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The Art Of Reading: Nicole Flattery talks to Colm Tóibín

The Art of Reading is a monthly book club hosted by Colm Tóibín, the Laureate for Irish Fiction.

Books • 09 Apr 24

Dancer Deirdre Griffin brings her show Soup to the Dancer from the Dance Festival

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

Hear the Culture 5 every Friday on Aedín in the Afternoon on RTÉ lyric fm

Culture 5 • 23 Jun 23

Nicole Flattery: Where would we be without the telephone?

For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Telephone, by Nicole Flattery

Sunday Miscellany • 17 May 23

Andy Warhol and his Factory feature in Nicole Flattery's new novel

Book Of The Week: Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery

Putting an exact date on the 'golden age of consumerism' is nigh on impossible, though most historians tend to agree that it began sometime after the Second World War.

Book Of The Week • 07 Mar 23

Sunday Miscellany: Listen to Telephone, by Nicole Flattery

From Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1: author Nicole Flattery on a telephonic sisterhood...

Sunday Miscellany • 05 Oct 20

Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them A Good Time

Big reads - books to keep cabin fever at bay

Paddy Kehoe looks at a bag-full of compelling novels and short stories to beat the cabin fever blues...

Books • 22 Mar 20

Rick O'Shea's Best Books Of 2019

It's December and I have a list of books you absolutely, definitely should read when you get the chance, or slip into the metaphorical stockings of the ones you love...

Books • 17 Dec 19

Nicole Flattery: her intriguing, quirky stories were published earlier this year

Books for under the tree - recommended Christmas reads

They don't have holly or tinsel on them, but these books are built to last and will make worthwhile Christmas prezzies for your bookish friends and family members. Paddy Kehoe assembles some of the top choices from 2019 and some extra.

Books • 12 Dec 19

Show Them A Good Time by Nicole Flattery - read an extract

We're delighted to present an extract from the title story from Show Them A Good Time, the acclaimed short story collection from Nicole Flattery.

Books • 08 Mar 19

Nicole Flattery: parallel universes but thankfully only a modicum - she is far too much invested in realism.

Reviewed: Show Them A Good Time by Nicole Flattery

Irish author Nicole Flattery has signed what is known as 'a six-figure pre-empt' for foreign publication of these stories, with a novel also in the package. Rueful and impish in tone, Flattery skilfully controls and manipulates her dark materials.

Books • 04 Mar 19

Nicole Flattery