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The Bookshop PodcastVinny Browne and the Magic of Charlie Byrne's BookshopSend us a textIn this episode, I’m chatting with Vinny Browne from Charlie Byrne's Bookshop in the heart of Galway City, Ireland. At Charlie Byrne’s, you can explore their labyrinthine maze of over 100,000 books: new, second-hand, bargain, and antiquarian. Vinny takes us behind the scenes of this beloved institution, revealing how its organic growth mirrors the evolution of Irish literary culture itself. "Books have a continuous life," he explains, describing the shop's mission to connect forgotten volumes with new readers who might not yet know they're searching for these exact stories. ...2025-05-0538 min
Another ChapterS.3 Chapter 21 - Exploring the Best Irish Books of 2025 (so far!): Must-Read RecommendationsIn this week's episode of Another Chapter, Claire and Rebecca dive into the world of Irish books, celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a discussion on recent releases and upcoming titles. They share their favorite reads from Irish authors, including "Nesting" by Rosie O'Donnell and "The Stolen Child" by Carmel Harrington, highlighting the depth and diversity of Irish literature.Listeners will also get recommendations for the best books of 2025, with insights into highly anticipated releases like Elaine Feeney's "Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way" and Hazel Gaynor's "Before Dorothy." Claire and Rebecca explore the themes, styles...2025-03-1927 min
Lies und das - der Podcast für alle, die gerne Bücher lesenDie mit den zweiten Chancen und "Stadt der Hunde"Stadt der Hunde | Die seltsamste aller Zahlen | Beklaute Frauen | Von hier aus weiter
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„Die seltsamste aller Zahlen" von Elaine Feen...2025-02-181h 00
The Arts Council PodcastThe Art of Reading Book Club with Colm Tóibín | Episode 35: ‘How to Build a Boat’ by Elaine FeeneyThe December Art of Reading book club features Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín in conversation with writer Elaine Feeney about his book 'How to Build a Boat'.
“Elaine Feeney’s second novel, set in a small, fictional Irish town on the west coast, tells the story of Jamie, a boy who seeks to connect with his dead mother. ‘Feeney’s prose,’ The New York Times has written, ‘is both careful and relaxed — detailed in its description of place and character and of the effortful human urge to find order in the natural world.’” — Colm Tóibín
Learn more about the Art...2024-12-2550 min
Books for Breakfast70: Books of the Year with Adam Wyeth and Henrietta McKerveySend us a textJoin us for a lively discussion of some of the best books published this year. At the breakfast table to discuss their poetry and fiction choices are poet Adam Wyeth and novelist Henrietta McKervey. Plenty of stocking filler ideas here, and Peter and Enda also get to mention some of their own favourite books of the year. This is a double espresso and multiple pastry episode, so get that pot on the stove and get the earbuds in!This episode is supported by a Project Award from...2024-12-1950 min
All Write in Sin City2024 Year-End Wrap from the All Write Podcasters!Join us for a special minisode in which we reflect briefly on five(!) lovely years of podcasting, and on 2024 in particular.Irene, Kim, and Sarah have selected a few works each that struck us in different ways, but don't get us wrong, we have had a blast chatting with each author this year, and all are worthy of you joining the conversation!In no particular order or rank, here are the books we spoke about in this episode for your reference, or check out all of our episodes for the full list. We'll chat w...2024-12-0214 min
Vale a pena com Mariana AlvimT3 #28 Susana Moreira MarquesCom a tarefa difícil de escolher apenas 4 livros especiais, a Susana optou pelos que a inspiraram enquanto escritora. E vamos da não-ficção, neste caso, para a realidade e assim conhecemos a escritora – e leitora - de uma forma profunda e em crescendo.
Os livros que a jornalista e escritora escolheu:
The White Álbum, Joan Didion;
Diário de Luto, Roland Barthes;
A beleza do marido, Anne Carson;
Os Maias, Eça de Queiroz.
