The Books That Made Me

The Books That Made Me
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The desert island disc of books. Authors, writers and readers discuss the books that shaped them throughout their lives.

Episodes

  1. 12/04/2019

    Episode Twelve: Ryan Tubridy

    Welcome to the 12th - and final episode - of Season One of The Books That Made Me podcast! I'm delighted to welcome to the show fellow book-lover and kindred spirit, Ryan Tubridy. Books mentioned in this episode are listed below: Mr Men - Robert Hargreaves/ The Secret Seven - Enid Blython/ Assorted works - Roald Dahl/ Timmy Failure Series - Stephen Pastis/ A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess/ Three Women - Lisa Taddeo/ Fleishman Is In Trouble - Taffy Brodesser-Akner/ Enemy of The People - Jim Acosta/ The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack The Ripper - Hallie Rubenhold/ The Patient Assassin - Anita Anand/ The Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz/ Star of The Sea - Joseph O'Connor/ He - John Connolly/ Shadowplay - Joseph O'Connor/ The Hearts Invisible Furies - John Boyne/ The Gamal - Ciaran Collins/ Ithaca - Alan McMonagle/ The Second Sleep - Robert Harris/ Selling Hitler: The Story of the Hitler Diaries - Robert Harris

    37 min

  2. 11/14/2019

    Episode Eleven - Martina Devlin

    Martina Devlin is an award-winning columnist, journalist and author. She's written ten books, from non-fiction to novels. Her most recent book "Truth & Dare" is a collection of short stories featuring Ireland's most inspiring and trail-blazing women. Books mentioned in this episode are listed below. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie/ Dick & Dora - Happy Venture Series/ The House Where It Happened - Martina Devlin/ The Ship of Dreams - Gareth Russell/ Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood/ Good Behaviour - Molly Keane/ The Real Charlotte - Sommervile and Ross/ The Big House of Inver - Edith Somervile/ We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order to Live - Joan Didion/ Shadowland - Joseph O'Connor

    1h 4m

  3. 10/03/2019

    Episode Ten: Sheila O'Flanagan

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    32 min

  4. 09/12/2019

    Episode Nine: Rick O'Shea

    We're back! After a two week break to launch my first novel - Love, Zelda - we have returned with a bumper episode for you. This week, we chat to radio presenter and creator of the biggest Irish Book Club, Rick O'Shea. Books mentioned in the show are listed below: The Famous Five/The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton / The Three Investigators by Robert Arthur & Robert Arthur Jr / The Hardy Boys / The Other Side of the Sky by Arthur C Clarke / The 9 Billion Names of God by Arthur C Clarke / Strumpet City by James Plunkett / All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doeer / Constellations by Sinead Gleeson / The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins / Outgrowing God by Richard Dawkins / The Firestarters by Jan Carson / On The Road by Jack Kerouac / The Lonely City by Olivia Laing / The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin / The Warehouse by Rob Hart / Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino

    51 min

  5. 08/15/2019

    Episode Eight: Dave Rudden

    On this week's podcast, we chat to fantasy writer Dave Rudden about how Irish mysticism has shaped his work, coming to fantasy stories like Star Wars and Doctor Who via books first and discovering the joy of the Warhammer game. Books mentioned in the podcast are below.  Irish Folk & Fairy Tales - Michael Scott / The Wheel of Time Series - Robert Jordon/ The Game of Thrones Series - George RR Martin / The Rivan Codex - David Eddings / Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo / Entire backlist - Terry Prachett / Crooked Kingdom - Leigh Bardugo / Entire backlist - Joe Hill / Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon / The Doctor Who novels / Star Wars Expanded Universe Novels / A Line Made by Walking - Sara Baume / Warhammer books series

