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A taste of our forthcoming Culture File Debate: Wìngéd Muses, for which we asked some of our favourite writers—Orit Gat, Sara Baume, The Naturalist, Paddy Woodworth and John Banville—to speak to us about a bird they cherish. Here, John Banville puts in a good word for the Swift. Full program Dec 28th, 6.30pm, RTÉ lyric fm.
Sara Baume is a writer and visual artist based in west Cork. Here she recounts using Google Street View to virtually travel across the county towards her mother's house in East Cork. Sara's books include 'Spill Simmer Falter Wither,' 'A Line Made by Walking,' 'handiwork,' and 'Seven Steeples.'
“What part of yourself is actually in each character?” Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur is a family drama set on the shores of Cape Cod, full of complicated relationships, secrets and revelations. Brodeur joined us to talk about creating her detailed characters, writing intuitively, her career in the literary world and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Featured Books (TBR Topoff): The Great Offshore Grounds by Vanessa Veselka Seven Steeples by Sara Baume
Bentornati in Bookatini - il podcast per chi è ghiotto di libri. L'episodio 54 è dedicato ai libri che parlano di natura. Nell'episodio di oggi abbiamo chiacchierato di questi libri L'occhio della montagna, di Sara Baume, NN editoreCelebrazione, di Matteo Zanini, Independently publishedLa vita segreta degli alberi, di Peter Wohlleben, Macro edizioniIl giro del mondo in 80 alberi, di Jonathan Drori e Lucille Clerc, Ippocampo editoreIl giro del mondo in 80 piante, di Jonathan Drori e Lucille Clerc, Ippocampo editorePotete contattarci, scrivere commenti, suggerimenti, domande e condividete con noi le vostre letture su questo tema contattandoci nella pagina Instagram Bookatini_podcast, dove potete trovare anche le nostre live, in onda a mercoledì alterni Se volete sostenerci e godere di contenuti aggiuntivi, potete unirvi a 4 possibili livelli di Patreon che trovate al link: https://www.patreon.com/bookatiniLa sigla di Bookatini è scritta e suonata da Andrea Cerea
It's our best books of 2022, one of our favourite episodes to record as by this point we've done all the hard work of reading, now it's time to sit back and consider which, of all the books we read in 2022, were our very favourites. That might be a new release or it might be a backlist gem. We've also got the books that got us through difficult moments, the books that made us laugh or cry, and the ones we recommended and gave to friends. As we're nothing if not critical we've got some books that didn't quite live up to our expectations before we finally crown our top three books of 2022. As snow falls gently around the shed, the fairy lights twinkle, the mulled wine is warm, and we discuss our favourite reads of 2022 with regular special guest, journalist Phil Chaffee. Books mentioned are listed below, but if you want to be surprised look away now. Book recommendations for Best Books of 2022 Favourite new release: Laura loved TRUST by Herman Diaz, Phil's favourite (with also-rans The Marriage Portraitby Maggie O'Farrell and Love Marriage by Monica Ali) was THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES by Deesha Philyaw, while Kate loved SEVEN STEEPLES by Sara Baume (with honorable mentions Housebreaking by Colleen Hubbard and Briefly: A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens) Favourite backlist title: Phil picked THE BETROTHED by Alessandro Manzoni (with also-rans The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toíbín, and Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig). Kate loved The Homemaker by Dorothy Canfield-Fisher but her favourite was O CALEDONIA by Elspeth Barker. Laura went for WIVES AND DAUGHTERS by Elizabeth Gaskell. Favourite non-fiction reads: For Kate it was THE PALACE PAPERS, Tina Brown's engaging examination of the British royal family and our collective fascination with (or indifference) to them. Kate's also-rans were Fall by John Preston (did Robert Maxwell fall or was he pushed?), 4,000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman (if we did but have the time to discuss it) and Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake (book everyone says is great turns out to be great). Laura only reads non-fiction when her book club forces her too, but luckily she did end up reading CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson, a book that changed her view of the world within the first fifty pages. Phil loved Putin's People by Catherine Belton and Not One Inch by M.E. Sarotte, but his overall favourite was THE RED PRINCE by Timothy Snyder. Favourite Book Club reads. Top of the pile for Laura was MICHEL THE GIANT by Tété-Michel Kpomassie while Phil preferred EIGHT MONTHS ON GHAZZAH STREET by Hilary Mantel. Kate loved The Heart is a Lonely Hunterby Carson McCullers but her ultimate choice was LIGHT PERPETUAL by Francis Spufford Favourite comfort reads: For Phil it was EITHER/OR by Elif Batuman; he now only wants to read books narrated by her protagonist Selin. Laura escaped to a creepy Swiss hotel with THE SANATORIUM by Sarah Pearse while Kate sank into the arms of old friend E.M. Delafield with THE DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL LADY. A book that made us laugh or cry: For Kate it was A HEART THAT WORKS by Rob Delaney. Phil enjoyed THREE MEN IN A BOAT by Jerome K. Jerome (in audiobook form read by Hugh Laurie). Laura loved Small by Claire Lynch and The Sentence by Louise Erdrich, but her final choice was THE BREAD THE DEVIL KNEAD by Lisa Allen-Agostini A book we pressed on a friend: Runner-up for Phil was We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'Toole but his favourite was THE FREE WORLD by Louis Menand. Laura's pick was THE SIXTEEN TREES OF THE SOMME by Lars Mytting Books we read that didn't quite live up to our expectations: THE ABSOLUTE BOOK by Elizabeth Knox promised much for Laura but ultimately didn't deliver. Phil really didn't get on with