Outras referências na conversa:
O An...2024-10-1553 min
Another ChapterS3 Chapter 4 - Interview with Bookstagrammer @ElaineandthebooksJoin us as we chat with one of your most beloved Bookstagrammers @elaineandthebooks , Elaine Mullane. As a leader of the Banned Books book club, and Stephen King 'We All Float' buddy reads, Elaine deep dives into her love of reading, why she is so impassioned about reading about the experiences of others, and why she thinks books are important places where we find validation about ourselves. We loved catching up with Elaine and we hope that you enjoy our chats as much as we did.Books mentioned by ElaineBooks that impacted her...2024-10-011h 14
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of AgeHow to Build a Boat by Elaine FeeneyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738499to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How to Build a Boat
Author: Elaine Feeney
Narrator: Gary Furlong
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 37 minutes
Release date: July 16, 2024
Genres: Coming of Age
Publisher's Summary:
Longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize Shortlisted for the 2023 An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year One of the Globe and Mail's 'Sixty-Two Books to Read This Fall' One of the Globe 100's Best Books of 2023 Jamie O'Neill loves the color red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of certain objects, books with dust jackets...2024-07-176h 37
Enjoy Amazing Free Audiobooks in Fiction, Coming of AgeHow to Build a Boat by Elaine FeeneyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/738499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Build a Boat Author: Elaine Feeney Narrator: Gary Furlong Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 16, 2024 Genres: Coming of Age Publisher's Summary: Longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize Shortlisted for the 2023 An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year One of the Globe and Mail's 'Sixty-Two Books to Read This Fall' One of the Globe 100's Best Books of 2023 Jamie O'Neill loves the color red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of certain objects, books with dust...2024-07-1730 min
Read With Your Ears, Explore With Your Heart With Full AudiobookHow to Build a Boat Audiobook by Elaine FeeneyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 738499
Title: How to Build a Boat
Author: Elaine Feeney
Narrator: Gary Furlong
Format: Unabridged
Length: 06:37:57
Language: English
Release date: 07-16-24
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age
Summary:
Longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize
Shortlisted for the 2023 An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year
One of the Globe and Mail's 'Sixty-Two Books to Read This Fall'
One of the Globe 100's Best Books of 2023
Jamie O'Neill loves the color red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of...2024-07-166h 37
Best Supporting PodcastEpisode 223: The BSAs of "The Graduate" (1967)Our sampler of the 60s ends this month with “The Graduate”! We get to see Annie Sullivan in a whole new light as the OG cougar Mrs. Robinson, one of our favorite Stepford Wives as her unwitting daughter Elaine, the mayor from Jaws in a surprisingly fascinating role as the spurned husband, Roz from 9 to 5 and Mr Feeney putzing around in the pool, a no nonsense Norman Fell, Dick Lemon working the front desk and at the center of it all, Tootsie as Ben Braddock the epitome of midcentury modern ennui.
Join us for The Best Supporting Aftershow and early acce...2024-05-311h 20
I Think You Should ReadAoife Martin thinks you should read Winter's BoneActivist Aoife Martin speaks to us about Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell, a novel guaranteed to make you feel cold even in the middle of summer. Set in the Ozark mountains, the novel is both action-packed and deceptively deep! We also use the term bleak approximately 4 million times.Books we recommend in this episode: How to Build a Boat by Elaine FeeneyAs You Were by Elaine Feeney Jewish Space Lasers by Mike RothschildThe Storm is Upon Us by Mike RothschildBlood Meridian by Co...2024-05-2453 min
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookAll the Good Things You Deserve Audiobook by Elaine FeeneyListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 731606
Title: All the Good Things You Deserve
Author: Elaine Feeney
Narrator: Elaine Feeney
Format: Unabridged
Length: 01:25:00
Language: English
Release date: 04-18-24
Publisher: PGRH UK
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Poetry
Summary:
Content Notice: This title may contain mature themes and adult content.
How do we love, trust and create in the aftermath of trauma? How do we name and speak that love?
In this powerful new collection from acclaimed poet and novelist Elaine Feeney, images and memory circle and recur, and the journey from pain towards a place of...2024-04-181h 25
Tony's Irish Country and Craic PartyTonys Irish Country and Craic Party Friday 12th April 2024The Happiest Show on PodcastThis week featuring Music from Colin Harney, Pat Mulchrone, Bernie Heaney, Noel Boland, Shane Moore, Philip English, Matthew O'Donnell. Shaunna McStravock, James Lynas, Seany mac, Elaine Boyle, Aiden Clerkin, John Molloy, Slim Attraction, Sean Corrigan, Anthony McBrien, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Smyth, Hugo Duncan, Frankie McBride, Brian Coll, Larry Cunningham, Brendan Shine,Declan Nerney, Gerry Guthrie, Michael English, Shaun Loughrey, Mike denver, Petrick Feeney, Lisa McHugh, Tumblin Paddies, All Folk'd Up, Ceol, Nathan Carter, The Whistlin Donkeys.2024-04-122h 00
Field RambleField Ramble with Niamh MulveySend us a textOn this episode we speak to author Niamh Mulvey about her upcoming debut novel The Amendments. Many of you will know Niamh from her short story collection Hearts and Bones. (Head back to episode 6 of the pod if not to hear our interview with her shortly after H&B’s publication.) With The Amendments (published by Picador on April 11th) Niamh takes the titular story from the collection and crafts it into what is a beautifully wrought novel. Set between London and Ireland The Amendments spans the lives of three generations of w...2024-04-1124 min
dlr SoundcloudIreland Reads Day 24 February 2024 - Rick O’Shea in conversation with Elaine Feeney and Paul MurrayJoin broadcaster Rick O’Shea in conversation with authors Elaine Feeney and Paul Murray.
Nominated for An Post Irish Book Awards – Book of the Year, How to Build a Boat is the beautiful novel about a young boy whose mission transforms the lives of his teachers and brings together a community. Winner of the An Post Irish Book Awards – Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Nero Prize, The Bee Sting explores the failures and vulnerability of the Barnes family and the consequences of a single moment that can change
the direction of life.
