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Something For The Weekend: Séimí Campbell's cultural picks

Donegal-born director Séimí Campbell is a rising star in the theatre world, with a particular focus on musical theatre - he's currently developing a stage version of Cartoon Saloon's Oscar nominated Song Of The Sea.

Something For The Weekend • 04 Jul

Watch: Dublin Literary Award - shortlisted titles read aloud

Ahead of this year's Dublin Literary Award announcement on May 20th, watch a team of talented actors performing the opening sections of the six shortlisted books...

Books • 18 May 21

Colson Whitehead, author of The Nickel Boys

Dublin Literary Award - unveiling the 2021 shortlist

Prof. Chris Morash, Chair of the Judging Panel for the 2021 Dublin Literary Award, introduces this year's shortlist...

Books • 30 Mar 21

Bernadine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other

Inside the Dublin International Literary Award shortlist

Just six novels have been shortlisted for this year's lucrative Dublin International Literary Award, and some will already be familiar to readers...

Books • 25 Mar 21

Four Irish authors on 2021 Dublin Literary Award longlist

Four Irish novels are among the 49 books nominated by libraries around the world for the 2021 Dublin Literary Award, the world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English.

Books • 04 Feb 21

Naoise Dolan's Exciting Times - a recommended summer read

Ten books to read this Summer

Paddy Kehoe has ten tips for summer reading to see you well-armed before you go browsing the display areas and find you are. well, just spoiled for choice. Happy reading..

Books • 23 Jun 20

The Book Show goes inside Ian Rankin's writer's den

On this week's Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1: Rick O'Shea gets a socially distant tour of Ian Rankin's writer's den in Edinburgh...

The Book Show • 15 May 20

Colum McCann: a poignant story from the Middle East

Reviewed: Apeirogon by Colum McCann

Apeirogon is a beautifully written novel set in the West Bank, in the heat of the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and explores the poignant impact of love, loss, war, hatred, reconciliation and forgiveness.

Books • 25 Feb 20

Culture 10 - the week's cultural highlights, lording it up

And how was your week? Here's our handy tipsheet of Cultural musts for the next seven days...

Culture 10 • 15 Feb 20

Colum Mccann