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Sally Hayden

How storytelling shapes our understanding of migration.

Claire-Louise Bennett

The author of Pond and Checkout 19 on the influence of Tove Ditlevsen, ...

Dermot Bolger

The poet, playwright and novelist looks at the life and enduring legacy of ...

Sarah Maria Griffin

The Dublin writer on the importance of zines.

Dúlra (The Elements, Nature)

Hear how the natural word is perceived by Irish writers in the past and pre ...

Clábar (Mud)

Irish clábar lies behind Hiberno-English clabber and clauber , but for ...

Gé (Goose)

The sure signs of winter included the sound of a barnacle goose.

Immram (Voyage)

The theme of  immram,  or voyage, is central to a number of poems by Nuala ...

Jan Carson

Jan Carson on how her childhood in Northern Ireland informed The Raptures ...

Ireland's Dark Tourism

In this episode of The Dublin Gothic Podcast, recorded live in front of an ...

John Boyne

In this episode of City of Books , writer John Boyne speaks to host Mart ...

Andrew Meehan

In this episode of City of Books, writer Andrew Meehan speaks to host Marti ...

A Royal Affair

In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin speaks to Emily Houri ...

Sense of Beginning

In this episode of City of Books , host Martina Devlin speaks to Cristín ...

Sarah Moss

In this episode, Dr Katie Mishler sits down with novelist and UCD Profess ...

Hidden Truths in Reissued Classics

In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin speaks to Catherine D ...

Now the Other: Alex Lawes

Now the Other is a podcast which focuses on artists, musicians and make ...

Breaking Point: Burned Out and Bottoming Out

In this episode of City of Books, Martina Devlin talks to Edel Coffey abo ...

Making Music with Birds and Bugs

In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin speaks to Professor D ...

Now the Other: Dragana Jurišić

In this episode of Now the Other, host Luke Fallon speaks to artist Dragana ...

Jan Carson: What Words Had Once Been

The influence of a personal experience of dementia on creative work.

Jan Carson: Writing Dementia

The complexities and ethics of writing from the perspective of people with ...

Jan Carson: It's Not About You

Finding a balance between creative freedom and the responsibility of respec ...

Learwife: Hatching and Hoping

In this episode of City of Books, author JR Thorp talks to host Martina Dev ...

Hold Open the Door: Bebe Ashley, Emma Must and Sinéad Morrissey

This episode features poets Bebe Ashley, Emma Must and Sinéad Morrissey in ...

Marching To Her Own Beat

In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin talks to Belfast pl ...

Hold Open the Door: Annemarie Ní Churreáin & Rory Duffy

This episode features Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Rory Duffy in conversation ...

Now the Other: Laura Fitzgerald

Luke Fallon speaks to artist Laura Fitzgerald about discovering Beckett, he ...

Love and Loss

In this episode of City of Books , Martina Devlin talks about her novel ...

Carlo Gébler on the Power of Greek Myths

In this episode of City of Books Carlo Gébler speaks to host Martina Devlin ...

Big Top, Big Dreams: Sarah Webb

In this episode of City of Books Sarah Webb speaks to host Martina Devl ...

The Road Less Travelled

In this episode, host Martina Devlin speaks to Rosaleen McDonagh, whose ext ...

Paul Perry's Eden Gone Wrong

In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin speaks to Paul Perry ...

In Praise of Difficult Women

In this episode of City of Books , host Martina Devlin speaks to Evelyn Co ...

Now the Other: Fatti Burke

In the first episode of Now the Other , host Luke Fallon speaks to illustr ...

Lisa McInerney's Riotous Revelations

In this episode of City of Books , host Martina Devlin talks to Lisa McIne ...

Look! It's A Woman Writer!

In this episode of City of Books , host Martina Devlin speaks to Éilís Ní ...

Nora Barnacle: Joyce's Muse

Nuala O’Connor talks to Martina Devlin of City of Books about her new boo ...

'What's Wrong with Dreaming?'

E.R. Murray chats to Lily Cahill about exploration, empathy and asks, ' ...

Rónán Hession on Why Kindness is King

'Kindness is king' Rónán Hession, author of Leonard and Hungry Pa ...

John Banville Fades to Black

John Banville tells City of Books presenter Martina Devlin why he' ...

‘Flared in the Mind's Eye’

Louise O'Neill chats to Lily Cahill about everything from the concept ...

Myth-Making Michael Collins

Michael Collins is the the Irish Civil War's most famous casualty but ...

The Psychology of Horror

Dr Noreen Giffney and Brian J. Showers join Dr Katie Mishler to discuss why ...

‘Brain Fever’

Journalist and essayist Patrick Freyne reads ‘Brain Fever’, an essay he pub ...

Grá (Love)

Read by Caroline Lennon. An insight into the eighteenth-century poem m ...

Lus An Chromchinn (Daffodil)

Over the centuries, some beautiful and memorable names of flowers and plant ...

Gaoth (Wind)

From 'the Night of the Big Wind' to Flann O’Brien’s description o ...

