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Something for the Weekend: Alannah Thornburgh's cultural picks

Alannah Thornburgh is an award-winning instrumentalist and composer from the west of Ireland with a focus on traditional Irish harp.

Something For The Weekend • 30 Jul

Spoken Stories: Listen to Louise O'Neill's A God Amongst Men

The fearless and uncompromisingly honest voice of Louise O'Neill manifests itself again in a powerful new story, A God Amongst Men

Spoken Stories • 13 Jun 23

The Break by Marian Keyes is one of our first Page Turners picks

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

Page Turners • 06 Jan 23

Louise O'Neill talks to The Works Presents

the works presents • 16 Dec 21

Cúirt Festival: The State of Her - The Future for Irish Feminism

Although some high-profile victories have been won regarding women's safety and wellbeing in Ireland in recent years, it seems clear that these movements have, in some places, failed to reach the most vulnerable women in Irish society. What happens next?

Cuirt Festival • 25 Apr 21

Emma Dabiri and Blindboy Boatclub come to this year's Cúirt festival

Booked! Watch the Cúirt festival live on RTÉ Culture

The Cúirt International Festival of Literature brings readers and writers together to tell stories, share new perspectives and celebrate writing in all forms...

Books • 25 Apr 21

Final eight books revealed for An Post Irish Book of the Year

The winner of the An Post Irish Book of the Year 2020 will be revealed as part of a special television show this Thursday on RTÉ One at 10.15pm, hosted by Miriam O'Callaghan.

An Post Irish Book of The Year • 09 Dec 20

Keelin Shanley's 'A Light That Never Goes Out' won the RTÉ Radio 1 Listeners' Choice Award

Winners of An Post Irish Book Awards 2020 announced

Keelin Shanley, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Graham Norton, Donal Ryan and Professor Luke O'Neill were among the winning authors at this year's An Post Irish Book Awards...

An Post Irish Book Awards • 25 Nov 20

Shelf Analysis: Louise O'Neill talks to Rick O'Shea

Rick speaks to the bestselling author of Asking For It, about her new whodunnit After The Silence.

Shelf Analysis • 23 Sep 20

Louise O'Neill: After the Silence plays to her strength, writing in the whodunnit genre for the first time

Reviewed: After the Silence by Louise O'Neill

These are matters that O'Neill is clearly passionate about, and she's very good at writing them, so it follows that her new psychological thriller should return to familiar territory, although its her first in the whodunnit thriller mode.

Books • 07 Sep 20

Something for the Weekend – Louise O'Neill's Cultural Picks

Choice cultural picks from the author of Asking For It and After The Silence...

Something For The Weekend • 07 Sep 20

After The Silence by Louise O'Neill - read an exclusive extract

Nessa Crowley's murderer has been protected by silence for ten years. Until a team of documentary makers decide to find out the truth...

Books • 03 Sep 20

Watch: Sebastian Barry talks to Louise O'Neill

The Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, hosts a series of brief conversations with fellow writers - in the latest conversation, he speaks with Louise O'Neill.

Books • 05 Dec 19

Culture 10 - the week's cultural highlights, breaking badly

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

Culture 10 • 26 Sep 19

Writer Louise O'Neill and Everyman Artistic Director Julie Kelleher

Asking For It - bringing Louise O'Neill's novel to the stage

Asking For It is a new stage adaptation of Louise O'Neill's devastating novel, directed by Annabelle Comyn, which shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence.

Theatre • 05 Jun 18

Zadie Smith leads West Cork Literary Festival line-up

The words 'West Cork' may have become synonymous with an entirely different (podcast-related) topic in recent months, but literature fans will be well aware that the annual Literary Festival is another good reason to visit the region.

Culture • 09 Apr 18

Louise O'Neill on female anti-heroes and feminist dating

Irish author Louise O'Neill explains why she chose to write a female anti-hero for her latest novel, Almost Love, and how she keeps the faith when dating as a famous feminist.

Books • 14 Mar 18

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Almost Love by Louise O'Neill - read an extract

For International Women's Day, we're delighted to present an extract from Louise O'Neill's acclaimed new novel Almost Love, published by Riverrun.

Books • 08 Mar 18

Louise O'Neill talks to Louise McSharry about love, fame & #metoo

In the latest episode of RTÉ 2FM podcast No Filter, the acclaimed author chats to Louise McSharry.

Books • 18 Jan 18

Louise O'Neill - the Abbey's 2018 programme includes an adaptation of her novel Asking For It

Abbey Theatre raises curtain on ambitious 2018 programme

After winning kudos from audiences and critics alike for their inaugural programme in 2017, Directors of the Abbey Theatre Graham McLaren and Neil Murray have announced an ambitious and eclectic slate for the year ahead.

Theatre • 29 Nov 17

Seven Irish authors are in the running for the 2017 Dublin Literary Prize

Seven Irish novels in running for Dublin Literary Award

John Banville's The Blue Guitar, Kevin Barry's Beatlebone, Anne Enright 's The Green Road number among the Irish novels long-listed for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award.

International Dublin Literary Award • 22 Nov 16

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