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Host Jason Blitman sits down with Seán Hewitt (Open, Heaven) to discuss sense memories, queer representation in school growing up, and Seán's aversion to musicals—despite offering a sharp insight into The Sound of Music's film adaptation. Later, Jason is joined by Guest Gay Reader Jeffery Self, who shares what he's currently reading, talks about his book Self Sabotage, and reflects on theatre icons Cathy Rigby, Sally Struthers, and Gary Beach.Seán Hewitt's debut collection of poetry, Tongues of Fire, won the Laurel Prize in 2021, and was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, and a Dalkey Literary Award. In 2020, he was chosen by The Sunday Times (London) as one of their “30 under 30”  artists in Ireland. His memoir, All Down Darkness Wide, is published by Jonathan Cape in the UK and Penguin Press in the United States (2022). It was shortlisted for Biography of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards, for the Foyles Book of the Year in nonfiction, for the RSL Ondaatje Prize, and for a LAMBDA award, and won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2022. Hewitt is assistant professor in literary practice at Trinity College Dublin, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.Jeffery Self is a writer and actor whose TV credits include Search Party, The Horror of Dolores Roach, Shameless, 30 Rock, Desperate Housewives, as well as co-creating and starring in the cult low-fi series Jeffery & Cole Casserole with Cole Escola. His film credits include Drop, Spoiler Alert, Mack and Rita, and The High Note. He is the author of the young adult novels Drag Teen and A Very, Very Bad Thing. He lives in New York City.SUBSTACK!https://gaysreading.substack.com/ BOOK CLUB!Use code GAYSREADING at checkout to get first book for only $4 + free shipping! Restrictions apply.http://aardvarkbookclub.com WATCH!https://youtube.com/@gaysreading FOLLOW!Instagram: @gaysreading | @jasonblitmanBluesky: @gaysreading | @jasonblitmanCONTACT!hello@gaysreading.com

Inside Books is a regular popular author interview podcast presented by Breda Brown. In this episode Breda is in conversation with Roisín O'Donnell the an award-winning author. Roisín won the prize for Short Story of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards in 2018, and was shortlisted for the same prize in 2022. She is the author of the story collection Wild Quiet, which was longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and shortlisted for the Kate O'Brien Award. Her short fiction has featured in The Stinging Fly, The Tangerine, the Irish Times and many other places

Anton sits down with Donal Ryan, one of Ireland's foremost writers. After picking up the Eason's Novel of the Year prize at the An Post Irish Book Awards with Heart, Be At Peace, Donal is on a roll.

Jenni Doherty, owner of Little Acorns bookshop in Derry, and author Paul Howard on their wins at the An Post Book Awards last night.

The annual An Post Irish Book Awards took place last night, and author Donal Ryan took home Novel of the Year for his latest book “Heart, Be at Peace”. Donal spoke to Shane this morning after his big well deserved win.

The annual An Post Irish Book Awards took place last night, and author Donal Ryan took home Novel of the Year for his latest book “Heart, Be at Peace”. Donal spoke to Shane this morning after his big well deserved win.

On today's show: 10am-11am Galway Man raises €25,000 for Gaza by driving vintage tractor along the Wild Atlantic Way Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy to run as independent We speak to a Breast Cancer survivor whose story features in a new short film The Galway authors shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards join us in studio

Clare authors feature on the shortlist for this year's An Post Irish Book Awards. A whole host of new and established writers are nominated across 20 categories, including Rachael English and Zainab Boladale. Now in its 19th year, the An Post Irish Book Awards celebrate and promote Irish writing to the widest range of readers possible. To talk more about this, Alan Morrissey was joined by author of Braids Take a Day, Zainab Boladale. Photo (c): https://obrien.ie/braids-take-a-day

Evelyn O'Rourke, Arts and Media Correspondent, reports on the shortlist for the An Post Irish Book Awards.

