https://www.rte.ie/culture/books/en-ieRTÉ 2024-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:00:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0718/1460124-book-of-the-day-the-heart-in-winter-by-kevin-barry/Reading Kevin Barry is like hanging out with a fun relative at a lavish family wedding; one you're happy to have been pulled aside to listen to, despite the revels and capers all around...Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:00:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0718/1460124-book-of-the-day-the-heart-in-winter-by-kevin-barry/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0714/1451990-the-tempestuous-lives-of-roger-casement-the-new-book-extracted/Pioneering human rights campaigner, patriot, romantic, traitor, LGBTQ+ martyr: this is the story of Roger Casement, one of the 20th century's most complex and compelling figures.Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:00:16 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0714/1451990-the-tempestuous-lives-of-roger-casement-the-new-book-extracted/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0710/1459241-still-slippy-irvine-welsh-on-his-new-book-resolution/Irvine Welsh brought us junkies, Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie in his classic novel Trainspotting.Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:25:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0710/1459241-still-slippy-irvine-welsh-on-his-new-book-resolution/RTÉ Arenahttps://www.rte.ie/kids/book-club/2024/0701/1457575-rtejr-book-club-july-2024/It's time for another edition of the RTÉjr Book Club with our friends at Children's Books Ireland.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:09:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/kids/book-club/2024/0701/1457575-rtejr-book-club-july-2024/Book Clubhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0710/1455700-the-beginnings-of-brian-friel-inside-the-new-biography/Author Kelly Matthews introduces, a new biography of the legendary playwright and author of Dancing At Lughnasa, which returns to Dublin's Gate Theatre this July.Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:00:28 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0710/1455700-the-beginnings-of-brian-friel-inside-the-new-biography/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/learn/2024/0709/1459009-new-discover-irish-kids-books-this-july/Irish YA author Triona Campbell brings us some of the latest books from Irish authors and Illustrators in the #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks series!Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:15:16 +0100https://www.rte.ie/learn/2024/0709/1459009-new-discover-irish-kids-books-this-july/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0707/1458261-cloudspotting-for-beginners-your-new-favourite-hobby/"Every cloud engenders not a storm," Shakespeare tells us and cloudspotters everywhere would surely be quick to agree, pointing out that it's usually the cumulonimbus that brings the storm.Sun, 07 Jul 2024 19:42:24 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0707/1458261-cloudspotting-for-beginners-your-new-favourite-hobby/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0706/1457754-hail-to-the-king-50-years-of-the-master-of-literary-horror/One afternoon in the early 1970s, the author Tabitha King stopped by her husband's office and noticed an unusually large pile of pages in his waste paper basket...Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:00:57 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0706/1457754-hail-to-the-king-50-years-of-the-master-of-literary-horror/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0620/1455803-monumenta-by-lara-haworth-read-an-extract/Olga Pavic's house has been requisitioned.The council will bulldoze it.Her home will become a monument to a massacre.Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:51:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0620/1455803-monumenta-by-lara-haworth-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0708/1458447-the-art-of-reading-belinda-mckeon-talks-to-colm-toibin/The Art of Reading is a monthly book club hosted by Colm Tóibín, the Laureate for Irish Fiction.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 08:00:17 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0708/1458447-the-art-of-reading-belinda-mckeon-talks-to-colm-toibin/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0703/1451991-back-to-the-local-maurice-gorhams-ode-to-londons-irish-pubs/Back to the Local is a delightful, charming ramble around the London pubs of the 1940s...Wed, 03 Jul 2024 07:00:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0703/1451991-back-to-the-local-maurice-gorhams-ode-to-londons-irish-pubs/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0702/1457839-book-of-the-day-reality-check-by-vicki-notaro/As a seasoned reader, I can honestly say that every holiday check list I write includes a book.Tue, 02 Jul 2024 23:23:13 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0702/1457839-book-of-the-day-reality-check-by-vicki-notaro/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0618/1455360-why-irelands-literary-journals-are-enjoying-a-moment/Dean Fee, the co-editor of Donegal-based journal The Pig's Back, invites you to the Journals Fleadh, a celebration of Ireland's thriving literary landscape, coming to the Earagail Arts Festival this July.