Janet Killeen Books

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Sinopsis

Janet Killeen reads from 'There Is A Season' - her collection of short stories. Subscribe to receive all 12 stories as they are released. About the author - Yorkshire-born Janet Killeen completed her Master's degree in English Literature and then went onto teach in London for over thirty five years. During her teaching career she also gained experience of Counselling and Consultancy training at the Tavistock Institute. Now retired, and living in South-East London, she values friendships, travel and writing. In the past ten years she began to explore those issues of faith and doubt, time, place and choice that have been developed in her two collections of short stories, 'Recognition' and 'There is a Season'.She has now written four empowering books for children. In 2017 she published her first novel After The Flood and is now working on a sequel.

Episodios

  • The Doorkeeper - Read by Janet Killeen

    14/07/2019 Duración: 17min

    Janet reads her short story 'The Doorkeeper'. This story won a prize in the biannual Neil M Gunn Highland Life competition and is published on their website. For more information on the opportunities the Neil M Gunn Highland Life competition give to writers can be found on their website here,

  • Within The Circle Of A Year - Read by Janet Killeen

    07/07/2019 Duración: 13min

    Janet reads her award winning short story 'Within The Circle Of Year'. This story won the David Lodge Prize in a competition organised by the National Association Of Writers' Groups (NAWG) and was published in their anthology 'The Write Path'.More information on opportunities the NAWG gives to writers can be found at their website www.nawg.co.uk

  • An Autograph Album - Read by Janet Killeen

    30/06/2019 Duración: 16min

    Janet Killeen reads 'An Autograph Album', the final story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • Not For Ourselves Alone - Read by Janet Killeen

    23/06/2019 Duración: 13min

    Janet Killeen reads 'Not For Ourselves Alone' from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • The Journeying Boy (2 of 2) - Read by Janet Killeen

    16/06/2019 Duración: 21min

    Janet Killeen reads the second instalment of 'The Journeying Boy' from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • The Journeying Boy (1 of 2) - Read by Janet Killeen

    09/06/2019 Duración: 31min

    Janet Killeen reads the first instalment of 'The Journeying Boy' from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • Spots Of Time - Read by Janet Killeen

    02/06/2019 Duración: 16min

    Janet Killeen reads the thirteenth story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • The Excursion - Read by Janet Killeen

    26/05/2019 Duración: 06min

    Janet Killeen reads the fourteenth story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • The Seals - Read by Janet Killeen

    19/05/2019 Duración: 19min

    Janet Killeen reads the tenth story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • Convergence - Read by Janet Killeen

    12/05/2019 Duración: 12min

    Janet Killeen reads the eighth story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • Miss Browning - Read by Janet Killeen

    05/05/2019 Duración: 20min

    Janet Killeen reads the seventh story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • A Gentle Ghost - Read by Janet Killeen

    28/04/2019 Duración: 10min

    Janet Killeen reads the sixth story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • Adjusting Her Ideas - Read by Janet Killeen

    21/04/2019 Duración: 16min

    Janet Killeen reads the fifth story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • Ex-Pat - Read by Janet Killeen

    14/04/2019 Duración: 19min

    Janet Killeen reads the fourth story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • Spoiled By Seawater - Read by Janet Killeen

    07/04/2019 Duración: 08min

    Janet Killeen reads the third story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • A Wind Like A Bugle - Read by Janet Killeen

    31/03/2019 Duración: 12min

    Janet Killeen reads the second story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.

  • Beneath The Floor - Read by Janet Killeen

    15/03/2019 Duración: 20min

    Janet Killeen reads the first story from her collection of short stories 'There Is A Season'.Coincidences of time and place, encounters with strangers and life-changing moments of decision are the key elements of these stories. Many are deeply rooted in the intersection of moment, person and landscape. Some explore the impact of controlling relationships, and the possibility of escape. Others, the overshadowing of two World Wars and the social dislocation that was, and perhaps still is, their legacy. The past impregnates the present, and from the past characters draw resources of hope and courage. This is the Season of opportunity that is given to them, when they may truly discover themselves. See all Janet's books here.