The An Post Irish Book Awards shortlist has been announced with many well known names like Cecelia Ahern, Sally Rooney, Colm Tóibín and Neven Maguire who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning on being nominated.

The An Post Irish Book Awards shortlist has been announced with many well known names like Cecelia Ahern, Sally Rooney, Colm Tóibín and Neven Maguire who spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning on being nominated.

Writers Kevin Barry, Edel Coffey, Christine Bohan, Conor Niland and Bert Wright from the An Post Irish Book Awards joined Matt as he unveiled the nominees for this year's Last Word Listeners' Choice category. They also discussed the importance of the awards and why Ireland is a literary powerhouse.To listen to the full conversation, press the 'play' button on this page.

An Post has identified 20 emerging Irish fiction writers whose work will be promoted in the run up to the annual An Post Irish Book Awards. Three of these writers, Fíona Scarlett, Michelle Gallen and Ferdia Lennon, join The Last Word to discuss their work and the strength of modern Irish literature.Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page!

[English version below] Tá Emer Uí Ghríofa imithe gan tásc. I gcúinne uaigneach ar bhruach na Life a aimsíonn an Garda Réamonn Seoighe a corp. Tá a mac, Dan, cráite faoina bás ach cén drogall atá air labhairt leis na gardaí? Tá Colmán Ó Gríofa ina theach saoire ar leithinis Bhéarra an deireadh seachtaine céanna, é scartha ó Emer ach dílis di i gcónaí. Tacaíonn a chomharsa Aoife Nic Dhiarmada leis agus í ag éirí gafa sa chás. Tá noda fiúntacha agus fianaise bhréige á scagadh aicise agus ag na gardaí; tá faire faoi cheilt ar siúl istoíche agus an t-am ag sciorradh. An nochtfar an ciontóir sula ndéanfar an dara marú? Is úrscéal cumhachtach é 'Sa Pholl Báite' a chaitheann solas géar ar choimhlintí sóisialta agus ar an nimh i gcroí an duine. Bhain an saothar seo duais i gComórtais Liteartha an Oireachtais 2022 agus bhí sé ar Ghearrliosta Ghradam Fhoras na Gaeilge, Leabhar Ficsin Gaeilge na Bliana i nGradaim Leabhar An Post in 2023. Láithreoir: Seán Ó Catháin Aíonna: Caomhán Ó hÓgáin [Leagan Gaeilge thuas] Emer Uí Ghríofa has gone missing without a trace. Garda Réamonn Seoighe finds her body in a lonely corner on the banks of the Liffey. Her son, Dan, is devastated by her death, but why is he reluctant to talk to the guards? Colmán Ó Gríofa, her estranged husband, is in his holiday home on the Béarra peninsula that same weekend, separated from Emer but still devoted to her. His neighbour Aoife Nic Diarmada supports him as she becomes involved in the case. Together with the authorities, they sift through a mosaic of substantial clues and fabricated evidence. The night witnesses a covert surveillance operation as time inches relentlessly forward. Will the perpetrator be unveiled before another life is claimed? “'Sa Pholl Báite' captivates readers with its exploration of societal discord, shining a penetrating light on the hidden poisons lurking within the human soul.” This work won a prize in the Oireachtas Literary Competitions in 2022 and was shortlisted for the Foras na Gaeilge Irish Fiction Book of the Year Award in the An Post Irish Book Awards in 2023. Presenter: Seán Ó Catháin Guests: Caomhán Ó hÓgáin

