The Little Red Balloon
The Little Red Balloon
A reading of 'The Little Red Balloon', the winning entry in the 15-18 category of the Children's Short Story competition... Read more
1 Apr 2020
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1min
Darran Anderson, author of Inventory
Darran Anderson, author of Inventory
Books Editor Martin Doyle talks to Darran Anderson about his memoir of growing up in Troubles-torn Derry, Inventory: A R... Read more
8 Feb 2020
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33mins
The best crime fiction of 2019
The best crime fiction of 2019
Welcome to The Irish Times Books Podcast. In this latest episode, Martin Doyle talk to The Irish Times’s two regular cri... Read more
16 Nov 2019
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40mins
Remembering Maeve Binchy - with Henrietta McKervey and Gordon Snell
Remembering Maeve Binchy - with Henrietta McKervey and Gordon Snell
On the eve of this weekend’s Echoes festival in Dalkey, celebrating Maeve Binchy and Irish writing, its programmer, auth... Read more
2 Oct 2019
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35mins
Danielle McLaughlin - A Partial List of the Saved
Danielle McLaughlin - A Partial List of the Saved
It has been some year for Danielle McLaughlin. On Thursday, she won the 2019 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, who... Read more
14 Sep 2019
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33mins
Anthony Farrell, founder of The Lilliput Press
Anthony Farrell, founder of The Lilliput Press
Antony Farrell, of Lilliput Press, which this year celebrates its 35th anniversary, discusses his career in publishing, ... Read more
16 Aug 2019
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42mins
Mick Herron, author of the Slough House series
Mick Herron, author of the Slough House series
Welcome to the latest Irish Times Books Podcast, an interview with Mick Herron, the author of the Slough House series of... Read more
6 Jul 2019
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24mins
Joseph O'Connor - Shadowplay
Joseph O'Connor - Shadowplay
Author Joseph O'Connor talks to Martin Doyle about his new novel Shadowplay, a complicated love affair featuring Dracula... Read more
8 Jun 2019
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1hr 3mins
Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan
Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan
Welcome to The Irish Times Books Podcast, which this week features my interview with Sarah Crossan, Ireland’s Laureate n... Read more
25 May 2019
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29mins
Writing for Children - with Shane Hegarty, Author of Boot & The Darkmouth Series
Writing for Children - with Shane Hegarty, Author of Boot & The Darkmouth Series
Laura Slattery interviews children's author Shane Hegarty about what it means to write for children, with their surprisi... Read more
11 May 2019
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28mins