The Book Show S4 #13 Robert Webb, Kit de Waal, Sally Rooney
This week on The Book Show, Sinéad Gleeson speaks to the UK writer and comedian Robert Webb about his new book How Not To Be A Boy. Webb is well…
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Inside Culture – S2#26 (Cultural Legacy Of The Russian Revolution, Masha Gessen, Gavin Murphy, Brian Hand)
On this week’s Inside Culture we examine the cultural legacy of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Professor of the History of Art at the University of Kent, Christina Loddder, discusses the…
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The Book Show S4 #17 A Letter To A Character
This week The Book Show comes from Dublin’s Smock Alley Theatre where a special hour-long episode was recorded in front of a live audience. ‘A Letter To A Character’ is…
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The Book Show S4 #18 1917
This week The Book Show hears about the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and the effect they had on Russian writers. Throughout the hour we hear from a number of speakers…
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The Book Show S4 #16 David Hayden, John Fante, Julie Buntin
This week on The Book Show Sinéad Gleeson speaks to David Hayden about his debut collection of short stories, Darker With The Lights On which has been published recently. The…
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The Book Show S4 #15 Hollie McNish, Ghostwriting, Alan Johnson
The week on The Book Show Sinéad Gleeson speaks to the UK poet Hollie McNish who recently published her latest collection of poetry, Plum. The collection received a lot of…
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The Book Show S4 #14 Natasha Pulley, EM Reapy, Journals
This week on The Book Show Sinéad Gleeson speaks to the writer Natasha Pulley. Her latest book, The Bedlam Stacks, is set in the 19th century. Merrick Tremain, an India…
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The Book Show S4 #12 Nick Laird, JP Donleavy, A Letter To A Character Competition
On this week’s Book Show, Sinéad Gleeson speaks to the Northern Irish writer Nick Laird about his latest novel, Modern Gods. It’s set in both Ireland and Papua New Guinea…
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The Book Show S4 #11 Maggie O’Farrell, Seán O’Reilly, Letter To A Character
Sinéad Gleeson speaks to writer Maggie O’Farrell about her latest book which is a memoir. I Am I Am I Am: 17 Brushes With Death (Tinder Press) is, as the…
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The Book Show S4 #10 Will Self
Tonight’s Book Show was recorded at Smock Alley Theatre in front of a live audience. Sinéad Gleeson interviewed the British writer Will Self during this year’s International Festival of Literature…
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