<a href="https://www.seftownsend.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sef Townsend</a> is a storyteller and musician. He’s collected stories and songs from his travels all around the globe, and has worked with refugees, people in exile and those in asylum detention. Sef’s work has included peace and reconciliation projects, and sharing his stories with audiences in schools, museums, churches, mosques and synagogues around the world. He has co-written two collections of short stories: <a href="https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/london-folk-tales-for-children/" target="_blank">London Folk Tales for Children</a> (The History Press, 2019) and <a href="https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/londons-river-tales-for-children/" target="_blank">London’s River Tales for Children</a> (The History Press, 2022).As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions <a href="/s/S03E06-Sef-Townsend-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.seftownsend.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Sef Townsend&lt;/a&gt; is a storyteller and musician. He’s collected stories and songs from his travels all around the globe, and has worked with refugees, people in exile and those in asylum detention. Sef’s work has included peace and reconciliation projects, and sharing his stories with audiences in schools, museums, churches, mosques and synagogues around the world. He has co-written two collections of short stories: &lt;a href="https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/london-folk-tales-for-children/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;London Folk Tales for Children&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (The History Press, 2019) and &lt;a href="https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/londons-river-tales-for-children/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;London’s River Tales for Children&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (The History Press, 2022).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions &lt;a href="/s/S03E06-Sef-Townsend-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Sef Townsend speaks to The Corrymeela Podcast.

Sef Townsend joins Pádraig to talk about storytelling, having multiple identities, and the importance of co-existence.

The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 6. Sef Townsend

Yousif M. Qasmiyeh is a poet and scholar whose work has appeared in publications including&nbsp;<a href="https://modernpoetryintranslation.com" target="_blank">Modern Poetry in Translation</a>, Critical Quarterly, <a href="https://cambridgeliteraryreview.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Cambridge Literary Review</a>, New England Review, and <a href="https://poetrylondon.co.uk" target="_blank">Poetry London</a>. His collection <a href="https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/yousif-m-qasmiyeh-writing-the-camp" target="_blank">Writing the Camp</a> (Broken Sleep Books, 2021), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for the 2022 Royal Society of Literature <a href="https://rsliterature.org/rsl-ondaatje-prize/" target="_blank">Ondaatje Prize</a>. Yousif is Writer in Residence for <a href="https://refugeehosts.org/" target="_blank">Refugee Hosts</a> - a research project at University College London. His latest collection, <a href="https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/yousif-m-qasmiyeh-eating-the-archive" target="_blank">Eating the Archive</a>, was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2023.As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions <a href="/s/S03E05-Yousif-M-Qasmiyeh-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Yousif M. Qasmiyeh is a poet and scholar whose work has appeared in publications including&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://modernpoetryintranslation.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Modern Poetry in Translation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Critical Quarterly&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a href="https://cambridgeliteraryreview.wordpress.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cambridge Literary Review&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;New England Review&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://poetrylondon.co.uk" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Poetry London&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. His collection &lt;a href="https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/yousif-m-qasmiyeh-writing-the-camp" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Writing the Camp&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Broken Sleep Books, 2021), was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for the 2022 Royal Society of Literature &lt;a href="https://rsliterature.org/rsl-ondaatje-prize/" target="_blank"&gt;Ondaatje Prize&lt;/a&gt;. Yousif is Writer in Residence for &lt;a href="https://refugeehosts.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Refugee Hosts&lt;/a&gt; - a research project at University College London. His latest collection, &lt;a href="https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/yousif-m-qasmiyeh-eating-the-archive" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Eating the Archive&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2023.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions &lt;a href="/s/S03E05-Yousif-M-Qasmiyeh-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Yousif M. Qasmiyeh speaks to The Corrymeela Podcast.

Yousif M. Qasmiyeh joins Pádraig to talk about displacement, 'refugee literature', poetry, and conceptions of time. 

The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 5. Dr. Yousif M. Qasmiyeh

<a href="https://www.rachelmann.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rachel Mann</a> is a poet, theologian, broadcaster, and Anglican priest, who, since 2023, has served as Archdeacon of Salford and Bolton. She has published two collections of poetry: her first, <a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781784108571" target="_blank">A Kingdom of Love</a> (Carcanet, 2019) was highly commended in the <a href="https://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-prizes-for-poetry/" target="_blank">Forward Prizes for Poetry</a>. The areas covered by her work include theology, cultural history, and heavy metal music; she’s also written a <a href="https://canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781786225030/a-truth-universally-acknowledged" target="_blank">book of reflections for Lent</a> based on the works of Jane Austen. Rachel has appeared as a panellist on the BBC Radio 4 programmes The Moral Maze and Beyond Belief, and is a regular contributor to <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gkdw9r" target="_blank">Thought For The Day</a>. Her second poetry collection <a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781800173811" target="_blank">Eleanor Among the Saints</a> was published by Carcanet at the start of 2024.As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions <a href="/s/S03E04-Rachel-Mann-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.rachelmann.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Rachel Mann&lt;/a&gt; is a poet, theologian, broadcaster, and Anglican priest, who, since 2023, has served as Archdeacon of Salford and Bolton. She has published two collections of poetry: her first, &lt;a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781784108571" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Kingdom of Love&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Carcanet, 2019) was highly commended in the &lt;a href="https://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-prizes-for-poetry/" target="_blank"&gt;Forward Prizes for Poetry&lt;/a&gt;. The areas covered by her work include theology, cultural history, and heavy metal music; she’s also written a &lt;a href="https://canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781786225030/a-truth-universally-acknowledged" target="_blank"&gt;book of reflections for Lent&lt;/a&gt; based on the works of Jane Austen. Rachel has appeared as a panellist on the BBC Radio 4 programmes The Moral Maze and Beyond Belief, and is a regular contributor to &lt;a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gkdw9r" target="_blank"&gt;Thought For The Day&lt;/a&gt;. Her second poetry collection &lt;a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781800173811" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Eleanor Among the Saints&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was published by Carcanet at the start of 2024.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions &lt;a href="/s/S03E04-Rachel-Mann-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Rachel Mann speaks to The Corrymeela Podcast.

