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October 21, 2024 38 mins

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Join me as I chat with Ferdia Lennon, author of Glorious Exploits, a wonderful debut novel listed in the Theater category on Art In Fiction.

View the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3ZFFQ4rg4DU

  • Genesis for Glorious Exploits
  • Based on true events that occurred in Syracuse, Sicily during the Peloponnesian war.
  • The theme of friendship in Glorious Exploits
  • Theater and research of ancient Greek theater in the writing of Glorious Exploits
  • Traveling to Greece and Syracuse as part of the research process
  • Why Euripedes? Discussion of Medea and The Trojan Women, the two Euripedes plays put on by the Athenian soldiers in the quarry
  • The voice of Lampo and why he sounds Irish
  • The similarities between Ireland as an island nation separate from and yet related to England, and Sicily, also an island separate from and yet related to the culture of Greece
  • The size and breadth of the ancient world and its many influences
  • Discussion of Ferdia's compelling writing style
  • How Lampo's character changes and grows in the novel
  • The making of the audiobook that Ferdia narrated
  • Parallels between Glorious Exploits and our own time
  • Reading from Glorious Exploits
  • Publication journey of Glorious Exploits
  • One thing Ferdia learned from writing his novel that he didn't know before

Press Play now & be sure to check out Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon on Art In Fiction: https://www.artinfiction.com/novels/glorious-exploits

Ferdia Lennon's website: https://www.ferdialennon.com/

Music Credit
Paganology, performed by The Paul Plimley Trio; composed by Gregg Simpson

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