With Kevin Power and Liam McNally
Kevin Power talks about ‘White City’, his second novel. Aifric O’Connell looks at what happens when novels go out of copyright. With Bob Dylan turning...
RTÉ - The Book Show
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An all-new show that's all about books from the man with the biggest book club in Ireland, Rick O'Shea! As well as chatting to literary luminaries, we've got the latest book news and events and we ask both listeners and celebrities to share their reading recommendations - plus every week one Irish book club gets the chance to put their questions directly to the author of a book which they have read.
With Louise Nealon and Anne Griffin
Louise Nealon’s ‘Snowflake’ is one of the most anticipated debut novels of the year, but ‘pressure is for tyres’ she says. Breda Brown is in studio to...
With Fíona Scarlett and Conor O'Clery
Fíona Scarlett talks about the surprising moment of inspiration for her debut novel ‘Boys Don’t Cry’. Aifric O’Connell has some very useful ‘tips and ...
With Jon McGregor, Catriona Ward and Breda Brown
Not one to make life easy for himself, Jon McGregor set about trying to write interestingly about the vast, white and relatively featureless landscape...
With Jessica Bruder and John Boyne
With Nomadland the film getting all the plaudits we speak to investigative journalist Jessica Bruder who wrote the original book detailing the lives o...
With Joseph O'Connor, Dr Aoife Bhreatnach and Max Porter.
Max Porter talks about The Death of Francis Bacon. Dr Aoife Bhreatnach is reading Ireland's formerly banned books to hunt out the filth, the muck and ...
With Louise Kennedy & Emer McLysaght
Louise Kennedy reflects on rave reviews and being an inspiration for other women who have come to writing later in life. Catherine Ryan Howard says th...
With Neil Jordan and Rónán Hession
Neil Jordan discusses 'The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small'. The Fingal Libraries Online Book Club puts the questions to Rónán Hession about '...
Christmas 2020
Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Liz Nugent, Michael Harding, Catherine Ryan Howard, Mike McCormack, Elaine Feeney, Patrick Freyne & Anna Carey join with book clu...
With Mark Tighe and Maggie O'Farrell
With the huge success of Champagne Football, Mark Tighe talks about it and the inspiration he found in All The President's Men. The Best Book Club EVE...