The Seamus Heaney Centre Podcast

The Seamus Heaney Centre Podcast

The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's is home to some of the UK and Ireland's foremost poets, novelists, scriptwriters, and critics. Each episode features readings, performances, interviews, and coffee-drinking with staff, students, alumni and friends. Its pilot series released episodes on St. Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, May Day, and on the Summer Solstice in 2019. It included a new radio drama produced as part of the Heaney Centre's Masters in Creative Writing. It is produced in a small back room by Stephen Sexton and Rachel Brown. With invaluable production and sound design by Suzi Bloom and original music by Conor McCafferty, Suzi Bloom, and Nicholas Boyle.

Episodes

March 11, 2023 39 mins
In this episode, we join Sharon Dempsey, Niamh McCann, and Emma Devlin, as they discuss nearing the end of their PhDs and share their works in progress.

In recent episodes, we’ve been hearing from some of our students in a series of pilot programmes, each a little different, to reflect the range of writing and conversations about writing that go on in the Centre. This is ‘The Edit,’ produced by Suzi Bloom.

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In this episode, Hilary interviews Padraig Regan, Mícheál McCann, Toby Buckley, Dawn Watson, and Paul Maddern in a live recording as a part of the Outburst Queer Arts Festival at the Crescent Arts Centre on the15th of November, 2022.

The Queer at Queen’s podcast is a series of interviews celebrating the successes of LGBT+ poets from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University. Hosted by Hilary McCollum, the SHC Pub...
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In this episode, Paul Maddern discusses his current and upcoming works.

The Queer at Queen’s podcast is a series of interviews celebrating the successes of LGBT+ poets from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University. Hosted by Hilary McCollum, the SHC Publishing Fellow 2022, this podcast seeks to celebrate the wonderful queer authors and poets who have been influenced positively by their time working in and around...
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In this episode, Dawn Watson discusses her current and upcoming works.

The Queer at Queen’s podcast is a series of interviews celebrating the successes of LGBT+ poets from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University. Hosted by Hilary McCollum, the SHC Publishing Fellow 2022, this podcast seeks to celebrate the wonderful queer authors and poets who have been influenced positively by their time working in and around ...
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In this episode, Toby Buckley discusses his current and upcoming works.

The Queer at Queen’s podcast is a series of interviews celebrating the successes of LGBT+ poets from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University. Hosted by Hilary McCollum, the SHC Publishing Fellow 2022, this podcast seeks to celebrate the wonderful queer authors and poets who have been influenced positively by their time working in and around...
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In this episode, Mícheál McCann discusses his current and upcoming works.

The Queer at Queen’s podcast is a series of interviews celebrating the successes of LGBT+ poets from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University. Hosted by Hilary McCollum, the SHC Publishing Fellow 2022, this podcast seeks to celebrate the wonderful queer authors and poets who have been influenced positively by their time working in and arou...
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In this episode, Padraig Regan discusses their current and upcoming works. 

The Queer at Queen’s podcast is a series of interviews celebrating the successes of LGBT+ poets from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University. Hosted by Hilary McCollum, the SHC Publishing Fellow 2022, this podcast seeks to celebrate the wonderful queer authors and poets who have been influenced positively by their time working in and ar...
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In this episode, we join Sharon Dempsey, Niamh McCann, and Emma Devlin, as they welcome guest Elizabeth Mannion to the podcast to discuss creative practice.

In recent episodes, we’ve been hearing from some of our students in a series of pilot programmes, each a little different, to reflect the range of writing and conversations about writing that go on in the Centre. This is ‘The Edit,’ produced by Suzi Bloom.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “AI Paints Cityscape at Night” and “Transatlantic” by Eoghan Totten.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have an excerpt from “Judgement” by Michael Hall.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “Bridges of India Street” and “Heartbeat on Palestine Street” by Maggie Doyle.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have an excerpt from “Yellow Pig” by Megan McGarrity, read by Conor Joyce.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “Blanket” and “Transparency” by Conall McGuigan.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “A New Language” by Viviana Fiorentino.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “The Helicopter” and “Clementine” by Matthew McGlinchey.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have an excerpt from “Wrath” by Joseph Scott, read by Clare Watson.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “A Christmas Scene” and “Meet the Wives” by Sorcha Ní Cheallaigh.
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In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have an excerpt from “School Days” by Clare Watson.
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In this episode, we join Sharon Dempsey, Niamh McCann, and Emma Devlin, as they catch up to discuss their PhDs, read some works-in-progress, and share their experiences returning to in-person academia after lockdown.

In recent episodes, we’ve been hearing from some of our students in a series of pilot programmes, each a little different, to reflect the range of writing and conversations about writing that...
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The Write Night Podcast is a new regular series from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast, adapted from Andrew Rahal's popular pandemic newsletter. His is a voice in the void, sharing moments of reflection and insight into a writing life.

In this episode, originally published on the 10th of February 2021, Andrew asks us to consider the people we write to, and those we write for. 

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