Award winning 'Young Adult' author Kelly McCaughrain is still spinning after being shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal Awards for her YA novel ‘Little Bang’. She joins Jillian and Peter to share her writing journey and how important she feels it is for realistic stories of teenage relationships to be portrayed in novels to educate and inform the readers as well as to entertain. Music by Shane M.

Join Peter and Jillian as they chat about the Libraries NI Book of the Month for April. Donal Ryan’s Heart, be at Peace is an award winning novel based around a small town in rural Ireland. Told in polyphonic voices we follow the colourful, intertwined and at times messy lives of the towns people through trials and tribulations culminating in an explosive and dramatic conclusion. No spoilers here though – pick up a copy for yourself from your local NI library or listen online through Libby or BorrowBox, free with Libraries NI. Music by Shane M.

Belfast author Sharon Dempsey joins Jillian and Peter in the build up to the release of her new standalone novel ‘After the Party’ after the success of her crime thrillers based in Belfast. They discuss exploring class and gender in crime fiction as well as the challenges of basing novels in your hometown. Music by Shane M.