A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanigahara (and has *really* thought about why) and for Kate LIBERATION DAY by George Saunders didn't quite meet the soaring heights of his other books. Overall Book of the Year: Laura's standout was THE TREES by Percival Everett. Kate loved After Sappho by Selby Wyn Schwartz and The Door by Magda Szabó but her overall favourite read was LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry. Phil meanwhile loved the Elena Ferrante Neopolitan quartet, but his overall book of the year is, as mentioned earlier, THE FREE WORLD by Louis Menand. A few other books we mention in passing: Golden Hill by Francis Spufford The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Babel by R. F. Kuang A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt The Little Library Parties and The Little Library Christmas by Kate Young Find full shownotes and links to related podcast episodes at our website thebookclubreview.co.uk, where you'll also find a transcript and our comments forum. No matter when you listen to this episode you can always drop us a line there and let us know what you thought of it. Tell us your favourite reads of 2022, we'd love to hear about them. You can also sign up for our bi-weekly-ish newsletter and find out details of our new Patreon channel. To keep up with us between episodes follow us on Instagram @bookclubreviewpodcast, on Twitter @bookclubrvwpod, or email us at thebookclubreview@gmail.com. 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In this episode of The Dublin Review Podcast, Aingeala Flannery talks to Sara Baume about her essay The Viewings, which was published in The Dublin Review NUMBER 88 | AUTUMN 2022
This week I had the amazing opportunity to sit down and talk with Sara Baume who is the amazing author of the book Seven Steeples. Take a listen as we dig into her inspiration and how here art imitated life or maybe it was the other way around, but I promise you will not be disappointed.At its core, Seven Steeples takes a look at a period of two people's lives over the course of seven years, leading into their eighth. The characters Bell, Sigh and their dogs Voss and Pip occupy this rental house where they seem to have just kind of given up on what we would say is a normal existence. But you get the impression the author does not see it this way. Here her answer when I ask her.We will talk about her naming convention for her charactersWhether or not they are hermitsThe symbolism of the mountain in the bookWe will talk about how it was so strange for me as a reader to see the world through these two seemingly strange characters, but then starting to envy them in some ways.At the end of it all, I can highly recommend the book, Seven Steeples. Check it out. I think you will enjoy it as much as I did.Support the show
In this episode I chat with Irish author Sara Baume about her visual artwork, writing, the financial difficulties of living as a creative, and her new book, Seven Steeples. SARA BAUME studied fine art before earning a master's in creative writing. Her first novel, Spill Simmer Falter Wither, won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and was short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award. She is also the recipient of the Davy Byrnes Short Story Award and the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award. Sara's latest novel Seven Steeples is about a couple, Bell and Sigh, who move with their dogs to the Irish countryside, immersing themselves in nature and attempting to disappear from society. Sara lives in Cork, Ireland.Sara BaumeSeven Steeples, Sara BaumeSeven Steeples: A Minister and Her People, Margaret K. HenrichsenThe Raptures, Jan CarsonThin Places, Kerri ni DochartaighSupport the show
Sara Baume is unafraid to use her own life in her writing, while insisting on its status as fiction. She does it again in her new book Seven Steeples, a gentle and thought-provoking novel spanning seven years. It's about a couple and their two rescue dogs who drop off the radar and live a quiet life doing as little harm to the planet as possible. “Everything I write is always an extremity of my actual existence. It's sort of like a smudged out version of us, I suppose,” says Sara, who moved to the countryside 11 years ago and currently lives with her partner in West Cork. She also works as a visual artist and describes the deep sense of satisfaction she gains from working with her hands, whether on patchwork flags or wooden birds or tiny ships. Seven Steeples by Sara Baume is published by Tramp Press https://tramppress.com/product/seven-steeples/
This month we speak to writer and artist Sara Baume. Sara is the author of Spill Simmer Falter Wither (2015), A Line Made by Walking (2017), the non-fiction handiwork (2020) and Seven Steeples, which is released this month on Tramp Press, who have published all of her work so far. Amongst much else, we cover: living a creative life that combines writing and visual art; learning narrative from arthouse cinema; finding a form from the original idea; writing slowly; abandoning work that doesn't feel right. Sara's Instagram is: @saraofthebaumes Sara's books are available directly from Tramp Press: https://tramppress.com/writer/sara-baume/ or through Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/sara-baume - or your local bricks and mortar book shop... Find us on Twitter: @UnsoundMethods - @JaimieBatchan - @LochlanBloom Jaimie's Instagram is: @jaimie_batchan We have a store page on Bookshop, where you can find our books, as well as those of previous guests: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/unsoundmethods Thanks for listening, please like, subscribe and rate Unsound Methods wherever you get your podcasts. Our website is: https://unsoundmethods.co.uk/
Seven Steeples by Sara Baume, is a story set in rural Ireland in the shadow of a mountain. Rebel Artists is a series of talks at the National Concert Hall on the subject of art and rebellion. Nosferatu is a German horror film from the silent era, now regarded as one of the most influential movies ever made.
