Writer’s Block

Writer’s Block 27th May 2016

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This edition of writer’s block sees two dear friends of the show return once more unto the breach. Colm Kearns of The Runt Zine takes us through the story so far of the irreverent publication he and his friends have unleashed upon…

Writer’s Block 22nd April 2016

admin April 24, 2016

Morgan welcomes Brian Merriman back to the show after the world has turned another year over. Brian is the director of the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival and he fills in Morgan on all of the exciting shows which will feature throughout…

Writer’s Block 9th October 2015

admin October 11, 2015

One week before the Lingo Festival kicks off, Co-director Phil Lynch joins Morgan on the show to discuss the status of the spoken word in Dublin (2 mins). This week’s guest is critically acclaimed poet Angela Carr whose debut collection How to…

admin September 27, 2015

Caoimhe Creed comes back on to Writer’s Block to Morgan a private tour of Dublin Castle before introducing him to the Dublin Castle writer’s group, a collection of very talented teenage writers (2 mins 50 secs). This week’s guest is Madeleine Grace…

Writer’s Block 11th September 2015

admin September 20, 2015

Morgan O Reilly welcomes Amy Herron of the Irish Writer’s Centre back to the show in the busy week’s run-up to culture night, the centre’s open day and a host of other literary events happening around the city (2 mins). This week’s…

Writer’s Block 28th of August 2015

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Morgan welcomes Artistic Director of the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival, Kris Nelson, to the programme to chat about all of the upcoming events in Dublin as the festival gets underway (2 mins 50 secs). This week’s visiting writers are Kelly Shatter and…

Writer’s Block 14th August 2015

admin August 20, 2015

On the 20th broadcast of Writer’s Block, Morgan O Reilly welcomes Vanessa O Loughlin back to the show for a third time to offer tips about how to get your work out there and to enlighten us all on the oftentimes intimidating world of…

Writer’s Block 31st July 2015

admin August 4, 2015

Morgan O Reilly chats to the 3 men (Fionn Rogan, Andrew Kavanagh and Dylan Joyce-Ahearn) behind Cave Writings, one of Dublin’s newest and most innovative open mic nights (1 min 58 secs). In this week’s visiting writer slot, Morgan welcomes poet Tiziana…

Writer’s Block 3rd July 2015

admin July 6, 2015

Morgan O Reilly welcomes Shannon and Oran of the Flying South Open-Mic night to the studio. Flying South is a monthly open mic devoted to airing all kinds of issues themed around mental health (2 mins). This week’s visiting writer is Daniel Wade,…

Writer’s Block 19th June 2015

admin June 21, 2015

Morgan O Reilly welcomes fellow Near Co-Op volunteer to the show, Alan Weldon, to discuss the upcoming radio series Living Archives (2 mins 25 secs). Geraldine Gaughran of the Hay Literary Festival in Kells Co. Meath gives us all the news about…

Writer’s Block 5th June 2015

admin June 7, 2015

Morgan O Reilly welcomes Sandra D’Arcy to the show to chat about her role as founder and co-producer of the inaugural Howth Midsummer Literary Arts Festival (1 min 40 secs). Books Upstairs of D’Olier street’s general manager Louisa came on to describe…

Writer’s Block 22/5/15

admin May 27, 2015

Morgan O Reilly chats to Near FM’s very own Inaki Irigoien about his upcoming series, Poetic Lives; a Near FM exclusive which biographically documents the lives of 6 very different migrants from the homelands to Ireland, all through the medium of poetry (1…