Writing

Richard Robinson: "Proustian Memory"
Richard Robinson (Swansea University), "'Real without Being Act ...
Eamon Maher: "Proustian Echoes"
Eamon Maher (Technological University of Dublin): “Proustian Echoes in th ...
Deirdre McMahon: "Proust Revisited"
Deirdre McMahon (University College Dublin): “Proust Revisited: The Legac ...
Breaking Point: Burned Out and Bottoming Out
In this episode of City of Books, Martina Devlin talks to Edel Coffey abo ...
Hold Open the Door: Annemarie Ní Churreáin & Rory Duffy
This episode features Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Rory Duffy in conversation ...
Making Music with Birds and Bugs
In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin speaks to Professor D ...
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: Nithy Kasa & Jean O'Brien
On learning not to be strong, teaching creative writing, writing in English ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lisa McInerney's Riotous Revelations
In this episode of City of Books, host Martina Devlin talks to Lis ...
'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 ...
Instances of the Number 63
Louise O'Neill talks about feminism, kindness, isolation and writing a ...
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 C ...
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 ...
Evelyn Conlon Reads ‘The Park’
Evelyn Conlon reads and discusses ‘The Park’, her story about Pope John Pau ...
Anne Enright on an Altered Ireland
In this episode Anne Enright speaks to Martina Devlin about how Ireland has ...
Life Lessons with Marian Keyes
Marian Keyes talks to Martina Devlin about everything from why she believes ...
Pushing Ink onto a Page
Roddy Doyle misses the sound of an electric typewriter, speaks of discoveri ...
Exploring the Sea in the Work of Eavan Boland and W.B. Yeats
Jody Allen Randolph explores the 'landless inheritance' of two of ...
James Joyce, Treeless Hills and the Night of the Big Wind
Katherine O'Callaghan looks at the influence of forests on Joyce' ...
Lowering the Heart Rate
Anne Enright on how writing consumes her life, on moving beyond comprehensi ...
What Is The Word Discussion
This discussion explores the inspiration, dramaturgy, and design of the exh ...
Louise O'Neill: After the Silence
In this episode of City of Books host Martina Devlin is joined by ...
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 ...