Podcast
Sally Hayden
Writer Presents
How storytelling shapes our understanding of migration.
Claire-Louise Bennett
Writer Presents
The author of Pond and Checkout 19 on the influence of Tove Ditlevsen, Ann Quin and Annie Ernaux.
Dermot Bolger
Writer Presents
The poet, playwright and novelist looks at the life and enduring legacy of architect Herbert Simms.
Jan Carson
City of Books
Jan Carson on how her childhood in Northern Ireland informed The Raptures.
Ireland's Dark Tourism
The Dublin Gothic Podcast
In this episode of The Dublin Gothic Podcast, recorded live in front of an audience in MoLI’s Old Physics Theatre as part of First Fridays, Dr Katie Mishler speaks to Dr Gillian O’Brien about her book The Darkness Echoing: Exploring Ireland's Places of Famine, Death and Rebellion.
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.
Hidden Truths in Reissued Classics
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin speaks to Catherine Dunne and Lia Mills.
Now the Other: Alex Lawes
Now the Other Podcast
Now the Other is a podcast which focuses on artists, musicians and makers, and the ...
Now the Other: Dragana Jurišić
Now the Other Podcast
In this episode of Now the Other, host Luke Fallon speaks to artist Dragana Jurišić about the importance of passing down fairytales from generation to generation, working with Paula Meehan, and how photography is essentially writing using light.
Jan Carson: What Words Had Once Been
Writer Presents
The influence of a personal experience of dementia on creative work.
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 ...
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.
In Praise of Difficult Women
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin speaks to Evelyn Conlon about her new short story collection Moving About the Place and the various characters in it.
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 ...
The Psychology of Horror
The Dublin Gothic Podcast
Dr Noreen Giffney and Brian J. Showers join Dr Katie Mishler to discuss why we find comfort in fear.
‘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’.
The Diplomatic Arts
City of Books
Ambassador Daniel Mulhall talks to Martina Devlin about how literature can act as a cultural bridge.
A Modern Dilemma
Joanna Trollope on the pressures on the 'sandwich generation' and the importance of equality of opportunity. Plus Colum McCann remembers Eavan Boland.
Charles Maturin in Marsh's Library
The Dublin Gothic Podcast
Dr. Christina Morin and Dr. Jason McElligott join Dr Katie Mishler to discuss Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer - a hallmark of Gothic literature - and also touch on some bizarre findings in Marsh's Library.
The Fine Art of Reading
City of Books
Artist Robert Ballagh talks to Martina Devlin about why Samuel Beckett thought he kept him waiting for breakfast, and Mary Costello takes a tour of the Joyce Tower.
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.
The Night Gym
The Dublin Review Podcast
Róisín Kiberd reads her essay 'The Night Gym' and tells Aingeala Flannery what inspired her to write the piece.
The Gravity Wave
Words Lightly Spoken
Peter Sirr on how the violent collisions of black holes in space translate into a love poem.
Catherine Prasifka
City of Books
In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin talks to debut novelist Catherine Prasifka.
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.
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.
