Novels, Plays and Schooldays is a new 9 part radio series produced by Nearfm with
financial support from The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The series looks at the
novels and plays that form part of the Junior and Leaving Certificate English syllabus
and discusses potential questions and approaches to those questions. The series
features panel discussions with local schools and their teachers. The first programme, discusses the novel Of Mice and Men and features teacher Michelle Fallon and students from inner city school, Larkin Community College. The programmes also feature dramatisations and narrations of key excerpts from
the texts, performed by various contributors and members of the NEAR FM Drama
Group.

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