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The DetourStories that Change Us with Colum McCann and Nelson High School StudentsIn this episode we hear from Colum McCann, a National Book Award–winning novelist and cofounder of Narrative 4, a nonprofit organization that uses personal storytelling to build empathy between young people. Colum is Irish and lives in New York, and he joined us in February 2026 for a conversation about stories, national character, identity, and the 250th anniversary, of the Declaration of Independence. You'll also hear from Beyti, Jaylen, Uliana, Malaki, and Steve—five students at Adrienne C. Nelson High School in Happy Valley who participated in a storytelling workshop led by Narrative 4.
2026-04-0159 min
Keen On AmericaHow Stories Can Save Us: Colum McCann on Narrative Four, Einstein, Freud, and the Power of Empathy“The shortest distance between you and me is a story.” — Colum McCannIn 1932, Albert Einstein wrote to Sigmund Freud asking if humanity could cure its “lust for hatred.” Freud said no. Mankind’s instinct for death and destruction could not be eliminated. That said, the Viennese doctor went on, the desire to end war should never be abandoned. What was needed was a “mythology of the instincts” and a “community of feeling.” In other words: a story. The book sold 2,000 copies. By 1933, the Nazis had seized power and the two men had fled into exile.Colum McCann —...
2026-03-2643 min
The Research Like a Pro Genealogy PodcastWhat Genealogists Can Learn from Colum McCann's "TransAtlantic": Writing Family HistoryThe episode opens with Diana and Nicole catching up on their latest work, focusing on testing AI models for accuracy in handwritten-text transcription tasks. The hosts then discuss the novel TransAtlantic by Irish author Colum McCann and what family historians can learn from its structure to write better family narratives. Diana explains that the novel views the immigration story from the Irish perspective, following the fictional character Lily Duggan and three subsequent generations, with the prose connecting each fictional character to a true story and an actual historical figure. Nicole shares the first historical snapshot, covering Lily Duggan's 1845 meeting...
2026-02-1625 min
The Book ShowSummer highlights: Arundhati Roy, Colum McCann and Morgan TaltyGod of Small Things author Arundhati Roy on her monstrous mother and becoming a writer, Colum McCann dives into the digital age with Twist and Penobscot Indian Nation writer Morgan Talty on his story of family bonds, Fire Exit.Arundhati Roy is a giant of literature. She's published two novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The God of Small Things and is a prolific author of non-fiction, much of which confronts injustice in her home country of India. Her latest book is a memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me, which examines her complicated relationship with her mother, Mary...
2026-01-0454 min
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinColum McCann: A Form of RepairHost Marcia Franklin talks with author Colum McCann about his books since their last conversation in 2011, which include "American Mother," "Apeirogon," and his most recent novel, "Twist." The two also discuss McCann's nonprofit, Narrative 4, which uses storytelling to bring youth from different backgrounds together. The conversation was taped at the 2025 Sun Valley Writers' Conference.
2025-11-2328 minThe Book ShowTop 100 Books with Colum McCann, Kate Grenville and Kaliane BradleyDiscover the favourite books from the 21st century of Colum McCann, Kate Grenville and Kaliane Bradley who share their best reads for ABC Radio National's Top 100 Books. The Book Show producer Sarah L'Estrange spoke to three acclaimed authors at Melbourne Writers Festival in the lead up to ABC Radio National's Top 100 Books countdown. Go here to vote for your favourite book of the last 25 years.Guests:Colum McCann is an Irish author of eight novels including Let the Great World Spin and Apeirogon and his latest is Twist which is a tale about d...
2025-08-3153 min
Lit_Happens PodcastLit Happens Episode 15: Time Across Borders - Crafting Connections with Colum McCann’s What Time Is It Now, Where You Are?Tune in to Lit Happens, where we - two passionate HSC English educators - guide you through Advanced English Module C: The Craft of Writing, with a focus on Colum McCann’s reflective short story, What Time Is It Now, Where You Are?. In this episode, we explore how McCann uses metafiction to bridge time, place, and human connection through the act of storytelling, analyse techniques like fragmented structure and shifting perspectives, and provide strategies for students to craft their own layered, imaginative pieces inspired by the text. Tailored for educators seeking to inspire creativity and Advanced English students ai...
2025-04-2837 min
Private PassionsColum McCannThe writer Colum McCann isn’t afraid to take on big subjects – and his ambition has delivered a shelf full of awards, from both sides of the Atlantic. He grew up in Dublin but moved to the United States in the mid-1980s and now lives in New York. That city is the setting for his international bestseller Let the Great World Spin, in which Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers in 1974 plays a key role. He’s also written a novel about both sides of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people, from the...
2025-04-2746 min
The Book ReviewColum McCann on Undersea Cables and His New Novel "Twist"In his new novel, “Twist,” the National Book Award-winning Irish writer Colum McCann tells the story of a journalist deep at sea in more ways then one: A man adrift, he accepts a magazine assignment to write about the crews who maintain and repair the undersea cables that transmit all of the world’s information. Naturally, the assignment becomes more treacherous and psychologically fraught than he had anticipated. On this week’s episode, McCann tells host Gilbert Cruz how he became interested in the topic of information cables and why the story resonated for him at multiple levels.“Now...
2025-04-0437 min
Writers on Writing: A Weekly Podcast for Writers, Readers, & Book LoversColum McCann, author of TWISTColum McCann first came on the podcast in 2010 to talk about his National Book Award winning novel, Let the Great World Spin. He most recently returned in 2020 with his New York Times bestseller Apeirogon. He’s back this month with a stunning new novel, Twist. He joins Marrie Stone to talk about the book and his inspiration. They also discuss the need for stories in this current historical moment, why Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a book for our times, the things currently giving him hope, and how he manages to make profound statements about the world witho...
2025-03-311h 01Writers on WritingColum McCann, author of TWISTColum McCann first came on the podcast in 2010 to talk about his National Book Award winning novel, Let the Great World Spin. He most recently returned in 2020 with his New York Times bestseller Apeirogon. He’s back this month with a stunning new novel, Twist. He joins Marrie Stone to talk about the book and his inspiration. They also discuss the need for stories in this current historical moment, why Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a book for our times, the things currently giving him hope, and how he manages to make profound statements about the world witho...
