Lectures

Beyond Words – translating for the theatre. Swedish Books, 2003/2018. Read Lecture.

Fruits of Doonreagan – how my home environment has impacted on my writing. Festival of Wild Atlantic Writing, Cashel 2017. Read Lecture.

Ted Hughes and Astrology – often overlooked. International Ted Hughes Conference, Sheffield University, 2016. Read Lecture.

Ted Hughes in Connemara – a little known Irish connection. An Taibhdhearc, Galway, 2015, The Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, 2015. Read Lecture.

Transnational – working as a playwright across borders. Station House Theatre, Clifden 2015, Trinity College Dublin, 2015. Read Lecture.

The World and Irish Theatre – are we open enough to influence from outside? Theatre Forum Annual Conference, Galway 2012. Read Lecture.

The Place I Call Home - 25 years as a Swedish immigrant in Ireland. First broadcast, with Irish music, in the SOMMAR series, Swedish Radio, August 2008). Time 45 mins. (90 mins. with music)

A New Lease of Life, Royal Irish Academy, June 2007.

Hans Christian Andersen, Clifden Community Arts Week, 2005. Time: 45 mins.

Cross-cultural Keylines – reflections on two decades of dynamic social development in Ireland. (Swedish Language Teachers’ National Congress, Skövde, 2005. Raftery Education Programme, Westport, 2000 – 2005) Time: 90-120 mins.

On Personal Growth, Royal Dublin Society, March 2003.

Writing across Frontiers – challenges facing a bi-lingual author. Swedish Language Teachers’ National Congress, Gothenburg, 2000. Time: 60 mins.

Literary translation – talent or technique? Swedish Language teachers’ National Congress, Gothenburg, 2000. Time: 60 mins.

Lecture: How you fail as an author – pitfalls to avoid.  Scandinavian Book Fair, Gothenburg, 1999. Time: 60 mins.

Keylines. First broadcast as ‘A Living Word’, RTE Radio 1, 1999 – 2009. Time: adaptable, up to 60 mins.

“The cradle we never outgrow” - the importance of my childhood environment. Dalsland Centre, Ed, 1999. Time: 60 mins.

Lecture: From Dalsland to Connemara - an eventful journey through time and space. First broadcast, with music, in the SOMMAR series, Swedish Radio, 1998. Time: 45 mins. (90 mins. with music)