Instances of the Number 63

Louise O'Neill talks about feminism, kindness, isolation and writing a ...

Cró (Enclosure)

From cró madra ‘a dog kennel’ to cró snáthaide ‘the eye of a needle’, this ...

Craobh (Branch)

Find out why Douglas Hyde published verse under the pseudonym An Craoibhín ...

Crith Talún (Earthquake)

Medieval Irish chronicles and stories sometimes mention ‘the movement of th ...

Amadán (Fool)

Unravelling the sinister history of amadán, the Modern Irish word for ‘fool ...

Leabharlann (Library)

Hear about how books were stored in medieval Irish libraries and about how ...

Gorm (Blue)

Read by Deirdre Lewis. How colour is described is determined by cultur ...

Cuing (Yoke)

The Irish are fond of referring to an ‘ould yoke’, but how were words for ‘ ...

Gloss/Clós/Glas

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin’s poem Gloss/Clós/Glas explores the sound and meanin ...

Ulcha (Beard)

Beards are status symbols in the world of early Irish literature. Such is t ...

Dinnsheanchas (A Literature of Place)

Real space without and imaginative space within: how the poetry of Nuala Ní ...

Fás aon oíche (Mushroom)

Ireland has a great biodiversity of fungi but how have the Irish referred t ...

Coll (Hazel tree)

Hazel trees have greatly benefited the people of Ireland since medieval tim ...

Damhán alla (Spider)

The Irish term for a spider has long been a source of puzzlement.

Tarbh (Bull)

In early Ireland, many activities were not permitted on a Sunday; but you c ...

Cleas (Trick or Feat)

The early Irish hero Cú Chulainn was accomplished in an array of feats incl ...

Duileasg (Dulse)

In his poetry, Seamus Heaney referred often to ‘dulse’, but how does this e ...

Bog (Soft)

Some shared insights into the relationship between the Irish adjective bog ...

Snámh (Swimming)

Hear about traditions of wild swimming and the dangers of swimming on a ful ...

Smugairle Róin (Jellyfish)

A look into the history of the Irish phrase smugairle róin, which is widely ...

Maighdean Mhara (Mermaid)

This episode explores the concept of fish-women and other sea-creatures men ...

'Close to Magic'

Sarah Maria Griffin on portals, bad advice and how writing can free us.

A Poetic Licence Earned

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin about a time when books were banned as well as how h ...

The Truth About Secrets and Lies

Writer Eoin McNamee talks about how his tendency to blend fact and fiction ...

More Than One String to His Mandolin

Louis de Bernièreson his life and career, from the success of Captain Core ...

How My Film Won An Oscar

Emma Donoghue talks about working with director Lenny Abrahamson on the fil ...

Melatu Uche Okorie Reads Ian Shine And Jonathan Edwards

Melatu Uche Okorie joins Sally Rooney to read and discuss ‘Cute’, by Ian Sh ...

Emilie Pine Reads Julian Gough

Emilie Pine and Sally Rooney read and discuss Julian Gough’s essay, ‘How To ...

The Diplomatic Arts

Ambassador Daniel Mulhall talks to Martina Devlin about how literature can ...

A Modern Dilemma

Joanna Trollope on the pressures on the 'sandwich generation' and ...

The Shambles of Maamtrasna

The Maamtrasna murders, "one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in ...

Charles Maturin in Marsh's Library

Dr. Christina Morin and Dr. Jason McElligott join Dr Katie Mishler to discu ...

Haunted by the Ghost

In her first podcast interview since being named winner of the An Post Iri ...

The Fine Art of Reading

Artist Robert Ballagh talks to Martina Devlin about why Samuel Beckett thou ...

Life Lessons with Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes talks to Martina Devlin about everything from why she believes ...

The Night Gym

Róisín Kiberd reads her essay 'The Night Gym' and tells Aingeala ...

The Gravity Wave

Peter Sirr on how the violent collisions of black holes in space translate ...

Filleadh ón Antartach

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh's poem tells a story of a man who travels to Ant ...

Twine

While clearing out space beneath the stairs of his mother’s house, Gerald D ...

Catherine Prasifka

In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin talks to debut noveli ...

Lowering the Heart Rate

Anne Enright on how writing consumes her life, on moving beyond comprehensi ...

Dulra (Nature)

Learn about the word dulra or ‘nature’ and its etymology steeped in Iris ...

Louise O'Neill: After the Silence

In this episode of City of Books host Martina Devlin is joined by author ...

A Visit from the Banshee

A live recording from the launch of a new collection of Irish ghost stories ...

Announcing Books and Their Makers

Books and their Makers is a new podcast series on RadioMoLI exploring the ...

Paul Lynch & Juliet Mabey

The Booker Prize-winner and his publisher in conversation with Prof. Margar ...

Gaëlle Bélem

The author and her translators Karen Fleetwood and Laëtitia Saint-Loubert o ...

The Art of the Journal

Small press publishing, and the spaces where art and writing meet.
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