2025-03-311h 01
The Book CaseColum McCann And his Twist on Great LiteratureColum McCann’s newest, Twist, explores how the world of underwater fiber cables has vital physical and metaphoric meaning in our day to day lives. Sound dull? We promise you, it’s a literary marvel and a page turner to boot. The men and women who live to make, repair and find these cables are fascinating characters. And Twist is a beautiful novel all about how we can tear ourselves apart as we obsess about reparation and healing. Is instant communication making us one community or ruining our sense of belonging? Are we making the earth better or burning it slowly...
2025-03-2731 min
Explore Award-Winning Audiobook Titles Anywhere, Anytime InstantlyTwist (Written by Colum McCann)#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on:https://booksreader.space/al-1974/Title: Twist
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Colum McCann
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
Release date: 03-25-25
Ratings: 4.3 out of 5 stars, 158 ratings
Genres: Psychological
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2025-03-258h 03
Book Off!Ben Okri and Colum McCannSir Ben Okri and Colum McCann join Joe Haddow for a war of the words... This is Ben's second appearance on Book Off! (The first author to ever appear on the pod twice)Let's see if he's learnt anything from the last time!He chats about his woozy new novella - "Madame Sosostris And The Festival For The Broken-Hearted' - and the poem that inspired it. We also learn he has read 'War & Peace' FOUR times! And so we get a full Ben Okri style review... Colum's new...
2025-03-1358 min
Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion FanningColum McCann on Trump, Gaza and the secrets at the bottom of the oceanColum McCann won’t look back. His life as a writer has always drawn him to the edge. In an exhilarating conversation on Free State today, McCann talks about what is needed to change the world at this time of peril. He speaks about his new novel Twist and how the connected world we take for granted exists precariously in the darkness of the ocean. This new colonialism demonstrates why the real power today rests with the tech companies rather than any nation. With a mother from Derry, he recalls the lack of interest in the South in what was...
2025-03-0854 min
The BookshelfIrish writer Colum McCann’s Twist dives deep under the ocean and takes on a charismatic mysteryIrish writer Colum McCann’s Twist dives deep under the ocean and takes on a charismatic mystery; 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s We Do Not Part explores massacres on Jeju Island during (and after) the Korean War, stories actively repressed by both the South Korean and American governments; and Australian novelist Charlotte McConaghy’s Wild Dark Shore takes us to a fictional island between Tasmania and Antarctica, inhabited only by a man and his three children.BOOKSColum McCann, Twist, Bloomsbury Han Kang, We Do Not Part (translated from Korean by e. yaewon...
2025-02-2754 min
Keen On AmericaEpisode 2236: Colum McCann and Dianne Foley on what a mother said to her son's ISIS executionerWhat can a mother say to the cold-blooded executioner of her son? In American Mother, the heartrending story of the murdered American journalist Jim Foley, the writer Colum McCann and Diane Foley, Foley’s mother and founder of the Foley Foundation, explore this terrible dilemma. This memorable conversation with Foley and McCann explores forgiveness, faith, and the moral complexities of justice. Most of all, though, it’s the conversation about a mother’s remarkable love for her dead son which she maintains and even redirects to his ISIS killer.Here are the five KEEN ON takeaways from our co...
2025-02-1348 min
Collie's 10 minute podShips in the Night | James Donald Forbes McCann |Ep. 142The Colum Tyrrell Podcast welcomes stand-up comedian and podcast host @JamesDonaldForbesMcCann People know James from the "The James Donald Forbes McCann Catamaran Plan" podcast, or his work as a Stand-Up Comedian. The Colum Tyrrell Podcast is hosted by stand-up comedian Colum Tyrrell. Collie has been seen on comedy podcasts The Legion of Skanks Podcast, Matt & Shane's Secret Podcast, Real Ass Podcast, YKWD, Dan Soder & Big Jay Oakerson's The Bonfire and more. Join the 1008 https://www.patreon.com/columtyrrell LIVE STAND-UP DATES: https://linktr.ee/columtyrrell Follow Colum on social media here: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/columtyrrell Twitter...
2024-10-231h 24Collie's 10 minute podShips in the Night | James Donald Forbes McCann |Ep. 142The Colum Tyrrell Podcast welcomes stand-up comedian and podcast host @JamesDonaldForbesMcCann People know James from the "The James Donald Forbes McCann Catamaran Plan" podcast, or his work as a Stand-Up Comedian. The Colum Tyrrell Podcast is hosted by stand-up comedian Colum Tyrrell. Collie has been seen on comedy podcasts The Legion of Skanks Podcast, Matt & Shane's Secret Podcast, Real Ass Podcast, YKWD, Dan Soder & Big Jay Oakerson's The Bonfire and more. Join the 1008 https://www.patreon.com/columtyrrell LIVE STAND-UP DATES: https://linktr.ee/columtyrrell Follow Colum on social media here: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/columtyrrell Twitter...
2024-10-231h 24
Le Jardin - podcast littérairePlaidoyer pour la paix : présentation des livres “Apeirogon” de Colum McCann et “Une journée dans la vie d'Abed Salama” de Nathan ThrallLa Guerre Israël-Hamas qui se déroule depuis des mois bouscule nos certitudes, questionne nos démocraties et nous horrifie par l’ampleur des atrocités commises dans un camp comme dans l'autre. Elle ne vient pas seulement s’ajouter à la longue litanie des guerres du conflit israélo-arabe, elle semble les dépasser toutes en drames humains et en intensité.Dans cet épisode, je vous présente deux livres, Apeirogon de Colum McCann, et Une journée dans la vie d'Abed Salama de Nathan Thrall, qui...
2024-09-0259 min
LesVoyagesHeuresColum McCann - American Mother, BelfondColum McCann a ouvert l’édition 2024 du Littérature Live Festival avec son livre « American Mother » écrit avec Diane Foley traduit par Clément Baude publié par les éditions Belfond. « Writing should not tell you what to think », l’écrivain souligne l’importance de la littérature pour s’ouvrir aux vérités plurielles et kaléidoscopiques qui font notre monde plutôt que se laisser enfermer par une forme étroite de certitude. Il rappelle: « We get our voice through the voices of others », c’est pour trouver et façonner cette voix qui nous est p...
