The Things Left Unsaid with Michael Harding

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Join Michael Harding as he talks about the power of connection and the importance of saying the things you need to say, before it's too late.

Recovering from surgery, Michael Harding travelled to the coast of Donegal to heal in solitude, with the comfort of the ocean around him. As he recuperated, he set himself the task of writing letters to people who had a profound effect on him through his life: old loves, mentors, friends.
The result is a collection of insights into life, death, friendship and love. These letters, expressing an intimacy not previously risked, were never posted.
All the Things Left Unsaid is the startlingly honest and moving witness to the power of connection and the importance of saying the things you need to say, before it's too late.

Michael Harding is an author and playwright. His creative chronicle of ordinary life in the Irish midlands is published as a weekly column in The Irish Times. He has written numerous plays for the Abbey Theatre, including Una Pooka, Misogynist and Sour Grapes, and has published three novels, Priest, The Trouble with Sarah Gullion and Bird in the Snow as well as bestselling memoirs, Staring at Lakes, which won three BGE Irish Book awards, Hanging with the Elephant and Talking to Strangers,  On Tuesdays I'm a Buddhist and Chest Pain. His new book All The Things Left Unsaid will be published in October 2022.