    41 min

  6. 08/01/2019

    Episode Seven: Liz Nugent

    On this week's episode, I chat to crime author Liz Nugent about some of the books that have shaped her. Liz, who is best known for her fantastic books Unraveling Oliver, Lying In Wait and Skin Deep, Liz has become synonymous with quality Irish crime writing. In this episode, we discuss the necessity of making your psychopaths likeable, the wonder of Marian Keyes and Liz's favourite books turned films. Books mentioned in the show are:  The Shoe Shop - Margaret J Barker/ Oscar Wilde's Children Stories/ The Cider House Rules - John Irving/ The Butcher Boy - Pat McCabe/ The Book of Evidence - John Banville/ Engleby - Sebastian Faulks/Any Human Heart - William Boyd/ Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes/ The Maeve Kerrigan series - Jane Carey/ Backlist - Sarah Hillary/ Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman/ The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion/ Blue Nights by Joan Didion/ Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen/ I Know This Much Is True by Wooly Lamb/ Perfume by Patrick Süskind/ The Secret History by Donna Tartt/ The Lost Man by Jane Harper/ Patrick Melrose by Edna St Albun/ Three Little Truths by Eithne Shorthall/ The Firestarters by Jan Carson/ The Good Sons by Paul McVeigh

    33 min

  7. 07/18/2019

    Episode Six: Anne Griffin

    On this week's episode, I chat to Anne Griffin, author of When All Is Said. Anne came to writing later in life, publishing debut novel - a runway hit - in her 50s. I travelled to Anne's lovely home to chat about her childhood love of Bundy, mutual awe of Countess Marchiviez and the vital role of laughter in getting you through tragedy. Books mentioned in this episode include: The Ladybird Classic Series - Nursery Rhymes; The Princess & The Pea; The Princess & The Frog; Rapunzel; Alice Hoffman - Entire backlist; Enid Blython - Malory Towers; St Clare's / Bunty Magazine/ Mary Lawson - The Crow Lake series/ John Connolly - He/ Jay McInerney - Modern Behaviour; The Last of The Savages/ Jonathan Coe - What A Carve Up; Alice Hoffman - 7th Heaven; Anne Tyler - Entire backlist/ Mike McCormack - Getting It In The Head/ Richard Russo - Nobody's Fool/ Éilís Ní Dhuibhne - Twelve Thousand Days/ Girls Don't Do Honours - Mary Cullen/ Turtle Moon - Alice Hoffman/ Kit De Vall - The Trick To Time/ Take Nothing With You - Patrick Gale/ Chances Are - Richard Russo/ The Destiny Thief - Richard Russo

    56 min

  8. 07/04/2019

    Episode Five: Jan Carson

    In the latest installment of The Books That Made Me podcast, Vicky chatted to recent winner of the EU Prize for Literature 2019, Jan Carson, about some of her most beloved books. Highlights include a wake for the character of Mr Poirot in The Carson household, a shared teenage obsession with Wuthering Heights and fragility and transient nature of memory.  Books featured in this episode include: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken / The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr/ And Then There Was None by Agatha Christie/ The Poirot Series by Agatha Christie/ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte/ A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor/ Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor/ Good Country People by Flannery O'Connor/ Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders/ The Abortion by Richard Brodigan/ Trout Fishing In America by Richard Brodigan/ On The Night Boat To Tangier by Kevin Barry/ St Lucy's Home For Girls Raised By Wolves by Karen Russell/ Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

    39 min

  9. 06/22/2019

    Episode Four: Deirdre O'Sullivan

    Her latest book, Perfectly Preventable Deaths, has Deirdre O'Sullivan's name on everybody's lips. Just before its release, she sat down with The Books That Made Me podcast to chat the eternal brilliance of fairytales, Game of Thrones and one book that made her *very* angry. Books mentioned in this episode are: The Children of Lir by Michael Scott/ Making Out by Catherine Applegate/ The Babysitters Club by Ragina Telgemeier/ Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal and Jamie Suzanne/ The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde/ The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde/ Game of Thrones series by George R.R Martin/ Tangleweed & Brine by Deirdre O'Sullivan/ Wild Swans by Young Chan/ Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah/ The Pornographer by John McGaren/ The Conversion of William Kirkwood by John McGaren/ The Red Word by Sarah Henstra/ The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson/ How To Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell/ Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married by Marian Keyes/ Constellations by Sinead Gleeson/ Show Them A Good Time by Nicole Flattery/ Paris Syndrome by Lucy Sweeney Byrne/ Like Other Girls by Clare Hennessy/ Nothing Tastes As Good by Clare Hennessy/ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter/ Don't Bet On The Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairytales by Jack D.Zipes, Jane Yolen, Tanith Lee, Angela Carter, Meghan B.Collins / Meat Market by June Dawson/

