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A podcast focussing on fiction and poetry hosted by poets and writers Peter Sirr and Enda Wyley. Also features the Toaster Challenge where guest writers are given the time it takes to make toast to talk about a book that has resonated with them.
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94: Caitriona Lally on her memoir Home Economics
Send us Fan MailOn today's show we travel down the road to Carlow University Pittsburgh's MFA in Creative Writing Program during its annual June residency at Trinity College, Dublin where we have…
93: Poetry Ireland launch; Sean Borodale interviewed
Send us Fan MailOn today's episode we visit 11 Parnell Square in Dublin for the launch of Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann's restored headquarters. We hear about the new performance spaces, education…
92: New poetry collections; Strokestown Poetry Festival
Send us Fan MailOn today’s show we talk to Joseph Woods, director of the Strokestown Poetry Festival about what this year's programme will offer poetry lovers this May Bank Holiday weekend in…
91: Mary Costello, A Beautiful Loan
Send us Fan MailThis morning we talk to Mary Costello about her new novel A Beautiful Loan. My name is Anna, and for some time now, I have been trying to account for certain events in my life – my…
90: Cathy Galvin and John F. Deane
Send us Fan MailIn this episode we go to one of our favourite places in Dublin, Hodges Figgis bookshop in Dawson Street, to interview Cathy Galvin on the occasion of the launch of her collection of…
89: Hugo Hamilton, Conversation with the Sea
Send us Fan MailWe’re back for the first episode of 2026. This week we’re back in Books Upstairs in Dublin to interview Hugo Hamilton about his latest novel, Conversation with the Sea. Fleeing his…
88: Christmas Special
Send us Fan MailMince pie and Christmas cracker laden, today’s breakfast table is very festive indeed as we celebrate the best of books and cultural events in 2025. To help us celebrate we’ve…
87: More Poetry Reviews; interview with Mark Granier
Send us Fan MailThis morning we welcome poet and critic Ciarán O’Rourke to our breakfast table here in Dublin 8. Ciarán has published two collections of poems with Irish Pages Press, The Buried…
86: İlhan Sami Çomak, Ferdia Mac Anna on Liadan Ní Chuinn
Send us Fan MailOn today’s episode we travel to IMMA and the Dublin Book Festival to meet and talk with İlhan Sami Çomak, a Kurdish Turkish poet who has spent almost thirty years imprisoned in…
85: Enda Wyley, IMRAM 2025, Ger Reidy
Send us Fan MailOn this morning's episode we talk to Ger Reidy about his latest poetry collection, Clay; Liam Carson tells us about the latest edition of IMRAM, the Irish language festival and the…
84: New Poetry Collections Reviewed
Send us Fan MailOn today’s episode poet and critic Adam Wyeth reviews nine new poetry collections. Under the microscope are Infinity Pool by Vona Groarke; Belfast Twilight by Liam Carson; Harbour…
83: Colm Tóibín, A Ship in Full Sail
Send us Fan MailIn this episode we invite Colm Tóibín to the breakfast table to discuss his new book A Ship in Full Sail: The Laureate Lectures and Other Writings. The book collects the blogs he…
82: Henrietta McKervey on new fiction titles
Send us Fan MailOn this morning's show novelist Henrietta McKervey talks to us about four recent novels: Fair Play by Louise Hegarty, Air by John Boyne, Murder takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman and…
81: Mary O'Donnell, Walking Ghosts
Send us Fan MailThis episode sees us visiting Dublin's historic United Arts Club where Enda interviews Mary O'Donnell about her latest collection of short stories, Walking Ghosts. Praise for Walking…
80: Sarah Moss on Ripeness
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we drop in to the Carlow University Pittsburgh MFA summer programme in Trinity College, Dublin to interview Sarah Moss about her latest novel, Ripeness. 'Tender and…
79: Mall Life: Karin-Lin Greenberg
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we talk about this year's International Literature Festival Dublin which runs from 16-25 May, and where Enda will be interviewing novelists Gethan Dick and Patrick…
78: Richard Blanco; Poetry at Strokestown
Send us Fan MailIn this episode, on Poetry Day, we cross the Atlantic and. breakfast in Miami, where we talk to Cuban American poet Richard Blanco about his Homeland of my Body: New and Selected…
77: Mary O’Donnell on new fiction and poetry
Send us Fan MailOn this episode we talk to poet novelist and critic Mary O’Donnell about Mary O’Malley’s The Shark Nursery, Patrick Holloway’s The Language of Remembering, ! All’ ARME /? by Eilish…
76: Pat Boran on Hedge School
Send us Fan MailFinding inspiration in the local and near at had, attentive to climate concern and global unrest, to home and homeless, belonging and welcome, concern and global and welcome – on…
75: Mary Morrissy's Twenty-Twenty Vision
Send us Fan Mail‘A beautiful tapestry of late middle age reckoning’ – today we interview the writer Mary Morrissy about her new collection of short stories, Twenty-Twenty Vision, published by…
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