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Telling Tales on the radio

Programme fifty-five features a chat with writer Tom Gillespie of I Really Want to Learn about Horses. The story of The Stolen Wheels is told by Brendan Nolan.

Posted in MP3, so broadband access is required to access the large file. It takes a few seconds to buffer and download. Please be patient... It's worth the wait.

A fresh tale is broadcast each week on WDAR 96FM which can be heard on Saturdays at 1.30pm; but not public holiday weekends when broadcasting takes a break.

Or, you can listen here online, at any time.

You get: a fresh story, an interview with a practicing writer, writing news and a writing task all delivered to your ear and your mind...deadly, and you don't have to go out.

Telling Tales on YouTube

See here for our latest story video. We begin with Summer Loving. More will follow.

Telling Tales in the flesh
next appearance
With piper Martin Nolan as Talepipe we are now doing four separate performances in Leixlip, Co Kildare on June bank holiday weekend. Drop in, say hello, enjoy the craic.

Saturday August 21, 2010 @ 11 am
Newbridge library, Co Kildare
Featured storyteller
Heritage Week

C'mon along and listen and say hello and share a story.

If you miss us, more tour dates are here

Telling Tales in a book

Read a story here

Brendan's gathering of tales of lovers, liars, loonies and layabouts includes more than 30 hilarious tales amongst which are:

Mandrake the Magician
Silver Wolves Ride Again
Dan the Moving Man
High Flying Annie
Private Writer
Elvis is on the phone
Kidnapped Streaker
Stuck in a Rut
Haunting of a Ballplayer
Larrie
Smoking Bonny
Poor Jack's Weather
Walking Corpse
No Hatchet Man
Peter's Petrol
Undead
Tunnel of Love
Miracle on the Road to Dodsboro
Plucking the Turkey
I Kissed Rock Hudson
Jesse James Loved my Granny
Dreaming a miracle.

ISBN 978-0-9560810-0-1

A fresh tale is broadcast each week on community radio.

The story is contained within Telling Tales the weekly radio programme for writers and storytellers.

Telling tales is broadcast locally on WDAR 96FM @ 1.30pm on Saturdays. It may be heard online from 7pm on the following Monday where past shows are archived.

You may purchase the book for home delivery to you here

Or, from any of the retail outlets listed on the right. Enjoy.

Brendan (below) is also the author of the bestselling Phoenix Park a History and Guidebook here

and... The Irish Companion here

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