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Budget Day with Sinéad Crowley, RTÉ Arts and Media correspondent, crime fiction author Ian Rankin returns with A Song For The Dark Times, Jim Carroll recommends where to begin with the music of David Byrne and Leslie Jamison's Make it Scream, Make it Burn is a series of essays and long form journalism.

Writer Paul Morley went searching for something new - and found it in classical music in his book A Sound Mind, 25 years' worth of poetry can be found in As If By Magic by poet Paula Meehan, from The Man Who Was Marked By Winter to her last book Geomantic & Suppose A Sentence is the latest collection of essays from Brian Dillon.

On what would have been the 80th birthday of John Lennon his biographer writer Philip Norman talks to Seán Rocks, Zara Hedderman & Simon Maher review new albums from Future Islands to Emmy the Great, English Chinese singer songwriter, Emma Lee Moss & Scottish veterans Travis, the Festival in a Van is the brain child of arts journalist Gemma Tipton.

Film reviews with Ruth Barton & Justin MacGregor, an interview with bestselling author & screenwriter, Nick Hornby, Sweet Dreams is a new book charts the social history of the New Romantic era of music. Peter Murphy reviews & revisits music from Duran Duran to the Human League & Eurythmics.

Jaime Martín is the Chief Conductor of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and joins Seán Rocks in studio ahead of the NSO three concerts at the National Concert Hall which will be streamed live on RTÉ culture, musician Ray Harman pays tribute to guitar legend Eddie Van Halen, Paula Rego major retrospective at IMMA & Illuminations online.

Tomm Moore & Ross Stuart of Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon discuss their new animation WolfWalkers with Seán Rocks, author Helen Cullen on where to begin with director Richard Linklater who is best known for his indie films, Sligo’s Blue Raincoat Theatre Company with Happy Days.

Mark O’Halloran discusses his film Rialto which stars Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. It is based on the screenwriter's award-winning play Trade, Personal History is the debut album from Ailbhe Reddy, the Dublin singer & songwriter sings live in studio ahead of performing at The Workman's Club in November & Declan Hughes on the true crime drama series, Des.

Kay Sheehy reports from IMMA & The Abbey's production of The Great Hunger, The Art of the Glimpse edited by Sinéad Gleeson is a new collection of 100 Irish short stories, Gaze, director Patrick Chiha's If it Were Love & Michael Buckley on the career of Wynton Marsalis, one of the most respected composers in the world of jazz & classical music.

Snow is the latest in the detective fiction series from John Banville, Chris Wasser & Arlene Hunt review Rialto from writer Mark O'Halloran, starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Eternal Beauty & American legal drama, by Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago Seven & Daragh Downes reviews Brave New World on Sky Atlantic.

Seán Rocks is joined by friends of Derek Mahon on the sad news of his death pay tribute to the Belfast poet. Kelly Anne Byrne and Eamon Sweeney review albums for Arena, from Roisin Murphy to Working Men’s Club & Groove Armada's first album in 10 years.