Reading Turgenev by William Trevor, read by Conor Farrington. Marking the first anniversary of the death of William Trevor, a chance to hear an archive recording of his novel 'Reading Turgenev', read by Conor Farrington, first broadcast in 1992. In 1950s Ireland, a young woman enters into a marriage of convenience with an older man, and subsequently falls in love with her invalid cousin, with whom she spends secret afternoons reading Russian novels. (7 Nov - 15 Dec)

A season of the shortlist for the 2017 RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition in honour of Francis Mac Manus: (2 Oct - 6 Nov)

  • The Flare Carves Itself Through The Dark by Colin Walsh and read by Gary Murphy (2 Oct)
  • Stones That Might Be Diamonds by Barbara Leahy and read by Kathy Rose O’Brien (3 Oct)
  • Flashing Lights by Felipe Deakin read by read by Kathy Rose O’Brien (4 Oct)
  • Apparition Hill by Alan Weadick and read by Ger Ryan (5 Oct)
  • Cactus Blossom by Lorcan Byrne and read by Ingrid Craigie (6 Oct)
  • That August by Bríd Connolly and read by Ger Ryan (9 Oct)
  • Because We Are Not Butterflies by Bernadette Cotter and read by Ingrid Craigie (10 Oct)
  • Uncontactable by Paddy Doherty and read by Cathy Belton (11 Oct)
  • Tattoo by Doreen Duffy and read by Megan Riordan (12 Oct)
  • At Piazza Navona by Fiona Gartland and read by Kathy Rose O’Brien (13 Oct)
  • A Bird Called Bono by Anne McDonald and read by Denis Conway (16 Oct)
  • The Red Coat With The Black Astrakhan Collar by Margaret Lynch and read by Cathy Belton (17 Oct)
  • Fragments by Shane O’Neill and read by Andrew Bennett (18 Oct)
  • Ash by Mairi McCurdy and read by Ali White (19 Oct)
  • Coming Down Hard by Thomas Kiernan and read by Emmet Kirwan (20 Oct)
  • Cut The Grape by Mark McGlynn and read by Peter Hanly (23 Oct)
  • Visitors by Helen McGoldrick and read by Fionnuala Murphy (24 Oct)
  • Remnants by Eamon McGuinness and read by Denis Conway (25 Oct)
  • Dream by Paddy Murray and read by Peter Hanly (26 Oct)
  • Time For You And Time For Me by Celine Naughton and read by Ali White (27 Oct)
  • Waiting for the 8:07 East by Paul James O’Donnell and read by Andrew Bennett (30 Oct)
  • The Half-Light by Angela Lyons and read by Emmet Kirwan (31 Oct)
  • New Beginning by Arthur Sheridan and read by Janet Moran (1 Nov)
  • Danny by Joseph Sweeney and read by Gary Murphy (2 Nov)
  • The Swimmer by Dolores Walshe and read by Peter Hanly (3 Nov)
  • Red or Black by Kevin Beakey and read by Janet Moran (6 Nov)

Astray by Emma O'Donoghue, read by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú (25 - 29 Sep)

Not the Same Sky by Evelyn Conlon, read by the author (18 - 22 Sep)

Fallen by Lia Mills, read by the author (11 - 15 Sep)

Four Sides Full: A Personal Essay by Vona Groarke, read by the author (4 - 8 Sep)

Jernigan by David Gates, read by Roger Gregg (28 Aug - 1 Sep)

The Small Window by Janet McNeill, read by Eleanor Methven (21 - 25 Aug)

Proxopera by Benedict Kiely, read by Gerard McSorley (14 - 18 Aug)

Reader For Hire by Raymond Jean, read by Karen Ardiff (7 - 11 Aug)

A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale, read by Mark D'Aughton (31 Jul - 4 Aug)

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, read by Kathy Rose O'Brien (17 - 28 Jul)

Readings from The Hennessy Book of Irish Fiction 2005-2015 (10 - 14 Jul)

The Curious History of Irish Dogs by David Blake Knox, read by the author (3 - 7 Jul)

The Van by Roddy Doyle, read by the author (26 - 30 Jun)

The Snapper by Roddy Doyle, read by the author (19 - 23 Jun)

The Commitments by Roddy Doyle, read by the author (12 - 16 Jun)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Gary Murphy (5 - 9 Jun)

Guests of the Nation and First Confession, short stories by Frank O'Connor (29 May - 6 Jun)

When Light is Like Water by Molly McCloskey, read by the author (22 - 26 May)

Once We Sang Like Other Men by John MacKenna, read by the author (15 - 19 May)

A Goat's Song by Dermot Healy, read by Mikel Murphy (1 - 12 May)

A selection from the RTÉ Francis MacManus Short Story Competition 2016 (24 - 28 Apr)

Seven Virtues of the Rising by Pádraic Ó Conaire, read by Diarmuid de Faoite (10 - 21 Apr)

Echoland by Joe Joyce, the Dublin: One City One Book choice for 2017 (3 - 7 Apr)

Solar Bones by Mike McCormack, read by the author (27 - 31 Mar)

A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler, read by Gary Murphy (20 - 24 Mar)

Págánaigh by Seán Mac Mathúna, read by the author (13 - 17 Mar)

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, read by Ali White (27 Feb - 10 Mar)

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, read by Kathy Rose O'Brien (13 - 24 Feb)

Dinosaurs On Other Planets by Danielle McLaughlin, read by Andrew Bennett (6 - 10 Feb)

Astray by Emma Donoghue, read by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú (30 Jan - 3 Feb)

Not the Same Sky by Evelyn Conlon, read by the author (23 - 27 Jan)

Four Sides Full: A Personal Essay by Vona Groarke, read by the author (16 - 20 Jan)

An Attack of Hunger from The Springs of Affection by Maeve Brennan (9 - 13 Jan)

A Free Choice from The Springs of Affection by Maeve Brennan (2 - 6 Jan)