Mary Kennedy meets awards winning Irish novelist, short story writer and playwright Christine Dwyer Hickey.

Christine has published 8 novels, one short story collection and a full-length play. Her latest novel The Narrow Land is the 2020 winner of the Walter Scott Prize and the inaugural winner of The Dalkey Literary Prize 2020. Her novel Tatty is the Unesco Dublin One City One Book for 2020. Christine also supports a project called “Silent Voices,” which helps children and adults dealing with the effects of parental alcohol misuse. She is a member of Aosdana. #seniortimespodcasts @seniortimes www.seniortimes.ie