Rachel Mann joins Pádraig to talk about theology, poetry, and her eclectic tastes in music and writing. 

The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 4. Rev. Dr. Rachel Mann

Dong Jin Kim is a writer and academic whose research interests are in the areas of peacebuilding, humanitarian and development cooperation, theology, and comparative studies of peace processes. He has collaborated with various humanitarian, development, and peace and reconciliation organisations, including <a href="https://sharedfuture.news/imagine-a-time-we-can-draw-hope-together-dreams-and-visions-from-korean-children/" target="_blank">Okedongmu Children</a> in Korea, <a href="https://ksm.or.kr/?charity-project=aboutksm#:~:text=Korean%20Sharing%20Movement%20(KSM)%20was,from%20six%20major%20religious%20orders%2C" target="_blank">Korean Sharing Movement</a>, and Corrymeela. Jin was a Senior Research Fellow in Peace and Reconciliation Studies at the <a href="https://www.tcd.ie/ise/" target="_blank">Irish School of Ecumenics</a> at Trinity College Dublin. He was a Goodwill Ambassador for Peace on the Korean Peninsula at the South Korean Ministry of Unification from 2020 to 2022. Jin is the author of <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-97100-1" target="_blank">The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding</a> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), and co-editor of <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Reconciling-Divided-States-Peace-Processes-in-Ireland-and-Korea/Kim-Mitchell/p/book/9780367515317" target="_blank">Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea</a> (Routledge, 2022, with David Mitchell).&nbsp;As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions <a href="/s/S03E03-Dong-Jin-Kim-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;Dong Jin Kim is a writer and academic whose research interests are in the areas of peacebuilding, humanitarian and development cooperation, theology, and comparative studies of peace processes. He has collaborated with various humanitarian, development, and peace and reconciliation organisations, including &lt;a href="https://sharedfuture.news/imagine-a-time-we-can-draw-hope-together-dreams-and-visions-from-korean-children/" target="_blank"&gt;Okedongmu Children&lt;/a&gt; in Korea, &lt;a href="https://ksm.or.kr/?charity-project=aboutksm#:~:text=Korean%20Sharing%20Movement%20(KSM)%20was,from%20six%20major%20religious%20orders%2C" target="_blank"&gt;Korean Sharing Movement&lt;/a&gt;, and Corrymeela. Jin was a Senior Research Fellow in Peace and Reconciliation Studies at the &lt;a href="https://www.tcd.ie/ise/" target="_blank"&gt;Irish School of Ecumenics&lt;/a&gt; at Trinity College Dublin. He was a Goodwill Ambassador for Peace on the Korean Peninsula at the South Korean Ministry of Unification from 2020 to 2022. Jin is the author of &lt;a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-97100-1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society: Towards Strategic Peacebuilding&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), and co-editor of &lt;a href="https://www.routledge.com/Reconciling-Divided-States-Peace-Processes-in-Ireland-and-Korea/Kim-Mitchell/p/book/9780367515317" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Routledge, 2022, with David Mitchell).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions &lt;a href="/s/S03E03-Dong-Jin-Kim-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Dong Jin Kim speaks to The Corrymeela Podcast.

Dong Jin Kim joins Pádraig to talk about the situation on the Korean peninsula, the complexities of unification/ reunification, and the role that humanitarian aid can play in reconciliation work.

The Corrymeela Podcast, Season 3, Episode 3. Dr. Dong Jin Kim

<a href="https://www.jancarson.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jan Carson</a> is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast. She has written three novels, two collections of short stories, and two flash fiction anthologies; her work has also appeared in a number of journals and on BBC Radio 3 and 4. Her second novel, <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/437825/the-fire-starters-by-jan-carson/9781784163846" target="_blank">The Fire Starters</a> (Transworld, 2019), won the EU Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the Dalkey Novel of the Year Award. Her latest short story collection, <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/241383/jan-carson?tab=penguin-books" target="_blank">Quickly, While They Still Have Horses</a> was published by Penguin in April 2024. Jan is a fellow of the <a href="https://rsliterature.org/" target="_blank">Royal Society of Literature</a>.As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions <a href="/s/S03E02-Jan-Carson-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.

<description>&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.jancarson.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;Jan Carson&lt;/a&gt; is a writer and community arts facilitator based in Belfast. She has written three novels, two collections of short stories, and two flash fiction anthologies; her work has also appeared in a number of journals and on BBC Radio 3 and 4. Her second novel, &lt;a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/437825/the-fire-starters-by-jan-carson/9781784163846" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Fire Starters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Transworld, 2019), won the EU Prize for Literature and was shortlisted for the Dalkey Novel of the Year Award. Her latest short story collection, &lt;a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/241383/jan-carson?tab=penguin-books" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Quickly, While They Still Have Horses&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was published by Penguin in April 2024. Jan is a fellow of the &lt;a href="https://rsliterature.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Royal Society of Literature&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"&gt;As always, you can download a full transcript and discussion questions &lt;a href="/s/S03E02-Jan-Carson-transcript-The-Corrymeela-Podcast.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Jan Carson speaks to The Corrymeela Podcast.

Jan Carson joins Pádraig Ó Tuama to talk about magical realism, writing about the Northern Irish Protestant experience, and her work in community arts. 

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