Arena With Seán Rocks

    Monday - Friday 7-8pm

    On Monday's Programme

    This week's Classic Movie is 'The Thing' from 1982 starring Kurt Russell. We also discuss the book 'Soul Train' by Questlove, lead singer of iconic hip-hop band The Roots.

    The book 'New Planet Cabaret' was launched on Friday November 22nd at The Gutter Bookshop on Cow's Lane in Dublin.

    The book is the result of Arena's on-air Creative Writing Course which ran from December 2012 to June 2013. The Publishers are New Island Books and the Editor is Dave Lordan, who also co-ordinated the course.

    All proceeds from the sale of New Planet Cabaret go to the Writers In Schools project which supports young writers.

    Arena Monday 24 June 2013

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    Arena Monday 24th June 2013

    Arena Monday 24th June 2013

    Daily arts and popular culture show.

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    Hay Festival - Germaine Greer

    Hay Festival - Germaine Greer

    Arena will be coming from The Hay Festival in Kells on Friday June 28th. One of the guests will be Germaine Greer. Listeners are invited to e-mail their questions for Germaine Greer to arena@rte.ie.

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    Michael Clifford - The Deal

    Michael Clifford - The Deal

    Michael Clifford on his new book 'The Deal'. The book is about a 'growhouse' in Kerry - using the remote house to cultivate marijuana for commercial sale. The Publishers are Hachette Books Ireland.

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    Francis MacManus Awards 2013

    Francis MacManus Awards 2013

    The opening lines from 'Ending It' by Sean Kenny, read by Aaron Monaghan. The story won third prize in the Francis MacManus short story competition and will be broadcast on Wednesday evening as part of a season of the 25 short-listed stories in this year's competition. All the stories will run nightly June 24th at 11.10pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

    Presenter: Seán Rocks

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