The Book Show

By RTÉ Radio 1

In the uncertain times in which we are living, reading has become a welcome refuge for many. Although even the most ardent reader can be stuck for inspiration. Each week Rick O'Shea will point you tow... more

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How many episodes does The Book Show have?

The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.

The Book Show episodes:

December 10, 2016 The Book Show, Saturday 10th December
Sebastian Barry tells us about Days without End and life for two brothers-in-arms in the US army in the 1850s and Horatio Clare talks the sea, cargo and ships in Liverpool.
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27min
December 03, 2016 The Book Show, Saturday 3rd December
Claire Harman tells us about Charlotte Bronte 200 years after her birth, Oisin Fagan tells us about his novel Hostages and Sim Van Booy talks about his new novel Father's Day.
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27min
November 05, 2016 The Book Show, Saturday 5th November
We look ahead to the Dublin Book Festival by celebrating the work of Irish writer Maeve Kelly and speak to Mia Gallagher about her new book Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland.
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28min
October 29, 2016 The Book Show, Saturday 29th October
Sinéad talks to write Lucy Caldwell, playwright Peter Dunne & writer iO Tillett Wright.
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29min
October 22, 2016 The Book Show, Saturday 22nd October
This week on The Book Show; Raymond Chandler's Irish connection and we speak to Paul Beatty the Booker Prize nominated author of the Sellout.
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28min
October 15, 2016 The Book Show, Saturday 15th October
On this week's show Sara Taylor on her novel The Lauras and Maggie O'Farrell on her novel This Must Be the Place.
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27min
October 08, 2016 The Book Show
Saturday 8th October
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28min
October 01, 2016 The Book Show, Saturday 1st October
Sinéad talks to author Erica Jong, and the Book Show explores how the city of New Orleans influenced some great writer of the 19th & 20th century.
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28min
September 17, 2016 The Book Show
Culture Night 2016
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58min
September 10, 2016 The Book Show, Saturday 10th September
Hear about the stage version of The Aneid for the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival, and Sinéad meets the editors of a new literary journal in Belfast.
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28min

FAQs about The Book Show:

How many episodes does The Book Show have?

The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.