Una Kealy and former Theatre Studies and English student Laura Broderick. Olive Smith: A Musical Visionary by Gillian Smith These books might make good Christmas presents for the awkward bibliophile in your life! For details on all of the books discussed, see the podcast notes below. The books include a biography about a woman who created Ireland’s first concert hall and youth orchestra a bildungsroman about growing up in pre-Troubles Derry a classic of gay literature that investigates themes of self-denial and the concept of home a fantasy adventure and theological tome that we all think we know and a story about the contemporary racial divide in America. Christa de Brún (English) talk about the texts they have been enjoying recently and that they would recommend to others. Hazel Farrell (Music), Philip Cremin (Religious Studies) and Dr. Jenny O’Connor is joined by colleagues from the School of Humanities to discuss the current books on their nightstand. (Book) Girl Woman Other – Bernadine Evaristo Features Jenny O’Connor from The Nerve, Bruce Wardrop from Win Win, Niamh Maguire from Engendering Change, Tom Grinsell from WIT Talks Student Life and Rob O’Connor of The Machine.Ī very Happy Christmas to all our listeners. Ho ho ho! Five of the regular podcast hosts from WIT got together to record a joint episode recommending some books, TV programmes, films, podcasts and tech that you (or a loved one) might enjoy over the Christmas period. Note: The Critical Thinking through Literature event, featuring Annemarie Ni Churreáin, was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Her new collection, The Poison Glen, is out now. She is a member of the Writers in Prisons Panel co-funded by the Arts Council and the Department of Justice and was also the artist in residence at the Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris. Annemarie has had her poetry published in the Poetry Ireland Review, The Stinging Fly and her first collection, Bloodroot, was shortlisted for highly prestigious awards in Ireland and the U.S. This event was organised by English lecturer Dr Christa de Brún, who joins Jenny to chat about using one of Annemarie’s poems to challenge and stimulate students’ thinking. Jenny O’Connor talks to the award-winning poet Annemarie Ni Churreáin, who gave an online seminar this semester at WIT on the way in which literature can develop a critical consciousness in students.
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