WriteStuff Podcast
1) 26: Ian Maleney
As well as being a gifted writer, Ian Maleney is a very thoughtful and articulate speaker, which comes across in this conversation. Ian talks about a lot of the topics that he has that he expressed in...Show More
2) 25: Hugo Hamilton
In Hugo Hamilton’s fictional memoir, Dublin Palms, he explores themes of home and displacement and describes the difficulty of growing up in a multi-lingual home. Here he discusses those themes and de...Show More
3) 24: Anne Griffin
Anne Griffin’s debut novel, 'When All is Said' is rightly getting praise from authors, reviewers and the public for its depiction of Maurice Hannigan, a fictional character that you come to deeply kno...Show More
4) 23: Niall MacMonagle
‘I think what poetry needs most of all is music.’ This episode of WriteStuff features Niall MacMonagle, who is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about poetry. He is a teacher and collector of ...Show More
5) 22: Helen Cullen
Helen Cullen offers insights into how she wrote her first novel, The Lost Letters of William Woolf. After reading from the opening of the novel, Helen describes how she came to the premise of the nove...Show More
6) 21: Kerrie O'Brien
In 'Illuminate', Kerrie O’Brien has created a collection of poems that deals with a range of themes, yet is coherent in its style and beauty. Here she talks about ‘Illuminate’ and the work that went i...Show More
7) 20: Sorcha Fox
‘I always think of the voices that don’t get amplified in society.’ Sorcha Fox is a multitalented performer, actor, writer, director and poet who has written a poetic sequence called Remember that i...Show More
8) 19: Martin Dyar
‘Poetry is about addressing the limits of our perceptions.’ Martin Dyar is a poet who manages to be both a respectful scholar of the traditions of poetry and a voice that is contemporary and mindful ...Show More
9) 18: Danny Denton
In the Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow, Danny Denton has written a novel that really fits into the archive of Irish fictional writing while standing out as something unique in its delivery of an ima...Show More
10) 17: Dr. Martina Carroll on Writing in Positive Psychology
In this episode, Dr. Martina Carroll talks about the connection between writing and positive psychology. As a teacher, psychologist and writer, Martina has a lot to say about how writing can play a ro...Show More