The Bookshop Podcast Quickly, While They Still Have Horses: An Interview with Jan Carson
Hi,
This week, I'm in conversation with one of my favorite authors, Jan Carson. We talk about her latest release, Quickly, While They Still Have Horses, how growing up during the Troubles in Ireland fueled her passion for reaching across divided communities through writing and the arts, and how the Irish writing community supports fledgling writers.
Enjoy,
Mandy xo
Jan Carson is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast. She is the author of several short story collections and novels, including Malcolm Orange Disappears, The Raptures, The Last Resort, and The Fire Starters, winner of the EU Prize for Literature. She has won the Harper’s Bazaar short story competition and been shortlisted for many awards, including the BBC National Short Story Award, the Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize, and the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year. Jan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and her writing has been translated into over a dozen languages, appeared in numerous journals, and been frequently broadcast on BBC Radio. Quickly, While They Still Have Horses is her first book to be published in North America.
Jan Carson
Quickly, While They Still Have Horses, Jan Carson
Jan Carson's in-person event at El Encanto, Santa Barbara
**To learn more about Jan’s short story writing workshop, please email Mandy at mandyjacksonbeverly@gmail.com
Jan Carson's earlier episode on The Bookshop Podcast