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Spoken Stories: Great Beasts of Myth by Mia Gallagher

Sea swimming, addiction and longing collide in a Dublin pandemic story that is also a hymn to what it is to love and feel connected.

Spoken Stories • 21 Oct 24

The Curiosity Series: Mia Gallagher & Cindy Cummings get creative

Podcasts • 05 Sep 22

The Art Of The Glimpse - read a short story by Mia Gallagher

The Art of the Glimpse is a radical revision of the canon of the Irish story, uniting classic works with neglected writers and marginalised voices...

Books • 03 Oct 20

'Cohen's late work, like Bowie's, is as profound as you can get; it will spark unsettling questions in the imagination, and tap feet, and bring eyes to the point of tears, as long as there are ears to listen to it.'

Kaddish: Mia Gallagher on finding Leonard Cohen

To coincide with the RTÉ Radio 1 broadcast of a concert of the songs of Leonard Cohen performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra alongside a host of guest artists, writer Mia Gallagher pens her thoughts on the musical great.

Leonard Cohen • 22 Apr 20

Poet Doireann NíGhríofa is one of the contributors to the new Miscellany50 anthology

Miscellany 50: The new book celebrating a radio institution

Miscellany50 began as an idea to celebrate the fiftieth year of RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Miscellany. Its focus remains the same as it has for a half-century: to broadcast new short essays and poetry, with music and song interspersing the spoken contributions.

Sunday Miscellany • 17 Oct 19

Ham Sandwich are one of the acts featured in Miscellany50 Live from the Project.

Miscellany50 Live from the Project - revisiting 1978 to 1982

Last winter, a weekend festival of new writing and live music took place in the Project Arts Centre to mark 50 years on air of RTÉ Radio One's Sunday Miscellany. The result was Miscellany50 Live from the Project.

RTÉ Radio 1 • 12 Jul 19

Watch: Sebastian Barry and Mia Gallagher in conversation

The Laureate for Irish Fiction, Sebastian Barry, hosts a series of brief conversations with fellow writers asking what is writing? In the latest conversation, he speaks with Mia Gallagher.

Books • 14 Feb 19

Shift by Mia Gallagher - read an extract

We're delighted to present an extract from the short story Pinning Tail on the Donkey, taken from Mia Gallagher's new collection Shift.

Books • 08 Aug 18

Torrent of images: Shift, a collection of new stories from Mia Gallagher (photo Robbie Fry)

Reviewed: Shift by Mia Gallagher

Mia Gallagher's salty Dublin tales, allied to her experiments with narrative approach are refreshing although sometimes the highly-charged fuse falters.

Culture • 08 Aug 18

Mia Gallagher