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It was Book Week in Spain, and we had quite the literary seven days.
Starting with a roundtable discussion on Monday, we read a magical Irish tale on Friday before manning a stall at the Moratalaz Book Fair.
We sold a few books, made some interesting contacts and had a grand old time.
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Anthony Piovesan is a journalist who hails from Australia but now calls Spain his home.
A passionate writer, he tells us about his love of Spanish culture, what it's like being a freelancer, and what makes a good journalist.
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Dani joins us on the podcast to tell us about why she moved to Spain, how she helps other foreigners adapt and about her writing career.
Check out her super useful blog and learn more about Spain.
And you can read her novella Grandad here. We talk about the book it comes from a lot in the episode, a wonderful collection of short stories.
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We interview successful Scottish writer Joan Fallon, who now calls southern Spain her home.
She has written many fiction books, including the famous crime series around detective Jacaranda Dunne, and she gives some wonderful insights into what motivates her writing and the historical backdrop in her books.
Check out her website, where you can buy her books and follow her on Instagram and Facebook.
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This epic book of a few hundred pages deals with a lot of themes. And at its heart, is the enduring connection between Ireland and Spain.
You can buy the book from our website or from Amazon.
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**This episode is in Spanish**
Entrevistamos a Marta Espinós, directora adjunta de la Fundación Cultura en Vena, que tiene como objetivo mejorar la vida de las personas en entornos aislados a través de la cultura.
Hablamos de su extraordinaria labor en los hospitales con pacientes, familiares y personal sanitario, y especialmente de sus proyectos literarios Érase una voz y Pequeños pacientes, grandes lectores.
Para saber más sobre sus actividades y colaborar con ellos, visita su página web y sus redes sociales:
Instagram: @culturaenvena
Facebook: Fundación Cultura en Vena
X: @CulturaEnVena_
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Maria Reid, President of the Spanish Irish Business Network, joins us on the pod to talk about the important work that her organization does in developing business in Ireland and Spain.
We also chat about the forthcoming St. Patrick's Day celebrations. As one of the organizers, she offers great insight into the exciting events that are planned.
Don't miss the Family Party in Madrid on Sat 16th in Las Rozas at 11:30. Apart from that, there are sports events, Irish dancing, and a live concert with U2s best hits. These are all part of the #SemanaDeIrlanda. If you can't make it to Las Rozas, don't miss the St Patrick's Parade in Gran Vía on Sat 16th at 16:30 or any of the events laid on by Turismo de Irlanda.
Join SIBN by signing up on their webpage!
Check out the SIBN website and this article for more info. You can also find them on LinkedIn and their WhatsApp channel, as well as their Facebook and Instagram pages.
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh!
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Christer Strömholm was born 1918. As a youth, he joined the Nordic Nazi Youth where he carried the Swastika. As an adult his political attitude changed, and he gravitated towards the arts, experimental photography and documenting people on the margins of society.
We popped along to see his pictures of French graffiti, atmospheric snow and a post-Civil War Spain.
Follow this link to see the exhibition and check out The Odyssey TikTok video.
Photo Credit: Fundación Mapfre & Christer Strömholm/Strömholm Estate
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Katharine Cannings is a bilingual family coach and educational consultant with an amazing trajectory in Spain and beyond. She tells us about the original activities she has developed through the years, her experience teaching English in popular children's TV channel Clan and Roadmap to your bilingual home, one of her latest projects.
Katharine is also a PEaCH ambassador, an EU project supporting parents and educators of bilingual children beyond English.
Photo Credit: Katharine Cannings.
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Padraic Ryan has lived many lives, from charity shop manager to man in Madrid, via stints as a musician.
How did he end up in the Spanish capital? Why was he mistaken for a robber? What's the best thing about Spain and the worst thing about Ireland?
Find out in this scintillating episode.
Photo Credit: Padraic Ryan.
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Amy has been in Madrid for 19 years.
In that time, she has forged a brilliant music career. With Amy Jo Doherty and the Spangles, she plays punk, while as a solo artist, she likes to play more comedic songs. She performs as part of the Shakey Doodle Time through her music education project.
She has played across Europe and has appeared on Radio 3 and in the iconic Independence Club.
Find her on Instagram here and check out her website.
Photo Credit: Amy Jo Doherty.
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Entrevistamos a la periodista Maribel Orgaz, creadora de multitud de iniciativas culturales en Madrid en torno a la literatura.
Hablamos de sus múltiples libros y de su interés por la naturaleza, y analizamos los factores decisivos para que un club de lectura tenga éxito.
¡No os perdáis esta clase magistral sobre la difusión de la literatura!
Aquí puedes visitar su blog Leer en Madrid y El Madrid de las mujeres.
Photo Credit: Maribel Orgaz.
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Colin Murphy tells us about his time in Madrid, playing rugby with some Irish greats, and his thriving beard oil business.
Find his website here, and he's also on social media. Read an interview we did with him a while back.
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Nobody is from Madrid.
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river ... it progresses like a novel.
- Patrick Kavanagh
Barry hails from Limerick and has travelled the world, from the rites of passage that were the J1 in the USA and Erasmus in France, to dragons in the Balkans and the Trans-Siberian railway.
Why does he have so much wanderlust? What makes him devour travel literature and tales from across the globe on podcasts and YouTube? What can he tell us about Seoul and other breathtaking places?
Travel with Barry in this wide-ranging, word-stretching episode, and see what else he gets up on his Tumblr. Keep on his handle 'Baztello', as he will use it on other platforms in the future.
Photo Credit: Barry Costello, at the Serengeti.
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¡Un nuevo episodio en español de The People Will Talk Podcast!
Tras su presentación física en la librería La Independiente de Madrid, hablamos del primer libro de la editorial Ybernia en español, La vida en el cráter, una reflexión ligera llena de humor y filosofía donde la historia y la imaginación se unen para celebrar los éxitos, las coincidencias y el resto de rarezas que nos hacen humanos.
Puedes comprar el libro en Amazon o en la página web de Ybernia.
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Art O'Donnell has written a wonderful book about birds, taking in the travails of moving country, being sick in a foreign land, the weight of the past, what it means to be a teacher and the karma that can befall a person who takes shortcuts on El Camino.
Praised for its humour and insight, we are proud that this is one of our first publications.
Buy the book on Amazon, and check out our website.
Happy listening and reading.
Photo Credit: Ybernia.
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It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them - Ernest Hemingway.
Joe Rossiter hails from Wexford, where is now teaching. He joins us on the pod to talk about experiencing Madrid in the 1990s, being on the Olympic B Development Squad, running into Seamus Heaney and his love of Hemingway and cycling.
Enjoy!
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Audio Clip Credit: Irish Financial Regulator.
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** This episode is in Spanish. You can find a subtitled English version here **
Hablamos con el periodista Fede Cardelús, presentador de Callejeros Viajeros y La aventura del saber entre otros. Charlamos con él de lo que significa ser reportero de viajes, de su premiado documental Kalipay, de sus fuentes de inspiración literarias y de sus proyectos personales.
Síguele en su canal de YouTube Comunicados o en Instagram.
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We discovered that the great Cary Grant was in a movie that shared its name with our podcast.
With that flimsy premise, we went on a voyage of discovery, encountering German theatre, McCarthyism, flops, LSD and a romantic comedy that still holds up today.
Oh, and one of us mentions that Grant was in Guns of Navarone. In fact, it was Gregory Peck!
Photo Credit: Herbert Dorfman via Getty Images.
Audio Clip Credit: 20th Century Fox.
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