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Sally Rooney's novel Normal People has become a literary sensation

The hidden stigma facing Irish women writers

It is, all told, an encouraging and enlivening time to be an Irish woman writer...

Books • 08 Mar 19

Mná Mná: 10 Irish women making a stir

For International Women's Day, Anna Carey salutes 10 fierce females smashing it in their respective cultural fields...

international womens day • 08 Mar 19

Rick O'Shea's books to read this spring

A few things out now (or in the next few weeks) that you need to read...

Books • 06 Mar 19

Sinead Gleeson on motherhood in life and literature

Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty by Jacqueline Rose, Professor of Humanities at Birbeck Institute for the Humanities, examines expectations and representations of motherhood in life and in art.

Books • 25 May 18

In The Picture: Ex-Voto at Galway Arts Centre

Ex-Voto is a group exhibition at Galway Arts Centre that addresses the colonisation of the human body, and the treatment of the body by state, corporate, medical and pharmaceutical institutions.

visual arts • 22 Jan 18

Read 'Cat Person' yet? Sinead Gleeson on shocking short stories

Recently, a short story caused a stir. In an age of texts, tweets and technology, that really is quite something.

Books • 10 Jan 18

Sinéad Gleeson speaks to author Julie Buntin on this week's edition of The Book Show.

RTÉ Book Show preview: David Hayden, Julie Buntin & Ask The Dust

This week on The Book Show, Sinéad Gleeson speaks to David Hayden about his debut collection of short stories, Darker With The Lights On, which has been published recently.

Books • 13 Oct 17

Sinead Gleeson meets politician-turned-author Alan Johnson on this week's RTÉ Book Show

RTÉ Book Show preview - poets, politicians & ghost writers

The week on The RTÉ Book Show, Sinéad Gleeson speaks to the UK poet Hollie McNish who recently published her latest collection of poetry, Plum.

Books • 06 Oct 17

'Dear Jane...' Do you have any choice advice for Jane Eyre concerning Mr. Rochester?

Fancy writing a letter to your favourite literary character?

The Book Show (RTÉ Radio 1, Saturday nights, 7pm) has announced a competition inviting listeners to write a letter to a character from a novel.

RTÉ Radio 1 • 06 Oct 17

Long Gaze Back selected as 2018 Dublin: One City One Book choice

Every year, Dublin City comes together to read a book as recommended by Dublin City Council's Public Library Service. This year, The Long Gaze Back, An Anthology of Irish Women Writers edited by Sinéad Gleeson, is the Dublin: One City One Book choice.

Culture • 07 Mar 18

RTÉ Book Show host Sinead Gleeson with author Julie Buntin, who features on this week's edition - RTÉ Radio 1 @ 7pm

Book Show Preview: Nick Laird, Julie Buntin & Ask The Dust

On this week's RTÉ Book Show, Sinéad Gleeson speaks to the Northern Irish writer Nick Laird about his latest novel, Modern Gods, and meets Julie Buntin to discuss her acclaimed debut Marlena.

Books • 15 Sep 17

JP Donleavy remembered - listen to a classic Book Show interview

A renowned raconteur and storyteller, Donleavy made many memorable appearances on RTÉ over the years - n 2004, the RTÉ Book Show went to visit him at Levington - his house just outside Mullingar - where he discussed his life and work.

Books • 14 Sep 17

Book Show host Sinead Geeson (left) with author Maggie O'Farrell, who features in the first edition of the new season.

Write on! The Book Show returns to RTÉ Radio 1

The Book Show returns to RTÉ Radio 1 this weekend for a new season - every Saturday night at 7pm, Sinéad Gleeson reports from the world of books and authors.

Books • 11 Sep 17

Watch: Brian Eno talks to Sinead Gleeson - Bowie, Trump & more

In the second of two interviews recorded almost exactly a year apart, Eno talks to Sinead Gleeson about David Bowie, Donald Trump, His album The Ship and, of course, the Markoff Chain generator...

Music • 19 Jun 17

New Fiction: From 'The Glass Shore' by Tara West

The Speaking and the Dead is from a remarkable new anthology of short stories collecting work by women writers from the North of Ireland.

Books • 09 Feb 17

Writer John McGahern, the subject of a RTÉ 2016 Book Show special.

Hear Book Show specials on John McGahern, Julian Barnes & more

Enjoy a choice selection of 2016 highlights from the Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1, including specials on Julian Barnes and John McGahern, and a host of women celebrating the written word.

John McGahern • 20 Jan 17

Jack White talks to Sinead Gleeson for The Works

Modern Masters: Jack White

The Works • 31 Dec 16

Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award winner Tana French

Irish Book Awards TV Preview: The French Connection

Highlights from this year's 2016 Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards ceremony, along with interviews with the winners, will be broadcast on RTÉ One this Saturday night. We present a pair of exclusive extended interviews with a pair of BGEIBA winners.

Culture • 18 Nov 16