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5. Bernie McGill: Our Art
During the Troubles, Bernie McGill was often told to be careful about what she said.
4. Darran Anderson: Map Making
Darran Anderson draws an alternative map of Ulster for his young son.
3. Nick Laird: Animal Life
Nick Laird wonders if his children are missing out on the rural upbringing he enjoyed.
2. Nandi Jola: Neither Here Nor There
Nandi Jola finds some surprising connections between Africa and Northern Ireland.
1. Susannah Dickey: Two Pills
Poet and novelist Susannah Dickey assumes a new identity at a local pharmacy.
Euphoria
5/10 Novelist Glenn Patterson on Belfast's hairdressers and clothes shops during the Troubles.
Chalk on the Wall
4/10 Writer Claire Mitchell peels back the layers of her hometown to find a radical history.
The Art of Staying
3/10 Poet MΓchΓ©al McCann navigates the careful etiquette of a rural Northern Irish wake.
Searching with Shorelines
2/10 Poet Gail McConnell on the inspiration of the sea in Louis MacNeice's work and her own.
Traybakes
1/10 Author Jan Carson on the women who kept her church supplied with tea and traybakes