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64: Summer journals, Tessa Hadley, Noel Monahan

June 06, 2024 Peter Sirr
64: Summer journals, Tessa Hadley, Noel Monahan
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64: Summer journals, Tessa Hadley, Noel Monahan
Jun 06, 2024
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On today's edition, the last before our summer break, we look at  new editions of Poetry Ireland Review and The Stinging Fly. We feature recordings of three poets published in Poetry Ireland Review: Valentine Jones, Patrick Chapman and Shakeema Edwards, and we also feature a poem by Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin from The Stinging Fly.  Enda discusses the novels of Tessa Hadley, who also has an. essay in The Stinging Fly, and we travel to Cavan for the launch of Noel Monahan's ninth collection, Journey Upstream, published by Salmon.

Intro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt Not Carry’ from The Hare’s Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it. Incidental music
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On today's edition, the last before our summer break, we look at  new editions of Poetry Ireland Review and The Stinging Fly. We feature recordings of three poets published in Poetry Ireland Review: Valentine Jones, Patrick Chapman and Shakeema Edwards, and we also feature a poem by Gormfhlaith Ní Shíocháin Ní Bheoláin from The Stinging Fly.  Enda discusses the novels of Tessa Hadley, who also has an. essay in The Stinging Fly, and we travel to Cavan for the launch of Noel Monahan's ninth collection, Journey Upstream, published by Salmon.

Intro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt Not Carry’ from The Hare’s Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it. Incidental music
Scott Buckley - Filaments
License: Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com
Undertow by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

Artwork by Freya Sirr

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