During the Troubles, Bernie McGill was often told to be careful about what she said. Now she makes a living out of words and works with others learning to find their voices. Show more

Poet Gail McConnell talks about Northern Ireland’s connection to the sea and its inspiration in the poet Louis MacNeice’s work and life as well as her own. Show more

Author Jan Carson talks about the women who kept her church supplied with tea and traybakes when she was growing up – and reveals what they taught her about finding her own voice. Show more

Poet Míchéal McCann navigates the etiquette of a rural Northern Irish wake as a queer man from the city. Show more

After discovering a message chalked on a wall, writer Claire Mitchell peels back the layers of her County Down hometown to find a hidden radical history. Show more

Novelist Glenn Patterson takes us into the Belfast hairdressers, clothes shops and clubs that assumed an urgent significance during the Northern Ireland Troubles. Show more

Having grown up in a Northern Ireland where reproductive rights were restricted, poet and novelist Susannah Dickey finds herself assuming a new identity at a local pharmacy. Show more

Black South African poet and storyteller Nandi Jola finds some surprising connections between Africa and Northern Ireland. Show more

County Tyrone novelist and poet Nick Laird wonders if his city-raised children may be missing out on the opportunities he enjoyed during his rural upbringing. Show more

Non-fiction writer Darran Anderson draws an alternative map of Ulster for his young son, showing an archipelago of human experience in legend, folklore and myth. Show more