The Book Show – S2 #27
On tonight’s show Scottish author Ali Smith talks to Sinead about her latest novel How To Be Both. The novel, which was published last year by Hamish Hamilton has this…
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The Book Show – S2 #26
Tonight on The Book Show we travel back to 1915, the year before The Easter Rising. We explore the ideas, books and writers that were current at that time. The…
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The Book Show – S2 #25
This week The Book Show turns the spotlight on Roddy Doyle in a rare feature length interview. His celebrated The Barrytown Trilogy (The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van) is…
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The Book Show – S2 #24
On this week’s Book Show we hear a reading from Akhil Sharma’s novel Family Life. Akhil was a guest on The Book Show last year and this week his novel…
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The Book Show – S2 #23
On this week’s Book Show we hear a reading from Akhil Sharma’s novel Family Life. Akhil was a guest on The Book Show last year and this week his novel…
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The Book Show – S2 #22
On The Book Show this week we talk to debut novelist Lucy Wood about Weathering. It’s the story of three generations of women whose lives are centred on a house…
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The Book Show – S2 #21
We celebrate International Women’s Day this week on The Book Show with an all-woman show! Beginning in Bath, in the UK, Sinead Gleeson talks to Viv Groskop. Viv is a…
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The Book Show – S2 #20
This week on The Book Show, we explore books and translation. We begin at the Centre for Literary Translation which this year celebrates its 21st anniversary. Sinéad Gleeson visits…
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The Book show – S2 #19
This week The Book Show visits The Irish Writers’ Centre in Dublin to hear about their annual Novel Fair. On Saturday 21st of February, 12 writers (from a list of…
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The Book Show – S2 #18
In this week’s show, writers Liz Nugent and SJ Watson join Sinead in studio to discuss their psychological thrillers and the dark side of love. Liz Nugent’s debut novel Unravelling…
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