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Louise Nealon: "Society has manipulated us into commodifying mental health"
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  • 17 Jun 21
Louise Nealon: "Society has manipulated us into commodifying mental health"
Lisa McInerney: "Why is something that's set in a working class community not seen as a 'universal story' – but something that's set on a university campus is?"
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  • 26 May 21
Lisa McInerney: "Why is something that's set in a working class community not seen as a 'universal story' – but something that's set on a university campus is?"
The Ballad Of Neil Jordan
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  • 24 Mar 21
The Ballad Of Neil Jordan
Interview: Conor O'Callaghan on his novel We Are Not In The World, Tír na nÓg, and Tír na Now
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  • 12 Mar 21
Interview: Conor O'Callaghan on his novel We Are Not In The World, Tír na nÓg, and Tír na Now
Interview: Patrick Freyne on Writing, Humour, and OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
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  • 18 Jan 21
Interview: Patrick Freyne on Writing, Humour, and OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
Interview: Kevin Barry on Writing, That Old Country Music, and The West
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  • 10 Dec 20
Interview: Kevin Barry on Writing, That Old Country Music, and The West
Former State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy discusses fascinating new memoir
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  • 11 Nov 20
Former State Pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy discusses fascinating new memoir
Interview: Robert Harris On His Novel V2 And The Legacy Of The Second World War
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  • 09 Nov 20
Interview: Robert Harris On His Novel V2 And The Legacy Of The Second World War
Elaine Feeney: “I see women as wonderful, beautiful and complex people, and it frustrates me when I don’t see that reflected in literature”
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  • 06 Oct 20
Elaine Feeney: “I see women as wonderful, beautiful and complex people, and it frustrates me when I don’t see that reflected in literature”
Interview: John Connolly On The Dirty South, Charlie Parker, Literary Tradition, And Van Morrison
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  • 18 Sep 20
Interview: John Connolly On The Dirty South, Charlie Parker, Literary Tradition, And Van Morrison
Interview: David Mitchell on Utopia Avenue, Bowie, The Stones, Pink Floyd, The Matrix... and Rush!
  • Music
  • 02 Aug 20
Interview: David Mitchell on Utopia Avenue, Bowie, The Stones, Pink Floyd, The Matrix... and Rush!
Niamh Campbell: "Sex written very frankly from a female perspective can appear transgressive – not just in Ireland"
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  • 03 Jul 20
Niamh Campbell: "Sex written very frankly from a female perspective can appear transgressive – not just in Ireland"
"It’s not just some drug memoir. There’s so much else going on." - Rob Doyle discusses novel <i>Threshold</i>, drugs, politics and more
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  • 25 Feb 20
"It’s not just some drug memoir. There’s so much else going on." - Rob Doyle discusses novel Threshold, drugs, politics and more
“It’s impossible to try and fix a race issue without addressing class as well” – Kiley Reid on <i>Such A Fun Age</i>
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  • 20 Feb 20
“It’s impossible to try and fix a race issue without addressing class as well” – Kiley Reid on Such A Fun Age
Jeanine Cummins on <i>American Dirt</i>: “I had, and still have, a lot of fear about being the person to tell this story”
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  • 30 Jan 20
Jeanine Cummins on American Dirt: “I had, and still have, a lot of fear about being the person to tell this story”
"To have him trust me to be the first reader of his memoir pages...that was special" – Dan Piepenbring on Prince's unfinished memoir
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  • 23 Jan 20
"To have him trust me to be the first reader of his memoir pages...that was special" – Dan Piepenbring on Prince's unfinished memoir
Interview: Patrick McCabe on The Big Yaroo and Francie Brady
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  • 07 Jan 20
Interview: Patrick McCabe on The Big Yaroo and Francie Brady
Rick O'Shea Picks His Books Of 2019
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  • 24 Dec 19
Rick O'Shea Picks His Books Of 2019
Henry McDonald: On punk rock, football hooliganism, paramilitaries, and his new novel Two Souls
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  • 24 Sep 19
Henry McDonald: On punk rock, football hooliganism, paramilitaries, and his new novel Two Souls
David Nicholls: On his emotional coming-of-age novel, Sweet Sorrow
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  • 21 Aug 19
David Nicholls: On his emotional coming-of-age novel, Sweet Sorrow
Interview: Johnny Lappin on Hozier, Clannad, U2, and Picture This
  • Music
  • 14 Aug 19
Interview: Johnny Lappin on Hozier, Clannad, U2, and Picture This
Adrian McKinty: How a down-and-out Irish writer published an internationally successful thriller
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  • 13 Aug 19
Adrian McKinty: How a down-and-out Irish writer published an internationally successful thriller
A Quick Q & A: with Paul Muldoon
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  • 07 Aug 19
A Quick Q & A: with Paul Muldoon
Interview: Joseph O'Connor on Shadowplay and Bram Stoker
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  • 25 Jun 19
Interview: Joseph O'Connor on Shadowplay and Bram Stoker
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