The Culture File Debate: The Hare’s Corner

Jane Clarke, Catherine Cleary, Jane Carkill and Colm Mac Con Iomaire in conversation with Paddy Woodworth

In Partnership with RTÉ lyric fm’s Culture File

‘The Hare’s Corner’ is an ancient Irish farming tradition that encourages the wisdom of leaving spaces of land for nature, outside the imperatives of production. This new book, with poetry by Jane Clarke, prose by Catherine Cleary, illustrations by Jane Carkill and photographs by BurrenBeo forms “a beautiful tapestry of courage and resolve” (Mary Robinson) from instances of reviving this practice in our contemporary landscapes. Our panel, also including Colm Mac Con Iomaire and chaired by Paddy Woodworth, produced for Culture File’s Naturalist Bookshelf series, will tease out and test the hope it offers for our shared future.