David Keane reviews "On Blueberry Hill" by Sebastian Barry and "Melt" by Shane Mac an Bhaird, and Sophie Gorman reviews "Nora" adapted by Belinda McKeon in collaboration with Annie Ryan, all running at the Dublin ...
coming up on Tuesday's show.... Declan Burke reviews "The Girl from Venice" by Martin Cruz Smith; Niall Morris reviews "The Second Violinist" at the Dublin Theatre Festival; Chris Wasser looks at the history of Blade Runner and live music with Ciara Sidine
Eric Bana talks about his role as Dr William Grene in the upcoming Jim Sheridan film "The Secret Scripture", based on the Sebastian Barry novel
coming up on Wednesday's show...."City Of Friends" author Joanna Trollope, chat and music with fiddler Tola Custy and the 40th anniversary of Fleetwood Mac album "Rumours"
Sebastian Barry reads an excerpt from his novel "Days Without End" which has just won the Costa Novel of the Year Award for 2016
Sebastian Barry reads an extract from his latest novel “Days Without End” (published by Faber)
Sebastian Barry, Irish novelist and playwright, on winning the Costa Novel Award for his book his book 'Days Without End'
Sinéad Crowley, Arts and Media Correspondent, looks at the shortlist for this year's award, which includes Irish writers Sebastian Barry and Maggie O'Farrell
coming up on Friday's show....a panel discuss, debate make their pitches for the best box sets from this 'golden age' of television and which under-rated gems we should be watching out for __________________________________________________ Coming next week - Monday 2nd January - Boris Dralyuk explains his choices for inclusion in“1917: Stories & Poems From The Russian Revolution”, some of the more interesting albums to watch for in 2017 and a man is stranded at sea while his pregnant wife waits on shore in "Cove" by Cynan Jones Tuesday 3rd January - friendship, the ties of childhood and musical roots are all themes explored in "Swing Time" by Zadie ...
Sebastian Barry chats about his latest novel “Days Without End”, the story of Thomas McNulty who flees to America from the Irish famine and his friend John Cole and their battles ...