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:05:43 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0618/1455360-why-irelands-literary-journals-are-enjoying-a-moment/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0630/1452424-exile-by-aimee-walsh-read-an-extract/Fiadh's life is turned completely upside down on a night out in Belfast...Sun, 30 Jun 2024 07:00:39 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0630/1452424-exile-by-aimee-walsh-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0623/1451979-mouthing-by-orla-mackey-read-an-extract/Welcome to Ballyrowan. This sleepy corner of rural Ireland may seem tranquil, but scratch the surface and you'll find a hotbed of gossip and intrigue.Sun, 23 Jun 2024 07:00:11 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0623/1451979-mouthing-by-orla-mackey-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0701/1455443-book-of-the-week-devotion-by-micheal-mccann/One of the most frustrating things about contemporary attitudes to the Confessional lyric is the expectation that it should be wholly autobiographical.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:15:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0701/1455443-book-of-the-week-devotion-by-micheal-mccann/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0618/1452423-a-writer-in-exile-aimee-walsh-on-her-debut-novel/Debut author and RTÉ Culture contributor Aimée Walsh introduces her new book...Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:00:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0618/1452423-a-writer-in-exile-aimee-walsh-on-her-debut-novel/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0624/1455349-book-of-the-week-old-romantics-by-maggie-armstrong/You only have to nip into any bookshop to become aware of the overwhelming rise in romance fiction...Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:00:34 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0624/1455349-book-of-the-week-old-romantics-by-maggie-armstrong/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0620/1455154-book-of-the-week-land-is-all-that-matters-by-myles-dungan/The assertion that land is all that matters, and that the struggle over it "shaped Irish history", are big claims to make.Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:00:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0620/1455154-book-of-the-week-land-is-all-that-matters-by-myles-dungan/Book Of The Weekhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0626/1455723-reviewed-free-therapy-by-rebecca-ivory/Losing yourself in a book is a distinct pleasure, rarely found. But finding yourself in a book is rarer still, and – when done well – pretty unnerving.Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:00:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0626/1455723-reviewed-free-therapy-by-rebecca-ivory/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0619/1452438-watch-the-art-of-reading-megan-nolan-talks-to-colm-toibin/The Art of Reading is a monthly book club hosted by Colm Tóibín, the Laureate for Irish Fiction.Wed, 19 Jun 2024 07:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0619/1452438-watch-the-art-of-reading-megan-nolan-talks-to-colm-toibin/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0619/1453183-rte-arena-on-the-100th-anniversary-of-franz-kafkas-death/This month marks the one hundredth anniversary of the death of one of the greatest writers in the German language...Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:00:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0619/1453183-rte-arena-on-the-100th-anniversary-of-franz-kafkas-death/RTÉ Arenahttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0618/1453389-nineteen-eighty-four-at-75-rte-arena-celebrates-a-literary-gem/In 1936, British author George Orwell (real name Eric Arthur Blair) went to the Spanish Civil War as an enthusiastic supporter of the socialist dream and a hater of fascism...Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:00:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0618/1453389-nineteen-eighty-four-at-75-rte-arena-celebrates-a-literary-gem/RTÉ Arenahttps://www.rte.ie/radio/dramaonone/plays/2022/0124/1275562-reading-ulysses/Companion series to the RTÉ recordings of James Joyce's 'Ulysses', featuring discussion, guides and explainers of the famous book.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:13:40 +0100https://www.rte.ie/radio/dramaonone/plays/2022/0124/1275562-reading-ulysses/Ulysseshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0608/1449319-the-heart-in-winter-by-kevin-barry-read-an-extract/October, 1891. Butte, Montana. A hard winter approaches across the Rocky Mountains...Sat, 08 Jun 2024 07:00:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0608/1449319-the-heart-in-winter-by-kevin-barry-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0603/1451487-book-of-the-week-the-alternatives-by-caoilinn-hughes/Profoundly moving in its delicacy, Caoilinn Hughes's The Alternatives is a portrait of four brilliant sisters moving through the grief of life after death.Mon, 03 Jun 2024 07:00:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0603/1451487-book-of-the-week-the-alternatives-by-caoilinn-hughes/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0609/1451530-francis-bacons-nanny-by-maylis-besserie-read-an-extract/At the very centre of the life of one of the twentieth-century's greatest artists was the most unexpected of life-long influences...Sun, 09 Jun 2024 