Great chatting to Kathy Clugston on BBC Radio Ulster show ‘The Ticket’
On BBC Radio Ulster’s show ‘The Ticket’ on Friday 24th October 2025
It was lovely to be on BBC Radio Ulster last Friday evening as part of NI Book Week to chat with host Kathy Clugston during her Arts and entertainment show, The Ticket. I was invited to discuss my ghost and psychological horror books since the countdown to Halloween is on, and to read an excerpt from Belfast Ghosts trilogy book 3: Matthew’s Twin.
Photo credit: Owen McFadden at BBC
Speaking live to thousands of listeners is nerve-wracking, but Kathy was such a fabulous host and really put me at ease. It’s only the second time I’ve appeared on the radio; back in 2009 while I was working in Cambridge, I had been on 209 Radio Cambridgeshire’s show ‘Who are you?’ hosted by Dominic Hall-Smith to talk about my poetry. I suppose for people who regularly appear on radio talk shows, it becomes second nature once you’re doing it all the time.
On 209 Radio Cambridgeshire’s show ‘Who are you?’ on Thursday 29th October 2009
If you missed the live show on BBC Radio Ulster, the episode of The Ticket featuring me will be available for a month to listen to on BBC Sounds, so if you have an account, feel free to check it out at this link.
Leilanie Stewart is an award-winning author and poet from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She writes ghost and psychological horror, as well as experimental poetry. Her writing confronts the nature of self; her novels feature main characters on a dark psychological journey who have a crisis and create a new sense of identity. She began writing for publication while working as an English teacher in Japan, a career pathway that has influenced themes in her writing. Her former career as an Archaeologist has also inspired her writing and she has incorporated elements of archaeology and mythology into both her fiction and poetry.
In addition to promoting her own work, Leilanie runs Bindweed Anthologies, a creative writing publication with her writer husband, Joseph Robert. Aside from publishing pursuits, Leilanie enjoys spending time with her husband and their lively literary lad, a voracious reader of sea monster books.
Leilanie Stewart 