A 21st-century dip into literary stream of consciousness. This narrative technique attempts to depict in words the multitudinous thoughts and feelings passing through the human mind. It first gained prominence among Modernist writers as they attempted to represent life in the increasingly complex industrialized world of the 1920s. The technique has never run dry, but now, a century later, stream of consciousness is proving a fresh wellspring for young writers as they attempt to convey life in our comparably challenging, fragmented and frenetic online age. Rebecca Watson is one such writer, and her first novel, "little scratch", has already attracted much praise for its depiction of the thoughts and feelings of a young woman over a deceptively simple single day. It was shortlisted in 2021 for the Goldsmiths Prize, which rewards innovation and creative daring in the novel. Rebecca traces the technique back to its headwaters, hearing from academics and fellow authors about the American psychologist William James, the French philosopher Henri Bergson, and the key writers - Virginia Woolf, T S Eliot and James Joyce - who, a hundred years ago, made it their own, in works such as Mrs Dalloway, The Waste Land and Ulysses. This documentary , flowing with archive and music, itself follows the associative leaps characteristic of stream of consciousness. It is particularly timely in an era when the onslaught of social media frequently feels overwhelming and the term “streaming” is itself becoming a dominant metaphor for how we live our lives. Contributions from Philip Davis, Sandeep Parmar, Michael Whitworth, Sara Baume and Mike McCormack. Producer: Beaty Rubens
Today, in the last podcast in the current season, Enda Wyley talks to Aoife Lyall about her debut collection Mother Nature, published by Bloodaxe Books. Aoife's Toaster Challenge Choice is A Line Made by Walking by Sara Baume, published by Tramp Press in 2017.And Books for Breakfast co-host Peter Sirr talks about his Intimate City: Dublin Essays, just published by Gallery Press.Intro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt Not Carry' from The Hare's Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it.Artwork by Freya SirrTo subscribe to Books for Breakfast go to your podcast provider of choice (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google etc) and search for the podcast then hit subscribe or follow, or simply click the appropriate button above. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/books4breakfast)
In her conversation with Elke D'hoker, Sara Baume talks about her life as an author and artist in times of Covid19, the significance of daily routines, the migration of birds, differences between writing fiction and memoirs, truth(s) in novels and non-fiction, art and death, folk art, climate change and inequality, and her reluctance to see herself as an activist. Sara Baume also reads from her non-fictional narrative Handiwork (2020).
We chat with writer and visual artist Sara Baume about her third book, handiwork. Just last week shortlisted for the prestigious Rathbones Folio Prize, it is a contemplative short narrative that charts Sara's daily process of making and writing, exploring what it is to create and to live as an artist. Short and spare, gentle and devastating, handiwork reflects on the nature of art, grief, bird migration and a life lived well.
The Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, hosts a series of brief conversations with fellow writers asking what is writing. What is its purpose and mystery beyond the pragmatic notions of academia and journalism? This series will form part of a visual archive highlighting the golden age of writing in Ireland. Sara Baume was born in Yorkshire. She won the 2014 Davy Byrne's Short Story Award, and in 2015, the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award, the Rooney Prize for Literature and an Irish Book Award for Best Newcomer. Her debut novel, Spill Simmer Falter Wither was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Warwick Prize for Writing, the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction and the International Dublin Literary Award. It was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the Kate O'Brien Award. Her short fiction and criticism have been published in anthologies, newspapers and journals such as the Irish Times, the Guardian, Stinging Fly and Granta magazine. In autumn 2015, she was a participant in the International Writing Program run by the University of Iowa and received a Literary Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She lives in West Cork. The Laureate for Irish Fiction is an initiative of the Arts Council in partnership with University College Dublin and New York University.
Sara Baume reads an unpublished essay, 'Wisdom', a warm reflection on life in lockdown. Writer and poet Inga Gaile reads a Latvian translation, which she co-translated with Ilmārs Šlāpins.For each episode of 'Talking Translations' we have paired a story with a language, and asked the author and translator to read their work aloud. It is our hope to share these stories with listeners around the world, heard in languages where the author may not yet be widely published.Literature Ireland promotes Irish literary authors and their work worldwide and is funded by Culture Ireland and the Arts Council. To read the full stories in English and Latvian, and to learn more about what we do, visit www.literatureireland.com. For any queries, or to say hello, please email info@literatureireland.com. The intro/outro music in this series is kindly used with permission from David Hilowitz. Music selection and editing by Ciarán McCann; introduction by Lynsey Reed.
To support our work and listen to additional content from previous episodes, see here: https://patreon.com/yourshelf and follow us on social media @_yourshelf_ (note: there is no Patreon episode for either of our Books of the Year 2020 episodes). In our latest, eleventh episode of The YourShelf Podcast, Prose Book of the Year 2020, our chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up with Doireann Ní Ghríofa to discuss Doireann's book A Ghost In The Throat, the life of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, Dubh's poem Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire which survives in the Irish oral tradition, motherhood, voices, astonishment, Doireann's forthcoming bilingual collection of poetry (due spring 2021), and a recap of the best books of 2020. For full show notes, see here: https://podcast.yourshelf.uk/episodes/11. Thanks for listening.LinksPatreonInstagramTwitterPodcastYourShelfEpisode NotesJay asks Doireann about the books that made her, what her bookshelves look like, and what book she'd send backwards in time if she could. (from 0:01)Doireann explains the origins of her book A Ghost In The Throat, her poetry work including (in English) Clasp and Lies (a bilingual publication), the life and work of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, astonishment, engineering the breath in the white space on the page, and more. (from 11:40)Doireann recaps her favourite books and TV shows of 2020, recommends some titles for 2021, and muses on what's next from her. (from 54:20)Doireann gives a special reading of a passage from A Ghost In The Throat. (from 1:12:23)The books and authors discussed in this episode include: the work of Edmund Lenihan, the artist Dorothy Cross' Montenotte, Tramp Press' 'Recovered Voices' series, Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport, Max Porter's Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, and Han Kang's The White Book.Doireann's 2020 highlights include Sara Baume's handiwork, Celia Paul's Self-Portrait, Ella Frears' Shine, Darling, Seán Hewitt's Tongues of Fire, Mark O'Connell's Notes from an Apocalypse, and Janet Malcolm's The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Aside from books, Doireann also recommends repeatedly rewatching the 2017 film The Meyerowitz Stories, and the 2020 TV series The Queen's Gambit and Ratched.Doireann's most anticipated releases of 2021 include Megan Nolan's Acts of Desperation and Kerri Ní Dochartaigh's Thin Places.Doireann's book A Ghost In The Throat is available now from Tramp Press. Her poetry collections Clasp and Lies are available now from Dedalus Press. Her next collection is forthcoming in Spring 2021.Thanks for listening and tune in again soon for new episodes embracing all the books 2021 has to offer.
