"In a Lifetime" is the autobiography of well known music publisher Johnny Lappin
Johnny Lappin has brought out his autobiography In a Lifetime, which catalogues his decades in the music business, working as a publisher for artists. Unsurprisingly given the title of the book, one of the first big bands Johnny managed was Clannad, but he's also been involved with the likes of The High Kings and in more recent times Hozier. As well as that, Johnny tells me he was one of the founders of IMRO. He's been living happily in Enniscorthy for the past 20 years. I was delighted when Johnny came to the WLR studios for an an interview, and you can listen back to that here.
A design proposal to re-envision the O’Connell Street area in Waterford City, Waterford’s Cultural Quarter has been announced. Luke Carparelli, a Design student at Waterford Institute of Technology has been selected as the winner. Entrants included students from WIT’s BA (Hons) in Design (Visual Communications) and Bachelor of Architecture (Hons).
The Design Challenge project is a design-led research collaboration between WIT’s Creativity & Culture Research Group and main project partners Waterford City and County Council and Garter Lane Arts Centre, together with support from Local Enterprise Office, Institute of Designers in Ireland, Design and Craft Council of Ireland, Creative Ireland, community groups, design industry and local enterprise.
The Design Challenge prize - a €2,500 design research internship - which will take place over a period of two months, implemented within the Cultural Quarter - was awarded to Luke Carparelli, a Waterpark Secondary School past pupil from Faithlegg in Waterford.
He joined me in studio, and you can listen to that interview here
And last but certainly not least, I was also joined this week On the Fringe by Fiona Ennis. The Butlerstown native has been announced by Waterford City and County Council as the 2019 winner of the national Molly Keane Creative Writing Award, for her short story Debt.
Fiona is a mum of two and she also lectures at WIT. She talked to me about juggling a busy life and fitting in her passion for writing. She also discussed what it means to win awards like this, in the interview below..
