Writing
Claire-Louise Bennett
Writer Presents
The author of Pond and Checkout 19 on the influence of Tove Ditlevsen, Ann Quin and Annie Ernaux.
Jan Carson
City of Books
Jan Carson on how her childhood in Northern Ireland informed The Raptures.
all these words
all these words is an immersive audio-visual experience of Samuel Beckett’s novel The Unnamable , ...
Richard Robinson: "Proustian Memory"
The Irish Proust
Richard Robinson (Swansea University), "'Real without Being Actual, Ideal without Being Abstract’: Proustian Memory and ...
Eamon Maher: "Proustian Echoes"
The Irish Proust
Eamon Maher (Technological University of Dublin): “Proustian Echoes in the Work of John McGahern”. The ...
Deirdre McMahon: "Proust Revisited"
The Irish Proust
Deirdre McMahon (University College Dublin): “Proust Revisited: The Legacy of Marcel Proust in Brendan Behan’s ...
Barry McCrea, Keynote
The Irish Proust
Barry McCrea (University of Notre Dame): “Proust, Ireland, and the socio-economic language of the novel”. ...
Andrew Meehan
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books, writer Andrew Meehan speaks to host Martina Devlin about how it took him three books to realise he was writing love stories.
Jan Carson: Writing Dementia
Writer Presents
The complexities and ethics of writing from the perspective of people with dementia.
Jan Carson: It's Not About You
Writer Presents
Finding a balance between creative freedom and the responsibility of respect that authors and artists carry.
Learwife: Hatching and Hoping
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books, author JR Thorp talks to host Martina Devlin about her debut novel Learwife and the inspiration behind writing about a character who is only referenced twice in Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Hold Open the Door: Bebe Ashley, Emma Must and Sinéad Morrissey
Hold Open the Door
This episode features poets Bebe Ashley, Emma Must and Sinéad Morrissey in conversation about the influence they have had on one another, Belfast as a key theme in their work, and the importance of getting feedback.
Marching To Her Own Beat
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin talks to Belfast playwright and ...
Hold Open the Door: Nithy Kasa & Jean O'Brien
Hold Open the Door
On learning not to be strong, teaching creative writing, writing in English as a fourth language, and finding trusted readers.
Carlo Gébler on the Power of Greek Myths
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books Carlo Gébler speaks to host Martina Devlin about his latest novel I, Antigone and his reasoning for choosing Antigone as the narrator.
Paul Perry's Eden Gone Wrong
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin speaks to Paul Perry about his new book The Garden and how it was informed by his own experiences working on an orchid farm in Florida for three years in the 1990s.
Lisa McInerney's Riotous Revelations
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin talks to Lisa McInerney about The Glorious Heresies trilogy, including the exciting third novel, The Rules Of Revelation, which was recently released.
Look! It's A Woman Writer!
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin speaks to Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and Lia Mills about Look! It's A Woman Writer! – a new collection of essays.
Rónán Hession on Why Kindness is King
City of Books
'Kindness is king' Rónán Hession, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul, tells Martina Devlin in the latest City of Books podcast.
John Banville Fades to Black
City of Books
John Banville tells City of Books presenter Martina Devlin why he's killed off his own ...
‘Brain Fever’
The Dublin Review Podcast
Journalist and essayist Patrick Freyne reads ‘Brain Fever’, an essay he published in The Dublin Review.
The Truth About Secrets and Lies
City of Books
Writer Eoin McNamee talks about how his tendency to blend fact and fiction has received both criticism and acclaim.
More Than One String to His Mandolin
City of Books
Louis de Bernièreson his life and career, from the success of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin to the release of the final book in his trilogy which was created from his interpretation of what happened to his grandparents’ lives.
Melatu Uche Okorie Reads Ian Shine And Jonathan Edwards
The Stinging Fly Podcast
Melatu Uche Okorie joins Sally Rooney to read and discuss ‘Cute’, by Ian Shine, and ‘FA Cup Winners On Open Top Bus Tour of My Village’, by Jonathan Edwards.
Emilie Pine Reads Julian Gough
The Stinging Fly Podcast
Emilie Pine and Sally Rooney read and discuss Julian Gough’s essay, ‘How To Edit Your Own Lousy Writing’.
Evelyn Conlon Reads ‘The Park’
The Stinging Fly Podcast
Evelyn Conlon reads and discusses ‘The Park’, her story about Pope John Paul II’s visit to Ireland in 1979.
The Inner Poet
Irish Poetry Reading Archive
Mark Roper talks about the voice that everyone has that instills doubt in the worst possible moments.
'The Singer'
Irish Poetry Reading Archive
Medbh McGuckian looks at how being a poet requires making certain sacrifices.
Life Lessons with Marian Keyes
City of Books
Marian Keyes talks to Martina Devlin about everything from why she believes in supporting other women, to why bulimia is possibly the cruellest addiction.
On Pollution
Across two prescient articles from her Long Distance columns, Kate O'Brien writes about hygiene, pollution, packaging and biodiversity loss.
Lowering the Heart Rate
A Mind at Work
Anne Enright on how writing consumes her life, on moving beyond comprehension reading Ulysses, and feeling the 'pang of loss' when a piece of writing is finished.
All Strangers Here
The launch of an anthology of writing by Irish diplomats and their families, hosted at MoLI on 18 November 2021.
Louise O'Neill: After the Silence
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books host Martina Devlin is joined by author Louise O’Neill to discuss her lauded new novel, After the Silence. O’Neill recounts the dark events that inspired the work: the murder of a young French woman off the coast of West Cork in her youth.
