Shelf Analysis: Sinead Gleeson talks to Rick O'Shea In an inspired idea, RTÉ's Book Show host Rick O'Shea is presenting a nighly live chat show, Shelf Analysis, from his home, talking to Irish … Books • 27 Mar 20
Women read and buy more fiction than men. Why is that? Women read and buy more fiction than men. Why is that? Author Helen Taylor canvassed the views of more than 500 women about their reading … Books • 08 Feb 20
Listen: Nollaig na mBan celebrated at the Abbey Theatre Nollaig na mBan is Women's Christmas - join RTÉ Radio 1 for a celebration of women in Ireland through readings and music, recorded live at … Nollaig na mBan# • 05 Jan 21
Listen: RTÉ Arena's preview of 2020 RTÉ Arena presents their preview of what to look forward to in film, art, music and literature in 2020, with guests including Declan Burke, Sinead … Culture in focus • 06 Jan 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 … Books • 17 Dec 19
Sinéad Crowley's books of the year 2019 It's been a great year for books - RTÉ's Sinead Crowley picks her favourite reads. Books • 09 Dec 19
Clive James remembered - a classic RTÉ Book Show interview In 2014, RTÉ Book Show host Sinead Gleeson visited writer and broadcaster Clive James for an extended interview at his home in Cambridge, to discuss … Books • 28 Nov 19
Watch: Sinead Gleeson in conversation - Irish Book Awards Extra Watch: Evelyn O'Rourke talks to Sinéad Gleeson, winner of the Bookselling Ireland Non-Fiction Book of the Year for Constellations at this year's An Post Irish … An Post Irish Book Awards • 26 Nov 19
An Post Irish Book Awards winners announced A new golden age in Irish literature was celebrated at the An Post Irish Book Awards, with a host of Ireland's leading writers, publishers, booksellers … Books • 21 Nov 19
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 … Sunday Miscellany • 17 Oct 19
Muldoon's Picnic - all-star poetry, prose and music on tour After ten sold-out seasons at the Irish Arts Center in New York and a highly successful Irish tour in 2017, Muldoon's Picnic returns for six … Poetry • 20 Jul 19
Culture 10 - the week's Wonderful cultural highlights And how was your week? Here's our handy digest of Cultural musts... Culture 10 • 04 Jul 19
Listen: Emilie Pine, Sinead Gleeson and Ian Maleney on the essay Emilie Pine, Sinead Gleeson and Ian Maleney, who will discuss the art of the essay at this year's Cúirt Festival, talked to Sean Rocks on … Books • 04 Apr 19
Constellations by Sinead Gleeson - read an extract We're delighted to present an extract from Blue Hills & Chalk Bones, an essay taken from Constellations, the acclaimed new collection from Sinead Gleeson. Books • 24 Mar 20
Review: Jesse Jones on Sinead Gleeson's Constellations Sinead Gleeson is a writer with passion and conviction, bold in her advocacy for other women writers, a self-professed "geyser of sentences". Gleason's new book … Books • 29 Mar 19
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 … 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, … 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
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 … Books • 13 Oct 17
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
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, … Culture • 07 Mar 18
