This first episode of the Irish Writers Centre's literary podcast, Words in the Air, features Professor Joseph O'Connor talks to Madeleine Keane about growing up in Dun Laoghaire and how the coastline inspired his early writing. Recorded in May 2025, at the DLR Lexicon Library and The James Joyce Tower Museum Sandycove, Dublin as part of the video series, Dublin, One City, Many Stories. You can watch the video on the websites of Dublin, UNESCO City of Literature and the Irish Writers Centre.