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This episode of Season 7 aired first on Saturday 8th July 2023, produced and hosted by Damien B. Donnelly. Below are details and links to the guest stars…
Chris Fitzpatrick
Collection of the Week
Chris Fitzpatrick has published short stories and poetry. His first collection of poetry. Poetic Licence in a time of Corona, was published in May 2022 by Twenty First Century Renaissance. Chris recently retired after forty years in medical practice.
Poetic Licence in a time of Corona is available to buy at https://www.21cr.ie/store/p38/Poetic_Licence_in_a_Time_of_Corona_by_Chris_Fitzpatrick.html
Ellen Harrold
Ellen Harrold is an artist and writer focused on science and nature. She is completing a master’s degree in Art, Science, and Visual thinking at Dundee University and working as an artist, writer, and editor-in-chief of Metachrosis Literary. A core aspect of her practice is the use of text, drawing, and painting to explore the connection between decay and renewal in the world around us. She has recently published poetry with Danse Macabre, New Note Poetry, and Ergi Press. She has also recently published her first book ‘Aesthetics and Conventions of Medical Art.’.
Follow Ellen on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ellen_harrold
Find out more about Ellen at https://ellenharrold.art/
Caitríona Lane
Caitríona Lane is a bilingual poet from South Dublin now living in the west where life makes more sense! She is a former secondary school teacher and principal. She is trained in broadcast journalism and holds a post graduate higher diploma in translation. She draws inspiration from both the natural and otherworld environs of Connemara. She recently facilitated a poetry workshop As Gaeilge at the All -Saints Heritage Centre, Clonbur. She was shortlisted for the Eavan Boland Emerging Poet Award in 2023. Poetry Ireland selected her Irish language work for their 2022 Introductions series. She is the recipient of a Ealaín na Gaeltachta writers residency in Interface Inagh, Galway. She won 1st prize in the 2022 Manchester Irish Poetry Competition and previously won the Kinsale Festival / Words by Water Poetry Prize in 2020. Her poetry and short stories have been published in literary magazines and online including; Poetry Ireland’s Sparks of the Every day, Galway Review, Galway Advertiser, Vox Galvia, Drawn to the Light Press, Comhar, Aneas, Feasta and the forthcoming South Connemara Gaeltacht’s I mBun Pinn. Caitríona’s poetry has been shortlisted by Cúirt International Festival; Poems for Patience, by An t-Oireachtas, An Fiach Dubh– Fingal Poetry Festival and Fleadh Feirste, Belfast.She has performed her poetry bilingually on stage in Wisconsin at Irish Fest in the Barn and at the International Literature Festival Dublin with Poetry Ireland’s Introduction series. She has read her work on culture night in Letterfrack National Park, at the National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dún Laoghaire on Poetry Day Ireland, at the Pádraig Pearse Cultural Centre, Rosmuc, at Fingal Poetry Festival’s An Fiach Dubh and at Clifden Arts Festival with the Clifden Writers Group. She performed her own song at the 2023 Pan Celtic National Song Contest at Visual Theatre, Carlow. She is working towards her debut collection.
Follow Caitríona on Instagram at caitrionalane_file instagram
Andy N
Andy N is the author of 9 full-length poetry collections, the most recent being ‘From the Diabetic Ward Volume 1’ and co-runs Chorlton Cum Hardy’s always welcoming spoken word open mic night ‘Speak Easy’. He runs / co-runs Podcast such as ‘Spoken Label’ and ‘Cloaked in the Shadows’. He does ambient music under the name of Ocean in a Bottle and is involved in bands such as Polly Ocean, Mandy in a Bottle and A Means to an end.
Find out all about Andy N at https://onewriterandhispc.blogspot.com/
Follow Andy on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/andynpoet
Erica Vanstone
Erica Vanstone is a mom, writer, foil fencer, and avid coffee drinker living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the US. As a journalist, Erica has written for Indiewire.com, Outsports, Philadelphia Magazine and more. Her most recent poems were featured in Fawn Press’ inaugural March digital magazine, “The Thicket.” This winter, she finished writing her first science fiction novel, and is putting together two poetry collections.
Follow Erica on Twitter at https://twitter.com/EricaIsBusy
Erica is on Twitter at ericajvanstone
John Hewitt International Summer School
Host and producer Damien B. Donnelly is one of this year’s recipients of a full bursary for the John Hewitt Summer School. For all details check out the website and get your tickets now… https://johnhewittsociety.org/summer-school/
Damien B Donnelly, Producer, Host and Poet
Damien B Donnelly is a 47-year-old Irish, adopted, gay writer and podcast producer who spent 23 years living in Paris, Amsterdam, and London forking in the fashion industry, returning to Dublin at the end of 2019. He is the host and producer of the poetry podcast Eat the Storms and the editor-in-chief of The Storms, a journal of poetry, prose and visual art. His debut pamphlet, Eat the Storms, published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press, nominated for a Pushcart Prize and featured on the Poetry Book Society Winter List 2020/21, followed by a Pushcart Prize nominated Stickleback (micro collection) and In the Jitterfritz of Neon, a conversational pamphlet co-written with Eilín de Paor. His first full collection Enough! was published by Hedgehog in August 2022. His poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous journals, both online and in print. His 2nd full collection is due out on 2024.
The Storms journal is available at https://eatthestorms.com/the-storm-shop/
He is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/deuxiemepeau and instagram at both @damiboy and @weshallalwayshaveparis
You can purchase his pamphlets and collections at his website https://deuxiemepeaupoetry.com/
Backing music for Eat the Storms is from Purple Planet Royalty Free Music, with thanks…
https://www.purple-planet.com/
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