Series 4 / Episode 1Chris speaks to BBC Ireland correspondent Aoife Moore about the controversial rise of Ireland's largest political party, Sinn Fein. Hardline militants in the republican movement used to regard their political wing as a place for ‘women and cowards', but with Sinn Fein already the largest party in Northern Ireland, and leading the polls for the next Dail election, how do we assess the party's journey from irrelevance to the brink of power?Before moving to the BBC, Aoife was named Irish journalist of the year in 2021 for her reporting with the Irish Examiner. Her new book, The Long Game, traces the history of Sinn Fein from the 1970s to the present day, and was nominated for Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. In front of a live audience at Ireland's Edge in Dingle last December, Chris spoke to Aoife about her book, her life as a journalist, and the future of Irish politics.Presented by Christopher Kissane. A South Wind Blows production. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Moriarty is an award-winning chef, TV host, and author of 'Flavour: Every Day Food Made Exceptional' - winning the Cookbook of the Year award at the An Post Irish Book Awards - and he's also doing the 'Off Duty Chef Christmas Show' next week for RTÉ. Mark joins Mandy to chat about the success and inspiration behind his book, and he also gives us a few tips on how to get things right on Christmas Day.

Paul Murray speaks to Laura Fletcher after 'The Bee Sting' was named Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards last night.

Bronnadh gradam Foras na Gaeilge Leabhar Ficsin Gaeilge na Bliana ar ‘Imram agus Scéalta Eile' le Róise Ní Bhaoill, ag na An Post Irish Book Awards aréir.

In episode two of Parachute Candidate, I speak with Senior Lecturer of Maynooth University and alumni of Trinity College - Dr. Katriona O'Sullivan. In our frank and honest conversation, Katriona shares her experience of growing up with both parents dependent on drugs and in extreme poverty. She sheds light on teachers like Ms Arkinson and Mr Pickering who empowered and encouraged her to keep learning, despite living in constant fear and daily hunger. I encourage you all to read her memoir titled "Poor", which has been shortlisted as the Best Biography of the Year for the 2023 A Post Irish Book Awards. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did. Find out more about the podcast and Maria at www.mariawalsh.euJoin in the conversation:https://www.instagram.com/mariawalsheu/https://www.facebook.com/MariaWalshEUhttps://x.com/MariaWalshEU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are looking for the best bookshop in Ireland this morning. The ‘An Post Bookshop of the Year' is back for the third year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. The idea is to acknowledge the significant role played by bookshops in helping their local communities. Henry McKean went on a bookshop tour and sent us this report.

We are looking for the best bookshop in Ireland this morning. The ‘An Post Bookshop of the Year' is back for the third year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. The idea is to acknowledge the significant role played by bookshops in helping their local communities. Henry McKean went on a bookshop tour and sent us this report.

As part of the Rendez-vous littéraires rue Cambon [Literary Rendezvous at Rue Cambon], the podcast "les Rencontres" highlights the birth of a writer in a series imagined by CHANEL and House ambassador and spokesperson Charlotte Casiraghi.Listen to author and critic Erica Wagner in conversation with Louise Kennedy, writer of “Trespasses”, her first novel published by Riverhead Books in 2022. Together, they talk about her late vocation for writing which was born out of writing short stories. They also discuss the influence of Irish history, culture and language in her work.Louise Kennedy, Trespasses © Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.© The New York Times Company. All rights reserved. Used under license.Copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2023© Eason Novel of the Year.© An Post Irish Book Awards.Louise Kennedy, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac, © Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.© The Sunday Times.© The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.© Le Cordon Bleu.© Queen's University Belfast.© The Tangerine.© Netflix.© Bloomsbury Publishing.© Booker Prize Foundation.The Irish for No © Ciaran Carson, 1987. Published in Ireland by The Gallery Press and inNorth America by Wake Forest University Press.Belfast Confetti © Ciaran Carson, 1989. Published in Ireland by The Gallery Press and inNorth America by Wake Forest University Press.THE COUNTRY GIRLS TRILOGY by Edna O'Brien. Copyright © 1960, renewed 1988 by EdnaO'Brien. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.The Way Paver © Anne Devlin, 1986. Published in English in the UK by Faber & Faber Ltd andin French by Editions Privat.© Leeds United football club.© Faber & Faber.© Twitter.

