In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “Bridges of India Street” and “Heartbeat on Palestine Street” by Maggie Doyle.

In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have an excerpt from “Yellow Pig” by Megan McGarrity, read by Conor Joyce.

In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “Blanket” and “Transparency” by Conall McGuigan.

In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “A New Language” by Viviana Fiorentino.

In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “The Helicopter” and “Clementine” by Matthew McGlinchey.

In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have an excerpt from “Wrath” by Joseph Scott, read by Clare Watson.

In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have “A Christmas Scene” and “Meet the Wives” by Sorcha Ní Cheallaigh.

In this episode of the Blackbird Reading Series, we have an excerpt from “School Days” by Clare Watson.

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 go on in the Centre. This is ‘The Edit’.

The Seamus Heaney Centre Podcast is created in a small back room by Stephen Sexton and Rachel Brown. It was produced by Suzi Bloom and features original music by Conor McCafferty. With thanks as always to our guest writers, and to our students for initiating this series of pilot programmes.

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. 

The Write Night Podcast is written and hosted by Andrew Rahal, and produced by  Conor McCafferty, Dara McWade and Rachel Brown, with music by Connie Gavin. If you would like to join the Write Night Family, you can sign up for the newsletter at our website, https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seamus-heaney-centre/. 

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