Dominic ORourke

About this author:

I came to London in 1989, for what I intended to be a short break - and have found it impossible to leave ever since. Born in Liverpool to Irish parents who, while I was still dealing with a snipped umbilical cord, decided to return to Ireland, where I finished school, wrote a lot of teenage angst poetry, usually in Visual Basic programming language, but sometimes in C++. On arrival in London I decided to make my mark, studied Architecture at South Bank University, and have worked for many of London's public bodies since. I still write poetry, and I also host a weekly poetry podcast where in the guise of interviewing and recording performances of other poets, I sneakily get free masterclassses in how poetry should be done!

Contact:

dominicorourke@mac.com

My Articles:

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

As promised a follow up interview with the poets as they came off stage at the Big Chill.

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My Place Or Yours performance at The Big Chill

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

A couple of podcasts for you starting with this recording of Byron, Rukus, Emma and Charlie performing their piece on the spoken word stage at the Big Chill.

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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Interview with Byron Vincent.

I caught up with Byron at Glastonbury Festival 2009, just before he rushed off for a gig at the Rabbit Hole, and we sat down for a quick chat.

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ukPoetryPodcast episode 82

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

An interview with Rukus.

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ukPoetryPodcast episode 81

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

An interview with Jay Bernard

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Big in Japan

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

One of my favorite opening line book quotes comes from the first line of William Gibson’s Neuromancer, a Cyberpunk sci-fi novel set, not just in the future, but in the next few hours.

The Sky was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel.

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My Place or Yours Podcast no. 2

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

A chance to listen to Charlie Jordan and Emma McGordan talk about the preparations they are putting into their residencies.

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Listen Again (it’s a pun on the BBC Radio 4 show)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

I’m having to repost this comment, as I’m having trouble saving changes to the old comment – it’s the same podcast of all the participants you may have heard a few months ago – don’t worry, a new show will be airing within the next week, so stay tuned.

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My place or yours – podcast

Friday, November 14th, 2008

My Place or Yours podcast

Hi all,
as part of the workshop setting the scene for this event, Apples and Snakes asked me if I’d podcast some of their writers.

I started by recording the thoughts of many of the artists and co-ordinators over a period of three days, as everyone got to know each other.

I intend to get at least two more shows a month over the length of this programme and to go into a bit more depth with the writers in future interviews.

If you want to get involved, join us on Skype for a chat sometime – my contact details is dominicorourke

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