WriteStuff
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
26: Ian Maleney
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As well as being a gifted writer, Ian Maleney is a very thoughtful and articulate speaker, which comes across in this conversation. Ian talks about a ...
25: Hugo Hamilton
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Hugo Hamilton’s fictional memoir, Dublin Palms, he explores themes of home and displacement and describes the difficulty of growing up in a multi...
24: Anne Griffin
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Griffin’s debut novel, 'When All is Said' is rightly getting praise from authors, reviewers and the public for its depiction of Maurice Hanniga...
23: Niall MacMonagle
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
‘I think what poetry needs most of all is music.’ This episode of WriteStuff features Niall MacMonagle, who is incredibly knowledgeable and pass...
22: Helen Cullen
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Cullen offers insights into how she wrote her first novel, The Lost Letters of William Woolf. After reading from the opening of the novel, Helen...
21: Kerrie O'Brien
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 'Illuminate', Kerrie O’Brien has created a collection of poems that deals with a range of themes, yet is coherent in its style and beauty. Here s...
20: Sorcha Fox
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
‘I always think of the voices that don’t get amplified in society.’ Sorcha Fox is a multitalented performer, actor, writer, director and poet...
19: Martin Dyar
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
 ‘Poetry is about addressing the limits of our perceptions.’ Martin Dyar is a poet who manages to be both a respectful scholar of the traditions...
18: Danny Denton
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the Earlie King and the Kid in Yellow, Danny Denton has written a novel that really fits into the archive of Irish fictional writing while standin...
17: Dr. Martina Carroll on Writing in Positive Psychology
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Martina Carroll talks about the connection between writing and positive psychology. As a teacher, psychologist and writer, Martin...
16: Rob Doyle
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
‘When I sit down to write, I’m pursuing an ideal of total freedom.’ Rob Doyle talks here about his novel 'Here Are the Young Men', his story co...
15: Jo Unwin
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
‘Sometimes I think this person can’t write a letter, so I don’t have the confidence that they can write a book.’ Jo Unwin went from working...
14: Kit de Waal
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kit de Waal’s latest novel; The Trick to Time tells two love stories, both involving Mona, a woman who has suffered a lot and who comes up with a ...
13: John Spillane
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a chat, a laugh and a song from Cork national treasure John Spillane. John tells us about his recent goings on, how his songwriting h...
12: Michael Harding
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The always engaging Michael Harding reads from his latest book ‘On Tuesdays I’m a Buddhist’ and goes on to talk to Chris about the importance of...
11: Stephen James Smith
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen James Smith is a poet with a voice that is unique yet distinctly Irish. He has written poems that epitomise being from Dublin, being from Ire...
10: Emilie Pine
08 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris talks to Emilie Pine who has just released her collection of essays called Notes To Self. In Notes to Self, Emilie beautifully...
9: Eimear McBride
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chris talks to the brilliant Eimear McBride. Eimear talks here about her two novels, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing and The Lesser Bo...
8: Colm TóibÃn
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Colm TóibÃn is one of Ireland’s most prominent writers. A prolific writer of plays, essays, articles, poetry and many much-loved novels. In this w...
7: President Michael D. Higgins at The Opening of Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast features interviews with President Michael D. Higgins and Professor Geraldine Higgins at the opening of Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again, ...
6: Gary Cunningham
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features an interview with and reading from Gary Cunningham. In ‘Joys of Joy’ and ‘Life After Joy’ Gary wrote about his experienc...
5: Dame Margaret Drabble
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of a number episodes recorded at this year’s Listowel Writers’ Week. Through a writing career spanning 55 years, Margaret Dra...
4: Paul McNamara
30 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul McNamara – Performance Poet This episode features two performances and a chat with Paul McNamara. Paul has won a range of competitions for his...
3: Kerry Neville
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of WriteStuff, Chris Fitzgerald interviews Kerry Neville. Kerry teaches creative writing at Georgia College and State University ...
2: Liz Nugent
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of WriteStuff, Chris Fitzgerald talks to Liz Nugent. Following on from the huge successes of her first two novels, Unravelling O...
1: Donal Ryan
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of WriteStuff, we interview Donal Ryan. Donal is one of Ireland’s greatest literary talents, he has won a range of literary aw...