Böcker av John Quinn

In his inimitable style John Quinn pays homage to fifty well-known people from various fields ‿ the arts, education, politics, business, science, economics ‿ all of whom he interviewed in the course of his twenty-seven-year career in broadcasting. It includes unique and insightful interviews, talks and writings from contributors such as Maeve Binchy, Seamus Heaney, John Hume, Dervla Murphy, Brendan Kennelly, John McGahern and George Mitchell.

To commemorate the centenary of Francis Ledwidge's death in the Battle of Passchendaele, John Quinn has compiled a selection of writings, both by Ledwidge and those closest to him. These poems, diary entries and letters follow Ledwidge's life from budding poet in Co. Meath to soldier facing the horrors of the battle on the western front.