Children's author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce spells out why children's books are so important and why they should be afforded more respect. Sara Baume will be quizzed by the Mannan Castle Book Club from Co Monaghan about her novel 'spill simmer falter wither'
What do Marian Keyes, Richard Osman and Cardi B have in common? They all feature on Episode 2 of Good Luck with the Book! Join Sarah and Jamie as they review the No.1 Bestseller, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Pandora Sykes’s collection of essays, How Do We Know We're Doing it Right? (some serous ‘ah-ha’ moments, people), and The Art of the Glimpse, the stunning collection of Irish short stories selected by Sinéad Gleeson. Don't miss their chats about getting clamped while at the hairdresser, performance enhancing Nurofen Plus, Maeve Binchy, ‘tickboxery’, WAP, intergenerational friendships, and the power of cerulean... all partially recorded in their podcast headquarters: a decommissioned festival caravan in Swords. Also featuring After the Silence by Louise O'Neill, Handiwork by Sara Baume, and The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin.
Novelist Sara Baume climbs aboard the Mystery Train on RTÉ lyric fm for a Sunday Service special. She talks about writing and art, her new book Handiwork and picks music by Rory Gallagher, Cyclefly and Joanna Newsom.
Sara Baume reads her story 'Green, Mud, Gold' to us from a stormy day in West Cork. Sara is joined by German translator Anna-Nina Kroll, who reads her translation to us from Essen, in Germany. 'Green, Mud, Gold' is a summer story, with two cousins, Dark and Fair, and a particularly prodigious Field. For each episode of 'Talking Translations' we have paired a short story with a language, and asked the author and translator to read their work aloud. It is our hope to share these stories with listeners around the world, heard in languages where the author may not yet be widely published. Literature Ireland Promotes Irish literary authors and their work worldwide and is funded by Culture Ireland and the Arts Council. To read the full stories in English and German, and to learn more about what we do, visit www.literatureireland.com. For any queries, or to say hello, please email info@literatureireland.com. The intro/outro music in this series is kindly used with permission from David Hilowitz.
This week presenter Zoe Comyns is guided by the Keyword ‘Patterns'. Contributors to the episode have drawn inspiration from patterns of human and bird behaviour, the patterns we ink on to our skin and the patterns which can make a daily routine. Writer and musician Julian Gough is trying to record a podcast with Solana Joy. They are married and like many professionals are working from their home. The regular interruptions from their cat and their small child form a humorous pattern which becomes the short feature recorded for Keywords. When writer and artist Sara Baume visited Cape Clear Island in West Cork she learned about vagrant birds which land on the island every year. These are birds which are rerouted accidentally from their migration lines and they inspired Sara to make a series of cross-stitchings representing each species of bird. Ruth O'Connor is a fashion & design journalist - she looks at how a new community of creatives - designers, craftspeople and costume makers - have come together recently to make face masks; each with their own intricate pattern and how they have ‘created new bonds, communities and friendships - people of all ages and backgrounds woven together like warp and weft'. Writer Siobhán Mannion looks at how the lifelong pattern of gift-giving - ‘handknitted wools, and your vast array of patterned scarves' - can establish deep family bonds. These are maintained, via memory and the objects themselves, after the loss of a loved one. Her short essay features music composed by Cian Roche. Elaine Howley is a sound artist and in her composition we hear a musical treatment of how - possibly obsessive - thoughts about another person can flow and ebb in sonic waves. 'I am falling into a thought about you again. I am a thought. I am you again. I am a thought about a thought... ' The pattern of destructive behaviour is the subject of poet Kimberly Reyes' piece ‘On Touch'. It is set in Cork where Kimberly - a New York resident - was spending time as a Fulbright scholar. She compares the patterns of yearning for love to an addiction: ‘my Black femaleness in mostly-white surroundings meant that I was romantically under socialized and just plain dumb in dating, always searching for a hit of the touch drug.' Diarmuid Hester is an Irish writer and an academic based in the UK. He tells a story about how the detailed patterns of tattoos on his body became interwoven with an unlikely friendship with the tattoo artist - a friendship ‘laid down in blood and ink'.
Inside Books is a fortnightly programme presented by Breda Brown. This episode features Sara Baume
We have something of a mini-episode this week as NCW Programme Officer Flo Reynolds joins Simon and Steph to introduce our new Book Club. Starting today, the Book Club is reading A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume - we hope you'll join us on the read! There are many ways to get involved - all of them free, of course. Read along, chat with us on Twitter and join our scheduled Zoom chats to share your opinions. We're also launching a new online community on Discord, which is open now and you can find an invite for podcast listeners below. We can't wait to discuss the book with you all! Follow this link to join the new NCW community on Discord (limited places available): https://discord.gg/ERQhsGj Book your place on the free Zoom chats: Thursday 21 May: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/ncw-book-club-a-line-made-by-walking/ or Tuesday 26 May: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/whats-on/virtual-book-club-2-a-line-made-by-walking/ Full details on the Book Club can be found here: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/article/join-the-ncw-virtual-book-club/ Hosted by Simon Jones and Steph McKenna. Find out more about what we do: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk Music by Bennet Maples.
