Presenter/Producer @keywordspod, BBC R3, BBC R4, BBC WS, RTÉ R1. Writing: John McGahern Lit Award 2019 @gorse_journal @theliftedbrow @lgirishwriters(2018)
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Zoë Comyns retweeted
I've had the privilege to work with Zoe on one of her programs & learned a lot as an interviewee. The resulting program was brilliant. I still marvel at how Zoe condensed many hours of interviews (not just me) into an hour. Her course could open a new world for those who write.
If you want to think about writing for the ear there are still a couple of places left on this online course starting next Wednesday 6th Nov @IrishWritersCtr: irishwriterscentre.ie/course…
If you want to think about writing for the ear there are still a couple of places left on this online course starting next Wednesday 6th Nov @IrishWritersCtr: irishwriterscentre.ie/course…
If you're interested in writing for audio, I'm giving a 4-week course @irishwriterscentre in November: irishwriterscentre.ie/course…
Zoë Comyns retweeted
#ThroughHerEyes
The murder of Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei at the hands of her boyfriend, got a single line on the news this morning.
Let's make more of it here. Another beautiful and talented woman's life snuffed out by violence.
#VAWG
well done for getting your new show up and running @GarPBrown
. @GarPBrown has been busy erecting election posters for new one-hour play with Gary Cooke. ‘Stories & Songs of Dublin Writers’ starts next Wed in Pipers June 5 at 3pm and runs Wed to Fri weekly. Vote with your feet! Tickets from @TakeYourSeatsIE
Zoë Comyns retweeted
Great news! Congratulations to @ZoeComyns
You can listen back here:
Queen of Nightclubs | The Lyric Feature | The Lyric Feature - RTÉ lyric fm (rte.ie) @LyricFeature
My @RTElyricfm feature 'Queen of Nightclubs' was selected for the @PrixMarulic this year. Sadly I can't go to the magical Croatian island of Hvar this week, but I trust the brilliant subject of my doc Kate Meyrick to represent herself: prix-marulic.hrt.hr/main-inf…
My @RTElyricfm feature 'Queen of Nightclubs' was selected for the @PrixMarulic this year. Sadly I can't go to the magical Croatian island of Hvar this week, but I trust the brilliant subject of my doc Kate Meyrick to represent herself: prix-marulic.hrt.hr/main-inf…
Zoë Comyns retweeted
#ThroughHerEyes
Does anyone know if there is a tribute/plaque in Cork to Ethel Lilian Boole, the first Irish woman to sell books by the million?
She wrote the international bestseller 'The Gadfly'.
More below, or listen to @ZoeComyns excellent documentary:
rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/clips/2…
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Anne Bonny set sail last night. @NualaNiC looks for women in her work who've been "marginalised, smudged, male gazed into our consciousness," and her books are, as Mia Gallagher said last night, voyages to discover, "what can make a person most truly themselves." Seaborne Ahoy!
also lovely to meet old and new people: @sophiegrenham, @juliaellenkelly, @doreen2cv, @Suejleonard and @Peterocmedia.
What a great start to the life of this novel by @sineadgleeson. Huge turnout and massive sense of warmth in the room for Sinéad at last night's launch. Islands, sounds, nature, art and community - it all beckons. Grab a copy of Hagstone and settle in.
Zoë Comyns retweeted
If you missed this morning’s super interview with @sineadgleeson on Sunday with @MiriamOCal on @RTERadio1 about #Hagstone - listen back here @4thEstateBooks rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22…
Saw this fab show last week. Definitely worth getting to see it. Superb performers and fun too!
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Zoë Comyns retweeted
Happy #StPatrickDay !
Delve into the life of #KateMeyrick a trailblazing Irish nightclub owner in #1920sSoho. Listen to @ZoeComyns fabulous documentary which I was lucky enough to be featured in alongside the marvellous....
rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/clips/2…
1/3 I have just noticed that this is for sale in Robertstown. I grew up* on the grounds (to the left and side in the photos). *We didn't own it...we just ran a falconry centre there in the 1980s. The hotel was vacant by the end of our living there: myhome.ie/commercial/brochur…
2/2 I am absolutely flooded with memories of my life on the grounds and sitting on its steps. It was even open for a v short time (not as a hotel, but I remember a craft fair in there at one point) but sadly it was mostly boarded up. It is such a beautiful building.
3/3 The hotel gets a mention in a piece I wrote for @gorse_journal a few years ago. @RTE_Culture also put the piece online so you can have a read if you like.
After almost half a century of if being vacant I hope it gets a new life: rte.ie/culture/2018/0102/922…
Zoë Comyns retweeted
WHOOP! Congratulations to Anne Enright. Claire Kilroy & Megan Nolan - All named on @WomensPrize for Fiction longlist #coygig ☘️☘️☘️
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Listen back here to Queen of Nightclubs | The Lyric Feature rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/the-lyr… via @rte