Elaine Feeney...2024-03-231h 01All Write in Sin CityHow to Build a Boat with Elaine FeeneyAbout our guest: Elaine Feeney is an award-winning poet, novelist, short story writer and playwright from the west of Ireland. Her 2020 debut, As You Were, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award, and won the Kate O’Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize, and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. Her second novel, How to Build a Boat, is longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. Previously, Feeney has published three collections of poetry, including The Radio Was Gospel and Rise, and her short story “Sojourn” was included in The Art of the Gli...2024-01-0731 min
The Galway Podcast39. Hardiman & Beyond: John Cunningham & Amelia WalkerEpisode 39. This weeks guests are John Cunningham and Amelia Walker. They are here to talk about a new book released this year which is called Hardiman and Beyond. Hardiman and Beyond was edited by John along with Ciaran McDonough and it is the follow up to a famous publication released in 1820 called ‘History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway’. So Hardiman and Beyond is basically a recap of Galway since then. And excellent it is too.
We walk through the history of how the book came into existence, all the different contributors as well...2023-12-131h 21
Page CountHoliday Gift Ideas from Mac’s Backs & Downbound BooksSearching for the perfect books to fill out your holiday shopping list? We’ve got you covered with recommendations from the owners of two independent bookstores in Ohio. Suzanne DeGaetano of Mac’s Backs in Cleveland and Greg Kornbluh of Downbound Books in Cincinnati suggest books to gift readers of all ages and genres, from picture books to graphic novels, poetry, works of nonfiction, cerebral literary novels, and beyond.
We encourage listeners to visit (or order online from) Mac’s Backs, Downbound Books, and other independent bookstores this holiday season.
Recommendations from Mac...2023-12-0534 min
Red LinesSinn Féin: Will their day come in 2024?Ahead of the party's ard fheis, the panel discuss what's next for Sinn Féin? Mark is joined by Elaine Loughlin, Brian Feeney & Newton Emerson.2023-11-0831 min
The VerbIrish WritingNovels by Irish writers make up a third of this year's Booker longlist for the first time in the prize's history. Ian McMillan explores the boom in Irish writing and the wave of new and experimental voices melding poetry and prose emerging from both the North and South of Ireland. With Elaine Feeney, Martina Evans, James Conor Patterson and Liam Harte, professor of Irish Literature at the University of Manchester.2023-09-1544 min
Women & TheatreOur Park Our Lives Episode OneWelcome to the Our Park, Our Lives Podcast Episode 1. This project is part of a season of work celebrating 150 years since Lousia Anne Ryland gifted the land of Cannon Hill Park, to the people of Birmingham. Working with local women to research with other park users - locals, day trippers, daily dog walkers, skaters, and picnickers - to reflect on what Cannon Hill Park means to them and the people of Birmingham - the beneficiaries of Louisa’s gift.Our Park Our Lives was performed by Elaine Williams, Renia Ganguly, Mohua Banerjee, Jane Thaakordin, Maggie Par...2023-09-0811 min
Women & TheatreOur Park Our Lives Episode 3Welcome to the Our Park, Our Lives Podcast Episode 3. This project is part of a season of work celebrating 150 years since Lousia Anne Ryland gifted the land of Cannon Hill Park, to the people of Birmingham. Working with local women to research with other park users - locals, day trippers, daily dog walkers, skaters, and picnickers - to reflect on what Cannon Hill Park means to them and the people of Birmingham - the beneficiaries of Louisa’s gift.Our Park Our Lives was performed by Elaine Williams, Renia Gan...2023-09-0812 min
Women & TheatreOur Park Our Lives Episode 2Welcome to the Our Park, Our Lives Podcast Episode 2. This project is part of a season of work celebrating 150 years since Lousia Anne Ryland gifted the land of Cannon Hill Park, to the people of Birmingham. Working with local women to research with other park users - locals, day trippers, daily dog walkers, skaters, and picnickers - to reflect on what Cannon Hill Park means to them and the people of Birmingham - the beneficiaries of Louisa’s gift.Our Park Our Lives was performed by Elaine Williams, Renia Gan...2023-09-0813 min
Women & TheatreOur Park Our Lives Episode 4Welcome to the Our Park, Our Lives Podcast Episode 4. This project is part of a season of work celebrating 150 years since Lousia Anne Ryland gifted the land of Cannon Hill Park, to the people of Birmingham. Working with local women to research with other park users - locals, day trippers, daily dog walkers, skaters, and picnickers - to reflect on what Cannon Hill Park means to them and the people of Birmingham - the beneficiaries of Louisa’s gift.Our Park Our Lives was performed by Elaine Williams, Renia Gan...2023-09-0813 min
The Women's PodcastElaine Feeney: Booker Prize NomineeIrish author Elaine Feeney is nominated for the 2023 Booker Prize for her novel How to Build a Boat. The writer from Galway is one of four Irish authors and the only Irish woman to make the long list this year. Ahead of the shortlist announcement next month, Feeney joined Róisín Ingle to discuss her nomination, the inspiration behind the book and how a severe illness in 2014 spurred her on to writing fiction. The pair also discuss Feeney’s life growing up in the west of Ireland, falling in love with poetry in her teens and her new poetry coll...2023-08-171h 02
