Prof Deirdre Raftery

@draftery.bsky.social

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University College Dublin | Full Prof of the History of Education | FRHistS | Affls.: University of Cambridge & Trinity College Dublin | author | mother | gardener | sailor | book collector. Writes about 19thC schools/childhood/convents/Irish diaspora.

A fledged robin feeds from a parent robin, standing on a stone wall.

A bundle of gift-wrapped books, and some unwrapped books, with some bookmarks.

Three writers are discussing a new book, at a public event in a park Dublin. Interviewer Emily Pine talks with author Judith Hermann and translator Katy Derbyshire.