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From The Archives: Claire Keegan talks to Sean Rocks

The arts community lost a great friend this weeks with the loss of Seán Rocks, the presenter of Arena.

Claire Keegan's novel has been selected for Oprah Winfrey's massively popular Book Club

Oprah picks Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These for Book Club

American broadcaster Oprah Winfrey has chosen Irish author Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These as her latest Oprah's Book Club pick.

Books • 04 Dec 24

Fact: there's a role for Cillian Murphy here (Pic: Marco Grob/Universal Pictures)

10 great Irish novels crying out for TV or film adaptations

We are a nation renowned for our rich literary heritage, but the last few years in particular have seen a number of acclaimed Irish novels make the leap to the big and small screens, too.

Books • 05 Oct 24

Claire Keggan's reads her novel Small Things Like These for Book On One

Small Things Like These for Christmas with Book On One

RTÉ Radio 1's Book on One offers a specially seasonal title this Christmas, with author Claire Keegan reading her novel Small Things Like These nightly

Book On One • 19 Dec 23

Claire Keegan in conversation - listen to the RTÉ Arena Special

Live from the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire, author Claire Keegan chats to Sean Rocks about her latest book, So Late in the Day.

RTÉ Arena • 20 Oct 23

Book Of The Week: So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

On the surface, very little happens in this 47-page-long novella...

Book Of The Week • 14 Oct 23

Something For The Weekend: Doireann Ní Ghlacáin's cultural picks

Doireann Ní Ghlacáin is a fiddle player, sean nós singer, academic and broadcaster.

Something For The Weekend • 27 Jul 23

Something For The Weekend: Fergus Cronin's cultural picks

His new book of short stories Night Music was described by The Irish Times as 'an impressive debut collection full of quirky, tragic characters'.

Something For The Weekend • 26 May 23

Trio of Irish authors make 2023 Dublin Literary Award longlist

Novels by three Irish authors are among the 70 books nominated by libraries around the world for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award, announced today.

Books • 30 Jan 23

Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These features in this week's edition of Page Turners

Page Turners reading list: the books featured in this week's show

Page Turners • 25 Jan 23

Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These comes to Book on One

Book On One • 21 Dec 22

Catherine Clinch stars in An Cailín Ciúin - but where does it rank on Aedín's Top 10?

Aedín Gormley's Top 10 movies of 2022

Film • 09 Dec 22

Something for the Weekend: Ingrid Craigie's cultural picks

Something For The Weekend • 13 Sep 22

Claire Keegan wins Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award

Books • 02 Jun 22

Claire Keegan makes the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year shortlist (Pic: Ulf Andersen/Getty)

Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award shortlist announced

Books • 05 Apr 22

Megan Nolan is coming to the Cúirt International Literature Festival (Pic: Lynn Rothwell)

Cúirt International Literature Festival announces 2022 programme

Books • 25 Feb 22

Sinead Crowley's Books Of The Year

Books • 14 Dec 21

All the Small Things - Claire Keegan on her new novel

Books • 27 Oct 21

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Cultural Happenings • 22 Oct 21

Declan Meade: founder and co-editor of The Stinging Fly

Reviewed: Stinging Fly Stories

40 stories straight from the airy and edgy spaces of contemporary Irish life - that's the matter in hand in this 380-page anthology, which gathers stories from 1998 to the present, edited by Sarah Gilmartin and Declan Meade.

Books • 24 May 18

Claire Keegan