MP3 Audios - Arts and Drama

Included originally as a bonus track within the Maeve Binchy audiobook, "Nights of Rain and Stars", here Maeve talks about hearing her work on audio, narrated by her cousin and friend Kate Binchy.

For a full listing of Orion's Maeve Binchy titles available on Spoken Network, use the search box with author name: Maeve Binchy.

MAEVE BINCHY was born in County Dublin and was educated at the Holy Child convent in Killiney and at University College, Dublin. After a spell as a teacher in various girls' schools, she joined the Irish Times, for which she wrote feature articles and columns. Her first novel, Light A Penny Candle, was published in 1982, and since then she has written more than a dozen novels and short story collections, each one of them bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, most notably Circle of Friends in 1995^. The film Tara Road is in production. Maeve Binchy was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Book Awards in 1999. She is married to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell.

KATE BINCHY has worked in every sort of theatre from West End to fringe, on television (Big Bad World, Screen Two, Father Ted, Casualty and Fair City), in over five hundred radio plays, and in films {Mrs Dalloway and The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne). She is Maeve's cousin.

I have read all of your books and have loved each one. I reccomend them to all of my friends and library friends...I have been to Ireland many times and hope to return again. My Greatgrandfather owned the Grand Hotel in Tramore, Co. Waterford - right on the strand.....

My first book was about the adult Italian class studing to go to Italy. I received this book and "Echoes" from a good friend who had about a foot of water in her home post "Katrina". She has her home back to normal now and will celebrate a first Christmas since "Katrina" with her Family in her now refurbished home. My Children and I will travel to Ireland in late March next year. Keep up the GREAT writing!!!!!

Wonderful story teller, takes the time to develop her characters. I always look forward to reading her books, sometimes, I think I have a half an hour, and find myself so interested in the story the places and the characters, that 2 hours go by. Look forward to reading all her books.

I have been a devoted reader and collector of your books since I first read "Light a Penny Candle" in 1982. I have first editions of all your published books and am anxiously awaiting a new novel from your pen and imagination. Please keep well and please keep writing your marvelous stories of hope, courage and joy of life! Oh , and many thanks for many hours of pure enjoyment.