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Unearthed, Dublin working class literary voices

Broadcasting every Friday at 3.30pm, starts Friday October 11th.

Unearthed is a five part series that captures a wide diversity of Dubliners reading their original poetry and prose. In many cases we hear Dublin working class accents and  voices not often associated with the literary world. Many of the writers featured are drawn from the Working Class Writing Archive (WCWA).

Through performance and discussion, we celebrate their writing and examine why writing from this background is often excluded from the mainstream Arts sector.  We’ll also hear from practitioners, academics and established writers from working class backgrounds.

Thank you to all the contributors – Emma Penney, Sophie Meehan, Jenny Derbyshire, Madge O’Callaghan, Maeve McKenna, Hazel Hogan, All Together in Dignity (Tara Doherty, Paul Uzell, Jimmy Power, Christina Power, Andrew Holohan), Mary Oyediran, Martin Byrne, Jeremie Lugemba, Eithna Hogan, Liam O’Meara, Kelsey May Daly, Halyna Budilova, Rosie Meade, Lesley Byrne, Ian Anthony Lawless, Paul Curran family,  Colm Keegan, Roxanna Nic Liam, Dr Michael Pierse, Sinead McClure, Paul Murray, Kay Foran, Paula Meehan                   

Production team – Produced by Ciaran Murray and Paula Wiseman. Presented by Ciaran Murray. Research Consultant is Dr. Emma Penney.

This series is made with the support of Coimisiún Na Mean and the Television license fee.

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