60. Emily Cooper and Dean Fee in conversation with Tim Groenland (29 May 2025)

60. Emily Cooper and Dean Fee in conversation with Tim Groenland (29 May 2025)

In their conversation with Tim Groenland, Emily Cooper and Dean Fee discuss the origins of their literary journal, The Pig’s Back, designed as a Donegal-based journal with an international bent. They talk about creating not only an issue, but a beautiful object that stays in people’s minds; blurring fiction and non-fiction; bringing the many literary journals in Ireland together at the Journals Fleadh; and what being edited has thought them as writers and editors.  www.efacis.eu [https://www.efacis.eu/]

59. Dave Robb in conversation with Christoph Reinfandt (24 April 2025)

In his conversation with Christoph Reinfandt, Dave Robb discusses the music of Gerhard Gundermann which he translated for his CD Filling Stations for Losers. Songs of Gundermann. He talks about protest songs and Gundermann’s own critical view of them; the affinities between the GDR and Northern Ireland; the language Gundermann uses; and the difficulty of translating Gundermann's lyrics into English.   https://www.songsofgundermann.com/ [https://www.songsofgundermann.com/] www.efacis.eu [https://www.efacis.eu/]

58. Louise O'Neill in conversation with Helen Penet (13 March 2025)

In her conversation with Helen Penet, Louise O’Neill discusses her novel Idol (2022) and lifts the veil on two forthcoming books. She talks about the unreliability of memory; how #MeToo has changed our understanding of consent; wellness and faith; the gendered nature of the online world; the importance of place; and book titles.   www.efacis.eu [https://www.efacis.eu/]

57. Catherine Prasifka in conversation with Dilâra Yilmaz (13 February 2025)

In her conversation with Dilâra Yilmaz, Catherine Prasifka discusses her latest novel This Is How You Remember It (2024). She talks about the use of the second person; how the internet is becoming more and more entangled in life, a slow change that is difficult to track; how this entanglement manifests in the novel form and is mediated through text; shame; the connection and disconnection that the internet can bring; being a novelist; and the importance of arts subsidisation.  www.efacis.eu [https://www.efacis.eu/]

56. Breandán de Gallaí in conversation with Gyula Glaser (16 January 2025)

In his conversation with Gyula Glaser, Breandán de Gallaí discusses the very beginning of his interest in dance; the impact of Riverdance on Irish dancing; Irishness and how this is not a defining part of the dance form; the creation of his own choreographic voice and how his academic research helped him do this; and the reception of his work.  Links: Breandán de Gallaí * Dance Company: ÉRIU (www.eriu.co [https://eriu.co/]) * Instagram: @eriudancecompany * Celebrating 10 Years of ÉRIU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16P-sXV4i4A * latest publication in The Routledge Companion to the Anthropology of Perfomance [https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-the-Anthropology-of-Performance/Miller-Syring/p/book/9781032381855#:~:text=The%20Routledge%20Companion%20to%20the%20Anthropology%20of%20Performance%20provides%20a,future%20directions%20in%20the%20field] Gyula Glaser  * Instagram: @gyulaglaser * Our Steps Essay [https://www.our-steps.com/dialogue/shaping-ethnic-identities-a-hungarian-born-irish-step-dancer-in-germany] www.efacis.eu [https://www.efacis.eu/]