Mostly FictionalEp. 24: Pam’s Current Reads Are Summoning Autumn VibesIn this episode, Pam has two ~ spooky ~ reads to share and Hallie has a checklist of books to celebrate!Books mentioned, in order:Open Throat by Henry Hoke Cursed Bread by Sophie MackintoshForager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult: A Memoir by Michelle DowdPinata by Leopoldo GoutThe Last Animal by Ramona AusubelAscension by Nicholas BingeLegends and Lattes by Travis BaldreeEpisode Thirteen by Craig DiLouieSadie by Courtney SummersBig Swiss by Jen Beagin The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon2023-08-0947 min
The Booker Prize PodcastThe Booker Prize 2023: Longlist ReactionThis week, we're joined by Frederick Studemann, literary editor of the FT, to bring you a Booker Prize longlist reaction hot off the press. Listen in as Fred, James and Jo share their opinions of this year's longlist as a whole, and give you a flavour of each of the 13 books that make up this year's Booker Dozen: it's speed dating meets the Booker Prize.Books discussed in this episode:
A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein...2023-08-0350 min
Juvenalia175: The Silence Of The Lambs with Elaine FeeneyAuthor Elaine Feeney joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Jonathan Demme’s 1991 Oscar-sweeping, pop cultural juggernaut, The Silence Of The Lambs. We talk about the complicated and controversial legacy of Buffalo Bill, looking Clarice in the eyes, our favourite shots, the magic of Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, and Elaine tells us about showing scary films to her kids. It’s a good one.
Elaine is @ElaineFeeney16. Her latest novel How To Build A Boat is out now.
Alan is @alan_maguire. He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now...2023-06-151h 18
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+How to Build a Boat: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS by Elaine FeeneyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622364to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How to Build a Boat: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
Author: Elaine Feeney
Narrator: Ciaran O'brien
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Release date: April 20, 2023
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. A deeply moving novel about a boy and his dream, from the prize-winning author of As You Were Jamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar...2023-04-208h 10
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaHow to Build a Boat: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS by Elaine FeeneyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622364 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Build a Boat: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS Author: Elaine Feeney Narrator: Ciaran O'brien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 20, 2023 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. A deeply moving novel about a boy and his dream, from the prize-winning author of As You Were Jamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and...2023-04-2005 minAccess Essential Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalHow to Build a Boat: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS by Elaine FeeneyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622364to listen full audiobooks.
Title: How to Build a Boat: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
Author: Elaine Feeney
Narrator: Ciaran O'brien
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 10 minutes
Release date: April 20, 2023
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. A deeply moving novel about a boy and his dream, from the prize-winning author of As You Were Jamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar...2023-04-208h 10
HERE AND BACK AGAIN32: HERE AND BOOK AGAIN BONUS EPISODE - 23 MUST READ ADULT BOOKS FOR 2023Looking forward to the next 6 months worth of literary treats, we are joined in this Bonus Book Podcast by Brona Looby & Maria Dickenson who reveal some absolute crackers coming our way.
PASSION PITCHES
How to build a boat - Elaine Feeney (April 20th)
My Father’s House - Joseph O’Connor (Jan 26th)
Yellowface – RF Kuang (May 16th)
Close to Home – Michael Magee (April 6th)
Hello Beautiful – Ann Napolitano (corrected release date - July 13th)
Chain Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (July 6th)
FI...2023-02-0635 min
KeywordsSurface TensionNew writing and recordings, this week prompted by 'Surface Tension'. Work by Tanya O'Sullivan, Elaine Feeney (read by Tara Breathnach), Kevin Brew, Alice Lyons, Sarah Ingersoll and Michael Higgins. Presented by Zoë Comyns.2023-02-0525 minTony's Irish Country and Craic PartyTony's Irish Country and Craic Party Saturday 11th June 22Featuring this week The Countours, Keltic Storm, Barry Kirwan, Stuart Moyles, Olivia Douglas, Liam Kelly, Sean Corrigan, Nathan Carter, Martin Cuffe, Stephen Smyth, The Benn Sisters, Dominic Kirwan, Louise Morrissey, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Everly Brothers, Derek Ryan, Lisa McHugh, Gerry Guthrie, Ritchie Remo, Farmer Dan, Cliona Hagan, Patrick Feeney, Lee Matthews, Shauna McStravock, Davitt Country Band, Gary Gamble, Elaine Boyle, Mike Denver, Michael English, Nathan Carter.2022-07-232h 00
New Books with Miranda MelcherAdam Hanna, "Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland" (Syracuse UP, 2022)Dr. Adam Hanna’s Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland (Syracuse University Press, 2022) is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been shaped by, and responded to, the laws, judgments, and constitutions of both of the island’s jurisdictions.Focusing on poets’ responses in their writing to such contentious legal issues as partition, censorship, paramilitarism, and the curtailment of women’s reproductive and other rights, this volume is the first in the growing field of law and literature to monograph exclusively on modern Ireland. Dr. Hanna unpacks the legal engagements of both major and...2022-07-071h 05
