Janet Killeen Books

Janet Killeen Books

Janet Killeen reads from 'There Is A Season' - her collection of short stories. Subscribe to receive all 14 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. Podcast produced by duncan@canndu.co.uk

Episodes

July 14, 2019 17 mins

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,


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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

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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 es...

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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...

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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 possibili...

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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 possibilit...

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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 overshado...

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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 overshado...

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May 19, 2019 19 mins

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 ...

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May 12, 2019 12 mins

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...

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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 overshadowin...

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April 28, 2019 10 mins

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 ...

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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 ...

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April 14, 2019 19 mins

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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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 ...

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