2024-05-2213 min
Absorb This Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.American Mother by Colum McCann, Diane FoleyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/164614to listen full audiobooks.
Title: American Mother
Author: Colum McCann, Diane Foley
Narrator: Jamie Lee Curtis, Colum McCann
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
Release date: 04-22-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 11 ratings
Genres: Freedom & Security
Publisher's Summary:
In late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from her son's killer, Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as "The Beatles" who plead guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son seven years before. Kotey was about to go serve life imprisonment and this was Diane’s chance to talk to...
2024-04-227h 03
5x15Colum McCann On American Mother5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each.
Colum McCann’s seven novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the world’s most prestigious literary awards and honours, including the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin in 2013. TransAtlantic was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his most recent novel, Apeirogon, also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, is an international bestseller on four continents. In h...
2024-04-1214 min
The Libreria PodcastAmerican Mother – Colum McCann and Lloyd Sowerbutts, in conversationIn this episode we welcome Colum McCann, the National Book Award-winning author of Let the Great World Spin, and the Booker Prize-nominated Apeirogon, to discuss his first non-fiction book, American Mother. which tells the story of Diane Foley – mother of beheaded journalist James Foley – who has come face-to-face with her son’s killer and continues to campaign for the safety of journalists and revised government hostage policy. Colum McCann’s seven novels and three collections of short stories have been published in over forty languages and received some of the world’s most prestigious literary awa...
2024-03-0439 min
Dive Into This Mind-Blowing Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.American Mother by Colum McCann, Diane FoleyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/19967to listen full audiobooks.
Title: American Mother
Author: Colum McCann, Diane Foley
Narrator: Colum McCann, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Rock
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
Release date: 02-22-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Words, Language & Grammar
Publisher's Summary:
It has been eleven years since Diane Foley’s son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidnapped in northern Syria, and nearly ten since that day in August 2014 when she would learn that he had been murdered by ISIS in a public beheading that would ricochet in video around the world. A whole de...
2024-02-227h 02
La Maison de la PoésieAmerican mother de Colum McCann avec Diane FoleyRencontre avec l’auteur & Diane Foley
Dialogue animé par Kerenn Elkaïm
Interprète : Marguerite Capelle
Comment rester debout face à la violence, à l’horreur ? Comment regarder dans les yeux celui qui vous a enlevé ce que vous aviez de plus précieux ? Comment pardonner à l’assassin d’un des siens ? Comment garder espoir quand tant d’atrocités sont commises au nom de la religion ? Colum McCann a accompagné Diane Foley au procès des bourreaux de Daech, ceux qui ont torturé et décapité son fils, le journaliste américain James Foley. Jour après jour, il a vu cette mère au courage exce...
2024-01-301h 17
La Maison de la PoésieAmerican mother de Colum McCann avec Diane FoleyRencontre avec l’auteur & Diane FoleyDialogue animé par Kerenn ElkaïmInterprète : Marguerite Capelle
Comment rester debout face à la violence, à l’horreur ? Comment regarder dans les yeux celui qui vous a enlevé ce que vous aviez de plus précieux ? Comment pardonner à l’assassin d’un des siens ? Comment garder espoir quand tant d’atrocités sont commises au nom de la religion ? Colum McCann a accompagné Diane Foley au procès des bourreaux de Daech, ceux qui ont torturé et décapité son fils, le journaliste américain James Foley. Jour après jour, il a vu cette mère...
2024-01-301h 17
La Maison de la PoésieAmerican mother de Colum McCann avec Diane FoleyRencontre avec l’auteur & Diane FoleyDialogue animé par Kerenn ElkaïmInterprète : Marguerite Capelle
Comment rester debout face à la violence, à l’horreur ? Comment regarder dans les yeux celui qui vous a enlevé ce que vous aviez de plus précieux ? Comment pardonner à l’assassin d’un des siens ? Comment garder espoir quand tant d’atrocités sont commises au nom de la religion ? Colum McCann a accompagné Diane Foley au procès des bourreaux de Daech, ceux qui ont torturé et décapité son fils, le journaliste américain James Foley. Jour après jour, il a vu cette mère...
2024-01-301h 17
Upfront: The PodcastColum McCann: Israeli ‘occupation’ in Palestine has to stopWith the Israel-Hamas conflict now entering its sixth day Katie Hannon spoke to Colum McCann, a Dublin born writer, who made many trips to the region during research for his Booker Prize longlisted novel Apeirogon.
2023-10-1326 min
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2023-09-0110 min
sewakul berasRead [pdf] Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann Read [pdf] Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann Read Online Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Thirteen Ways of Looking for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://kesusuberi.blogspot.com/27188416-thirteen-ways-of-looking **Download Book Here ==> https://kesusuberi.blogspot.com/27188416-thirteen-ways-of-looking Book Synopsis : As it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to...
2023-09-0100 min
tiki teko[Pdf] [Read] Apeirogon by Colum McCann [Pdf] [Read] Apeirogon by Colum McCann Read Online Apeirogon by Colum McCann is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Apeirogon for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://kabehmangan.blogspot.com/50732671-apeirogon **Download Book Here ==> https://kabehmangan.blogspot.com/50732671-apeirogon Book Synopsis : From the National Book Award-winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin comes an epic novel rooted in the real-life friendship between two men united by loss. Colum McCann's most ambitious work to...
2023-09-0100 min
teki tarno[Pdf] [Read] Apeirogon by Colum McCann [Pdf] [Read] Apeirogon by Colum McCann Read Online Apeirogon by Colum McCann is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Apeirogon for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://kabehmangan.blogspot.com/50732671-apeirogon **Download Book Here ==> https://kabehmangan.blogspot.com/50732671-apeirogon Book Synopsis : From the National Book Award-winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin comes an epic novel rooted in the real-life friendship between two men united by loss. Colum McCann's most ambitious work to...
2023-09-0100 min
We Read AllegedlyEpisode 15: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCannLate but still here! Our newest episode we talk about Squids pick of Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. But Enough about us, hit play to listen to the shenanigans.
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2023-08-1042 min
Dublin City Libraries & ArchivesCity of Books #10 Colum McCann on Motorbikes, Motivation and Middle EastWriter Colum McCann talks about his hope that his book, Apeirogon, may contribute to peace. It fictionalises the true story of two fathers, an Israeli and a Palestinian, who each lose a child in the conflict.
