Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Library
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The Library Section of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council run a varied programme of literary events throughout the year. This podcast series provides an archive of some of these events and helps to extend their reach to a wider audience.

Jonathan Franzen

In this programme, Jonathan Franzen reads from his new novel 'Freedom' and is interviewed by fellow writer Hugo Hamilton. Franzen is famous for snubbi...
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Christos Tsiolkas

DLR Libraries recently hosted a reading and interview with up-and-coming Australian author Christos Tsiolkas, reading from his novel 'The Slap' which ...
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Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver, one of the most socially and politically aware novelists writing today, will be reading from her long-awaited new book, 'The Lacun...
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Declan Hughes and Alan Glynn

In this programme Declan Hughes will be discussing ,’The City of Lost Girls’, the fifth novel in his hugely successful ’Ed Loy Series’. He is accompan...
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Hugo Hamilton

Hugo Hamilton's novel 'Hand in the Fire' offers a compelling and original view of contemporary Ireland through the harrowing experience of a Serbian i...
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Alexander McCall Smith

Best-selling author and creator of the award-winning 'No 1 Ladies Detective Agency' series, Alexander McCall Smith visited Dún Laoghaire on the 27th F...
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John Boyne and Patrick Gale

This is the second of two Library Voices events which were part of the programme at the inaugural Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival. This podcast has...
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Library Voices: Sebastian Faulks

The first of two events from the DLR Library Voices series which were part of the programme for the Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival in September. T...
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Library Voices: Robert Harris

Novelist Robert Harris is the author of a string of international bestsellers including Fatherland, Enigma and Pompeii. His latest novel, Lustrum, is ...
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