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THE WORKS PRESENTS***New Series***

John Kelly & Paula Meehan Image Name: John Kelly & Paula Meehan Description: John Kelly & Paula Meehan

In conversations with John, these key creative forces, share insights into how and why they work in their chosen fields. John explores what inspires them and how it drives them.

The poet Paula Meehan is one of the best known and distinctive voices . A former Ireland Professor of Poetry , her work is not only critically acclaimed but with poems such as The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks, has also entered the public consciousness . She has published seven collections of poetry, for which she has won numerous awards including the Marten Toonder Award for Literature, The Butler Literary Award for Poetry, the Denis Devlin Memorial Award and the PPI Award for Radio Drama.

Born in 1955, the eldest of six , she spent her early years in the old tenements on the corner of Sean McDermott Street and Gardiner Street. Her family history and ties to Monto, the redlight district of inner city Dublin are the subject of her new collection, due to be published next year.