Jack Harte on location for A Heritage Tour Tireragh

Welcome to Jack Harte’s page here at podcasts.ie, below you will find some unique and exclusive audio recordings of Jack’s work.  

Jack Harte is a full time writer and is published both in Ireland and abroad. Jack was born in Kileenduff in Co Sligo and when he was nine years old his family moved to Lansboro in Co Longford. Jack’s first collection of short stories, Murphy in the Underworld, was published by Glendale Press in 1986. Dedalus Press published his novella, Homage, in 1992 and his second collection of stories, Birds and other Tails, in 1996. A selection of his stories, under the title, Birds and Selected Stories, was translated into Bulgarian and published by Orpheus (Sofia) in 2001.

A volume of new and selected stories Under Gogol’s Nose was published by Scotus Press in 2004, along with ‘Lament for the Birds’, a CD of his stories and songs commissioned by Sligo County Council and recorded by All Points West Media Productions. Other works by Jack Harte include his 2006 volume of short stories ‘Dream of a Pyramid’, published in India by Rajkamal Prakashan in Hindi translation, and in 2007 a Russian translation of ‘From Under Gogol’s Nose’ was published by Voskresenye Publishing House and launched at the Moscow Book Fair.

                                                Reflections in a Tar Barrel Written by Jack Harte    From Under Gogol's Nose - Written by Jack Harte    In the Wake of the Bagger   Lament for The Birds - By Jack Harte with Music from Carmel Gunning 

In 2006 Scotus Press published ‘In the Wake of the Bagger’, a novel commissioned by Sligo Co Council under the Per Cent for Art Scheme of the Irish Government, the first novel to be so commissioned. 2007 saw the publication in Bulgarian translation of his novel, ‘Reflections in a Tar Barrel’. The English version was published by the Scotus Press in 2008 and following the launch on November 6th  of  “Unravelling The Spiral” Jack’s book about the life and work of Sculptor Fred Conlon (1945 – 2005) a series of local launches will take place at the following venues the last of which is at Castlebar Library Tuesday 23rd at 8.00 pm

Jack reads an excerpt from his latest book  “Unravelling The Spiral” which is a tribute to the life and work of Sculptor Fred Conlon (1945 – 2005) and you can still enjoy Jack reading from his 2008 novel “In The Wake of The Bagger

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For more about Jack Harte and his collections visit his website by clicking here.