedy', and is back with a brand new psych thriller. She's written almost 20 books across different genres.We talk about how switching genre changes style and method of plotting and planning, also about her routine of the year, and how she feels when time is tight... and the idea isn't there.You can get a copy of 'Ask No Questions' here - https://amzn.to/3j0yx0oSupport the show on patreon.com/writersroutine@writerspodwritersroutine.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Claire spent her childhood in North Canterbury in the South Island, (Te Wai Pounamu) and after studying winemaking at Roseworthy in Adelaide, Australia she returned to Marlborough to embark on her winemaking career. After learning the craft of making bubbles at Champagne Taittinger, then coming home and working as a winemaker for one of New Zealand’s earliest wine brands, Corbans, Claire went onto to be the first winemaker at Lawson’s Dry Hills before taking the plunge into making her own wine with her husband Mike. The wine they named after a beautiful native New Zealand bird, The Huia. www.huiavineyards.comwww.nzwinepodcast.comwww.instagram.com/nzwinepodcastMusic track featured on this podcast: ‘Here He Was’ – courtesy of Brent Page. Dog Squad MusicThis episode is brought to you with thanks to www.bizebu.com - Let's get your business started!

Claire Allan discusses her dark new psychological thriller, The Liar's Daughter Janice Galloway joins Robert Kirkwood in the Glasgow studios to record her collection of short stories, Jellyfish (Starts at 21.36) Gail Honeyman tells us all about Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, before the book was released (31.20) And we return to Claire Allan for the books of her life. (46.46)

Huia is an organic and biodynamic vineyard in the Marlborough area of the South Island in New Zealand. The wines they make are exceptional and are bolted to their makers Claire and Mike Allans belief that nothing should be taken from the land that cannot be returned to it. Their agents, Classic Drinks write that, 'grape juice is probably the only element that is permanently removed from Huia Vineyards'.  In this podcast Claire Allan brings us into the Huia world where they create wines that have an immense depth of pure fruit bursting from every glass.    The Huia Vineyards website tells us that, 'Huia feathers were said to represent wisdom, elegance and great dignity. At Huia Vineyards we share these philosophies to grow and make our selection of organic wines'. The Huia Bird has been extinct for over a century but continues to be revered. Indeed, the Maori has traditionally worn its feather as a symbol of prestige and honour.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- While all restaurants in Ireland were closed until recently many have now reopened. This is great news - Open Again! We should remember that many of these, including the wonderful Monty's of Kathmandu, are family businesses. They are often small and brilliant and need our support more than ever. Keep Safe and Keep well.  Kevin Ecock's WinePod is brought to us with the assistance of the Santa Rita Wine Room at Monty's of Kathmandu - an excellent place to host your next event or celebration. Contact Shiva at 01 -6704911 or HERE at the Santa Rita Wine Room web page.  

This week's podcast comes straight from our respective self-isolation bunkers, because frankly, we can't sustain this rate of hand-washing.Joining us - and you - is our resident music guru Liz Buckley, who brings us some much needed joy by way of the Pet Shop Boys. Hannah goes to author Claire Allan for some advice on what to get our reading chops around during these most-long of days.We're herding nans and chomping on budget apples in the Bush Telegraph, while in Jenny off The Blocks, Jen is chatting about renowned unskilled footballers the US Women's national team. Last but by no means least, there are incongruous sporting and indeed geological references in Dunleavy Does Disaster as Hannah takes on Gladiator, sorry, Pompeii. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From her life as a journalist in Northern Ireland to her first women's fiction book, Claire Allan's publishing journey was punctuated by key life events. In Behind the Bestseller she reveals what made her take that first step into fiction and how she moved from women's fiction to crime.  Sam Blake delves into what makes Claire's books bestsellers across multiple platforms and all over the world, and how she comes up with her ideas. Character is crucial in Claire's books - as she digs into her writing process, Sam Blake gets Claire's top tips for bestseller success and unlocks her secrets. Claire Allan is a former journalist, turned bestselling author from Derry in Northern Ireland who graduated with a Masters Degree in Newspaper Journalism from Ulster University in 1999, before starting work as a staff reporter with the Derry Journal (http://www.derryjournal.com/) - covering an array of news from politics to human interest stories. She was the paper's first female columnist in its 200 year history. She also worked for a time as acting news editor. Claire was part of the award winning team that covered the Saville Inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday, and she covered Derry's year as the first UK City of Culture. She maintains the best part of the job was always meeting 'ordinary people with extraordinary stories to tell'. In 2006, Claire decided to try and fulfil a lifetime ambition to write a novel and spent six months writing 'Rainy Days and Tuesdays' - loosely based on her own experienced of post-natal depression. This was published by Poolbeg Press in Ireland in 2007 and became an instant bestseller. Seven more women's fiction novels followed before Claire decided to leave journalism to concentrate on writing, and also to try her hand at writing psychological thrillers. Ten years after 'Rainy Days and Tuesdays' was written, Claire began to write 'Her Name Was Rose', which was published by Avon Books in 2008.  It became a bestseller in the UK, Ireland, Canada, America and Australia.  It was followed by Apple of My Eye (Jan, 2019) and 'Forget Me Not' (May, 2019). Her fourth thriller 'The Liars Daughter' is out now.