Inside Books is a fortnightly programme presented by Breda Brown. This episode features Sara Baume
To support our work and listen to additional content, see here: https://patreon.com/yourshelf and follow us on social media @_yourshelf_. In our latest, fourth episode of The YourShelf Podcast, Flights of Thought, our chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) sits down with author Sara Baume to discuss books, birds, and Sara's nonfiction debut handiwork. For full show notes, see here: https://podcast.yourshelf.uk/episodes/4. Thanks for listening. LinksPatreonInstagramTwitterPodcastYourShelfEpisode NotesJay asks Sara about her bookshelves, the books that made her, and what she's excited to read in the near future. (from 2:12)Sara begins the discussion with some insights from the writing of her nonfiction debut, handiwork. Sara and Jay discuss all three of Sara's published books, the importance of birds, solitude and other recurrent themes throughout her work. (from 13:30)Finally, Sara talks about her new novella, slated for a 2021 publication, and talks about launching a book during a national lockdown. Sara also shares some quarantine reading recommendations. (from 54:02)Jay recommends signing up to our Patreon for access to exclusive content, including a 10min bonus episode with more content from the interview, where Jay and Sara Baume play a game of "Celebs Read Nice Tweets", and Sara answers some "phone-in questions".Jay wraps up with all the books that were discussed in the episode and a few other books he recommends. Some of the books and authors we discussed in our latest episode include Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, Alice Lyons' Oona, Celia Paul's Self Portrait, Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea, Raynor Winn's The Salt Path, Max Porter's Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, Han Kang's The White Book, Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, Rob Doyle's Threshold, Evie Wyld's The Bass Rock, Adrian Duncan's A Sabbatical in Leipzig, Olivia Laing's forthcoming Funny Weather, Jenny Offill's Weather, and Colum McCann's Apeirogon. If you're looking for even more recommendations, especially in the age of social distancing, Jay has you covered. While most of the books he's read recently have been Sara Baume's three fantastic books, he also recommends the poetry of Doireann Ní Ghríofa, whose forthcoming prose debut A Ghost In The Throat is discussed by Sara earlier in this episode. Currently, he's reading Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, The M Pages by Colette Bryce, After Fame by Sam Riviere, and Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass; while he hasn't yet finished these books, each one is already totally compelling and recommendable.Also, Jay reminds that you can order a copy of his book of poems, the debut publication of The YourShelf Press, on yourshelf.uk/press.Sara Baume closes with a reading from her non-fiction debut handiwork (from 1:02:48).Buy, read and review handiwork online now, available from most bookstores! Sara's previous books Spill Simmer Falter Wither and A Line Made By Walking are also both available for purchase.Thanks for listening and tune in again soon for Episode Five!
Skibbereen-based artist and author of Handiwork, Sara Baume on some of the culture that has been bringing her light in the darkness
Sara Baume, visual artist & writer reveals the inspiration behind 'Handiwork' her new work of non-fiction, the Chester Beatty (library) in Dublin, Director Fionnuala Croke, music & chat with Andrew Hendy of the Mary Wallopers, also Darryl Jones on the rules of the Gothic in literature & art.
Writing a book? Let literary agent Peter Cox and his friends from the publishing industry - and from Litopia Writers’ Colony - review your submission live! Make a Pop-Up Submission here: https://litopia.com/subs/ Featured on this edition of Pop-Up Submissions… "My October" - middle grade adventure fantasy from Jennifer Claessen; "Hashtags: A Novel" - literary / commercial fiction from Polly Becker; "The Gray Nothing Scar" - thriller from Rebekah Alexander; "Let Yourself In" - revenge thriller from Darren Burgess; "Family of the Stars" - epic fantasy from D. A. Smith. Georgina Key's book recommendation is "Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither" by Sara Baume. Buy it here: https://amzn.to/2QBwtxM Melissa Eveleigh's book recommendation is "How To Stop Time" by Matt Haig. Buy it here: https://amzn.to/33BdLLS Subscribe to Litopia's channel on YouTube and join us live in the Litopia chat room every Sunday at 5pm UK. Make Your Pop-Up Submission here! The winner of each show is immortalised here: https://litopia.com/winners. Watch Pop-Ups on YouTube Litopia is the net's oldest and best community for writers. For two decades, we've brought writers together from all over the globe. We serve each and every member's needs... social, business, professional and beyond. If you're serious about your writing, do join us.
Novelist Sara Baume climbs aboard the Mystery Train for a Sunday Service special, and picks music by Rory Gallagher, Cyclefly and Joanna Newsom.
Writing a book? Let literary agent Peter Cox and his friends from the publishing industry - and from Litopia Writers’ Colony - review your submission live! Make a Pop-Up Submission here: https://litopia.com/subs/ Featured on this edition of Pop-Up Submissions… "My October" - middle grade adventure fantasy from Jennifer Claessen; "Hashtags: A Novel" - literary / commercial fiction from Polly Becker; "The Gray Nothing Scar" - thriller from Rebekah Alexander; "Let Yourself In" - revenge thriller from Darren Burgess; "Family of the Stars" - epic fantasy from D. A. Smith. Georgina Key's book recommendation is "Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither" by Sara Baume. Buy it here: https://amzn.to/2QBwtxM Melissa Eveleigh's book recommendation is "How To Stop Time" by Matt Haig. Buy it here: https://amzn.to/33BdLLS Subscribe to Litopia's channel on YouTube and join us live in the Litopia chat room every Sunday at 5pm UK. Make Your Pop-Up Submission here! The winner of each show is immortalised here: https://litopia.com/winners. Watch Pop-Ups on YouTube Litopia is the net's oldest and best community for writers. For two decades, we've brought writers together from all over the globe. We serve each and every member's needs... social, business, professional and beyond. If you're serious about your writing, do join us.