Elsewhere in the interview, Colum says he can’t write poetry but is drawn to it, and talks about writers he has known including Frank McCourt and Benedict Kiely. He also reads from his novel.
Produced and presented by author and journalist Martina Devlin. Music by Daragh Dukes.
:: Apeirogon is published by Bloomsbury https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/apeirogon-9781526607874/
2023-07-2248 minCollie's 10 minute podMad Lads with Aaron McCann | Ep. 50The Colum Tyrrell Podcast welcomes stand-up comedian and podcast host Aaron McCann. People know Aaron from the Kill Tony show, and his own podcast The New York Tapes. Follow Aaron's projects here: http://instagram.com/mccanncomedy To support this podcast you can sign up for exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/columtyrrell LIVE STAND-UP DATES: https://linktr.ee/columtyrrell Follow Colum on social media here: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/columtyrrell Twitter - https://twitter.com/columtyrrell Promotional material: Support the show and get 20% off with the code COLLIE at https://SheathUnderwear.com
2022-11-221h 30Collie's 10 minute podMad Lads with Aaron McCann | Ep. 50The Colum Tyrrell Podcast welcomes stand-up comedian and podcast host Aaron McCann. People know Aaron from the Kill Tony show, and his own podcast The New York Tapes. Follow Aaron's projects here: http://instagram.com/mccanncomedy To support this podcast you can sign up for exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/columtyrrell LIVE STAND-UP DATES: https://linktr.ee/columtyrrell Follow Colum on social media here: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/columtyrrell Twitter - https://twitter.com/columtyrrell Promotional material: Support the show and get 20% off with the code COLLIE at https://SheathUnderwear.com
2022-11-221h 30
Before The Cheering Started with Budd MishkinColum McCann: Irish Soul, American WriterSend us Fan MailColum McCann grew up in Ireland, a land that has produced more than a few notable writers. And yet it was an early love of the American Beat writers that partly drew him to writing. As a young man, he fell in love with America as he toured the country....by bike. His unique style of writing is beloved by readers all over the world, for books like Transatlantic, Apeirogon and a novel that is not specifically about 9/11 but is seen as a 9/11 allegory, Let The Great World Spin. McCann is an amazing storyteller, and...
2022-11-0936 min
Shelf LifeDirector Anthony Fabian on Mrs Harris, talking cats, and Colum McCann's sexy resurrection of NuryevSend a textAnthony Fabian, the director of this summer's sleeper hit, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, is a long-time Paul Gallico fan, and for this episode of Shelf Life he has chosen the author’s beloved children’s book, Jennie (known as The Abandoned in the U.S.), about a boy’s metamorphosis into a cat, as one of his two favorite books. The other is Dancer, the mesmerizing 2003 novel by the Irish writer Colum McCann about the life of the legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
2022-08-1751 min
Escape To The Thought-Provoking Full Audiobook Now, Book-Lovers!Letters to a Young Writer by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/39181to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Letters to a Young Writer
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Colum McCann
Format: mp3
Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
Release date: 06-16-22
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Memoirs, Diaries & Correspondence
Publisher's Summary:
From the critically acclaimed Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin, comes a paean to the power of language, and a direct address to the artistic, professional and philosophical concerns that challenge and sometimes torment an author. Comprising fifty-two short prose pieces, Letters to a Young Writer ranges from practical matters...
2022-06-162h 38
Voci da FestivaletteraturaColum McCann con Gabriele Romagnoli“La rivoluzione è capire l’altro”, sostiene Colum McCann parlando di Apeirogon, il suo ultimo lavoro. Questo romanzo racconta la vicenda reale di due padri, un israeliano e un palestinese, che hanno perduto le rispettive figlie nel conflitto. La fiction/non-fiction, la capacità di mescolare il proprio immaginario alla ricerca puntuale dei fatti storici, è uno dei tratti distintivi dei libri di McCann. La sua voce si fonde così a quelle dei suoi personaggi, catturando molteplici punti di vista per raggiungere quello che considera l'obiettivo principale: la ricerca della sincerità nella scrittura. A più di dieci anni dalla sua ultima partecipazione, uno dei più...
2022-04-271h 13
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, PsychologicalSongdogs: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487696 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Songdogs: A Novel Author: Colum McCann Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Genres: Psychological Publisher's Summary: Colum McCann creates in Songdogs a mesmerizing evocation of the gulf between memory and imagination, love and loss, past and present. With unreliable memories and scraps of photographs as his only clues, Conor Lyons follows in the tracks of his father, a rootless photographer, as he moved from war-torn Spain, to the barren plains of Mexico, where he met and married Conor's mother, to the American We...
2021-06-2910 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaSongdogs: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487696 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Songdogs: A Novel Author: Colum McCann Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Colum McCann creates in Songdogs a mesmerizing evocation of the gulf between memory and imagination, love and loss, past and present. With unreliable memories and scraps of photographs as his only clues, Conor Lyons follows in the tracks of his father, a rootless photographer, as he moved from war-torn Spain, to the barren plains of Mexico, where he met and married Conor's mother, to the American We...
2021-06-2910 min
The National Writers Series PodcastColum McCann, author of “Let the Great World Spin” (2013)Colum McCann’s stunning novel, “Let the Great World Spin” (winner of the National Book Award for fiction) debuted right around this time of year back in 2009, and so this week we look back on his visit to the National Writers Series in June of 2013.
McCann sat down with Leigh Haber, Books Editor for O, the Oprah Magazine, for a charming and wide-ranging discussion at the City Opera House. They covered everything from the perils of being an optimist to the topic he doesn't want to invite Dr. Freud in to discuss; on why he rereads "Ulysses" every...
2021-06-221h 09
The College Commons PodcastColum McCann: The Infinite Sides of ApeirogonWinner of the National Jewish Book Award, author Colum McCann discusses the power of storytelling as a bridge of humanity across seemingly intractable conflict.
Colum McCann is the author of seven novels and three collections of stories. Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he has been the recipient of many international honours, including the National Book Award, the International Dublin Impac Prize, a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the French government, election to the Irish arts academy, several European awards, the 2010 Best Foreign Novel Award in China, and an Oscar nomination. In 2017 he was elected to the American Academy...
