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Rick O'Shea has launched his annual Book Club Xmas Appeal

Rick O'Shea Book Club launches 2024 Xmas Appeal

The Rick O'Shea Book Club is Ireland's largest book club with 40,000 members in over 100 countries - and they've just launched their annual Xmas Appeal.

Books • 25 Nov 24

Bookmas! The best fiction to buy this Christmas

Looking for some Christmas book recommendations?

Books • 30 Nov 23

Where The Crawdads Sing: Daisy Edgar-Jones talks to Rick O'Shea

Film • 22 Jul 22

Dublin Book Festival: Benjamin Labatut talks to Rick O'Shea

Books • 11 Nov 21

JYellowL features at this year's UCD Festival@home

UCD Festival@home announces over 100 free virtual events

Festivals • 27 May 21

Lean Fall Stand - author Jon McGregor talks to The Book Show

Books • 30 Apr 21

Nomadland author Jessica Bruder talks to The Book Show

Nicely timed for this year's Oscars, Jessica Bruder talks exclusively to The Book Show about her book Nomadland, upon which the Best Picture winner is based...

The Book Show • 26 Apr 21

Max Porter joins The Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1

The Book Show: Max Porter, Joseph O'Connor and banned books!

The Book Show • 16 Apr 21

Neil Jordan features in the first episode of the new series of The Book Show

The Book Show returns to RTÉ Radio One with Neil Jordan

The Book Show • 05 Apr 21

2020 Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo

The Best of Shelf Analysis: Rick O'Shea's literary faves

We asked RTÉ's Book Show host Rick O'Shea to pick his favourite chats from his essential Lockdown 2020 web series Shelf Analysis...

Books • 02 Feb 21

Watch: Dublin Book Festival - Graham Norton in Conversation

In celebration of his new novel Home Stretch, Graham Norton joins Dublin Book Festival to discuss this new book, his writing process, and his love of literature, with RTÉ Book Show host Rick O'Shea.

Dublin Book Festival • 18 Dec 20

Shelf Analysis: Rick O'Shea talks to Caelainn Hogan

RTÉ Book Show host Rick O'Shea presents a live chat show where an author in their home talks to Rick in his about books they love and they think you should, too.

Caelainn Hogan • 09 Dec 20

The Book show tackles the Irish Mammy in fiction

It was all about the Irish mammy in fiction, The Readin' & Feedin' Book Club, and cop clichés on this week's Book Show. Listen back here . . .

Book Show • 08 Dec 20

Michelle Gallen talks to The Book Show on RTÉ 1

The Book Show: Michelle Gallen talks small towns with Rick O'Shea

The Book Show • 27 Nov 20

Shelf Analysis: A Kids' Books Special

Shelf Analysis • 27 Nov 20

Shelf Analysis: Marie Cassidy talks to Rick O'Shea

Rick chats with former Chief State Pathologist and author of Beyond the Tape: The Life and Many Deaths of a State Pathologist - Dr. Marie Cassidy.

Shelf Analysis • 24 Nov 20

Shelf Analysis: Neil Gaiman talks to Rick O'Shea

ick speaks with the author of American Gods, Coraline, the Sandman series, Good Omens... do you need us to go on? It's Neil Gaiman!

Shelf Analysis • 12 Nov 20

Shelf Analysis: Rónán Hession talks to Rick O'Shea

RTÉ Book Show host Rick O'Shea presents a live chat show where an author in their home talks to Rick in his about books they love and they think you should, too.

Shelf Analysis • 05 Nov 20

Shelf Analysis: John Banville talks to Rick O'Shea

To celebrate the 50th episode of Shelf Analysis, Rick talks to an author for whom "they need no introduction" actually applies - John Banville, who has just published his latest novel, Snow.

Shelf Analysis • 02 Nov 20

Shelf Analysis: John Connell talks to Rick O'Shea

RTÉ Book Show host Rick O'Shea talks live from his house to an author in theirs...

Shelf Analysis • 30 Oct 20

Shelf Analysis: Elizabeth Day talks to Rick O'Shea

Rick talks to the journalist, novelist and author and podcaster of How To Fail...

Shelf Analysis • 27 Oct 20

Shelf Analysis: Elif Shafak talks to Rick O'Shea

Rick talks to essayist, academic and author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds In This Strange World and the new How To Stay Sane In An Age Of Division, Elif Shafak

Shelf Analysis • 27 Oct 20