Culture File visits the model-filled home of writer and assembler of handmade plaster objects, Sara Baume
Are you swimming in zucchini yet? Emily Seftel, of The Tennessean, wrote an article in 2006 that was titled Gad zuks!- which I think is hilarious; we don’t use that term enough, do we? Anyway, the article started out this way: "Zucchini, the summer squash, is the Rodney Dangerfield of the produce world it gets no respect." Then, the article goes on to share some recipes, which were offered by Chef Laura Slama who said, "When you’re cooking with zucchini, all you need to do is add a little olive oil and kosher salt to bring out it’s flavor." The three recipes she shared, were for Mexican Zucchini Corn and Black Tostadas - that looked amazing. Then, Sautéed Zucchini Strings; which is basically zucchini that’s been turned into spaghetti. And, finally, she shared an Orzo Pasta with Roasted Zucchini. One of my favorite recipes for zucchini is from The New Zucchini Cookbookand Other Squashby Nancy Ralston and Mary Jordan. It’s for a zucchini basil tart: You drain salted zucchini and tomato slices on paper towels. You purée basil in a food processor with ricotta and eggs and you add mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Then you line a 9 inch pie shell with zucchini slices. Spoon the basil mixture over the top and then put tomato slices on the top. Then brush the whole top of it with olive oil and bake it for 40 to 50 minutes. Yum. I’ll put the link to the recipes in today show notes as well as a link to the cookbook. Brevities #OTDToday is the birthday of Magness Holman who was born in 1745. Holman was the painter who completed a portrait of Carla Ness that most people recognize. The portrait was painted around 1780. #OTD Today is the birthday of François-Andre Michaux. He was the son of the botanist Andrea Michaux. His father named an oak in his honor. Michaux's mother died a few weeks after he was born. His father was so despondent, he turned to botany to deal with his grief. His mentors just happened to be some of the top gardeners in the Royal Gardens. When François-Andre was 15 years old, he accompanied his dad to North America. His father established a botanical garden in 1786 on property that’s now occupied by the Charleston Area National Airport. As you leave the airport, you’ll notice a stunning mural that pays tribute the Michaux's - from the rice fields along the Ashley River to the Charleston Harbor where he introduced one of the first camellia plants. Andre-François and his father are depicted in the potager or kitchen garden. The mural was installed in 2016. François-Andre stayed in America where he established a nursery in Hackensack, New Jersey and also in Charleston, South Carolina. France was still eager to obtain trees from North America to replenish their forests and François-Andre grew them in his nursery. He returned to France briefly in 1790 and participated in the French revolution. By 1801, he returned to the United States because the French government wanted him to get rid of the nurseries in Hackensack and Charleston. François-Andre did as instructed and also explored the United States as far north as Maine, as far south as Georgia, and as far west as the Great Lakes. After his explorations, he returned to France, he had enough material and experience to prepare his masterpiece, North American Silva or North American Forests. #OTD Today in 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition was near the Narrows of the Columbia river when the serviceberry was discovered. Serviceberry are available in a number of different species. There’s a wonderful graphic showing the different types of serviceberry featured on the spruce.com. I'll share a link to that in today's show notes. Serviceberries are a member of the Rose family. Now that you know that, you’ll be able to recognize the family resemblance the next time you see one. Serviceberry are primarily prized for their four-season interest: you get beautiful blossoms in the spring, fruits in the summer, fantastic autumn color, and wonderful bark coloration in the winter time. The Maryland Department of Resources says that the etymology of the name serviceberry comes from church services which resumed around Easter time. People used to say that when the serviceberries were in flower, the ground had thawed enough to dig a grave. #OTD Today is the birthday of the third son of Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin - known to his family as Frank. Francis published the results of his work with his dad in a book called The Movement of Plants. The book details their experiments which showed that young grass seedlings grow toward the light. OTD It’s the anniversary of the death of Kenneth Woodbridge, who died on this day in 1988. Woodbridge was known for his work on the history of garden design in England and France. Woodbridge wrote a book called The Stourhead Landscape, a book about one of England’s greatest gardens. Stourhead was the work of an English banker named Henry Hoare who lived during much of the 1700s. Woodbridge's last book was called Princely Gardens it was published in 1986. Princely Gardens analyzes the French formal style of landscape architecture. Despite not having the academic background of many garden historians, Woodbridge was a relentless researcher and writer. His obituary stated that his wife Joanne always balanced his intensity. Unearthed Words “August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.” ― Sylvia Plath “This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realize that it is August: the summer's last stand.” ― Sara Baume, A Line Made by Walking “The month of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled.” ― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees Today's book recommendation: Plant Parenting by Leslie Halleck This is a new book that just came out in June of this year from Timberpress. The images are gorgeous and this book feels quite modern and very on trend. This is a very beginner friendly introduction to plants, flowers, and seeds. Today's Garden Chore Add more color to your garden with bee balm or monarda. It is also an herb. Plant it in full sun. Pollinators love it, as do hummingbirds. I remember the first time I planted bee balm, I was blown away by the incredible enticing fragrance - a wonderful combination of mint, oregano, and thyme. Once you smell it, you'll never forget it. Bee Balm starts flowering now and will last throughout the summer. When John Bartram was exploring North America, he made contact with the Native Americans who shared with him that they brewed a tea with bee balm to treat chills and fever. He called it Oswego. But, it was made with Monarda. After the Boston tea party, the colonists needed something to drink and Oswego tea tasted pretty good and it also helped with sore throat’s and headaches. Manarda is considered both a flower and an herb. And in the fall, you can harvest the leaves and dry them and store them for later - when you want to make your own Oswego tea. Something Sweet Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart When I was researching Kenneth Woodbridge, I ran across an article about his son, Tim Woodbridge. The article came out last year in February in the London Economic and it was called, "The incredible story of how a grieving landowner created one of Europe’s most celebrated gardens." Tim was piggybacking on the subject his dad wrote about which was Stourhead Garden in Wiltshire. Tim says his dad discovered 95% of everything that is known about the garden today. The garden is breathtaking because it is surrounding this gloriously breathtaking man-made lake. All along people have assumed that the lake was part of the plan by Henry Hoare, the banker, who established the garden as his lasting legacy. But Tim believes he’s uncovered a secret about the garden that had been lost to time. In 2005, the National Trust commissioned an underwater survey of the lake. Tim’s book, called The Choice, explains that the lake is hiding a first garden – the garden that was built to honor Hoare's dead wife, Susan. The garden was nearly completed when suddenly Hoare's son and only heir, Henry, died of smallpox in Naples. He was just 22 years old. Tim believes that the garden became too painful and that Hoare's shocking next move was to do something about it. Tim believes that Hoare built a dam and then flooded the garden; creating the magnificent great lake that people drive to see from all over the world. Instead of a planned part of the design; The lake was an outward sign of grief of a husband and father whose tears hid the garden he had built for posterity. And I think, if a garden could cry... this is what it would look like. Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
"This is the most personally involved I've been in a thing. It's taken over my life more than anything I've ever done before." Ahead of In Clouds, a new immersive, collaborative piece of music theatre, premiering at Cork Midsummer, I talked to director and co-composer Peter Power and author Sara Baume about the work and what they're hoping to achieve with it. Specially commissioned by Triskel Arts Centre and Cork Midsummer Festival to celebrate 40 years of Triskel, In Clouds blends original composition by Power and co-composer Michael Gallen, text by novelist Sara Baume, choral experimentation by the contemporary ensemble Tonnta led by Robbie Blake, choreography/dance by Stephanie Dufresne, and an audio visual installation by Sarah Jane Shiels and David Mathúna.