2021-05-2623 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+This Side of Brightness: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487697to listen full audiobooks.
Title: This Side of Brightness: A Novel
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Dion Graham
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes
Release date: May 25, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
From the author of Songdogs, a magnificent work of imagination and history set in the tunnels of New York City. In the early years of the century, Nathan Walker leaves his native Georgia for New York City and the most dangerous job in America. A sandhog, he burrows beneath the East River, digging the tunnel that will carry...
2021-05-258h 41
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaThis Side of Brightness: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487697 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Side of Brightness: A Novel Author: Colum McCann Narrator: Dion Graham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 41 minutes Release date: May 25, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: From the author of Songdogs, a magnificent work of imagination and history set in the tunnels of New York City. In the early years of the century, Nathan Walker leaves his native Georgia for New York City and the most dangerous job in America. A sandhog, he burrows beneath the East River, digging the tunnel that will...
2021-05-2510 minExplore New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThis Side of Brightness: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487697to listen full audiobooks.
Title: This Side of Brightness: A Novel
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Dion Graham
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 41 minutes
Release date: May 25, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
From the author of Songdogs, a magnificent work of imagination and history set in the tunnels of New York City. In the early years of the century, Nathan Walker leaves his native Georgia for New York City and the most dangerous job in America. A sandhog, he burrows beneath the East River, digging the tunnel that will carry...
2021-05-258h 41
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Dancer: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487698to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Dancer: A Novel
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Dion Graham
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Release date: April 27, 2021
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Taking his inspiration from biographical facts, novelist Colum McCann tells the erotically charged story of the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev through the cast of those who knew him. There is Anna Vasileva, Rudi's first ballet teacher, who rescues her protégé from the stunted life of his provincial town; Yulia, whose sexual and artistic ambitions are thwarted by her Soviet-sanctioned marriage; and Victor, the Venezuelan street hustler, wh...
2021-04-2710h 46Explore New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalDancer: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/487698to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Dancer: A Novel
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Dion Graham
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Release date: April 27, 2021
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Taking his inspiration from biographical facts, novelist Colum McCann tells the erotically charged story of the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev through the cast of those who knew him. There is Anna Vasileva, Rudi's first ballet teacher, who rescues her protégé from the stunted life of his provincial town; Yulia, whose sexual and artistic ambitions are thwarted by her Soviet-sanctioned marriage; and Victor, the Venezuelan street hustler, wh...
2021-04-2710h 46
ILFDublin PodcastILFDublin X 2021 DUBLIN Literary Award Shortlist Podcast Ep 1: Colum McCannThe DUBLIN Literary Award longlist of 49 has been narrowed down to a diverse and exciting shortlist of six, and the award will be presented during ILFDublin. This exclusive limited podcast series is hosted by Maeve Higgins and Jessica Traynor. Their conversation about Apeirogon is followed by Maeve’s interview with Colum McCann. Described by Elizabeth Strout as a “wondrous book … it will bring you to your knees”, Apeirogon mixes fact with fiction about the Israel‑Palestine conflict to create an insightful and moving depiction of grief and healing.
Meet your hosts. Maeve Higgins is a contributing writer for The New York Times...
2021-04-1533 min
Adelaide Writers' WeekAWW21 Apeirogon - Colum McCannColum McCann’s profoundly moving masterpiece, Apeirogon, is based on a true story of a friendship between “An Israeli, against the Occupation. A Palestinian, studying the Holocaust.” United by the devastation of losing a daughter to political violence, Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan together tell their daughters’ stories over and over, to anyone that will listen, in an attempt to bring a peaceful resolution to the endless conflict. Colum’s radically empathetic novel is infused with both desperate hope and poetic power.Chaired by Sophie Cunningham
2021-03-231h 02
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinAuthor Colum McCann: Let the Great World SpinMarcia Franklin talks with Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin. Called the "first great 9/11 novel" and winner of the 2009 National Book Award for fiction, the novel weaves together the stories of fictional characters all living in New York City in 1974 during the week Philippe Petit made his famous tightrope walk between the Twin Towers. Although the book barely mentions the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it is considered an homage to that day and its effect on the country. Don't forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. O...
2021-03-2129 min
The Trans-AtlanticistNovelROMANtics #2: Colum McCann's Apeirogonwith Douglas Cowie and Shane Carmichael
March is Irish-American Heritage Month in the United States. In Episode #2 of NovelROMANtics, host Douglas Cowie and his guest Shane Carmichael discuss Apeirogon by Colum McCann, an Irish storyteller living in New York. They discuss the intersection of storytelling, conflict, and global politics with respect to McCann's multifaceted novel.
2021-03-1148 min
ICC HammersmithColum McCann in conversation with Carlo Gébler - The ICC Digital Literary Festival Episode #6The ICC Digital Literary Festival features some of the stalwarts of Irish literature alongside recent bestselling authors.This interview features author Colum McCann in conversation with Carlo Gébler.Colum is the author of seven highly acclaimed novels, including Let The Great World Spin and Transatlantic and is the recipient of numerous awards.. He has also written three collections of short stories.Colum is the President and Co-Founder of Narrative 4, a global non-profit organization which promotes storytelling and story exchange amongst young people to help improve their lives and their communities.C...
2021-02-261h 00
Louisiana LiteratureColum McCann: What Ulysses Did to Me”The blood that moves through me right now is my great grandfather's blood, but the reason I know him, is because I read Ulysses” says Irish writer Colum McCann in this interview about James Joyce’s modernist novel.Colum McCann was interviewed by journalist Synne Rifbjerg backstage at the Louisiana Literature festival in August 2013.
2021-02-1209 min
Joe Public SpeakingGuests: Colum McCann wrote "Apeirogon" about Bassam Aramin & Rami Elhanan: Steven Spielberg couldn't make it, but he purchased the film rights to the book!The Parents Circle - Families Forum:https://www.theparentscircle.org/en/stories/rami-elhanan_eng/American Friends of the Parents Circle; Palestinian and Israeli Bereaved Families for Peace:https://parentscirclefriends.org/encounter/Combatants for Peace:https://cfpeace.org/Colum McCann's website:http://colummccann.com/Narrative 4 Foundation:http://colummccann.com/narrative-4-main-page/Amblin Films buys film rights:https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amblin-nabs-israeli-palestinian-friendship-novel-apeirogon-1278792--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://a...