New Books in Irish StudiesAdam Hanna, "Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland" (Syracuse UP, 2022)Dr. Adam Hanna’s Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland (Syracuse University Press, 2022) is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been shaped by, and responded to, the laws, judgments, and constitutions of both of the island’s jurisdictions.Focusing on poets’ responses in their writing to such contentious legal issues as partition, censorship, paramilitarism, and the curtailment of women’s reproductive and other rights, this volume is the first in the growing field of law and literature to monograph exclusively on modern Ireland. Dr. Hanna unpacks the legal engagements of both major and...2022-07-071h 03
New Books in LawAdam Hanna, "Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland" (Syracuse UP, 2022)Dr. Adam Hanna’s Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland (Syracuse University Press, 2022) is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been shaped by, and responded to, the laws, judgments, and constitutions of both of the island’s jurisdictions.Focusing on poets’ responses in their writing to such contentious legal issues as partition, censorship, paramilitarism, and the curtailment of women’s reproductive and other rights, this volume is the first in the growing field of law and literature to monograph exclusively on modern Ireland. Dr. Hanna unpacks the legal engagements of both major and...2022-07-071h 05
New Books in Western European StudiesAdam Hanna, "Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland" (Syracuse UP, 2022)Dr. Adam Hanna’s Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland (Syracuse University Press, 2022) is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been shaped by, and responded to, the laws, judgments, and constitutions of both of the island’s jurisdictions.Focusing on poets’ responses in their writing to such contentious legal issues as partition, censorship, paramilitarism, and the curtailment of women’s reproductive and other rights, this volume is the first in the growing field of law and literature to monograph exclusively on modern Ireland. Dr. Hanna unpacks the legal engagements of both major and...2022-07-071h 05
New Books in Literary StudiesAdam Hanna, "Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland" (Syracuse UP, 2022)Dr. Adam Hanna’s Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland (Syracuse University Press, 2022) is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been shaped by, and responded to, the laws, judgments, and constitutions of both of the island’s jurisdictions.Focusing on poets’ responses in their writing to such contentious legal issues as partition, censorship, paramilitarism, and the curtailment of women’s reproductive and other rights, this volume is the first in the growing field of law and literature to monograph exclusively on modern Ireland. Dr. Hanna unpacks the legal engagements of both major and...2022-07-071h 05
Chick Lit 4 Life: A Bookish PodcastSeries 6 Episode 6: As you WereBeautiful people, MAGNIFICENT people! We are back and we are ready to talk about the last book in our series on People What We Love Loads - Elaine Feeney's "As You Were"!
Points of note include:
Clee is quite taken with Elaine. Like it could be a problem
These characters being some of the most compelling we've seen in FOREVER
The toll that patriarchal abuse takes on a person - often turning them into someone doling out their own share of pain to others
The indignity of illness
Is taking a decision out of someone's hands...2022-04-121h 19
dlr SoundcloudInternational Women's Day 2022: "Desert Island Reads" with Ola Majekodunmi and Jessica Traynordlr Libraries were delighted to welcome Ola Majekodunmi and Jessica Traynor for a discussion on books, poems and music that inspire them.
Please note that the discussion contains adult themes.
If you are interested in borrowing any of the books mentioned, please visit the national library catalogue here: https://bit.ly/35Dt78m
Books and Poems Mentioned are:
"Questions for Ada" by Ijeoma Umebinyuo
"Insistence" by Ailbhe Darcy
"Fill Arís" Poem by Seán Ó Ríordáin
"The Right To Sex" by Amia Srinivasan
"It Is Obscene" Essay by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Night Bitch" by Rachel Yoder
"Meascra Ón Aer" b...2022-03-0951 min
ShelfmarksShelfmarks: St Brigid's Day SpecialIn this special episode of Shelfmarks for St Brigid’s Day, in association with the Department of Foreign Affairs, podcaster-in Residence Zoë Comyns explores the figure of Brigid. She imagines her origins in Irish folktale and story and delves into the Royal Irish Academy collection for traces of Brigid in the recordings of the Doegen archive.
In 1926 the Irish government asked Dr Wilheim Doegen (Director of the Sound Department at the Prussian State Library in Berlin) to make recordings of Irish speech in the Gaeltacht. The Department of Education asked the RIA to organise the project. Dr Doe...2022-01-3138 min
The Royal Irish AcademyShelfmarks: St Brigid's Day SpecialIn this special episode of Shelfmarks for St Brigid’s Day, in association with the Department of Foreign Affairs, podcaster-in Residence Zoë Comyns explores the figure of Brigid. She imagines her origins in Irish folktale and story and delves into the Royal Irish Academy collection for traces of Brigid in the recordings of the Doegen archive.
