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 … Book Show • 08 Dec 20
The Book Show: Banville on Butler, and imaginary must-reads On The Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1 this week, John Banville tells us why we should read the essays of Hubert Butler. The Book Show • 23 Nov 20
The Book Show goes inside Ian Rankin's writer's den On this week's Book Show on RTÉ Radio 1: Rick O'Shea gets a socially distant tour of Ian Rankin's writer's den in Edinburgh... The Book Show • 15 May 20
Listen: RTÉ Book Show: Exciting Times with Naoise Dolan In this week's RTÉ Book Show, Rick O'Shea talks to Naoise Dolan about her debut novel Exciting Times, which is set in Hong Kong and … The Book Show • 01 May 20
The Book Show returns with Maggie O'Farrell & Sebastian Barry In this week's Book Show Rick O'Shea talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her telling of the story of Shakespeare's son Hamnet. Book Show • 01 May 20
The Book Show returns to RTÉ Radio 1 with Landy & Enright The Book Show returns to RTÉ Radio One at a time when some of us are reading more than ever while others are struggling to … The Book Show • 20 Apr 20
Stefanie Preissner's Can I Say No? Read an exclusive extract We're delighted to present an extract from Can I Say No?, the new book from Stefanie Preissner, creator of RTÉ's Can't Cope Won't Cope. Books • 13 May 19
Watch: Stefanie Preissner talks Situationships Can't Cope Won't Cope creator Stefanie Preissner joined Kathryn Thomas in studio to talk about her new RTÉ radio series Situationships, which looks at different … RTÉ Radio 1 • 14 Aug 18
Watch: Stefanie Preissner talks to Ray With the second series of Can't Cope Won't Cope going down a storm on RTÉ 2, the show's creator Stefanie Preissner dropped by the Ray … RTÉ Radio 1 • 09 May 18
The Bord Gais Energy Book Awards - we talk to the nominees Ahead of this weekend's Bord Gais Energy Book Awards, we present interviews with a quintet of best-selling BGEBA nominees. Books • 22 Nov 17
10 bite-size book reviews by Rick O'Shea In case it looks like I've spent most of my time since my last update reading books, I have. Books • 11 Oct 17
Something For The Weekend: Stefanie Preissner's Cultural Picks The creator of Can't Cope/Won't Cope has just released her first collection of essays, entitled Why Can't Everything Just Stay The Same? Something For The Weekend • 11 Oct 17
Stefanie Preissner's new book - read an exclusive extract We're delighted to present an extract from Why Can't Everything Just Stay The Same? - the new collection of essays from Can't Cope Won't Cope … Books • 11 Oct 17
Stefanie Preissner's new book - watch a visual extract Stefanie Preissner has written her first book, a collection of essays entitled Why Can't Everything Just Stay the Same? and she's made a short film … Books • 26 Sep 17
Looking forward - your cultural highlights for 2017 Farewell (and good riddance) to 2016 - here are some of our Cultural hot tickets for the year ahead. Culture • 23 Dec 16