2021-02-0157 min
BibliomaniacsBibliomaniacs épisode 107 Apeirogon de Colum McCannBonjour à tous !
Cette semaine, nous vous parlons d’Apeirogon, de Colum McCann, traduit par Clément Baude, publié chez Belfond, 512 pages.
Et Eva vous partage son coup de coeur pour « Ohio » de Stephen Markley, traduit par Charles Recoursé , publié chez Albin Michel (Terres d’Amérique), 560 pages.
Très bonne écoute !Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
2021-01-1923 min
130 livresEntretien avec Colum McCann, auteur d'ApeirogonL’histoire débute par une commande, celle d’un papier d’une page sur Apeirogon, de Colum McCann, pour le numéro de décembre-janvier de Lire Magazine Littéraire consacré aux 100 livres de l’année 2020. L’article doit dresser le portrait de l’auteur au travers de ce dernier texte, et comporter des « propos rapportés ». Aussi me creusé-je la tête pour trouver la poignée de questions qui lui inspireraient mieux qu’un soupir de lassitude. J’avais sous-estimé cette vérité pas si incongrue : les écrivains aiment écrire. Et Colum McCann, comme ce qui suit le confirme, attache...
2020-12-1110 min
Reading MindsApeirogon by Colum McCannCaroline finally finished Apeirogon, so we are back and this time we came prepared. Topics covered include: What it means to be human and is it naive to hope for peace?
Our next read is This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens: https://bookshop.org/books/this-time-next-year-9780593191200/9780593191200
Do ya damn research:
Palestinian perspectives on Apeirogon
https://mondoweiss.net/2020/07/a-response-to-susan-abulhawas-review-of-colum-mccanns-novel-apeirogon/ https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/3/11/apeirogon-another-colonialist-misstep-in-commercial-publishing/
Interview with Colum McCann:
The Guardian article:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/24/apeirogon-a-novel-by-colum-mccann-book-review
2020-11-1835 min
An Irishman AbroadCan A Book Pave A New Path To Peace? - Colum McCannCritically acclaimed Irish author Colum McCann gives us a rare insight into his latest novel and the power of storytelling. When you listen to this powerful conversation, you will not be surprised to hear that Colum has won the Rooney Prize, the Novel of the Year Award, the National Book Award and International Dublin Literary Award.
His Man Booker Prize longlisted book Apeirogon has lead critics to ask if a book can bring about peace in Israel. Jarlath digs deep into the experience that lead Colum to writing this game changing work. We how his time spent working as a w...
2020-11-1530 min
An Irishman AbroadCan A Book Pave A New Path To Peace? - Colum McCannCritically acclaimed Irish author Colum McCann gives us a rare insight into his latest novel and the power of storytelling. When you listen to this powerful conversation, you will not be surprised to hear that Colum has won the Rooney Prize, the Novel of the Year Award, the National Book Award and International Dublin Literary Award.
His Man Booker Prize longlisted book Apeirogon has lead critics to ask if a book can bring about peace in Israel. Jarlath digs deep into the experience that lead Colum to writing this game changing work. We how his time spent...
2020-11-1530 min
The Telos ChannelColum McCann: Storytelling Is An Act of CourageApeirogon: a shape with a countably infinite number of sides, and the title of award-winning author Colum McCann’s newest novel. Colum wrote the New York Times Bestseller after meeting Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin, featured in Episode 4 of this season, on a trip with Telos to Israel/Palestine. Apeirogon tells their stories, blending fact and fiction in a dazzling dance of 1001 short chapters, immersed in the complexity of their stories and the conflict itself.In this episode, we learn more about Apeirogon, explore ideas of courage, optimism, and storytelling as essential acts of peacemaking, and ask, “How...
2020-11-1339 min
Louisiana LiteratureTaiye Selasi & Colum McCann: We are all Multi-LocalMeet the distinguished writers Taiye Selasi and Colum McCann in this inspiring talk about finding a way to be yourself, a “citizen of elsewhere”, with more than one home and an international identity based on many local experiences.Taiye Selasi and Colum McCann were interviewed live on stage by journalist Kim Skotte in August 2013 at the Louisiana Literature festival, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark.
2020-11-0540 min
Pb Living - A daily book reviewA Book Review - Apeirogon: A Novel Novel by Colum McCann
Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin live near one another - yet they exist worlds apart. Rami is Israeli. Bassam is Palestinian. Rami's license plate is yellow. Bassam's license plate is green. It takes Rami fifteen minutes to drive to the West Bank. The same journey for Bassam takes an hour and a half. Both men have lost their daughters. Rami's thirteen-year-old girl Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber while out shopping with her friends. Bassam's ten-year-old daughter Abir was shot and killed by a member of the border police outside her school. There was a...
2020-09-1905 min
Talking TranslationsColum McCann & Sawsan Obeid: Apeirogon in ArabicColum McCann reads excerpts from his novel Apeirogon from New York, and Sawsan Obeid reads her translation into Arabic from Chicago. Apeirogon is McCann's seventh novel, published by Bloomsbury in the UK & Ireland in February 2020. It has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020.For each episode of 'Talking Translations' we have paired a story with a language, and asked the author and translator to read their work aloud. It is our hope to share these stories with listeners around the world, heard in languages where the author may not yet be widely published.Literature Ireland P...
2020-09-081h 02
Always Take Notes#82: Colum McCann, novelistSimon and Rachel speak with Colum McCann, who is the author of six novels and three collections of stories. His novel, "TransAtlantic", was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2013, and his previous novel, "Let the Great World Spin", won the National Book Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and was a New York Times bestseller. His work has been published in 40 languages and he teaches on the MFA program at Hunter College in New York. We spoke with Colum, who was born in Dublin but now lives in New York, about his fiction, his teaching and his new, genre...
2020-05-1957 minThe Libreria PodcastApeirogon - Colum McCannToday’s guest won major plaudits for his 2009 novel Let The Great World Spin winning the National Book Award in the US. He’s also been nominated for an Oscar and was awarded the prestigious Chevalier arts prize in France. But today Paddy Butler caught up with Colum McCann down the line in New York to discuss Apeirogon, a breathtaking new work.