In 1926 the Irish government asked Dr Wilheim Doegen (Director of the Sound Department at the Prussian State Library in Berlin) to make recordings of Irish speech in the Gaeltacht. The Department of Education asked the RIA to organise the project. Dr Doegen came to Ire...2022-01-3138 minTony's Irish Country and Craic PartyTony's Irish Country and Craic Party Saturday 29th January 2022Featuring Johnny Brady, Gavin Gribben, Colin Harney Music, The Benn Sisters, Keelan McGrath Music, Jamie Donnelly, Joe Dolan, Dickie Rock, Ciaran Rosney, Sean Dunphy & The Hoedowners, Gary Gamble, Elaine Boyle, Warren Smyth, Tony Kenny, Lisa Stanley, Keltic Storm, Roly Daniels, Patricia Maguire, Shane Owens Country, Shaun Loughrey, Stephen Smyth, Jim Devine, Nathan Carter, Gerry Guthrie Music, Barry Doyle Farmer Dan, Patrick Feeney, The High Kings, Derek Ryan Music, The Three Amigos, Mike Denver.2022-01-291h 59Tony's Irish Country and Craic PartyTony's Irish Country and Craic Party Saturday 15th January 2022Featuring Dominic Kirwan, Jimmy Buckley, Jim Devine, Niamh McGlinchey, Justin McGurk, Susan McCann, Sinéad Heaney, Hugo Duncan, Dublin City Ramblers, Big Tom and the Mainliners, Patrick Feeney, Louise Morrissey, Christie Hennessy, Joe Dolan, Tommy Flemming, Derek Ryan Music, Sharon Shannon, Cliona Hagan, Isla Grant, AL Grant, Mary Duff Official, Charlie Landsborough, Sandy Kelly, Daniel O'Donnell, Foster And Allen, Shayne Ward, Val Doonican, The Bachelors, Brendan Shine, Mike Denver, Elaine Boyle, GARY GAMBLE, Ritchie Remo, Keltic Storm, Nathan Carter.2022-01-152h 00Tony's Irish Country and Craic PartyTony's Irish Country and Craic Party Saturday 16th October 2021The Happiest Show on the Radio features this week Dominic Kirwan, Sean Wilson Tony Mac, Shauna McStravock Music, Declan Nerney & His Band, Elaine Boyle, GARY GAMBLE, Jim Devine, Big Tom, Patricia Maguire, Shane Owens Country, Brendan Shine, Gerry Guthrie Music, Johnny Brady, Claudia Buckley, Paul Kelly Music, Kathy Kane, Daniel O'Donnell, Ciaran Rosney, Barry Doyle Farmer Dan, C.c. Cooper, Sean Corrigan, Nathan Carter, Olivia Douglas, Martin Cuffe, The Murphys, Louise Morrissey, TR Dallas, Eleanor Shanley, Ronnie Drew, Tommy Fleming, Bagatelle, Patrick Feeney, Lee Matthews, Cliona Hagan.2021-10-162h 00
Across the PondEp. 16, Elaine Feeney, "As You Were"Books caught in supply chain chaos, and we talk to the wonderful Irish poet Elaine Feeney about her affecting debut novel, As You WereThank you for listening! If you like what you hear, give us a follow at: X: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang Books, Lori Feathers, Sam JordisonInstagram: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang Books, Lori Feathers, Sam JordisonFacebook: Across the Pond, Galley Beggar Press, Interabang BooksBluesky: @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.socialThe Big Book Project https://substack.com/@thebigbookproject2021-10-0542 min
Michelle Moloney KingThe Hack to a Transcendental State: Elaine Feeney’s Poetry – Rise.This episode is also available as a blog post: http://michellemoloneyking.com/2020/09/17/the-hack-to-a-transcendental-state-elaine-feeneys-poetry-rise/2021-04-3002 min
Defining Boundaries with Peta CoxInternational Women's Day 8th March 2021International Women's Day 2021, 8th of March 2021.
It’s a long episode but there was no other way of presenting such wonderful women.
International Women’s Day means different things to different people, but the global focus on equality and celebration is clear.
Started in the early 1900s our mighty and tenacious suffragettes forge purposeful action for a quality, it was the suffragettes who started International Women’s Day with the first officially named International Women’s Day event held in 1911.
And still to this day International Women’s Day continues to be a powerful platform globally that unifies & drives gender parity, wh...2021-03-075h 23
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaWe Are Not in the World: ‘compelling and profoundly moving’ Irish Times by Conor O'callaghanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/419370 to listen full audiobooks. Title: We Are Not in the World: ‘compelling and profoundly moving’ Irish Times Author: Conor O'callaghan Narrator: Sam O'mahoney Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 44 minutes Release date: February 18, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. 'Haunting, mesmerising, and so deeply intelligent about the interwoven strengths and frailties of the human heart.' Kamila Shamsie Heartbroken after a long, painful love affair, a man takes a job driving a haulage lorry through France. Travelling with him is a secret passenger - his daughter. Twenty-something, unkempt, off the rails. With...2021-02-1805 min
The Grim ReaderEp. 13 Not The Happy EpisodeJoin The Grim Readers this week as they talk all about a previous trip to Paris, long before Covid. Nikki and Chloe reveal their only character flaws, the mighty mission to get to a French vegan Patisserie, and everyone's enemy chub rub. Our books this week, when we finally get to them, are "Fever Dream" by Samanta Schweblin, "A Moth To A Flame" by Stig Dagerman, and "As You Were" by Elaine Feeney. 2021-02-121h 32
The Book ShowChristmas 2020Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Liz Nugent, Michael Harding, Catherine Ryan Howard, Mike McCormack, Elaine Feeney, Patrick Freyne & Anna Carey join with book clubs from around the country to say goodbye to 2020. Phew.2020-12-2354 min
The Workplace Podcast in association with YellowWoodEpisode 8: Tapping into creativity and the career pivot with novelist Elaine FeeneyThe wonderfully talented Elaine Feeney (novelist, playwright and poet ) joins me on the Workplace podcast to discuss the career pivot and tapping into creativity. Her book has received huge praise. "As you were" was shortlisted for novel of the year in the irish book awards. She also features in the best books of 2020, in the guardian article by booker prize winner Douglas Stuart.
