Harness Your Hopes

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Harness Your Hopes

‘Harness Your Hopes’ is a series of 6 podcast episodes of 30 minutes investigating and showcasing fiction. Six of the West of Ireland’s upcoming authors have written a new short story inspired by the theme of ‘harness your hopes’.  On the podcast, the author reads the story and then speaks with the presenter about their craft and inspiration and how the theme inspired them.  The aim of the programme is to place the listener at the heart of the artist’s creative process, while finding common ground and some positivity in these difficult times. This programme is supported by a Creative Ireland Bursary from Galway County Council. Writers taking part: Sasha de Buyl, Alan McMonagle, Órfhlaith Foyle, Gerry Boland, Celeste Augé, Owodunni Ola Mustapha. Producer & Presenter: Alan Meaney. Music by Eamonn Bailey. More info: https://tinyurl.com/2tsdf9ej

Episodes

  1. 09/21/2022

    Sasha de Buyl reads their short story ’Gestation’

    Sasha de Buyl reads their new story 'Gestation'.  In a chat with the presenter, they talk about the importance of reading the story out loud exploring creative non-fiction their upcoming projects.   Sasha de Buyl: https://twitter.com/sashadebuyl Producer Alan Meaney: https://alanmeaney.ie/

    30 min

  2. 09/21/2022

    Ola Owodunni reads her short story ’A Road Often Travelled’

    Ola Owodunni reads her story 'A Road Often Travelled'.  She discusses how the story is based on the life of a friend of hers the struggles that people in Direct Provision in Ireland face the hope in both the story and in life for asylum seekers   Ola Owodunni : https://twitter.com/ddiezworld Producer Alan Meaney: https://alanmeaney.ie/

    30 min

  3. 09/21/2022

    Gerry Boland reads his short story ’Thirst’

    Gerry Boland reads 'Thirst', his new short story.  The interview sees him recounting how a move to the countryside enabled him to write the outsider in his stories the importance of dialogue in his writing   Gerry Boland: http://www.gerrybolandwriter.ie/ Producer Alan Meaney: https://alanmeaney.ie/

    30 min

  4. 09/21/2022

    Celeste Augé reads her short story ’On The Bus’

    Celeste Augé reads her new short story 'On The Bus'.  In an short interview with Alan Meaney, she talks about how Chekov's 'In the cart' inspired the story how characters may come back to her in other stories she writes a collection of poetry she will publish in the future   Celeste Augé: https://www.celesteauge.com/ Producer Alan Meaney: https://alanmeaney.ie

    30 min

  5. 09/21/2022

    Órfhlaith Foyle reads her short story ’In Lorient’

    Órfhlaith Foyle reads her new short story 'In Lorient'. She talks with the presenter about the time when she considered herself to be a writer the feeling she gets in her body when the idea for a story strikes her how her characters often want to be new   Órfhlaith Foyle:  https://mobile.twitter.com/foyleorfhlaith Producer Alan Meaney: https://alanmeaney.ie/

    30 min

  6. 09/21/2022

    Alan McMonagle reads his short story ’The First Kiss, The Second Glass of Wine’

    Alan McMonagle reads his story 'The First Kiss, The Second Glass of Wine'. Afterwards, he discusses: writing his own versions of the wooden horse of Troy and the labours of Hercules, as a child the joy in completing a story how his experiences of lockdown inspired the story   Alan McMonagle: https://www.alanmcmonagle.com/ Producer Alan Meaney: https://alanmeaney.ie

    30 min

  7. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Harness Your Hopes Trailer

    ‘Harness Your Hopes’ is a series of 6 podcast episodes of 30 minutes investigating and showcasing fiction. Six of the West of Ireland’s upcoming authors have written a new short story inspired by the theme of ‘harness your hopes’.  On the podcast, the author reads the story and then speaks with the presenter about their craft and inspiration and how the theme inspired them. Writers taking part: Sasha de Buyl, Alan McMonagle, Órfhlaith Foyle, Gerry Boland, Celeste Augé, Owodunni Ola Mustapha. Producer & Presenter: Alan Meaney. Music by Eamonn Bailey.   hOuK4qp5yGFtwYBZ1ejk

    1 min

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‘Harness Your Hopes’ is a series of 6 podcast episodes of 30 minutes investigating and showcasing fiction. Six of the West of Ireland’s upcoming authors have written a new short story inspired by the theme of ‘harness your hopes’.  On the podcast, the author reads the story and then speaks with the presenter about their craft and inspiration and how the theme inspired them.  The aim of the programme is to place the listener at the heart of the artist’s creative process, while finding common ground and some positivity in these difficult times. This programme is supported by a Creative Ireland Bursary from Galway County Council. Writers taking part: Sasha de Buyl, Alan McMonagle, Órfhlaith Foyle, Gerry Boland, Celeste Augé, Owodunni Ola Mustapha. Producer & Presenter: Alan Meaney. Music by Eamonn Bailey. More info: https://tinyurl.com/2tsdf9ej

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  • Creator
    alanmeaney
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2022 All rights reserved.
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    Harness Your Hopes

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