2020-04-2048 min
NorsworthyColum McCann: ApeirogonAward winning novelist Colum McCann joins the show to discuss the power of narrative, contradictions, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and his new novel Aperogon.
2020-04-2050 min
The Prospect PodcastColum McCann on writing the Israel-Palestine conflictNovelist Colum McCann joins the Prospect Interview this week to discuss his new bestseller, Apeirogon, a fictional story based on the real-life friendship between an Israeli and a Palestinian. He talks to our Arts and Books editor about how he went about researching the novel, learning from the Northern Ireland peace process, and why, in spite of everything, he still has hope.Colum McCann’s Apeirogon is published by Bloomsbury: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/apeirogon-9781526607874/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-04-0838 minThe Prospect PodcastColum McCann on writing the Israel-Palestine conflictNovelist Colum McCann joins the Prospect Interview this week to discuss his new bestseller, Apeirogon, a fictional story based on the real-life friendship between an Israeli and a Palestinian. He talks to our Arts and Books editor about how he went about researching the novel, learning from the Northern Ireland peace process, and why, in spite of everything, he still has hope.Colum McCann’s Apeirogon is published by Bloomsbury: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/apeirogon-9781526607874/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-04-0838 min
Book Lounge by LibbyBonus Episode! Colum McCann, National Book Award-winning author of ApeirogonSurprise! We have a Saturday episode for you because we just had to share this conversation with Colum McCann. Adam sat down with Colum for a live event at Cuyahoga County Public Library where they discussed his new book Apeirogon, cultural appropriation vs. cultural celebration, his nonprofit Narrative 4, and why sharing stories is so important. His book is a masterpiece and you'll love this conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-03-0757 min
Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalApeirogon: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/386338to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Apeirogon: A Novel
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Colum McCann
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 15 hours 22 minutes
Release date: February 25, 2020
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 21
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An epic novel rooted in the unlikely real-life friendship between two fathers—one Palestinian, one Israeli, both connected by grief and working together for peace—from the National Book Award–winning and bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin “A quite extraordinary novel. Colum McCann has found the form and voice to tell th...
2020-02-253h 22
Discover Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Zoli: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383491to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Zoli: A Novel
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Kathleen Gati, Colum McCann
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes
Release date: February 11, 2020
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
From the National Book Award–winning author of Let the Great World Spin, this haunting novel is an examination of intimacy and betrayal in a community rarely captured so vibrantly in contemporary literature. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Zoli Novotna, a young woman raised in the traveling Gypsy tradition, is a poet by a...
2020-02-1110h 19Get Your Favorite Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalZoli: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/383491to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Zoli: A Novel
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Kathleen Gati, Colum McCann
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes
Release date: February 11, 2020
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
From the National Book Award–winning author of Let the Great World Spin, this haunting novel is an examination of intimacy and betrayal in a community rarely captured so vibrantly in contemporary literature. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Zoli Novotna, a young woman raised in the traveling Gypsy tradition, is a poet by a...
2020-02-1110h 19
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life281: A Craft Discussion of Colum McCann's Letters to a Young WriterIn this week's episode, I talk with Vanessa Blakeslee about Colum McCann's Letters to a Young Writer. Books Discussed NOTES Colum McCann hosts a lovely Bloomsday reading every year at Ulysses Folk House in downtown Manhattan. Check out my interview with the late Charlie Bethel, an amazing playwright and performer, back on episode 39.
2017-10-071h 02
The Avid Reader ShowColum McCann Letters to a Young WriterGood Afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today we are happy to have as our guest Colum McCann. Colum has written Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice, published earlier this month by Random House.Colum is the award winning internationally bestselling author of Let The Great World Spin, Zoli, Dancer, This Side of Brightness and Songdogs. He teaches at the MFA program at Hunter College.Letters is just that, a series of missives to an imaginary young writer who may be confused, excited, forlorn, and unsure...
2017-04-0435 min
The Avid Reader Show1Q1A Colum McCann Letters to a Young WriterGood Afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today we are happy to have as our guest Colum McCann. Colum has written Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice, published earlier this month by Random House.Colum is the award winning internationally bestselling author of Let The Great World Spin, Zoli, Dancer, This Side of Brightness and Songdogs. He teaches at the MFA program at Hunter College.Letters is just that, a series of missives to an imaginary young writer who may be confused, excited, forlorn, and unsure...
2017-04-0400 min
The Archive ProjectColum McCannIn this episode of The Archive Project, Colum McCann gives a talk he’s titled “Can’t Go On, Must Go On.” Drawing from the famous quote by Samuel Beckett, McCann uses this talk to explore storytelling and his refusal of cynicism. He shares insights into the inspiration and process behind some of his most famous works and discusses how four books that he’s written are connected in compelling and surprising ways. He asserts that, ultimately, all things are given to us for a purpose, including struggles and darkness, to help shape our lives.
Everywhere we’ve been is ev...
2017-03-2951 min
OPB's State of WonderMar. 4: Colum McCann, Thara Memory, Modernizing Shakespeare, Surfer Blood & MoreEver find yourself lost in Shakespeare's flowery prose? A new project helps translate his writing into modern English. We also delve into a devastating scandal in the jazz community and take a trip across America on a bicycle with National Book Award–winning author Colum McCann.
2017-03-0352 min
Dublin City Libraries & ArchivesColum McCann in conversation with Niall Mac MonagleTo mark the occasion of Colum McCann winning the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award with his book Let the Great World Spin, Pearse Street Library played host to a reading by Colum McCann and a question and answer session between Niall MacMonagle and the author.
In this fascinating session Colum talks about his personal experience of 911, and how he chose to confront it obliquely in his writing, rather than head on as Roth and DeLillo chose to do. He discusses the process of developing and managing the many characters, voices and narrative strands of Let the Great World Spin. The...
2016-11-0956 min
Inside The TimesDan Barry: “The Closest We Have to Steinbeck” — Colum McCannAward Winning Writer, Colum McCann talks with Pulitzer winning Time reporter Dan Barry about Mr. Barry’s new book: “The Boys in the Bunkhouse.”