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Good Luck With the BookOh My God, What a Complete PodcastOh my God, you won’t believe it! Good Luck with the Book has its very first interview and it is with the creators of the bestselling Aisling series, Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght. With Oh My God, What a Complete Diary 2021 hitting the shelves this autumn, they discuss Aisling’s year, from weddings to Halloween, along with the inside scoop on the night they won their second Irish Book Award.Also on Episode 3, Jamie and Sarah review the bestselling Home Stretch by Graham Norton and To Love a Dog, the warm and moving memoir by Irish Time...2020-10-1856 min
Junior Cycle TalksArts in Junior Cycle and the JCT English Team in conversation with Elaine FeeneyGalway-based poet, novelist, playwright and teacher Elaine Feeney has published three collections of poetry, Where's Katie?, The Radio was Gospel and Rise.
As You Were, Elaine’s debut novel, was published on the 20th of August. In January, she was chosen by The Observer as one of the top ten debut novelists of 2020. She is currently working on her second novel.
Elaine teaches English and History in St. Jarlath’s College, Tuam, Co. Galway and Creative Writing at NUI, Galway.
In our conversation, Elaine shares her experience as a teacher of Junior Cycle English. She discusses her...2020-09-2941 min
Una and Andrea's United IrelandEPISODE 67: HOPEYes we know things are crap, we know people are stressed and on edge and beginning to crack. We know Dublin at least is on the verge of more restrictions. We know the government and its comms strategy is clown car levels of YA WHA. And yet, there's always hope. In this episode, we flip the script, and instead of getting bogged down, ask some beacons of hope to give us just that. What positive things can emerge from this harsh moment? Mary Lou McDonald, Ailbhe Smyth, Maser, Philip King, Conner Habib, Gary Gannon, Elaine Feeney, and more join us...2020-09-171h 01
Explore New Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaThe Truth Must Dazzle Gradually: ‘A moving and powerful novel from one of Ireland's finest new writers’ John Boyne by Helen CullenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually: ‘A moving and powerful novel from one of Ireland's finest new writers’ John Boyne Author: Helen Cullen Narrator: Gerry O'brien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. AN IMMERSIVE AND HEARTFELT EXPLORATION OF FAMILY AND LOVE 'A beautiful bittersweet story of love, loss and families all set in the most irresistible of locations. Tears were shed!' Graham Norton 'A moving and powerful novel from one of Ireland's finest new writers' John Boyn...2020-08-2005 min
Access Top-Rated Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaAs You Were by Elaine FeeneyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As You Were Author: Elaine Feeney Narrator: Siobhan O'kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. **ONE OF THE OBSERVER’S 10 BEST DEBUT NOVELISTS OF 2020** 'An absolute tour de force: raw, sharp and wild' Lisa McInerney 'Amazing... Brimful of brilliant characters -- I LOVED IT!' Marian Keyes Sinéad Hynes is a tough, driven, funny young property developer with a terrifying secret. No-one knows it: not her fellow patients in a failing hospital, and certainly not her...2020-08-2005 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenThe Truth Must Dazzle Gradually: ‘A moving and powerful novel from one of Ireland's finest new writers’ John Boyne by Helen CullenPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/397140 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually: ‘A moving and powerful novel from one of Ireland's finest new writers’ John Boyne Author: Helen Cullen Narrator: Gerry O'brien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 48 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. AN IMMERSIVE AND HEARTFELT EXPLORATION OF FAMILY AND LOVE 'A beautiful bittersweet story of love, loss and families all set in the most irresistible of locations. Tears were shed!' Graham Norton 'A moving and powerful novel from one of Ireland's finest new writers' John...2020-08-2005 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenAs You Were by Elaine FeeneyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/423727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: As You Were Author: Elaine Feeney Narrator: Siobhan O'kelly Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 20, 2020 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. **ONE OF THE OBSERVER’S 10 BEST DEBUT NOVELISTS OF 2020** 'An absolute tour de force: raw, sharp and wild' Lisa McInerney 'Amazing... Brimful of brilliant characters -- I LOVED IT!' Marian Keyes Sinéad Hynes is a tough, driven, funny young property developer with a terrifying secret. No-one knows it: not her fellow patients in a failing hospital, and certainly not...2020-08-2005 min
University of GalwayI love every bone of youEp. 3 - Following shocking discoveries at the site of the Mother & Baby Home in Tuam, a Commission of Investigation is established by the Irish government. Survivors of the home Christine, Peter and Teresa describe the rights they are fighting for as adults and their hopes for the future. Narrated by Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre NUI Galway, Cillian Murphy.
