Film producer and former official film censor John Kelleher discusses his career, shares insights into films that have inspired him and explains why people skills are essential for a film producer.  

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In this episode we discuss how Elaine became a composer and music facilitator, she talks about her work in healthcare and education settings, the importance of creating fun and interactive musical experiences for people to support creativity, collaboration and wellbeing. Elaine also spoke about her work as a composer and the collaborative projects that she has been involved with and we listened to and discussed two of Elaine’s compositions.  

This podcast features two of Elaine’s compositions, which are used with permission:  

Strings A-Stray, commissioned by the Irish Chamber Orchestra (1994) 

Remarkable from the Arts Care Remarkable Project in collaboration with Arts Care and the Ulster Orchestra (2021) 

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This episode of 'Conversations from the Classroom' features English Teacher, Patricia Carlos from St. Colman's Community College, Co. Cork. In the final episode of this academic year, Patricia discusses supporting a culture of reading and writing with her mixed-ability students. She also discusses the value of publishing student writing and practical strategies to bring this to life in the classroom.

Bestselling author Dave Rudden tells us about how he wants to ‘demystify writing’, his writing process and what inspires him.

Dave Rudden is the author of the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, the first book of which is on the Junior Cycle suggested novels for First Year English. He has visited hundreds of schools talking about books, beards, inspiration, and mental health, and currently serves as DCU's first Writer-in-Residence.

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This two-part episode of 'Conversations from the Classroom' features English teacher, Niall Daly, from Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School, Dublin. In Part 2, Niall talks about engaging students in writing, modelling the writing process and using digital technology to support editing.

This two-part episode of 'Conversations from the Classroom' features English teacher, Niall Daly, from Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School, Dublin. In Part 1, Niall talks about engaging with learning outcomes, developing student vocabulary and exposing students to a wide variety of texts.

Will Sliney, a native of Ballycotton, Co. Cork, is a comic books illustrator. He currently works with Marvel Comics. A graduate of Multimedia in Cork Institute of Technology his work includes a trilogy of Celtic Warrior books with O’ Brien Press. His edition of Cú Chulainn has become Ireland’s fastest ever selling graphic novel. During the COVID-19 pandemic he presented short drawing lessons on RTÉ’s Home School Hub called ‘We Will Draw’ and currently ‘Will Sliney’s Storytellers’ on RTÉ2 guides children on how to draw for animation.

He co-created Star Wars character Ren, has worked on Marvel’s Fearless Defenders series and the monthly series Spider-Man 2099.

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Colm Keegan is an award-winning writer and poet. He is also an experienced creative writing teacher and facilitator, passionate about empowering new voices and inspiring creativity for individuals and organisations. Colm has developed numerous creative writing projects for schools and colleges across the country and is currently Artist in Residence with Maynooth University. His latest project called Writing Home, which has been made into a documentary film, won a LAMA award for best education initiative 2021. His most recent poetry collection is called ‘Randomer’.

In this episode, Colm speaks about his work with young people and we discuss some creative methodologies that he uses to inspire and support young people in making and sharing their work. He also talks about his own creative processes and reads a powerful poem from ‘Randomer’ called Love Bomb and gives insights to us about the context of this work.

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A Dublin native, Colm Mac Con Iomaire is a composer, performer and film-score arranger. Colm’s father came from the Connemara Gaeltacht and Colm’s family were Irish speakers living in Dublin. On his mother’s side there was classical instrumental music and as Colm learned to play as a very young child, he found himself in a place of naturally occurring opposites Irish and English (language), rural and urban, classical and traditional, old and new and this manifested itself through his music.

In our conversation we discussed Colm’s early school life as a musician, being involved in The Frames and what impacts his creative process. We talked about the importance of being able to recognise and nurture talents in young people. Throughout the podcast Colm shares some of the ways he is inspired to create and develop his musical ideas.

In this episode, JCT English chat with Kathyrn McCance, from the Listen Now Again Seamus Heaney exhibition curated by the National Library of Ireland. Kathryn gives us a fascinating insight into Heaney's 'The Burial at Thebes.' The play is a version of Sophocles' Greek tragedy 'Antigone.' Kathryn discusses the creative departures that Heaney took from the original play and the various dramatic techniques he used to bring the play to a new audience.