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Adapting John McGahern's final masterpiece for the big screen

Filmmaker, radio documentary maker and screenwriter Eamon Little introduces the new film That They May Face the Rising Sun
Film • 27 Dec 24

"A very dark book" - Colm Toibin on a John McGahern classic

60 years ago, Faber published John McGahern for the first time.
RTÉ Arena • 20 Mar 23

Spoken Stories: Evgeny Shtorn's Nessun Dorma

Spoken Stories • 08 Dec 22

Creatures Of The Earth - Spoken Stories returns for a new season

RTÉ Radio 1 • 17 Oct 22

The Art of Reading Book Club: Colm Tóibín reads The Barracks

Books • 31 Aug 22

The Letters of John McGahern - RTÉ Arena on the new collection

Books • 03 Sep 21

Sunday Miscellany: Lunch with John McGahern, by John MacKenna

Fifteen years after the writer's death, an affectionate tribute
Sunday Miscellany • 30 Mar 21

New £5,000 John McGahern Book Prize launched

The inaugural John McGahern Annual Book Prize will be awarded for fiction published in 2019, from across the genres.
Books • 11 Nov 19

Reviewed: Colm Tóibín's Mad, Bad, Dangerous to know

Colm Tóibín weaves his personal Dublin experience through four decades into engaging essays on the fathers of Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats and James Joyce.
Book Review • 09 Nov 18

Hear Book Show specials on John McGahern, Julian Barnes & more

Enjoy a choice selection of 2016 highlights from the Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1, including specials on Julian Barnes and John McGahern, and a host of women celebrating the written word.
John McGahern • 20 Jan 17

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