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This special episode of the poetry podcast celebrates the launch of The Storms Issue V, the printed journal of poetry, prose and visual art and aired on Sunday 2nd Nov 2025. It is produced and hosted by Damien B. Donnelly. The issue itself was produced by Damien and Rhona Greene as Issue V subeditor,
This episode features poets and prose writers from the new issue. And you can read the bios for all our contributors, including our visual artists, here.
Below is a trailer for the episode featuring contributors from the new issue,
You can listen to the Audio Companion on most podcast platforms including Spotify
You can buy a copy of Issue V over at our shop to read along with the writers.
The cover artist for Issue V is Brain Malachy Quinn
Host / Producer Damien B Donnelly
Damien B Donnelly is a 50-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. He is the Head of Programming at the Irish Writers Centre.
The Storms journal is available here
Follow Damien is on X and instagram and Bluesky: @eatthestorms,com
You can purchase his pamphlets and collections at his website
Backing music for Eat the Storms is from Purple Planet Royalty Free Music
You can find us on many platforms including Spotify and here is the link…
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