Chair: Nicci Gerrard Growing up Catholic on the outskirts of 1970s Belfast, Louise Kennedy's earliest memories are marked by violence: flying glass lacerating her grandmother when a bomb went off during the Troubles. Her novel, Trespasses, is a love story set against a backdrop of escalating violence. It won the award for Novel of the Year at the 2022 An Post Irish Book Awards and has been hailed as a brilliant and devastating debut. Event details: Tue 07 Mar, 1:15pm on the East Stage

The February Art of Reading book club features Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín in conversation with writer Louise Kennedy about her book 'Trespasses'. The unforgettable protagonist of Louise Kennedy's ‘Trespasses' is 24-year-old Cushla Lavery, a Catholic schoolteacher living in 1975 in a small town outside Belfast. The novel narrates the story of her love affair with an older, married, Protestant barrister with the same wit and eye for detail as are on display in her book of stories ‘The End of the World is a Cul de Sac.' - Colm Tóibín Louise Kennedy grew up in Holywood, Co. Down. Her short story collection, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac (Bloomsbury 2021) won the John McGahern Prize. Her debut novel, Trespasses (Bloomsbury 2022) won Eason's Novel of the Year at An Post Irish Book Awards, and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. Before she started writing, she spent nearly thirty years working as a chef. She lives in Sligo. Read more about the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme here: https://www.artscouncil.ie/Arts-in-Ireland/Literature/Laureate-for-Irish-Fiction/Laureate-for-Irish-Fiction-2022-2024/

Husband and wife Gina and Karol Daly - more commonly known as the Daly Dish - are all about good food and big flavours. Their most recent book was crowned Cookbook at the Year of the An Post Irish Book Awards 2022. This week they spoke to Weekend Breakfast about fakeaways, the perfect Sunday dinner and eating well without sacrificing the wow factor.

On this month's episode of the podcast, host Nicole Flattery is joined by writer and editor Michael Magee to read and discuss Louise Kennedy's short story, ‘The End of the World is a Cul de Sac'. The story first appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of the magazine. It went on to become the title story of Louise's first collection of stories, which was published by Bloomsbury in 2021. Trespasses, Louise's first novel, was published by Bloomsbury earlier this year and was awarded novel of the year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. Michael Magee is the fiction editor of The Tangerine and a graduate of the PhD Creative Writing programme at Queen's University, Belfast. His writing has appeared in Winter Papers, The Lifeboat and in The 32: An Anthology of Working Class Writing. Close to Home, his first novel, will be published by Hamish Hamilton in April 2023. Nicole Flattery is a writer and critic. Her story collection Show Them A Good Time, was published by The Stinging Fly and Bloomsbury in 2019. Her first novel, Nothing Special, will be published by Bloomsbury in March 2023. The Stinging Fly Podcast invites writers to choose a story from the Stinging Fly archive to read and discuss. Previous episodes of the podcast can be found here. The podcast's theme music is ‘Sale of Lakes', by Divan. All of the Stinging Fly archive is available to subscribers.

Sinéad Crowley, Arts and Media Correspondent, reports from last night's book awards.

Jen chats to the owner of independent book store, Gutter bookshop in Temple Bar who has been shortlisted for his book,. 'Our Big Day' in the junior children's category at this year's An Post Irish Book Awards!

Miriam chats with the acclaimed Irish author who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the An Post Irish Book Awards 2022

‘Life Begins In Leitrim : From Kurdistan to Croke Park' is Zak Moradi's autobiography. The former intercounty hurler tells his story of being born in a refugee camp and how he and his family ended up travelling from Iraq to Carrick-on-Shannon, and then settled in Tallaght. The book has been nominated in the Best Irish Sports Book category at the 2022 An Post Irish Book Awards, and Zak joined Matt in studio to discuss it. Catch the full chat by pressing the 'Play' button on this page.

