Being Earnest With Hazel Hogan

Colm Sewell is a talented and accomplished writer from North Dublin. With influence from Charles Bukowski, Colm's short stories have a visceral sense of raw reality with a sharp wit. Colm has a true talent for writing and you can follow his work at @muckypaper or muckypaper.blogspot.com

With Being Earnest, I hope to create a space away from the noise of everyday life and distraction. I hope to offer a place, to listen, to share, to be engaged and hopefully inspired. Each week I'll be joined by sound people doing great things to have honest and genuine chats. I hope you enjoy Being Earnest. Thanks for Listening. Many more thanks go to the following people: Photography: Caitríona Muireann Music: Chef Brian- LATASHÁ/YouTube Audio Library Equipment: Colm Ó Raghallaigh Special Thanks to Jen Butler Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat agus Grá Mór

With Being Earnest, I hope to create a space away from the noise of everyday life and distraction. I hope to offer a place, to listen, to share, to be engaged and hopefully inspired. Each week I'll be joined by sound people doing great things to have honest and genuine chats. I hope you enjoy Being Earnest. Thanks for Listening. Many more thanks go to the following people: Photography: Caitríona Muireann Music: Chef Brian- LATASHÁ/YouTube Audio Library Equipment: Colm Ó Raghallaigh Special Thanks to Jen Butler Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat agus Grá Mór

 

Emmet O'Brien is not your generic poet, bursting into the scene in march 2017, Emmet has done more than your average 20 year old, in the past year alone he has released a book, entitled "a perspective from the corrupt mind of the youth'', he was the first poets to be published in district magazines latest newsletter,. O'Brien, best known for his video "the North side" is also an event organizer, starting his poetry and music event "vybrations" in June 2017, it has been an incredible success, with amazing artists such as Colm Keegan and hazel hogan performing at it, lately O'Brien has teamed up with The poet Geoff to write a play, which is due to be out by the end of the year theres not much this young talented act wont do. And so only time will tell how successful this prodigy will be

With Being Earnest, I hope to create a space away from the noise of everyday life and distraction. I hope to offer a place, to listen, to share, to be engaged and hopefully inspired.

Each week I'll be joined by sound people doing great things to have honest and genuine chats.

The Poet Geoff was the writer in residence for Dublin City Council for the Dublin North West area in the summer of 2018, and again this year, working on the show When I Grow Up. This year he had the honour of writing the 100 year commemorative poem celebrating the first Dáil in Ireland titled 'January 1919'. Geoff was recently commissioned as part of the Dublin's Culture Connects project to write for the Local Heroes initiative. Geoff's poem A Letter To Leo was chosen as the flagship piece for the My Name Is campaign against child homelessness in Ireland.    Geoff has written and performed a poem for the documentary Baristas, which has gone to number 1 in 8 countries, top 10 in the Us and Uk and top 5 in Canada in the documentary charts.    Geoff is currently working with First Fortnight and the Travelling Community on a piece that aims to address the reasons behind the high levels of suicide among Travellers today.    Geoff been featured on RTÉ, TV3, Today Fm, 98 FM, FM104 and Newstalk and in The Sunday Business Post and The New York Times. I hope you enjoy Being Earnest.

Thanks for Listening. Many more thanks go to the following people:

Photography: Caitríona Muireann Music: Chef Brian- LATASHÁ/YouTube Audio Library Equipment: Colm Ó Raghallaigh Special Thanks to Jen Butler Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat agus Grá Mór

With Being Earnest, I hope to create a space away from the noise of everyday life and distraction. I hope to offer a place, to listen, to share, to be engaged and hopefully inspired.

Each week I'll be joined by sound people doing great things to have honest and genuine chats.

I hope you enjoy Being Earnest.

Thanks for Listening.

Many more thanks go to the following people:

Photography: Caitríona Muireann

Music: Chef Brian- LATASHÁ/YouTube Audio Library

Equipment: Colm Ó Raghallaigh

Special Thanks to Jen Butler

Go Raibh Míle Maith Agat agus Grá Mór

Hazel Hogan is a poet from North Dublin. Her poem 'Grangegorman' was on the recommended list to be studied as part of the Junior Certificate English curriculum 2017. Her poetry was submitted into the Irish Poetry Reading Archive as part of the UCD digital library. She was  featured in Arbutus Yarns  'This Ain't No Disco'. She was selected to take part in the Dublin City of Literature project, Dublin:A Year in Words supported by UNESCO. She has been featured on 'The Ray Darcy Show' on RTE Radio 1 and published by The Irish Times, RTE Culture and the Journal.ie.

"Those are some fighting words" Saul Williams. "A true warrior of words" RTE Culture.

"Powerful stuff" Brenda Donohue, The Ray D'Arcy Show.