07:00:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0609/1451530-francis-bacons-nanny-by-maylis-besserie-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0530/1452104-poet-and-academic-gerald-dawe-dies-aged-72/Tributes have been paid to the Belfast-born poet and academic, who has died at the age of 72.Thu, 30 May 2024 10:34:25 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0530/1452104-poet-and-academic-gerald-dawe-dies-aged-72/In Memoriamhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0602/1451501-ravelling-by-estelle-birdy-read-an-extract/Ravelling centres around the lives of five teenage boys in the Liberties area of Dublin...Sun, 02 Jun 2024 07:00:11 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0602/1451501-ravelling-by-estelle-birdy-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0531/1451742-something-for-the-weekend-arthur-matthews-cultural-picks/Writer Arthur Matthews' place in comedy history is assured, now he's turning his hand to non-fiction with his new bookFri, 31 May 2024 07:00:48 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0531/1451742-something-for-the-weekend-arthur-matthews-cultural-picks/Something For The Weekendhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0615/1451694-arthur-mathews-on-kevin-ohiggins-his-friends-and-enemies/In July 1927, at just thirty-five years old, Kevin O'Higgins was assassinated on his way to Mass in Booterstown, Co. Dublin.Sat, 15 Jun 2024 07:00:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0615/1451694-arthur-mathews-on-kevin-ohiggins-his-friends-and-enemies/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0613/1451977-mouthing-author-orla-mackey-all-of-our-lives-amount-to-a-story/Author Orla Mackey introduces her debut novel Mouthing, a multigenerational portrait of small-town life in Ireland.Thu, 13 Jun 2024 07:00:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0613/1451977-mouthing-author-orla-mackey-all-of-our-lives-amount-to-a-story/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0610/1451987-book-of-the-week-openings-by-lucy-caldwell/The Carver-esque story titles that make up Lucy Caldwell's new collection belie the lyricism at work in the author's short story canon.Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:00:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0610/1451987-book-of-the-week-openings-by-lucy-caldwell/Book Of The Weekhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0501/1302264-gerald-dawe-from-kingstown-to-dun-laoghaire-the-lyric-feature/Wed, 01 May 2024 13:00:58 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0501/1302264-gerald-dawe-from-kingstown-to-dun-laoghaire-the-lyric-feature/The Lyric Featurehttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0525/1449526-myles-dungan-on-the-struggle-that-shaped-irish-history/In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe everyone lived 'off the land' in one way or another. In Ireland, however, almost everyone lived 'on the land' as well.Sat, 25 May 2024 07:00:40 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0525/1449526-myles-dungan-on-the-struggle-that-shaped-irish-history/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0527/1451011-book-of-the-week-international-booker-prize-winner-kairos/In relentless, unflinching present tense sentences, punched on to the page, it explores the extent to which human hearts might rise above history...Mon, 27 May 2024 07:00:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0527/1451011-book-of-the-week-international-booker-prize-winner-kairos/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0518/1449814-evelyn-conlons-reading-rites-comes-to-book-on-one/Sat, 18 May 2024 11:00:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0518/1449814-evelyn-conlons-reading-rites-comes-to-book-on-one/Book On Onehttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0526/1448080-the-worlds-end-by-karen-fitzgibbon-read-an-extract/'Grace carefully stepped down from the boat onto the jetty. There was still no sign of Stephen...'Sun, 26 May 2024 07:00:59 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0526/1448080-the-worlds-end-by-karen-fitzgibbon-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0523/1450374-book-of-the-week-you-are-here-by-david-nicholls/Coming soon after the release of the Netflix version of One Day, David Nicholls' latest novel is another bitter-sweet homage to skewed romance.Thu, 23 May 2024 10:00:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0523/1450374-book-of-the-week-you-are-here-by-david-nicholls/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0519/1447821-the-weather-girls-by-sarah-webb-read-an-extract/A tale of bravery, adventure and a remarkable friendship, inspired by true events from World War 2.Sun, 19 May 2024 07:00:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0519/1447821-the-weather-girls-by-sarah-webb-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0514/1449124-why-the-irish-may-bush-tradition-is-thriving-across-the-globe/A new book by folklorists Michael Fortune and Aileen Lambert features a unique collection of May-related folklore...Tue, 14 May 2024 14:52:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0514/1449124-why-the-irish-may-bush-tradition-is-thriving-across-the-globe/Folklorehttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0518/1447840-book-of-the-week-habitat-by-catriona-shine/It's a wonderful oddity when a debut novel is truly uncategorisable, trailblazing with no comparisons readily available...Sat, 18 May 