With the An Post Irish Book Awards 2022 drawing closer, we are delighted to announce the shortlists for Eason Novel of the Year and Eason Sportsbook of the Year. Bert Wright from the An Post Irish Book Awards joins us live in studio for the announcement, alongside a few familiar faces - Edel Coffey, Paul Howard, Aoife Dooley, Louise Kennedy and Aingeala Flannery.

12 bookshops across the country have been longlisted for the ‘An Post Bookshop of the Year' category at this year's An Post Irish Book Awards, the annual literary event that celebrates and promotes Irish writing and authors to the widest range of readers possible. The list is as follows: · Kerr's Bookshop, Clonakilty, Cork · Philip's Bookshop, Mallow, Cork · Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, Middle Street, Galway · Waterstones, Drogheda, Louth · Tertulia, Westport, Mayo · Liber, Sligo · Bridge Street Books, Wicklow · Chapters Bookstore, Parnell Street, Dublin · Books at One LetterFrack, Letterfrack, Connemara, Galway · Bridge Books, Dromore, County Down · Books on the Green, Sandymount, Dublin · Genius Juniors, Online Bookshop What is the next step toward deciding Ireland's bookshop of the year? Aoife Roantree, Sinead Moriarty and Tomas Kenny joined the Last Word to discuss.

The September Art of Reading book club features Colm in conversation with writer Una Mannion about The Ante-Room by Kate O'Brien. The Laureate says “This novel is written with great intensity, being set over a time period of three days in which the focus is on the entire life of a single family, all the secrets and treacheries coming into the open. Time and character are dealt with in this book with sharp insight, masterful precision.” Kate O'Brien was born in 1897 in Limerick. A graduate of UCD, she was an internationally acclaimed fiction writer. In her early career she worked as a journalist and found initial literary success as a playwright. She also wrote short fiction, literary essay, literary criticism and travel writing. Her first novel, Without My Cloak (1931), won the Hawthornden and the James Tait Black Memorial prizes. She wrote nine novels in total, including Mary Lavelle (1936) and The Land of Spices (1941), both of which were banned in Ireland. Her novels were very popular and widely read in her time, both in Ireland and abroad and her most successful novel, That Lady (1946), was made into a Hollywood film. She died in 1974. Una Mannion is a writer and teacher living in County Sligo. In 2021, her debut novel, A Crooked Tree, was published by Faber in the UK and Ireland, and Harper Books in the USA. It won the Kate O'Brien Prize and was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards in the Newcomer of the Year category. She is programme chair of Writing + Literature at Atlantic Technological University and edits The Cormorant, a broadsheet of poetry and prose. Read more about the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme here: www.artscouncil.ie/Arts-in-Ireland/Literature/Laureate-for-Irish-Fiction/The-Art-of-Reading-Book-Club/

Lottie Ryan was in for Jen and she spoke with author Fianna Scarlett who is nominated for Best Newcomer in the An Post Irish Book Awards for her first book ‘Boys Don't Cry'

Adam King stole the hearts of the nation when he introduced us to his Virtual Hug at the Toy Show in November 2020. It gained the attention of the world from NASA to Joe Biden and beyond. For the rest of us it has become a national symbol of love and positivity. And now Adam and Dad David have written a book inspired by that hug travelling around the world. Adam and his Dad David joined Paula MacSweeney (in for Alison) on Weekend Breakfast: [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2021/11/06121633/ADAM-AND-DAVID-KING-.mp3"][/audio] The book is shortlisted in the Children's Book Of The Year (Junior category) for the An Post Irish Book Awards. You can vote for Adam and David's Book - 'A Hug For You' here It was a joy to have Adam King and his Dad David in to to see us! 🤗❤️ Our Paula had a fab chat on #WeekendBreakfast with this little superhero 🙌🏼 He even signed a few copies of his book #AHugForYou ✍🏻📕😎 It's out now! pic.twitter.com/BZwoDnY77C — Today FM 💛 (@TodayFM) November 6, 2021  

