Tune in for narratives critical to our times. Listen, ask and seek answers.
Jan Carson
Jan Carson has a novel, Malcolm Orange Disappears, and short story collection, Children’s Children and two micro-fiction collections, Postcard Stories 1 and 2. Her novel The Fire Starters won the EU Prize for Literature for Ireland 2019 and was shortlisted for the BBC National Story Prize 2020.
Session
The Fire Starters:
Jan Carson in conversation with Jayanti Naju Seth
"Belfast-based writer Jan Carson won accolades, including The European Union Prize for Literature, Ireland, for her novel The Fire Starters. Her work is marked by caustic wit and lyrical style. The Fire Starters is a mediation on identity, culture and fatherhood, which weaves through the fluid lines between fantasy and truth and ideas of right and wrong. Carson's other work includes books such as Postcard Stories, Children's Children and Malcolm Orange Disappears. In a conversation with academic Jayanti Seth, Carson explores her writing practise, Irish literature and her deep interest in Agatha Christie. "