We were joined by one of Ireland’s most exciting young novelists, Sara Baume, to discuss her new book A Line Made By Walking. In association with éditions Noir sur Blanc.
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) is delighted to present a reading by Gavin Corbett and Claire-Louise Bennett. The writers will be introduced by Susan Tomaselli, founder and editor of gorse journal. These two outstanding writers have been commissioned by TBG+S in an experimental programme that aims to support different kinds of writing about art. Gavin Corbett is TBG+S’ third commissioned writer. Claire-Louise Bennett was the commissioned writer in 2016 and Sara Baume in 2015. For this programme, writers are invited to write short pieces - taking their own tack, fictional or otherwise - in response to the five gallery exhibitions that take place over the course of a year. The writings are published on our website and available in our gallery. Claire-Louise Bennett and Gavin Corbett are writers of immense talent. They are part of a new generation of Irish writers gaining international recognition for the new-found vitality of their writing - pushing boundaries in contemporary, experimental fiction. Claire-Louise Bennett has been praised for her ambitious, imaginative and innovative prose. Jial Tolento of the New Yorker praised her debut Pond, calling it ‘a work of fiction that will make you feel pleasantly insane’. Matthew Adams, of the Guardian, called Gavin Corbett ‘one of the most inventive and beguiling writers of contemporary fiction’. The Irish Times, in praise of his latest novel, Green Glowing Skull, called it ‘a blizzard of imaginative energy… prose sings on every page - while it slips its strangeness in.’
Kassia interviews Irish novelist Sara Baume on the publication of her second book, 'A Line Made By Walking.' Sara spoke candidly about switching careers, what makes her write, how she got her first book deal and the financial realities of life as a full-time novelist. Her first book, published in 2015, was 'Spill Simmer Falter Wither. https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Line-Made-Walking-Sara-Baume/1785150413/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501513781&sr=1-1&keywords=a+line+made+by+walking https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/cka/Line-Made-Walking-Sara-Baume/1785150413/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1501513781&sr=1-1&keywords=a+line+made+by+walking You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at facebook.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Kassia St Clair and Simon Akam, and produced by Olivia Crellin, Ed Kiernan and Elizabeth Davies. Zahra Hankir is our communities editor and deals with all things social media. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and James Edgar designed our logo.
Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Essay by Dan Clendenin: *The Spirit and the Flesh* for Sunday, 16 July 2017; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Spill Simmer Falter Wither* by Sara Baume (2015); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Kivalina* (2016); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Prayer* by Christian Wiman.
Listen back to authors Danielle McLaughlin and Roisín O'Donnell reading from their collections and discussing their creative writing process. Recorded in the Central Library on 7 April 2017 as part of their Contemporary Irish Literature Series which took place during March and April 2017. Danielle’s debut collection of short stories Dinosaurs On Other Planets, was published in Ireland in 2015 by The Stinging Fly Press and in the UK, US & Canada by John Murray and Random House in 2016. She has won various awards for her short fiction, including the William Trevor/Elizabeth Bowen International Short Story Competition, The Merriman Short Story Competition in memory of Maeve Binchy, and the Dromineer Literary Festival Short Story Competition. Roisín’s debut short story collection Wild Quiet was published in 2016 by New Island Books. It was listed as one of The Irish Times' Favourite Books of 2016 and shortlisted for the Kate O'Brien Award 2017. Roisín’s short stories appear in Young Irelanders (2015), and in the award-winning anthologies of Irish women's writing The Long Gaze Back (2015) and The Glass Shore (2016). The Contemporary Irish Literature Series also featured award winning writers Donal Ryan, Martin Dyar and Sara Baume http://www.dublincity.ie/recommended-tags/podcasts
In the second episode of our new podcast, Rooney Prize-winning author Sara Baume reads a story by Deborah Rose Reeves and discusses art, loneliness and quarter-life crises with Sorcha Kenny.
Novelist Sara Baume discusses her novel A Line Made by Walking, while broadcaster Peter Bazalgette makes the case for prioritising compassion in The Empathy Instinct
Listen to award-winning Irish author Sara Baume as she reads from her second novel a line made by walking, and discusses how she came to write this, and her debut novel, spill, simmer, falter, wither. Recorded at the Central Library on 9 March 2017, as part of the Contemporary Irish Literature Series. (See also: Hearts and Minds with Donal Ryan and Martin Dyar) 'A line made by walking' charts a young artist's search for meaning and healing in rural Ireland. Struggling to cope with urban life and life in general, Frankie retreats to her family's rural house on "turbine hill," vacant since her grandmother's death three years earlier. Sara Baume studied fine art before earning a Master's in Creative Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in the The Moth, The Stinging Fly, the Irish Independent, and others. She won the 2014 Davy Byrnes Short Story Award and the 2015 Hennessy New Irish Writing Award. Sara's debut novel, spill simmer falter wither received national and international critical acclaim and won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, the Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and was short-listed for the Costa First Novel Award and is one of seven novels by Irish authors on the longlist for 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award. Her second novel, a line made by walking was published in February 2017. Books Sara mentions, that like 'a line made by walking', are somewhere between novel, essay and ode to nature: The Outrun by Amy Liptrot, H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, The Lonely City by Olivia Laing.
