Danny Morrison
Danny Morrison (b. 1953) is a writer who lives in Belfast. He is the author of four novels - West Belfast; On The Back of The Swallow; The Wrong Man; and Rudi – In The Shadow of Knulp; a prison journal/letters – Then The Walls Came Down; a memoir – All The Dead Voices; a play – The Wrong Man, and some scenes for the play Binlids; a collection of political writings – Rebel Columns; and editor of a literary anthology - Hunger Strike: Reflections on the 1981 Hunger Strike. His short stories have appeared in a number of publications and have been broadcast on BBC, RTE and Lyric FM. He is currently working on a fifth novel, provisionally-titled, Band on the Run; and a play, The Mental.
He is a former national director of publicity for Sinn Féin and a republican political prisoner. As well as writing, he is the secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust and has for several years been chairperson of Féile an Phobail, the community festival founded in West Belfast in 1988.
Contact Danny Morrison at danny@dannymorrison.com.
Features
‘A Twisted Root’
Being expelled from St Dominic’s Grammar in 1959 over an innocent adolescent...
James Nolan – A Hero
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Death of Thatcher
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Armalites to Ballot Boxes
Fifteen years ago I covered for The Guardian and the Irish Examiner the negotiations...
Oscar’s Dorian Gray
Dr Jörg Rademacher, the German translator of my novels, wrote a critical feature...
Gibraltar Anniversary
Twenty-five years ago three IRA Volunteers, Mairead Farrell, Dan McCann and Sean...
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One City, One Book
Whiterock Road Library last night. It was great listening to three writers and...
Enjoyed the Q & A
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William Crawley Interview
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Reading in Cork
Appeared at Scribes, a literary event organised by the Cork Life Long Learning Festival,...
Kevin Brady Remembered
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