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Sunday Miscellany: Liz Nugent on life as a teenage emigrant

Dreams of a high-flying career in London and dampened by the realities of big city living expenses

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

The boys are back in town with U2's soundtrack to Bono's autobiography, featuring stripped-down versions of their greatest hits...

Culture 5 • 17 Mar 23

King of 'commercial' fiction: Stephen King

Book snobs, be damned! The joys of commercial fiction

I am not a fast reader. I have friends that can whizz through books like they're fact-checkers speed-reading legal documents, gobbling up words and flinging the carcasses aside like greedy cartoon dogs let loose on a pile of pork chops.

Books • 11 Mar 23

Something for the Weekend – Liz Nugent's Cultural Picks

Something For The Weekend • 17 Mar 21

Oprah Winfrey gives 25 Irish books seal of approval

The Oprah Winfrey Magazine has published a list of their top 25 Irish books to their readers.... let's look at what books made the list...

Books • 15 Jan 21

The Works Presents talks to Liz Nugent

The Works Presents returns to RTÉ 1 on Thursday 14th May at 11.10 pm with John Kelly in conversation with bestselling crime author Liz Nugent.

the works presents • 25 May 20

Listen: The Book Show on how to survive the apocalypse

On this week's Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1, Rick O'Shea hears about some of the 'perverse pilgrimages' embarked upon by Mark O'Connell in his search for how best to survive the apocalypse...

The Book Show • 08 May 20

Shelf Analysis: Liz Nugent talks to Rick O'Shea

RTÉ's Book Show host Rick O'Shea is presenting a nighly live chat show, Shelf Analysis, from his home, talking to Irish authors about their books and life in general during the strangest of times...

Shelf Analysis • 30 Mar 20

Watch: Sebastian Barry talks to Liz Nugent

The Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, hosts a series of brief conversations with fellow writers asking what is writing? And what is its purpose and mystery beyond the pragmatic notions of academia and journalism?

Books • 05 Dec 19

Who is AJ Finn? Liz Nugent on the author as con artist

Woman in the Window author AJ Finn (AKA Dan Mallory) has been exposed in the media as a serial liar, courtesy of a damning expose in the latest edition of The New Yorker magazine.

Books • 05 Feb 19

Sinead's picks include books by Donal Ryan (top left) and Emilie Pine (bottom right)

Sinead Crowley's Best Books Of 2018

I'm going to start this year with non-fiction as, unusually for me, some of my favourite books in 2018 came from this category.

Books • 15 Dec 18

Liz Nugent winner of RTÉ Radio 1's The Ryan Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award for her book Skin Deep, with Ryan Tubridy

In The Picture: The 2018 Irish Book Awards winners

This year's An Post Irish Book Awards celebrated the cream of Ireland's literary crop, as a new generation of talents dominated proceedings, from Novel Of The Year winner Sally Rooney to Popular Fiction winners Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen.

Irish Book Awards • 30 Nov 18

Liz Nugent: a masterclass in how to glide from one set-up to another, writes Harry Guerin.

Review: Liz Nugent's Skin Deep Cuts to the bone

Any author whose latest book is loosely inspired by The Divine Comedy's A Lady of a Certain Age has chosen from the best of soundtracks.

Books • 20 Jul 23

Liz Nugent on the 'Divine' inspiration for her new book

Picture the scene, It's (give or take) 10 years ago. You're listening to Ryan Tubridy on the radio, and you hear Divine Comedy and their song Lady of a Certain Age. You're immediately inspired...

Books • 11 Apr 18

8 bite-size book reviews by Rick O'Shea

An octet of recommended reads from the host of RTÉ Gold's Afternoon Gold with Rick O'Shea...

Books • 26 Feb 18

Liz Nugent: her third novel, Skin Deep, is due in April

The Long Read: New Books Due in 2018

You haven't even spent your book vouchers from Christmas on those 2017 books, but Paddy Kehoe is already looking ahead to books from Liz Nugent, Julian Gough, Caitlin Moran, Donal Ryan and Sinead Moriarty.

Books • 08 Jan 18

Sinead Crowley picks her Books Of The Year

This year I've decided not to do a Top 10 - don't panic editor, you're still getting a decent list. But given the type of reading I did this year, which ranged from literary shortlists to my beloved crime fiction, I didn't really want to rate the books...

Books • 11 Dec 17

Emma Donoghue: nominated for the International Dublin Literary award longlist for her novel The Wonder

Seven Irish authors on International Dublin Award longlist

Seven Irish authors have made the long-list for the International Dublin Literary Award, a list which features 150 titles.

Culture • 06 Nov 17

Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent - Read the opening chapter

We're counting down to the inaugural Dead In Dun Laoghaire event, a one-day festival celebrating the very best in crime fiction. Today, we present the opening chapter to Lying in Wait, the latest thriller from Dead In Dun Laoghaire guest Liz Nugent.

Books • 21 Jul 17

Sinead Crowley's Favourite Books of 2016

Let the End Of Year lists begin! We asked RTÉ Arts and Media Correspondent (and acclaimed novelist) Sinead Crowley to pick her favourite books of 2016.

Recommended • 27 Dec 16

Lifetime Achievement Award winner Jilly Cooper and Popular Fiction Book of the Year winner Graham Norton

Gallery: Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2016

The great and the good from the Irish publishing world gathered last night for the 2016 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards.

Culture • 17 Nov 16

The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2016 - the finalists

The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2016 take place tonight in Dublin - the awards ceremony will be broadcast on RTÉ One this Saturday night, 19th November, at 11.20pm. Meet the nominees...

Culture • 16 Nov 16

Liz Nugent inks six-figure deal with major US publisher

Irish author Liz Nugent has signed a six figure deal with US publishing house Simon & Schuster in a move that could pave the way for Hollywood adaptations of her work.

Culture • 15 Sep 16

Liz Nugent