Sara Baume, author of Spill Simmer Falter Wither and the new novel A Line Made By Walking, and the Cork-based bilingual poet Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of the new collection Oighear and Clasp, were reading in Waterstone's Cork for World Book Day, and I had the privilege to interview them both afterwards. We talked about Cork, the lineage of writers who have come before them, and lots more
Do illustrations have a place in the novel? Pictures were commonplace in nineteenth-century books by authors like Thackeray and Dickens, and yet today almost all grown-up fiction is devoid of any illustrations, with a few notable exceptions including the work of W.G. Sebald and Douglas Coupland. Should a case be made for bringing them back? Our guest is the Irish writer Sara Baume whose first novel, Spill Simmer Falter Wither has won and been shortlisted for a whole host of prizes, including the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for Fiction. Her second novel, A Line Made by Walking, is not only illustrated with photographs, but is infused with ideas from contemporary art. Listen in as we talk to Sara and then discuss our favourite illustrations.
Books editor at 'The Bookseller', Alice O'Keeffe, brings in the novels that she’s looking forward to this month by the authors Kate Hamer, Sara Baume and Ayobami Adebayo.
Sara Baume’s debut novel, Spill Simmer Falter Wither is divided into four sections, each one a different season, with names she made up to reflect what her main character Ray is going through; spring becomes spill, simmer is summer, falter is fall, and wither, winter. It is an absolutely stunning read and one that promises to linger long after you’ve turned that last page. This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Irish author Sara Baume about her wonderful book.
Sara Baume’s debut novel, Spill Simmer Falter Wither is divided into four sections, each one a different season, with names she made up to reflect what her main character Ray is going through; spring becomes spill, simmer is summer, falter is fall, and wither, winter. It is an absolutely stunning read and one that promises to linger long after you’ve turned that last page. This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Irish author Sara Baume about her wonderful book.
Eddie talks about fear, the election, the prison industrial complex, and the book Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume. Follow Eddie on Twitter: @eddiepepitone
WE'RE THREEEEEEE!!!!! It was three years ago this week that Mike and Tim took the airwaves by storm and Windy City Irish Radio was born. We have been very blessed to have some outstanding talent join us in studio to help us to entertain you. Join the boys as they look back over the year that was with a retrospective of many of our wonderfully talented in-studio guests. Tune in for music from Chicago troubadour, Bill O'Donoghue, Irish prog-trad-folk-rock band, The Led Farmers, local raconteur, Sean Cleland, the ethereal Aislinn Gagliardi, and singer-songwriter, Kevin Flynn. There's songs from folk legends Makem & Spain, local Irish favorite Joe McShane, our lovely radio sister and session queen, Kathleen Keane with local favorite and The Gloaming guitar man, Dennis Cahill. We have selections from crooner, Michael Whelan, an interview with Sharon Shannon, Chicago rockers Without U2 Chicago U2 Tribute Band and our pal, Michael McDermott. Of course, a year in review would not be complete without contributions from the Bard of Windy City Irish Radio, Rory Makem, Southside folk-rockers, St. Stephen's Green, and Galway's own We Banjo 3. Throughout the year we were treated to a visit and a beautiful reading from our good friend and Our Lady of Knox Avenue, Kathy O'Neill, and commentary from best-selling authors, T.J. English, Timothy Egan, and Sara Baume. If you missed it live, check out the extra-special-expanded 90-minute podcast and tune in for the start of year four next week as we welcome County Clare's hottest band, Socks in the Frying Pan, into the studio on WSBC 1240 AM from 8PM - 9PM. Thank you to all of these wonderful contributors and to all of our loyal sponsors. And most of all, a big thank you to you, our listeners! Onward! Listen to the 3rd Anniversary podcast at www.windycityirishradio.com
Ireland has one of the world's most distinguished literary traditions. In Granta 135: New Irish Writing, we showcase contemporary Irish fiction, memoir, poetry and photography. For the launch of the issue, Granta and Foyles hosted Peggy Hughes, Sally Rooney, Lucy Caldwell and Sara Baume in a discussion about their work, the state of Irish writing and the place of technology in literature. Audio production by Adam Barr.
We’re thrilled to welcome Granta Magazine to Shakespeare and Company to launch the 2016 spring issue, New Irish Writing. It is not only a celebration of Ireland’s exceptional writers but also a snapshot of where a rich and independent literary tradition is today. We have three of Ireland’s promising new generation with us, all of whom have original stories in the magazine, as well as Granta Magazine editor Sigrid Rausing. Why does a small nation of 4.5 million people dominate the international prize lists? Join us to find out.
Last year, Irish Times' reviewer Joseph O'Connor raved, “It’s hard to imagine a more exciting debut novel being published this year. This book is a stunning and wonderful achievement by a writer touched by greatness.” Surpisingly, the book was not written by Tim Taylor or by Mike Shevlin but written by Sara Baume from County Cork and the book is "Spill Simmer Falter Wither". On her first tour through the U.S. supporting the book, Sara visits the Windy City Irish Radio studio to discuss her career and her fantastic book about a man and his one-eyed dog. AND, there's music. Listen for a whole lotta banjo from County Meath's Damaris Woods, Galway's We Banjo 3 and NYC's The Narrowbacks, a Scottish three-fer from The Old Blind Dogs, Tannahill Weavers and the great Dougie MacLean, and tunes from Mary Black, The Henry Girls, and Glen Hansard. Join Mike and Tim each Wednesday night from 8 - 9 PM on WSBC 1240 AM or check out the podcast www.windycityirishradio.com.
Anne Enright talks about her novel The Green Road, her new role as the Irish fiction laureate, and the latest exciting generation of Irish writers including Sara Baume.