    46 min

  10. 06/04/2019

    Episode Three: Sophie White

    In this week's episode, we chat to author and brilliant columnist of the "The Domestic" Sunday Independent LIFE magazine Sophie White about the books that made her. Books featured are: The Just William Series by Richmal Crompton / Thomas The Tank Engine Series / The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr / Other Words For Smoke by Sarah Marie Griffin / The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein / Carrie by Stephen King / The Exorcist by William P Blatty / Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid / Flowers In The Attic by V.C Andrews / Posession by A.S Byatt / An Abbreviated Life by Ariel Levy / Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham / A Million Little Pieces by James Frey / Tales of The City Series by Armistead Maupin / The Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling / The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides / What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt / Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis Goff / The To-Do List and Other Debacles by Amy Jones / Tender Is The Night by F.Scott Fitzgerald / Love, Zelda by Vicky Kavanagh / Green Feast by Nigel Slater

    1h 1m

  11. 05/26/2019

    Episode Two: Sarah Marie Griffin

    In this episode, author Sarah Marie Griffin talks about her teenage pilgrimages to Chapters Bookstore, love of video games and fierce reciting of Wendy Cope poetry at parties.  Books mentioned in the episode include:It's a Busy, Busy World - Richard Scarry Malory Towers/St Clare's/The Secret Seven - Enid Blyton The Magician's Nephew/The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S Lewis Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty - Ben Elton, John Lloyd, Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson Desperate Housewives:Behind Closed Doors Monty Python's Flying Circus - Complete Scripts A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave EggersPerks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky Promising Young Women - Caroline O'Donoghue This Is How You Lose Her - Junot DiazUlysses - James Joyce The Twilight Saga - Stephanie Myer Tangleweed & Brine - Deirdre Sullivan Only Ever Yours/Asking For It/Almost Love - Louise O'Neill Last Ones Left Alive - Sarah Davis Goff The Secret History - Donna Tartt Oh My God What A Complete Aisling - Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen The Importance of Being Aisling - Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen Watermelon/Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes Perfectly Preventable Deaths - Deirdre Sullivan All The Bad Apples - Moira Fowley Doyle Bluets - Maggie Nelson If Not, Winter:Fragments of Sappho - Anne CarsonWomen - Charles Bukowski Salt - Nayyirah Waheed A Line Made By Walking - Sara Baume Wine For A Shotgun - Marty McConnell This One Summer - Mariko Tamaki The Orange - Wendy Cope The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer -Jennifer Lynch On This The 100th Anniversary Of The Sinking Of The Titanic, We Reconsider The Buoyancy Of The Human Heart - Laura Lamb Brown Lavoie The Dissection Room - Doireann Ní Ghríofa Follow This Thread: A Maze Book To Get Lost In - Henry Eliot Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl - Andrea Lawlor Night Boat to Tangier - Kevin BarryCity of Bohane - Kevin Barry

    57 min

  12. 05/22/2019

    Episode One: Lisa Coen & Sarah Davis Goff

    Welcome to the Books That Made Me Podcast! In the inaugural episode, we chat to Lisa Coen & Sarah Davis Goff from Tramp Press about the most important and loved books in their lives. Highlights include a shared love of Nigel Slater, Anne Enright, the importance of horror in adolescence and the brilliance of Irish theatre. Books mentioned in this episode are:Spot/Bran books - Eric HillStone soup - folklore, unknown Peter Rabbit series - Beatrix PotterMalory Towers - Enid BlytonThe Secret Seven - Enid Blyton Assorted works - Edgar Allen Poe It - Stephen King Sula - Toni Morrison Persuasion - Jane Austen Pet Sematary - Stephen KingMaking Babies - Anne Enright The Green Road - Anne EnrightThe Lives of Eliza Lynch - Anne Enright Firestarter - Stephen King War & Peace - Leo Tolstoy One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr SolzhenitsynMrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf The Outsider - Stephen King Philadelphia, Here I Come - Brian Friel A Whistle In The Dark - Tom MurphyThe Gigli Concert - Tom Murphy The Ancillary Trilogy - Ann LeckieSolar Bones - Mike McCormack Minor Monuments - Ian MaleneyThe Stand - Stephen King Running Like A Girl - Alexandra HeminsleyIn White Ink - Elskie RahillAn Unravelling - Elskie Rahill The Firestarters - Jan CarsonShow Them A Good Time - Nicole Flattery

    1 hr
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The desert island disc of books. Authors, writers and readers discuss the books that shaped them throughout their lives.

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