2016-05-2318 min
Inside The TimesDan Barry: “The Closest We Have to Steinbeck” — Colum McCannAward Winning Writer, Colum McCann talks with Pulitzer winning Time reporter Dan Barry about Mr. Barry’s new book: “The Boys in the Bunkhouse.”
2016-05-2318 min
BookclubBookclub with Colum McCann - TransAtlanticJames Naughtie talks to Colum McCann about TransAtlantic.
2015-12-0627 min
Hear Top-Rated Audiobook Collection With Zero InterruptionEnjoy Thirteen Ways of Looking from Colum McCann#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on:https://booksreader.space/al-1977/Title: Thirteen Ways of Looking
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Colum McCann
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
Release date: 10-13-15
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 255 ratings
Genres: Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
2015-10-136h 08
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Thirteen Ways of Looking: Fiction by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244790to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Thirteen Ways of Looking: Fiction
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Colum McCann
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Release date: October 13, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Los Angeles Times • The Boston Globe • The Seattle Times • The Independent In such acclaimed novels as Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic, National Book Award–w...
2015-10-136h 09
Discover the New Releases Audiobooks in Fiction, Short Stories & AnthologiesThirteen Ways of Looking Audiobook by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/48/to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.
Title: Thirteen Ways of Looking
Subtitle: Fiction
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Colum McCann
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-13-15
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 143 votes
Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies
Publisher's Summary:
In such acclaimed novels as Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic, National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann has transfixed listeners with his precision, tenderness, and authority. Now, in his first collection of short fiction in more than a decade, McCann charts the territory...
2015-10-136h 08Listen to Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalThirteen Ways of Looking: Fiction by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/244790to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Thirteen Ways of Looking: Fiction
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Colum McCann
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
Release date: October 13, 2015
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Los Angeles Times • The Boston Globe • The Seattle Times • The Independent In such acclaimed novels as Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic, National Book Award–w...
2015-10-136h 09
Listen to Top Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaLet the Great World Spin: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/228424 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Let the Great World Spin: A Novel Author: Colum McCann Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 16, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.17 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.25 of Total 8 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • Colum McCann’s beloved novel inspired by Philippe Petit’s daring high-wire stunt, which is also depicted in the film The Walk starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is Au...
2015-01-1610 min
The Greenlight Bookstore PodcastEpisode 1: Colum McCann + Phil Klay (May 19, 2014)In our debut episode: Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin) in conversation with Phil Klay (Redeployment) about writing, war, and the shifting sands between fiction and reality. Also - reviews of The Vacationers by Emma Straub and Ideas of Heaven by Joan Silber, and new releases for early July 2014.Find all the titles discussed in this episode at greenlightbookstore.com/radio1 (www.greenlightbookstore.com/radio1)
2014-06-2853 min
Goucher College PodcastsA Reading by Colum McCann, 2013Goucher College’s 2013 summer reading assignment for first-year and transfer students was Colum McCann’s sweeping and radical social novel, Let the Great World Spin. Selected based on suggestions from faculty and staff, Let the Great World Spin sparked discussion among new students, staff, and professors during Goucher’s fall orientation session. McCann attended one of the discussions and later presented a free public reading and question-and-answer session.
2013-10-151h 25
CUNY TV's City TalkColum McCann, Author "TransAtlantic"Doug Muzzio introduces Colum McCann as a "magnificent liar, whose fictions tell profound truths." Author of "Let the Great World Spin," best sellers "Dancer," and "Zoli," Colum McCann talks about his latest book, "TransAtlantic," a MUST READ
2013-06-1900 min
The Dinner Party DownloadEpisode 204: Ellen Page, Colum McCann, and Miraculous FruitsThis week: Actress Ellen Page (The East) on saving the planet and playing with dolls… National Book Award winner Colum McCann takes us on a Transatlantic trip…Laura Osnes – Tony-nominated Cinderella on Broadway – shares her favorite rags-to-riches stories… Rico stuffs himself with stuffies… Etiquette advice to make air travel a tiny bit more comfortable… […]
2013-06-0751 min
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+TransAtlantic: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175863to listen full audiobooks.
Title: TransAtlantic: A Novel
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Geraldine Hughes
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Release date: June 4, 2013
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 10
Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS In the National Book Award–winning Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann thrilled readers with a marvelous high-wire act of fiction that The New York Times Book Review called “an emotional tour de force.”...
2013-06-0410h 43
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaTransAtlantic: A Novel by Colum McCannPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/175863 to listen full audiobooks. Title: TransAtlantic: A Novel Author: Colum McCann Narrator: Geraldine Hughes Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 43 minutes Release date: June 4, 2013 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS In the National Book Award–winning Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann thrilled readers with a marvelous high-wire act of fiction that The New York Times Book Review called “an emotional tour de force...
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Title: TransAtlantic: A Novel
Author: Colum McCann
Narrator: Geraldine Hughes
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Release date: June 4, 2013
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 10
Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 6
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS In the National Book Award–winning Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann thrilled readers with a marvelous high-wire act of fiction that The New York Times Book Review called “an emotional tour de force.”...
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The New Yorker: FictionColum McCann Reads Benedict KielyColum McCann reads Benedict Kiely's "Bluebell Meadow," and discusses it with The New Yorker's fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. "Bluebell Meadow" was published in the April 14, 1975, issue of The New Yorker and can be found in "The Collected Stories of Benedict Kiely." Colum McCann's most recent book is "Let the Great World Spin."
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2011-10-1959 minCUNY TV's City TalkColum McCannColum McCann joins Doug to talk about New York and his new book “Let the Great World Spin,” which won the 2009 National Book Award. McCann has taught in Hunter College's MFA Creative Writing programs for nearly 5 years.
2010-02-1700 minThe Seattle Public LibraryColum McCann: 'Let the Great World Spin'Award-winning Irish novelist Colum McCann read from "Let the Great World Spin" on July 13, 2009 at the Central Library.
2009-07-2700 min
BookwormColum McCannDancer (Metropolitan)
Colum McCann deserts the working-class backgrounds of his Irish novels to write a fictional life of Rudolph Nureyev. He invents a dancing prose style-floating, glittering, suspended in bright air. We discover how the subject, Nureyev, taught McCann a new way to write.
2003-03-1329 min