Other: Stories from the Tuam Mother and Baby Home is part of the Tuam Oral History Project at NUI Galway which records and archive the histories and life stories of survivors of the Tuam institution...2020-07-2915 minUniversity of GalwayThey'll even come after your soulEp. 2 - As adults, survivors of the Tuam Mother & Baby Home, Teresa, Peter and Christine try to find their birth parents. They embark on a search for information, records, and for their biological family. Meanwhile, historian, Catherine Corless outlines her shocking discoveries about the Home. Narrated by Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre NUI Galway, Cillian Murphy.
Other: Stories from the Tuam Mother and Baby Home is part of the Tuam Oral History Project at NUI Galway which records and archive the histories and life stories of survivors of the Tuam institution and their families...2020-07-2924 minUniversity of GalwayThrow away the bruisedEp. 1 - What was it like to be born in one of Ireland’s infamous Mother & Baby Homes? Survivors of the Tuam Mother & Baby Home, Teresa O’Sullivan, Peter Mulryan and Christine Carroll describe the impact on their childhoods and the stigma and neglect they experienced. Historian Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley outlines the harsh environment that existed in Ireland at the time. Narrated by Actor and Patron of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre NUI Galway, Cillian Murphy
Other: Stories from the Tuam Mother and Baby Home is part of the Tuam Oral History Project at NUI Galway which records and...2020-07-2924 min
Laureate na nÓg#WE ARE THE POETS Poetry Jukebox #17: The Lonely Robot by Julie HoodswainFifteen year-old Julie Hoodswain is a poet from Galway who took part in a series of workshops with poet Elaine Feeney in a #WEARETHEPOETS collaboration between Laureate na nÓg and the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB). The Robot came about because Julie 'wanted to write something about space.'2020-04-2600 minLaureate na nÓg#WE ARE THE POETS Poetry Jukebox #12: Meeting My Grandmother In Salthill by Emilie GallagherEmilie Gallagher is 16 years-old. She participated in a series of WE ARE THE POETS workshops with poet Elaine Feeney during a collaboration between Laureate na nÓg and the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board as part of Galway 2020.2020-04-2100 min
RTÉ - ReverberationsElaine FeeneyElaine’s poem ‘Girls in the Woods’ is inspired by time spent in Monivea Woods in Co. Galway. Elaine talks about how Patrick Kavanagh and Rita Ann Higgins’ poems inspired her. She describes how poems can come to her while walking in the woods and the differences between writing poetry and fiction.2019-12-0530 min
PantisocracySisters Are Doing It | PantisocracyPanti is joined by Elaine Feeney, Emma Garnett aka Fehdah, Nina Hynes and Rosita Sweetman.2019-08-2700 min
Pantisocracy - The Panti Personals with Panti BlissThe Pant Monologue ‘Sisters Are Doing It (for themselves)’ - Pantisocracy S4 E7A conversation of sisterhood and three generations of feminism In this episode of Pantisocracy with host Panti Bliss.
Panti is joined by the acclaimed Galway poet Elaine Feeney, who is now working with the oral history project around the Tuam Babies story. With them in the parlour are two outstanding performers, Emma Garnett aka Fehdah, an afro-Irish singer who mixes her passion for music with astro-physics, and Nina Hynes, a Dubliner living in Berlin for over a decade now, who mixes her own music-making with teaching children to find joy in making sounds themselves.
Completing our quartet is writer and...2019-07-1104 minThe Women's PodcastEp 205 Reflecting on the Repeal movementRepeal the 8th: the anthology, is a collection of stories, essays, poetry and photography around the movement for reproductive rights in Ireland, edited by Irish Times columnist Una Mullally. It features work by journalists Kitty Holland and Nell McCafferty, novelists Lisa McInerney, Anne Enright and Louise O’Neill, as well as a host of others like comedians Tara Flynn and Aisling Bea. On today's podcast, Mullally and Galway poet Elaine Feeney – who has contributed her piece History Lesson to the book – speak to Kathy Sheridan about the anthology and the Repeal campaign.Repeal The 8th, published by Unbound, is out now2018-04-0524 min
Monday Morning RadioWayin Delivers Crucial Market Intelligence Every Second, Every Minute, Every DayReal-time market intelligence, gathered 24/7/365, is so quaint. Whether online, at a live event, or in retail stores, the new equation is 60/60/24 – every second, every minute, every day.
No one does this better or understands its vast, vast power better than Elaine Feeney, president and CEO at Wayin, a small company – (backed by Scott McNeally – the former Sun Microsystems co-founder and CEO) – that is already generating giant ripples.
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