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This special episode of Season 9 aired on Saturday 22nd December 2024. It is produced and hosted by Damien B. Donnelly. Below are details and links to the guest stars…
Frances Browner
Frances Browner is a poet, author, teacher, mentor, facilitator of poetic events in Greystones where she lives. She has had poems, short stories and memoir published and debut novel, A Bronx Summer.
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Sue Finch is the author of two poetry collections: Magnifying Glass and Welcome to the Museum of a Life. She loves the coast, peculiar things, and the scent of ice-cream freezers.
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Marcelle Newbold’s writing explores place and inheritance. Bridport Prize shortlisted, her poems have been published in online and print magazines and anthologies from Propel, Ink Sweat & Tears, Atrium, Iamb, Fly on the Wall Press, Black Bough Poetry, Indigo Dreams and others. She was previously managing editor of Nightingale & Sparrow literary press, a guest editor for Feral, and Black Bough, competition poetry judge for Rare Swan Press and Cardiff Writers Circle. Marcelle lives in Cardiff, Wales where she practiced as an architect.
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Katie Montagna is a Dublin-based writer originally from California, USA, where she taught literature and art history. Her work includes historical fiction and poetry. Journals in which her haiku can be found include the Autumn Moon, cattails, Cold Moon, first frost, and tsuri-dōrō haiku journals, and previous of her ekphrastic poems can be heard on Eat the Storms. She is a founding member of the Baldoyle Writers’ Group. Katie is writing her first mystery novel.
Remco van Straten was part of the 2024 Nothern Soul Roadshow. His work is rooted in the history and lore of the northern Dutch coast of his childhood. He paints and draws, dabbles in music, and is currently working on his first novel.
Doreen Duffy (MACW) Pushcart Nominee, Publications include Poetry Ireland Review by Eavan Boland, The Storms 1&3, Arlen House/Washing Windows 2&3&4, Flash Fiction/USA, Irish Times. Showcased, iambapoet, Eat the Storms, Awards include, Jonathan Swift, Deirdre Purcell / Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival. Shortlisted Francis MacManus. RTE Radio One broadcast her story, ‘Tattoo,’
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Angela Graham is from Northern Ireland. She became a full-time writer in 2017, following a long career as a film maker in documentary and drama (BAFTA Cymru Awards, Oscar Foreign-language entrant). A Writer’s Bursary from Literature Wales helped Angela complete her collection of 26 short stories set in Wales, Northern Ireland and Italy, and A City Burning was published by Seren Books in 2020. It was longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2021. Her 2022 collection of poetry, Sanctuary: There Must Be Somewhere, was also published by Seren Books. Angela is Welsh-speaking, and divides her time between Northern Ireland and Wales. She has received an Honorary Life Fellowship from the Institute of Welsh Affairs for her work on media and democracy. Her second poetry collection STAR: Poetry for the Christmas Season was published in August this year by Welsh independent, Culture & Democracy Press.
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Peter Lilly is a Best of the Net nominated poet who grew up in Gloucestershire, England. After studying theology and working with the homeless in London, he moved to the South of France in 2014. He lives in a rural village with his wife and son, where he concentrates on writing, community development and English teaching. He loves to celebrate Christmas with his multi-national family, usually cooking far too much food, and always tries to experience some of the wonder of the nativity, presents, decorations and celebration through the eyes of his young son. He is the author of the collections ‘A Handful of Prayers’ (Wipf & Stock, 2024) and ‘An Array of Vapour’ (TSL Publications, 2023). If you’d like to keep up to date with publications and other developments,
Find him on Twitter or BlueSky at @plpoetry.bsky.social
Miriam Colleran has two daughters and lives in Kildare. She is a doctors working in palliative care and is interested in the benefits of the arts in healthcare.
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Mary Anne Abdo is an author, poet and photographer. She graduated magna cum laude from Luzerne County Community College with a degree in Human Services. With a background in freelance journalism; she uses her poetry as a source of creative expression. Her self-published poetry book, “Fractured Lollipop Poems of Brokenness Healing and Hope is now on AmazonMary Anne has a passion for art, culture and literature. Her work has been featured in The Edge of Humanity Magazine,Mind and Matters Magazine, Moonstone Press,Grit and Grace Magazine, Orenaug Mountain Publishing,Pennsylvania Bards,Local Gems Press,Clare Songbirds 2024 Poetry Anthology,The Avocet, Calla Press,Scranton Poets Live, and Studio B’s annual poetry anthology. Mary Anne placed second for her photography and short story submission in the Museum of Family Prayer’s 2022 Mary Garden contest. She has also collaborated on several children’s book, Creative Gems Volumes 2&3, and has been featured internationally in Bindweed Magazine’s seasonal anthology.Her work has been archived through the National Library of Ireland courtesy of Bindweed Magazine. She has appeared on the local talk show PA Live, The B Inspired podcast, Eat The Storms podcast with Damien Donnelly, and several stage appearances. She is currently working on her first children’s book due in November 2024. Mary Anne resides in Scranton Pennsylvania.
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Bernadette O’Reilly has been published in various anthologies, journal. Participated in open mics, radio. She was chosen for the 2006 Poetry Ireland Introductions series and has self-published Gentle Touch, a collection of free form poems. Broken China, a collection of haiku, senryu, monoku, haibun, was published by Alba Publishing in September 2024.
James Schwartz is a poet & author of various poetry collections including The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America (Kindle, 2011), Punatic (Writing Knights Press, 2019) Motor City Mix (Alien Buddha Press, 2022) and most recently Some Are and Most Aren’t and It’s Always Been Like That: Selected Poems 2004-2024 (Alien Buddha Press) He resides in Detroit, Michigan. Follow on X / IG: @queeraspoetry
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Catherine Ronan has performed at many events including Electric Picnic, The Winter Warmer, Poetry Ireland and Cultivating Voices. In 2024, she represented Cork in the Cork Coventry Poetry Exchange. Her Poetry Collection, Elemental Skin was nominated for the Forward, Pigott and Heaney Poetry Prizes.
Grab at copy of Elemental Skin at Limerick Writers Centre
Damien B Donnelly, Producer, Host and Poet
Damien B Donnelly is a 48-year-old Irish, adopted, queer writer & podcast producer who spent 23 years in Paris, Amsterdam, and London working in the fashion industry, returning to Dublin at the end of 2019. He’s the host / producer of Eat the Storms and the EIC of The Storms, the printed journal of poetry, prose & 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 also published by Hedgehog in August 2022. His poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous journals, online and in print. His 2nd full collection, Back from Away, was published in May 2024 with Turas Press
The Storms journal is available here
Follow Damien is on X and instagram and Bluesky: @eatthestorms,com
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