On Thursday's Morning Focus, Pat Flynn was joined by Ballyvaughan based poet and writer Karen J McDonnell. Karen J McDonnell has been shortlisted for the Irish Poem of the Year in this year's An Post Irish Book Awards. Her poem Driftwood is one of four poems on the shortlist, which is open to a public vote. Photo (c) cromaconceptovisual from pixabay via Canva

On this month's episode of the podcast, editor Danny Denton is joined by novelist Niamh Campbell, to read and discuss Kevin Power's darkly surreal story 'The Dead Hotel', which first appeared in the Summer 2006 issue of the magazine. Niamh Campbell's debut novel This Happy was published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 2020, and nominated for the An Post Irish Book Awards, the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award, and the John McGahern Book Prize. In 2020 she also won the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award for her story 'Love Many'. Her short work can be found in The Dublin Review, 3:AM, Banshee, Tangerine, Five Dials, Granta, and gorse. She has been funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and is 2021 Writer in Residence at University College Dublin. Her second novel We Were Young is forthcoming with Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 2022. She lives and works in Dublin. Kevin Power's first novel, Bad Day in Blackrock, was published by Lilliput Press in 2008 and filmed as What Richard Did, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, in 2012. His second novel, White City, was published earlier this year by Scribner. He won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature in 2009 and the Hennessy XO Award for Emerging Fiction, also in 2009. Kevin is currently Assistant Professor of Literary Practice in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin, and he holds a PhD in American Literature from University College Dublin. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Guardian, Irish Times, The Dublin Review, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. The Stinging Fly Podcast invites Irish writers to choose a story from the Stinging Fly archive to read and discuss. Previous episodes of the podcast can be found here. The podcast's theme music is ‘Sale of Lakes', by Divan. All of the Stinging Fly archive is available for everyone to read during the coronavirus crisis.

Today Mary is talking to Conor W. O'Brien, author of Life in Ireland- A short history of a long time. Available to purchase athttps://irishacademicpress.ie/product/life-in-ireland-a-short-history-of-a-long-time/Conor is a wildlife writer and photographer, with a lifelong interest in the natural world. His work has been published in Ireland's Own, Irish Wildlife magazine and Wings, the official publication of Birdwatch Ireland, in which he wrote about Ireland's extinct birds. Conor's first book, Ireland Through Birds: Journeys in Search of a Wild Nation, was nominated for Best Irish Published Book of the Year at the 2019 An Post Irish Book Awards. He is a member of Birdwatch Ireland and the Irish Wildlife Trust, and has given presentations on the great auk and Ireland's Ice Age fauna to the latter. Conor is from Wicklow Town, he now lives in County Meath. Recommended books:Life in Ireland- A short history of a long timeBy: Conor W O Brien My Garden World By: Monty Don Europe: A Natural History By: Tim FlanneryOur Inner Ape: The best and worst of human natureBy: Frans de Waal The cultural lives of whales and dolphinsBy: Hal Whitehead and Luke RendellFive in Five- Trinity Botany Department short video on Burren Florahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYgysq6oUYoContact Conor atobrienconor@live.ieContact Mary at mary@burrennaturesanctuary.ieCheck out Burren Nature Sanctuary at www.burrennaturesanctuary.ie

Season 3 of Fail Harder is brought to you in isolation. Emma Jane Purcell chats to people at the top of their game about failure – from their first memory of failure to how they cope with it now. Louise is the bestselling, award winning author of five novels including Asking For It. The New York Times called Asking For It, ‘Riveting and Essential’ and it won several awards including Book of the Year at the 2015 Irish Book Awards. Louise also hosted the RTE 2 documentary ‘Asking For It, Reality Bites’ and the book was adapted for stage and went on to a sold-out run at the Abbey Theatre. Her latest novel After the Silence recently won Crime Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards. But Louise is not here to talk about success – she’s here to talk about failure. Follow Emma Jane on;Instagram @emmajanepurcellTwitter @emmajanepurcell Music: Leah Moore Art: Shane Kelleher