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Writing on One: Ian Maleney reads from Minor Monuments

"I somehow became caught up in my grandfather the way one gets caught in rain.'' Ian Maleney is the latest author to read on Writing on One, the weekend series broadcasting on Saturdays at 7pm on RTÉ Radio 1.

Writing on One • 31 Aug 20

Writing on One debuts on RTÉ Radio 1

Producer Cliodhna Ni Anluain writes for RTÉ Culture about RTÉ Radio 1's new Writing on One series, which starts with Sara Baume reading handiwork

Writing on One • 02 Aug 20

Walking Out: The Avenue by Ian Maleney

To chime with Bloomsday, RTÉ Arts and Culture commissioned a series of short essays on the idea of walking out, something which is at the heart of James Joyce's Ulysses. The Avenue is the contribution of writer Ian Maleney

Ulysses • 15 Jun 20

Minor Monuments by Ian Maleney is one of the six books shortlisted for the 2020 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction.

Shortlist for €10,000 Michel Déon Prize for Non-Fiction announced

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) has announced the six shortlisted titles for the 2020 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction.

Books • 28 May 20

Emile Pine has helped renew popularity of the personal essay in Ireland

Inventing their truths: how Irish writers reinvented the essay

James Patterson explores the recent non-fiction boom in Ireland.

Culture • 19 Apr 20

Sunday Miscellany: Ian Maleney on learning to drive

Fail again. Fail better: writer Ian Maleney on the rite of passage that is the driving test

Sunday Miscellany • 19 Nov 19

Listen: Emilie Pine, Sinead Gleeson and Ian Maleney on the essay

Emilie Pine, Sinead Gleeson and Ian Maleney, who will discuss the art of the essay at this year's Cúirt Festival, talked to Sean Rocks on RTÉ Radio 1's Arena about the medium

Books • 04 Apr 19

The Class Of 2019: Sarah Davis-Goff, Emma Dabiri, Colm O'Regan and Geraldine Quigley

New Irish voices - literary debuts to watch in 2019

Irish writing is in particularly good health at the moment, and 2019 sees the return of many of Irish literature's biggest names, from Roddy Doyle and Tana French to Kevin Barry and Edna O'Brien. But who are the new writers everyone should know about?

Books • 09 Feb 19

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