The Book Show – S2 #12
On the show this week Regan Hutchins explores the work of American poet Thom Gunn, an award-winning poet known for works that included Fighting Terms, Touch and The Man With…
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The Book Show – S2 #11
Tonight on The Book Show we hear all about ghost stories. Sinead visits the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and is joined by archivist Maedhbh Murphy there who shows…
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The Book Show – S2 #10
Alan Cumming has just been nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance in The GoodWife and his now reprised role in Cabaret on Broadway has earned him huge acclaim…now…
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The Book Show – S2 #9
This week on The Book Show we’re live from The Twisted Pepper The Book Show is broadcast in front of a live audience in Dublin’s Twisted Pepper this week, in…
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The Book Show – S2 #8
This week on The Book Show we’re focusing on Young Adult Fiction. Eoin Colfer is the Children’s Laureate for ireland and the author of the Artemis Fowl series (which has…
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The Book Show – S2 #7
This week The Book Show visits the writer and broadcaster Clive James for an extended interview at his home in Cambridge. Since he joined The Observer newspaper as a television…
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The Book Show – S2 #6
This week Sinead talks to Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty about his work Lamb, Cal and just-published short stories and also in the programme we learn what to do with an…
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The Book Show – S2 #5
Peter Carey Two time Booker winner Peter Carey’s new novel Amnesia uses as background mid-70s Australian history, when the Whitlam Labour government was brought down by US and British…
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The Book Show – S2 #4
SUBURBIA AND WRITING Encircling Worlds: Imagining Irish Suburbia was a recent conference, held at Carlow College and VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, where a number of writers and artists came…
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The Book Show – S2 #3
The Tools of Historical Fiction On this week’s show Sinead visits Marsh’s Library with Eibhear Walshe (The Diary of Mary Travers) to discuss the inspiration for this historical novel. The Diary…
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