The Book Show S3 #22 Sara Taylor, Unwanted Books, and Maggie O’Farrell
This week on The Book Show, Sinéad Gleeson is joined by US writer Sara Taylor. Her latest book is called The Lauras and it follows a mother and daughter as…
Read MoreThe Book Show
The Book Show S3 #21 Eula Biss, Tom Gauld and Neil Hegarty
This week on The Book Show Sinéad Gleeson talks to Eula Biss, the author of a book called On Immunity: An Inoculation (Fitzcaraldo Editions) which is a personal and political…
Read More
The Book Show S3 #20 Erica Jong and New Orleans Lit Tour
We speak with feminist icon of The Fear of Flying Erica Jong about her sex, growing old and being taken seriously and visit New Orleans to hear how the city…
Read More
The Book Show S3 #19 Louis de Bernières & Kit de Waal
This week on The Book Show we talk to best-selling author Louis de Berniéres about his latest novel The Dust That Falls From Dreams. De Berniéres is probably best known…
Read More
The Book Show Culture Night Special S3 #18
RTÉ Radio 1’s The Book Show invites audiences to join them in recording a special programme for Culture Night. Sinead Gleeson speaks to crime writers Liz Nugent, Arlene Hunt and…
Read More
The Book Show S3 #17 The Aeneid, Tangerine & Garth Greenwell
This week Sinéad Gleeson visits theatre company Collapsing Horse as they rehearse their stage version of The Aeneid ahead of the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival. Director Dan Colley and his…
Read More
The Book Show S3 #16 Kelman, Ministry of SUITs, Kate Summerscale
On this week’s show Sinéad Gleeson speaks to Scottish author James Kelman about his heart warming new novel, Dirt Road. The novel is set in Alabama and it tells the…
Read More
The Book Show S3 #16 Edinburgh Book Festival: Val McDermid & Ian Rankin
The Book Show returns from its summer break with a special programme recorded at The Edinburgh International Book Festival. It’s one of the largest book festivals and this year over…
Read More
The Book Show S3 #14 14th May2016 (Lionel Shriver, Kei Miller, Philip Hensher)
The Book Show, Saturday 14th May This week on The Book Show we talk to American writer Lionel Shriver who is well known for her novel We Need To Talk…
Read More
The Book Show S3 #14 7th May 2016 (Hotels and Words Ireland)
This week The Book Show visits hotels through the pages of a novel and a work of non-fiction. Joanna Walsh began writing reviews of hotels after her marriage ended…
Read More