The Book Show Season 4

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…

The Book Show S4 #10 Will Self

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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The Book Show – S2 #16

The Book Show – S2 #16

Tonight we travel to New York to meet filmmaker, artist and author Miranda July who has just published her first novel, The First Bad Man (Canongate Books). The novel tells…

The Book Show – S2 #15

The Book Show – S2 #15

As the UK publisher Picador announces its new imprint, Picador Classics – which includes Irish authors John Banville, Colm Toibín, Pat McCabe and Niall Williams – we ask What Makes…

The Book Show – S2 #14

The Book Show – S2 #14

This evening Sinead Gleeson is joined by broadcaster Rick O’Shea, bookseller Louisa Cameron and Sam Jordison from The Guardian Readers’ Group to discuss book clubs. Both Rick and Sam host…

The Book Show – S2 #12

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…

The Book Show – S2 #11

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…

The Book Show – S2 #10

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…

The Book Show – S2 #9

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…

The Book Show – S2 #8

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…

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…

The Book Show – S2 #6

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…

The Book Show – S2 #5

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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