Derry-born author Claire Allan spoke to Frank about her latest book, The Liar's Daughter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cody Lowe is eighteen now and can vote on Saturday week, however, he was on the voting register and had his polling card since he was 5! And while at it Gerry named Cody's Mam Ashling, who organises the Meath Food Bank, as our Unsung Hero for January. With a chat and a song Bernadette NicGabhann and Micheal O'Reilly launched Meath Beo 2020. Barber Kerry O'Neill is a special lady to many special children and Claire Allan popped in for a chat about her brilliant new crime thriller " The Liar's Daughter". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Forty years after Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first female Prime Minister, she remains one of the most divisive names in British political history. We wanted to explore her political legacy today, so asked 22 women - some of whom knew her, most of who spent their formative years in Thatcher's Britain - about how Thatcherism changed, and continues to change the country we live in.In the second part of our two-part special podcast, we look what That Bloody Woman did for – or indeed to – country, society and state.. Featuring the thoughts of Jess Phillips MP; author Val McDermid; political commentator Ayesha Hazarika; Southall Black Sisters' Pragna Patel; former health minister Edwina Currie; journalist Samira Ahmed, author Claire Allan; journalist Siobhan Fenton; writer AL Kennedy; comedian Jo Caulfield; Debbie Mathews and Dot Rodgers from the Sheffield Women Against Pit Closures, and disability rights activist Barbara Lisicki, among many others.In part one we look at the effect Thatcher had on women and minorities, and if you haven't already listened, you should.Thanks to ITV's News At Ten.Credits: "Super Power Cool Dude" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Forty years after Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first female Prime Minister, she remains one of the most divisive names in British political history. We wanted to explore her political legacy today, so asked 22 women - some of whom knew her, most of who spent their formative years in Thatcher's Britain - about how Thatcherism changed, and continues to change the country we live in.In this first part of a two-part special podcast, we look at the effect That Bloody Woman had on women and minorities. Featuring the thoughts of Jess Phillips MP; author Val McDermid; former leader of the Women's Equality Party, Sophie Walker; political commentator Ayesha Hazarika; Stonewall founder Lisa Power; Southall Black Sisters' Pragna Patel; former health minister Edwina Currie; and journalist Samira Ahmed, among many others.In part two, we'll be focusing on what Thatcher did for - or indeed to – country, society and state. We talk to even more brilliant women, including author Claire Allan, writer AL Kennedy, comedian Jo Caulfield and some of the women from the Sheffield Women Against Pit Closures.Credits: "Super Power Cool Dude" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Thanks to ITV's World In Action and Spitting Image See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's Book Chat, we talk to Sarah Moss about Ghost Wall, her latest novel that mixes folksy horror with tales of modern day abuse. Listen in to hear an extract of the novel. Plus, we have our usual 10 second review section - this week, with Jane Fallon! Contributors: Ruth Gaukrodger Sarah Moss Jane Fallon Books mentioned: Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss Women Talking by Miriam Toews Lost Property by Laura Beatty Apple of My Eye by Claire Allan

We interview Claire Allan and talk social media, word counts, and writing two books a year.

We interview Claire Allan and talk social media, word counts, and writing two books a year.