Talking Translations Creators & Guests

Adrian Duncan is an artist and writer based in Ireland and Berlin.Duncan has directed or co-directed 8 short films, and his work has been shown in many exhibitions. His first novel, "Love Notes from a German Building Site," was published in 2019and won the John McGahern Book Prize.Duncan received a B.Eng. in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Aberdeen: B.Eng., a B.A. in Visual Arts Practice from the Institute of Art, Design and Technology Dún Laoghaire, and an M.A. in Art in the Contemporary World from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.

Rónán Hession is an author.

Niamh Campbell is a journalist at the Belfast Telegraph.

Cathy Sweeney is a short fiction writer and teacher from Dublin. In 2022, she was a Writer in Residence at The Arts Council Ireland.Sweeney's work has been published in The Stinging Fly, The Dublin Review, Egress, Winter Papers, Banshee and The Tangerine, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her first book, the short story collection, "Modern Times," was published in 2020. Her first novel, "Breakdown," was published in 2023.

Mary Costello is a writer.Mary Costello was born in Galway.Before becoming a full-time author, Costello was a teacher.Costello's work has been serialised on BBC Radio 4. Her first book, the collection "The China Factory," was published in 2012. Her second book, the novel, "Academy Street," was published in 2014, and her second novel "The River Capture" was published in 2019.

Sara Baume is an author.Baume's short fiction and essays have been published in anthologies and journals. She won the 2014 Davy Byrne’s Short Story Award, the 2015 Hennessy New Irish Writing Award, and the 2015 Rooney Prize for Literature. Her first novel, "Spill Simmer Falter Wither," was published in 2015.Baume received her M.Phil. in Fine Art from Trinity College Dublin.