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Listen to a wide range of talks, readings, lectures and performances which reflect the rich history and literature of Dublin city.
Serving over half a million people, Dublin City Libraries is the largest library service in the Republic of Ireland.

    City of Books #45 Andrew Meehan

    City of Books #45 Andrew Meehan

    Coming Out: Author Andrew Meehan On Discovering He Writes Love Stories

    Andrew Meehan is nailing his colours to the mast. He writes love stories, he says – although it took him until his third and most recent novel to recognise it.

    It was only as he was working on his latest novel, Instant Fires, that realisation dawned.

    “Halfway through I discovered, ‘Andrew, you write love stories. OK, it took you a while to cop on to the fact it’s what you do’.” Looking back, he understands that all three of his novels are love stories.

    “You write what you want to read,” concludes Andrew. “We all get put in boxes and some of us invite ourselves into certain boxes and I’m now embracing the fact that I’m a writer of love stories.“

    The novel is about two strangers who meet over the course of a week in Heidelberg, Germany, and feel an instant attraction – despite the woman, Ute, being convinced love is not for her. Their courtship is “diffident, gentle, awkward” and is characterised as a prelude to love by Andrew’s publisher.

    Instant Fires by Andrew Meehan is published by New Island. More here: https://www.newisland.ie/fiction/instant-fires

    • 41 min.
    City of Books #42 Lia Mills And Catherine Dunne

    City of Books #42 Lia Mills And Catherine Dunne

    Hidden Truths in Reissued Classics

    “Fiction sometimes unearths truths – and truths we’re not even aware of knowing,” says novelist Catherine Dunne.

    She’s talking about her novel, A Name For Himself, and Lia Mills’s novel Another Alice, reissued in new editions as part of the Arlen House Classic Literature.

    Both were published originally in the 1990s, but their themes of coercive control and an abused childhood remain relevant today.

    More info: http://arlenhouse.ie

    • 42 min.
    City of Books #10 Colum McCann on Motorbikes, Motivation and Middle East

    City of Books #10 Colum McCann on Motorbikes, Motivation and Middle East

    Writer Colum McCann talks about his hope that his book, Apeirogon, may contribute to peace. It fictionalises the true story of two fathers, an Israeli and a Palestinian, who each lose a child in the conflict.

    Elsewhere in the interview, Colum says he can’t write poetry but is drawn to it, and talks about writers he has known including Frank McCourt and Benedict Kiely. He also reads from his novel.

    Produced and presented by author and journalist Martina Devlin. Music by Daragh Dukes.

    :: Apeirogon is published by Bloomsbury https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/apeirogon-9781526607874/

    • 48 min.
    BeLong Bí Ann Episode 12 - TKB & Black Queer Book Club

    BeLong Bí Ann Episode 12 - TKB & Black Queer Book Club

    Welcome to Episode 12 of Belong Bí Ann.

    Playwright and actor Thommas Kane Byrne (aka TKB) chats to host Sorcha Keane about his work, where he draws inspiration, and how he minds himself, and members of the Black Queer Book Club speak about the importance of building a community, a space of creativity, safety, friendship and support for black queer people in Ireland

    Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is
    a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.

    • 57 min.
    BeLong Bí Ann Episode 11 - Aideen McBride & Juliette Saumande & Tarsila Kruse

    BeLong Bí Ann Episode 11 - Aideen McBride & Juliette Saumande & Tarsila Kruse

    Welcome to Episode 11 of Belong Bí Ann.

    Join host Sorcha Keane as she explores storytelling and story-making in this episode. Storyteller & collector Aideen McBride shares the process of story collecting and the importance of stories, while children's author Juliette Saumande & illustrator Tarsila Krüse explore how their collaboration came to be, and introduce their recent work - My Little Album of Ireland.

    Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is
    a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.

    • 1 u. 15 min.
    BeLong Bí Ann Episode 10 - Ines Khai & Francesca La Morgia & Kirsi Hanifin

    BeLong Bí Ann Episode 10 - Ines Khai & Francesca La Morgia & Kirsi Hanifin

    Welcome to Episode 10 of Belong Bí Ann.

    Language, music and culture combine in this episode. Guadeloupean singer Ines Khai shares songs and stories of her career with host Sorcha Keane, while Francesca La Morgia from Mothertongues and Kirsi Hanifin from Post Primary Languages Ireland explain how important and powerful languages are

    Belong | Bí Ann Artists Podcast is hosted by Sorcha Keane and is
    a collaboration between Dublin City Libraries and axisBallymun and funded by the Dormant Accounts Fund.

    • 1 u. 13 min.

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