17 episódios
Janet Killeen Books Janet Killeen
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Janet Killeen reads from 'There Is A Season' - her collection of short stories. Subscribe to receive all 14 stories as they are released. About the author - Yorkshire-born Janet Killeen completed her Master's degree in English Literature and then went onto teach in London for over thirty five years. During her teaching career she also gained experience of Counselling and Consultancy training at the Tavistock Institute. Now retired, and living in South-East London, she values friendships, travel and writing. In the past ten years she began to explore those issues of faith and doubt, time, place and choice that have been developed in her two collections of short stories, 'Recognition' and 'There is a Season'.She has now written four empowering books for children. In 2017 she published her first novel ‘After The Flood’ and is now working on a sequel. Podcast produced by duncan@canndu.co.uk
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The Doorkeeper - Read by Janet Killeen
Janet reads her short story 'The Doorkeeper'. This story won a prize in the biannual Neil M Gunn Highland Life competition and is published on their website. For more information on the opportunities the Neil M Gunn Highland Life competition give to writers can be found on their website here,
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Within The Circle Of A Year - Read by Janet Killeen
Janet reads her award winning short story 'Within The Circle Of Year'.
This story won the David Lodge Prize in a competition organised by the National Association Of Writers' Groups (NAWG) and was published in their anthology 'The Write Path'.
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An Autograph Album - Read by Janet Killeen
Janet Killeen reads 'An Autograph Album', the final story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.
Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories.
Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves.
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Not For Ourselves Alone - Read by Janet Killeen
Janet Killeen reads 'Not For Ourselves Alone' from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.
Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories.
Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves.
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The Journeying Boy (2 of 2) - Read by Janet Killeen
Janet Killeen reads the second instalment of 'The Journeying Boy' from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.
Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories.
Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves.
See all Janet's books here. -
The Journeying Boy (1 of 2) - Read by Janet Killeen
Janet Killeen reads the first instalment of 'The Journeying Boy' from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.
Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories.
Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves.
See all Janet's books here.