2024 07:00:55 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0518/1447840-book-of-the-week-habitat-by-catriona-shine/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0513/1448082-the-art-of-reading-deirdre-madden-talks-to-colm-toibin/The Art of Reading is a monthly book club hosted by Colm Tóibín, the Laureate for Irish Fiction.Mon, 13 May 2024 08:33:08 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0513/1448082-the-art-of-reading-deirdre-madden-talks-to-colm-toibin/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0516/1446601-something-for-the-weekend-fiona-mcphillips-cultural-picks/She's just published her debut novel When We Were Silent, an exploration of power, corruption and retribution at an exclusive private school in Dublin.Thu, 16 May 2024 07:00:24 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0516/1446601-something-for-the-weekend-fiona-mcphillips-cultural-picks/Baby Reindeerhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0520/1449321-reviewed-joy-in-service-on-rue-tagore-by-paul-muldoon/Opening a new book by poet Paul Muldoon is like breaking through the floor of an unopened catacomb.Mon, 20 May 2024 07:00:59 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0520/1449321-reviewed-joy-in-service-on-rue-tagore-by-paul-muldoon/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0515/1447843-midlife-in-rhymes-jan-briertons-new-poems/We present a quintet of poems from Jan Brierton's new collection, Everybody Is A PoemWed, 15 May 2024 07:00:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0515/1447843-midlife-in-rhymes-jan-briertons-new-poems/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0514/1449198-alice-munro/Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning author known as "Canada's Chekhov" for her mastery of the short story, has died at 92, her editor has said.Tue, 14 May 2024 22:39:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0514/1449198-alice-munro/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0512/1446997-the-two-loves-of-sophie-strom-by-sam-taylor-read-an-extract/One man, one choice, two lifetimes...Sun, 12 May 2024 06:00:45 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0512/1446997-the-two-loves-of-sophie-strom-by-sam-taylor-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0508/1447771-book-of-the-week-david-mccullagh-on-the-life-of-gerald-boland/'Gerald Boland is a significant figure in Irish history who has been neglected too long'. RTÉ's David McCullagh reviews a new biography of a noteworthy figure in Irish politics, one often overlooked in the story of the evolution of the state.Wed, 08 May 2024 07:00:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0508/1447771-book-of-the-week-david-mccullagh-on-the-life-of-gerald-boland/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/learn/2024/0516/1449541-discover-irish-kids-books-may-2024/Irish YA author Triona Campbell brings us some of the latest books from Irish authors in the #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks series!Thu, 16 May 2024 14:19:21 +0100https://www.rte.ie/learn/2024/0516/1449541-discover-irish-kids-books-may-2024/Readinghttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0502/1447030-amended-niamh-mulvey-talks-to-rte-arena-about-her-debut-novel/Sean Rocks last spoke with author Niamh Mulvey for RTÉ Arena back in June 2022, when her highly acclaimed short story collection Hearts and Bones was published.Thu, 02 May 2024 14:48:55 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0502/1447030-amended-niamh-mulvey-talks-to-rte-arena-about-her-debut-novel/RTÉ Arenahttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0505/1446300-seaborne-by-nuala-oconnor-read-an-extract/It's 1718 on Providence Island in the Bahamas, and recently married Anne Bonny is restless. When the so-called Gentleman Pirate Jack Rackam crosses her path, Anne must decide where her destiny lies...Sun, 05 May 2024 07:00:59 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0505/1446300-seaborne-by-nuala-oconnor-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0501/1446713-author-paul-auster-dies-aged-77/The American author Paul Auster, who made his name with noirish, existentialist novels about lonely writers and outsiders that were a huge hit in Europe particularly, has died aged 77.Wed, 01 May 2024 08:48:23 +0100https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0501/1446713-author-paul-auster-dies-aged-77/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0502/1446341-sunday-miscellany-voyagers-a-poem-by-catherine-twomey/A poem in memory of the late Michael CoadyThu, 02 May 2024 10:00:49 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0502/1446341-sunday-miscellany-voyagers-a-poem-by-catherine-twomey/Sunday Miscellanyhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0502/1446961-writer-paul-auster-remembered-by-colum-mccann/Sad news from the world of books this week, as the death of Brooklyn-based author Paul Auster was announced on Wednesday morning.Thu, 02 May 2024 11:00:55 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0502/1446961-writer-paul-auster-remembered-by-colum-mccann/RTÉ Arenahttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0505/1441644-when-we-were-silent-by-fiona-mcphillips-read-an-extract/Lou Manson is an outsider when she joins the final-year class at Highfield Manor, Dublin's most exclusive private school...Sun, 05 May 2024 07:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0505/1441644-when-we-were-silent-by-fiona-mcphillips-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/kids/book-club/2024/0502/1446756-rtejr-book-club-may-2024/It's time for another edition of the RTÉjr Book Club with our friends at Children's Books Ireland.Thu, 02 May 2024 09:30:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/kids/book-club/2024/0502/1446756-rtejr-book-club-may-2024/RTÉjr Book Clubhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0501/1446570-everyone-in-cork-has-a-story-rte-arena-on-the-new-anthology/Wed, 01 May 2024 13:00:26 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0501/1446570-everyone-in-cork-has-a-story-rte-arena-on-the-new-anthology/RTÉ Arenahttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0430/1446315-habitat-by-catriona-shine-read-an-extract/Habitat follows seven neighbours over the course of a surreal and life-changing week as their mid-century apartment building in Oslo begins to inexplicably break down around them.Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:00:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0430/1446315-habitat-by-catriona-shine-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0423/1445235-50-years-of-guaranteed-irish-an-extract-from-the-new-book/We present an extract from the new book Lessons from the Past for a Sustainable Future: 50 years of Guaranteed Irish, written by historian Enda MacMahon.Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:36:34 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0423/1445235-50-years-of-guaranteed-irish-an-extract-from-the-new-book/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445494-poetry-day-ireland-pommel-horse-by-rosemary-jenkinson/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:00:08 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445494-poetry-day-ireland-pommel-horse-by-rosemary-jenkinson/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0428/1444257-from-whales-and-whales-galician-poet-luisa-castro-in-focus/The first English translation of one of the most pivotal collections in contemporary Galician poetry, Whales and Whales navigates the urgent, playful, shapeshifting journey of a young woman affirming her place in the world.Sun, 28 Apr 2024 10:00:01 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0428/1444257-from-whales-and-whales-galician-poet-luisa-castro-in-focus/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0427/1445648-listen-arenas-cuirt-international-literature-festival-special/The 39th Cúirt International Festival of Literature has arrived! Listen to the RTÉ Arena Cúirt special...Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:00:22 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0427/1445648-listen-arenas-cuirt-international-literature-festival-special/RTÉ Arenahttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445491-poetry-day-ireland-on-failure-and-persistence-by-rafael-mendes/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445491-poetry-day-ireland-on-failure-and-persistence-by-rafael-mendes/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445250-poetry-day-ireland-gleam-by-patrick-moran/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 08:00:42 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445250-poetry-day-ireland-gleam-by-patrick-moran/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445413-poetry-day-ireland-aiteall-le-laoighseach-ni-choistealbha/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 07:00:25 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445413-poetry-day-ireland-aiteall-le-laoighseach-ni-choistealbha/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0422/1445043-celebrate-poetry-day-ireland-with-rte-culture/Poetry Day Ireland is happening this Thursday April 25th...Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:13:29 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0422/1445043-celebrate-poetry-day-ireland-with-rte-culture/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0423/1445176-ode-to-joy-poet-paul-muldoon-talks-to-rte-arena/For RTÉ Arena, Sean Rocks was joined in studio by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon to discuss and read from his new collection Joy in Service on Rue Tagore.Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:11:44 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0423/1445176-ode-to-joy-poet-paul-muldoon-talks-to-rte-arena/RTÉ Arenahttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445576-poetry-day-ireland-racing-results-by-mary-noonan/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:37:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445576-poetry-day-ireland-racing-results-by-mary-noonan/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445574-poetry-day-ireland-26-2-by-eoghan-totten/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:00:29 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445574-poetry-day-ireland-26-2-by-eoghan-totten/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445246-poetry-day-ireland-flesh-being-wild-by-nidhi-zak-aria-eipe/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:00:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445246-poetry-day-ireland-flesh-being-wild-by-nidhi-zak-aria-eipe/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0427/1445027-how-to-soften-corners-jennie-morans-philosophy-of-hospitality/The new book from artist Jennie Moran tells the illuminating story of an art project/college canteen called LuncheonetteSat, 27 