THE WRITER’S BLOCK

with John J. Ronan

Season Premier of the 34th Season

September 7, 2023

1623 Studios and Gloucester resident John J. Ronan have announced the 34th season of the television series, The Writer’s Block with John J. Ronan.  The award-winning production is one of the oldest, continuously-running public access shows in New England and has been recognized with a First Prize for an Educational Program at the New England Cable Television Association.

This season again kicks off with the winners of the Poetry Without Paper contest, held each spring for all Gloucester students by the Lyceum at Sawyer Free Library.  The program airs Thursday, September 7, 2023, at 8:00 p.m., channel 12, and will  repeat a week later. From September 19 onward, the series will move to channel 6. After their premieres, all programs are uploaded to YouTube for the general public. 

 

John Ronan, producer and host of The Writer’s Block, is a former Gloucester Poet Laureate and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow.  His most recent book, Taking the Train of Singularity South from Midtown, appeared in 2017.  (theRonan.org)

 

“I am happy that The Writer’s Block has been a part of the Gloucester 400 celebration,” Ronan declares.  “We have survived the virus and are starting strong on the next 400 years!” 

 

For more information, send an S.A.S.E. to: The Writer’s Block with John J. Ronan

Box 5524, Gloucester, MA 01930