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Welcome to Kate Kerrigan’s page here on podcasts.ie.
Kate’s real name is Morag Prunty, she was born in Scotland in 1964 to Irish parents. She moved to Ireland in 1990 to re-launch the Irish Tatler. Her novels are Wild Cats & Colleens/Dancing with Mules (London, Pan MacMillan, 2001/New York, Harper Collins, 2001); Disco Daddy (Pan MacMillan, 2002/New York, Harper Collins, 2002); Poison Arrows (Dublin, Tivoli, 2003); Superstar Lovers (Pan MacMillan, 2004/Harper Collins, 2004)
As Kate Kerrigan she has published Recipes for a Perfect Marriage (London, Pan Macmillan Books, 2006), which was translated into 15 languages and sold for film rights with Augustine Films in San Francisco; and The Miracle of Grace (London, Pan Macmillan, Spring 2007) which she is now adapting into a screenplay for the Irish Film Board. Kate now lives in Killala, Co. Mayo. With her husband and two sons.
June 2011 saw the launch of her 3rd novel and the first part of a triogy featuring Ellie Hogan ‘Ellis Island’ (Pan MacMillan UK/Harper Collins US) While the second part of the triolgy‘City of Hope’ (Pan MacMillan UK/Harper Collins US) was launched in 2012. “2012 also saw the release of ‘Motherhood & Manolos’ a selection of Kate’s newspaper colums for The Daily and Sunday Mail newspapers as well as some of her work for various magazines
The podcast above features a brand new interview recorded in late July 2012 during which Kate talks about her career as well as ‘City of Hope’ and ‘Motherhood and Manolos’ and in the coming days we will be bringing you exclusive readings from both books.
For More information visit www.katekerrigan.ie
Kate is one of 10 authors who have presented our special series of podcasts ‘The Writers’s Passage’, to listen to Kate’s episode featuring ‘Ellis Island’ click Here
The Writer’s Passage is a series exclusively produced for Podcasts.ie under the Arts Council of Ireland’s Literature Project Award.
In this series we are bringing you ten shows, each one detailing the location or locations from a well known book. In each episode the author of that book will bring us on a tour of the areas which are relevant to them and to some of the context within the pages of their book. The Writer’s Passage will bring you on a journey from Sligo to Roscommon, Longford, Kilkenny, Mayo, Tipperary, Antrim, Waterford, Cork, and Dublin.
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#1 by Michelle Moloney King on November 28, 2011 - 12:05 pm
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Hi,
I listened to Kate Kerrigan here first. I bought her book, Ellis Island and love it.
Thank you for introducing me to a great Irish writer.
Onwards
Michelle Moloney King
#2 by Kate Kerrigan on November 29, 2011 - 11:18 am
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thanks so much Michelle – the sequel City of Hope is just out now in Ireland and working on Lost in L.A. the third Ellie Hogan book – so just great to get the lovely feedback. I just LOVE podcasts.ie so hope you;ll come back! xx
#3 by Enrique Moreno Pérez on December 4, 2011 - 10:13 pm
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Dear Kate,
I hope this finds you well.
I just loved “Ellis Island”, which I came across by accident at “Casa del Libro”, one of the most popular bookstores in Spain. You are a truly gifted writer and wish you a fruitful and lasting career. I can’t wait to read “City of Hope”!
Respectfully,
Enrique from Seville (Spain).
#4 by marie lord on May 24, 2012 - 10:45 pm
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Dear Kate,
Just reading “City of Hope” and loving it. Having just been to a funeral in Co. Mayo, I living every minute with you and seeing Kilkelly.
I have read all your books and I am glad to hear you are already writing the next one.
Many thanks and Best Wishes,
Marie Lord
#5 by Susan (Queensland, Australia) on September 23, 2012 - 1:54 am
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Hello Kate,
I have just finished your book “The Miracle of Grace” and looked up your Website. I am listening to your Podcast “Kate talks about her life, her career and her latest 2 books [ 15:13 ]” as I type this and was surprised to hear an English accent, I must read your biog.
I really enjoyed “The Miracle of Grace” and had a good weep
over the last few pages. Reading books such as yours makes me realise just how Irish my upbringing was and why not everyone instantly understood my shorthand.
Thank-you for a wonderful read and a happy journey down memory lane.
Kind regards,
Susan
#6 by Maggie on November 26, 2012 - 6:22 pm
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Your piece on Sunday Miscellany was wonderful.