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0427/1445027-how-to-soften-corners-jennie-morans-philosophy-of-hospitality/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445589-poetry-day-ireland-cruinn-neamhdhireach-le-alan-titley/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:00:17 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445589-poetry-day-ireland-cruinn-neamhdhireach-le-alan-titley/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0426/1445901-afric-mcglincheys-tied-to-the-wind-comes-to-book-on-one/Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:18:12 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0426/1445901-afric-mcglincheys-tied-to-the-wind-comes-to-book-on-one/Book On Onehttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0426/1445920-ar-an-traein-go-tel-aviv-by-palestinian-born-poet-marwan-makhoul/Ahead of a five-day Irish visit, poet Annemarie Ní Churreáin introduces the work of Palestinian-born poet Marwan Makhoul, whose work has just been translated into Irish.Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:42:25 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0426/1445920-ar-an-traein-go-tel-aviv-by-palestinian-born-poet-marwan-makhoul/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445579-poetry-day-ireland-iomramh-le-mairtin-coilfeir/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:24:56 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445579-poetry-day-ireland-iomramh-le-mairtin-coilfeir/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445594-poetry-day-ireland-winter-heroes-by-katie-donovan/Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445594-poetry-day-ireland-winter-heroes-by-katie-donovan/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445586-poetry-day-ireland-all-square-at-half-time-by-david-nash/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:00:36 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445586-poetry-day-ireland-all-square-at-half-time-by-david-nash/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445581-poetry-day-ireland-henry-shefflin-by-enda-wyley/Poetry Day Ireland is an annual island-wide celebration of poetry which invites the nation to read, write, and share a poem on the day.Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:00:46 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0425/1445581-poetry-day-ireland-henry-shefflin-by-enda-wyley/Poetryhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0422/1444936-reviewed-knife-salman-rushdies-memoir-of-surviving-attack/Knife is Salman Rushdie's account of how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life in August 2022, in which he lost his right eye and partial use of his left hand, writes Paul Giles.Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:27:28 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0422/1444936-reviewed-knife-salman-rushdies-memoir-of-surviving-attack/Book Of The Weekhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0419/1444557-cristin-leachs-memoir-negative-space-comes-to-book-on-one/This week's Book on One on RTÉ Radio 1 is Negative Space, a memoir by one of Ireland's leading art writers and critics.Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:10:09 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0419/1444557-cristin-leachs-memoir-negative-space-comes-to-book-on-one/Book On Onehttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0417/1443797-something-for-the-weekend-maggie-armstrongs-cultural-picks/She has just published Old Romantics, a debut collection of linked short stories.Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:00:14 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0417/1443797-something-for-the-weekend-maggie-armstrongs-cultural-picks/Something For The Weekendhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0417/1443241-book-of-the-week-quickly-while-they-still-have-horses/In 1973, Gabriel García Márquez told The Atlantic: "In Mexico, surrealism runs through the streets... Surrealism comes from the reality of Latin America."Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:00:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0417/1443241-book-of-the-week-quickly-while-they-still-have-horses/Book Of The Weekhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0414/1441677-the-fates-by-rosie-garland-extracted-greek-mythology-reimagined/Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates - three sisters born out of Nyx's darkness, destined to weave the lives, and deaths, of humankind for eternity.Sun, 14 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0414/1441677-the-fates-by-rosie-garland-extracted-greek-mythology-reimagined/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0409/1441248-the-art-of-reading-paul-murray-talks-to-colm-toibin/The Art of Reading is a monthly book club hosted by Colm Tóibín, the Laureate for Irish Fiction.Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:00:10 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0409/1441248-the-art-of-reading-paul-murray-talks-to-colm-toibin/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0421/1442397-old-romantics-by-maggie-armstrong-read-an-extract/We present an extract from Old Romantics, the debut short story collection by Maggie Armstrong, published by Tramp Press.Sun, 21 Apr 2024 06:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0421/1442397-old-romantics-by-maggie-armstrong-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0411/1437245-sparks-of-bright-matter-by-leeanne-odonnell-read-an-extract/Sparks of Bright Matter tells the story of the last alchemist, Peter Woulfe.Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:00:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0411/1437245-sparks-of-bright-matter-by-leeanne-odonnell-read-an-extract/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/books/2024/0409/1442610-book-of-the-week-hagstone-by-sinead-gleeson/Sinéad Gleeson has forged a career that has, among other things, become largely devoted to supporting fellow artists, particularly female artists...Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:41:57 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/books/2024/0409/1442610-book-of-the-week-hagstone-by-sinead-gleeson/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11619143/Louise Nealon's debut novel is the 2024 One Dublin One Book title.Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:43:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11619143/Book On Onehttps://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0410/1442683-that-they-may-face-the-rising-sun-john-mcgahern-novel-pat-collins-film/Pat Collins' film of McGahern's That They May Face The Rising Sun shows the importance of landscape and place in shaping people's livesWed, 10 Apr 2024 12:33:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0410/1442683-that-they-may-face-the-rising-sun-john-mcgahern-novel-pat-collins-film/Filmhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0411/1442745-something-for-the-weekend-sinead-gleesons-cultural-picks/Choice cultural picks from the author of Hagstone...Thu, 11 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0411/1442745-something-for-the-weekend-sinead-gleesons-cultural-picks/Something For The Weekendhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0407/1439363-meet-the-tower-ghost-natasha-mac-abhairds-spooky-tale-for-kids/Can they solve the mystery before a killer strikes again?Sun, 07 Apr 2024 08:00:57 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0407/1439363-meet-the-tower-ghost-natasha-mac-abhairds-spooky-tale-for-kids/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0405/1441478-poetry-people-new-rte-radio-1-show-explores-the-power-of-a-poem/Poetry People is a new weekly series starting on RTÉ Radio 1 at 7pm on Sunday, 7th April.Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:00:06 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0405/1441478-poetry-people-new-rte-radio-1-show-explores-the-power-of-a-poem/Poetry Peoplehttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0403/1441436-sunday-miscellany-st-matthew-passion-a-poem-by-john-f-deane/"There is a storm tonight in Thomaskirche..."Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:00:14 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0403/1441436-sunday-miscellany-st-matthew-passion-a-poem-by-john-f-deane/Sunday Miscellanyhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0326/1440126-booker-prize-winner-paul-lynch-among-8-new-aosdana-members/Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland, has elected 8 new members to its ranks.Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:00:37 +0000https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0326/1440126-booker-prize-winner-paul-lynch-among-8-new-aosdana-members/Arts & Culturehttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0402/1440586-kathleen-macmahon-on-short-storytelling-truth-beauty-insight/The RTÉ Short Story Competition 2024 in honour of Francis MacManus is back and is now open for entries.Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:00:58 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0402/1440586-kathleen-macmahon-on-short-storytelling-truth-beauty-insight/RTÉ Short Story Competitionhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0331/1439362-meet-the-man-who-led-the-fight-for-irelands-disabled-community/We present an extract from Never Know Your Place – Memoir of a Rulebreaker, the new book by Martin Naughton with Joanna Marsden.Sun, 31 Mar 2024 08:00:20 +0100https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0331/1439362-meet-the-man-who-led-the-fight-for-irelands-disabled-community/Bookshttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0328/1435872-something-for-the-weekend-edwina-guckians-cultural-picks/Edwina Guckian from Drumsna Co Leitrim is a dancer, farmer, teacher, filmmaker and folklorist.Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:00:14 +0000https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0328/1435872-something-for-the-weekend-edwina-guckians-cultural-picks/Something For The Weekendhttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0327/1439857-on-the-hunt-tana-french-talks-to-rte-arena-about-her-new-book/The Hunter is the ninth novel from bestselling author Tana French – it's a sequel to her 2020 book, The Searcher.Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:00:50 +0000https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0327/1439857-on-the-hunt-tana-french-talks-to-rte-arena-about-her-new-book/RTÉ Arenahttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0326/1439422-habitat-catriona-shine-talks-to-rte-arena-about-her-debut-novel/RTÉ Arena talked to the author of the most hotly anticipated debut novels of the year...Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:00:26 +0000https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0326/1439422-habitat-catriona-shine-talks-to-rte-arena-about-her-debut-novel/RTÉ Arena