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Unlaunched Books - listen to Poetry Ireland's new podcast

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Poets John McAuliffe, Seán Hewitt and Victoria Kennefick host a new weekly podcast from Poetry Ireland, in which they talk to poets, critics, curators and readers about the books they would have been launching and talking about during the months of April, May and June 2020, before the pandemic led to the cancellation of all poetry festivals and launches in Ireland.

Listen to the first episode above...

Episode 1 features acclaimed poet Colette Bryce talking about her new (unlaunched) book, The M Pages, Director of Poetry Ireland Maureen Kennelly on an event she had planned on hosting and which had to be cancelled, and novelist and writer Selina Guinness on a poem that speaks to this moment.

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