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The Library Section of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council run a varied programme of literary events throughout the year. This podcast series provides an archive of some of these events and helps to extend their reach to a wider audience.

  1. 05.01.2011

    Barbara Kingsolver

    Barbara Kingsolver, one of the most socially and politically aware novelists writing today, will be reading from her long-awaited new book, 'The Lacuna', which was awarded the Orange Prize, and Claire Kilroy, one of Ireland’s finest young novelists, will be interviewing Ms. Kingsolver. The programme was recorded before an audience at The Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire on the 19th of July 2010

  2. 05.01.2011

    Christos Tsiolkas

    DLR Libraries recently hosted a reading and interview with up-and-coming Australian author Christos Tsiolkas, reading from his novel 'The Slap' which has featured on best-seller lists across the globe, and scooped the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in 2009. This podcast was recorded at the County Hall’s Assembly Room on the 4th of August 2010

  3. 05.01.2011

    Declan Hughes and Alan Glynn

    In this programme Declan Hughes will be discussing ,’The City of Lost Girls’, the fifth novel in his hugely successful ’Ed Loy Series’. He is accompanied by Alan Glynn, whose second novel ‘Winterland’ has enjoyed unanimous critical acclaim. This podcast was recorded at the County Hall in Dun Laoghaire on the 12th of May 2010.

  4. 05.01.2011

    Jonathan Franzen

    In this programme, Jonathan Franzen reads from his new novel 'Freedom' and is interviewed by fellow writer Hugo Hamilton. Franzen is famous for snubbing Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club with his last novel, The Corrections, and speculation is rife at the moment that Oprah might forgive him and name Freedom as her last ever book club choice. The programme was recorded before an audience at the Pavilion theatre in Dublin on October 2nd 2010

  5. 20.12.2010

    Hugo Hamilton

    Hugo Hamilton's novel 'Hand in the Fire' offers a compelling and original view of contemporary Ireland through the harrowing experience of a Serbian immigrant entangled in a web of violence and deceit. In this programme, excerpts are read by the author and he is interviewed by Professor Declan Kiberd before an audience at County Hall, Dún Laoghaire. The podcast was recorded on 30 March 2010.

  6. 02.11.2010

    Alexander McCall Smith

    Best-selling author and creator of the award-winning 'No 1 Ladies Detective Agency' series, Alexander McCall Smith visited Dún Laoghaire on the 27th February 2010. He read an excerpt from his novel, 'The Double Comfort Safari Club' and discussed his work with an audience at the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire.

  7. 06.06.2010

    John Boyne and Patrick Gale

    This is the second of two Library Voices events which were part of the programme at the inaugural Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival. This podcast has already been published in the Mountains to Sea Festival Podcast. It's a double bill with writers Patrick Gale and John Boyne reading from their new books. This podcast was recorded at the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire on September 12, 2009. New podcast episodes are on the way in both the Library Voices and Mountains to Sea Festival series, and watch out in the next few days for the launch of a new podcast series from the Poetry Now festival run by the Arts Office of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.

  8. 09.02.2010

    Library Voices: Sebastian Faulks

    The first of two events from the DLR Library Voices series which were part of the programme for the Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival in September. This podcast is published simultaneously in the DLR Library Podcast and the Mountains to Sea Festival Podcast. Sebastian Faulks is interviewed by Martina Devlin and reads from his latest novel, A Week in December. This podcast was recorded at the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire on September 12, 2009.

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The Library Section of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council run a varied programme of literary events throughout the year. This podcast series provides an archive of some of these events and helps to extend their reach to a wider audience.

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