Books for Breakfast Podcast
1) 88: Christmas Special
Send us a text Mince pie and Christmas cracker laden, today’s breakfast table is very festive indeed as we celebrate the best of books and cultural events in 2025. To help us celebrate we’ve gathered ...Show More
2) 87: More Poetry Reviews; interview with Mark Granier
Send us a text This morning we welcome poet and critic Ciarán O’Rourke to our breakfast table here in Dublin 8. Ciarán has published two collections of poems with Irish Pages Press, The Buried Breath ...Show More
3) 86: İlhan Sami Çomak, Ferdia Mac Anna on Liadan Ní Chuinn
Send us a text On today’s episode we travel to IMMA and the Dublin Book Festival to meet and talk with İlhan Sami Çomak, a Kurdish Turkish poet who has spent almost thirty years imprisoned in Turkey....Show More
4) 85: Enda Wyley, IMRAM 2025, Ger Reidy
Send us a text On this morning's episode we talk to Ger Reidy about his latest poetry collection, Clay; Liam Carson tells us about the latest edition of IMRAM, the Irish language festival and the inc...Show More
5) 84: New Poetry Collections Reviewed
Send us a text On today’s episode poet and critic Adam Wyeth reviews nine new poetry collections. Under the microscope are Infinity Pool by Vona Groarke; Belfast Twilight by Liam Carson; Harbour Doubt...Show More
6) 83: Colm Tóibín, A Ship in Full Sail
Send us a text In this episode we invite Colm Tóibín to the breakfast table to discuss his new book A Ship in Full Sail: The Laureate Lectures and Other Writings. The book collects the blogs he wrote ...Show More
7) 82: Henrietta McKervey on new fiction titles
Send us a text On this morning's show novelist Henrietta McKervey talks to us about four recent novels: Fair Play by Louise Hegarty, Air by John Boyne, Murder takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman and Lo...Show More
8) 81: Mary O'Donnell, Walking Ghosts
Send us a text This episode sees us visiting Dublin's historic United Arts Club where Enda interviews Mary O'Donnell about her latest collection of short stories, Walking Ghosts. Praise for Walking G...Show More
9) 80: Sarah Moss on Ripeness
Send us a text On this episode we drop in to the Carlow University Pittsburgh MFA summer programme in Trinity College, Dublin to interview Sarah Moss about her latest novel, Ripeness. 'Tender and rue...Show More
10) 79: Mall Life: Karin-Lin Greenberg
Send us a text On this episode we talk about this year's International Literature Festival Dublin which runs from 16-25 May, and where Enda will be interviewing novelists Gethan Dick and Patrick Hollo...Show More