Across the River

Alice Taylor is a bestselling Irish author who lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork, in a house attached to the local supermarket and post office. Her first book, To School Through the Fields, was published in 1988. It was an immediate success and quickly became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. Taylor has written nearly twenty books since then, largely exploring her beloved village and the ways of life in rural Ireland, all of which have been successful and have sold internationally. She has also written poetry and fiction; her first novel, The Woman of the House, was an immediate bestseller. Her most recent book is Weathering Storms (2025), another work of memoir.

Aoife McMahon trained at RADA and has since appeared in leading roles for the RSC, the National Theatre, the Young Vic, the Royal Court and the Abbey in Dublin. She has also appeared in numerous celebrated television roles on both sides of the Atlantic and was awarded the Canadian Gemini award for best actress in a leading role. She has narrated over 200 audiobooks. Her accolades include an AudioFile Earphones Award and a place in the Top Ten audiobooks as listed in The Irish Times, The New York Times and Amazon's top picks.