September, 2024 | Books & Brews Podcast

In September, Books & Brews headed to Ireland to meet Steve Downes. Steve is a contemporary Irish poet and novelist, currently living and working in Ireland. Educated in N.U.I. Maynooth, he holds a Degree in Classical History and a Masters in Cultural Anthropology.

Steve has published poetry; science fiction, including Cosmogonic Marbles, Temporal Tome, Gadzooks Armageddon and Botolf Tales (the Botolf Chronicles), Warworld: Shadows & Dominions (part 1), Murder on the Alpha Centauri Express and The Deaths of Guner Zoon; and four children’s Books: The Upstairs Cat Series (3 books) & An Apprenticeship to Doctor Vantastic.

Steve continues to write and publish work in many genres.

In 2017 & 2018 Steve exhibited from his collections of historical photographs, Lost Graveyards of Ireland (2017) and A Landscape For Yourself (2018).

Among other things, we talked about his painting, the IRA, angsty poetry, and…the world’s oldest maternity hospital!

00:00 START

05:26 Drink 1: Irish Coffee

12:28 Reading 1: chase & fight in Dublin

17:53 The Rotunda, world’s oldest maternity hospital

23:55 Why the Irish give Dublin’s statues…interesting…names

25:52 Tales of the IRA

33:01 Drink 2: The Love and Murder

38:21 Reading 2: Murder on the Alpha Centauri Express

42:07 On marketing

43:07 From high school dropout to a masters in classical history to sci-fi!

48:28 Drink 3: The Mission Impossible

51:57 Reading 3: Dr. Vantastic

55:43 Steve’s many genres

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COMING NEXT MONTH:

Michael C. Keith, author of poetry, memoir, short stories, and novels

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Gabriel’s Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: MUSIC; FAITH.
Laura will be at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, TN on October 26 and 27
See Laura’s interview at Central Valley Talk
See Laura’s interview with Rob & Joan Carter at INDIE NOVEL SOURCE

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