Podcast

Dúlra (The Elements, Nature)
Hear how the natural word is perceived by Irish writers in the past and pre ...
Ireland's Dark Tourism
In this episode of The Dublin Gothic Podcast, recorded live in front of an ...
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 Nà Churreáin & Rory Duffy
This episode features Annemarie Nà Churreáin and Rory Duffy in conversation ...
Now the Other: Laura Fitzgerald
Luke Fallon speaks to artist Laura Fitzgerald about discovering Beckett, he ...
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 ÉilÃs Nà ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
Lus An Chromchinn (Daffodil)
Over the centuries, some beautiful and memorable names of flowers and plant ...
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 ...
Crith Talún (Earthquake)
Medieval Irish chronicles and stories sometimes mention ‘the movement of th ...
Leabharlann (Library)
Hear about how books were stored in medieval Irish libraries and about how ...
Gloss/Clós/Glas
Eiléan Nà Chuilleanáin’s poem Gloss/Clós/Glas explores the sound and meanin ...
Dinnsheanchas (A Literature of Place)
Real space without and imaginative space within: how the poetry of Nuala NÃ ...
Fás aon oÃche (Mushroom)
Ireland has a great biodiversity of fungi but how have the Irish referred t ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Poetic Licence Earned
Eiléan Nà 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 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 ...
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 ...
Lowering the Heart Rate
Anne Enright on how writing consumes her life, on moving beyond comprehensi ...
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 ...