ILFDublin Podcast

Hosted by Caelainn Hogan, Portals is a special podcast series from ILFDublin that takes listeners beyond their radius, through conversations with a half-dozen writers based across the globe, all of whom were scheduled to read at ILFDublin 2020, prior to its postponement. In this episode, speaking from The Netherlands, Iraqi-Dutch writer Rodaan Al Galidi discusses his book 'Two Blankets, Three Shee...

Hosted by Caelainn Hogan, Portals is a special podcast series from ILFDublin that takes listeners beyond their radius, through conversations with a half-dozen writers based across the globe, all of whom were scheduled to read at ILFDublin 2020, prior to its postponement. In this episode, Franco-German writer Géraldine Schwarz speaks from Germany about her award-winning book, 'Those Who Forget', a...

Hosted by Caelainn Hogan, Portals is a special podcast series from ILFDublin that takes listeners beyond their radius, through conversations with a half-dozen writers based across the globe, all of whom were scheduled to read at ILFDublin 2020, prior to its postponement. In this episode, speaking from Japan, English writer David Peace chats about his latest book 'Patient X' and looks ahead to the...

Hosted by Caelainn Hogan, Portals is a special podcast series from ILFDublin that takes listeners beyond their radius, through conversations with a half-dozen writers based across the globe, all of whom were scheduled to read at ILFDublin 2020, prior to its postponement. In this episode, speaking from Washington D.C., Esther Saftan Foer discusses her book 'I Want You to Know We're Still Here about...

Hosted by Caelainn Hogan, Portals is a special podcast series from ILFDublin that takes listeners beyond their radius, through conversations with a half-dozen writers based across the globe, all of whom were scheduled to read at ILFDublin 2020, prior to its postponement. In this episode, Mexican writer Fernanda Melchor discusses her International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, 'Hurricane Season',...

Hosted by Caelainn Hogan, Portals is a special podcast series from ILFDublin that takes listeners beyond their radius, through conversations with a half-dozen writers based across the globe, all of whom were scheduled to read at ILFDublin 2020, prior to its postponement. In this first episode, The New Yorker's Moscow correspondent Joshua Yaffa lifts the lid on Putin's Russia, discussing his book '...

As part of ILFDublin 2018, Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor and filmmaker Michael Ondaatje joined Anne Enright in conversation at Liberty Hall. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

As part of ILFDublin 2019, we were delighted to welcome Sophie Collins, Zaffar Kunial and Hannah Sullivan, three exciting new voices in poetry. The event was presented in association with Faber & Faber for their 90th anniversary, and kindly supported by Poetry Ireland. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the...

As part of ILFDublin 2017, ethnologist, evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins joined Shane Bergin in conversation. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

As part of ILFDublin 2018, renowned writer, psychotherapist and feminist thinker Susie Orbach is joined in discussion by novelist and playwright, Gillian Slovo and Danielle Mclaughlin, author of Dinosaurs On Other Planets. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Award-winning writer John Banville; writer and editor of literary magazine A Public Space Yiyun Li; celebrated poet, playwright, novelist and publisher Dermot Bolger; and short story writer Danielle McLaughlin joined Roy Foster to remember the late, great William Trevor at ILFDublin 2018. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.il...

Yiyun Li in conversation with Martina Devlin at Smock Alley Theatre, as part of International Literature Festival Dublin 2018. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Caitlin Moran in conversation with Róisín Ingle at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, as part of a special International Literature Festival Dublin Off The Page event in September 2018. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Joseph O'Connor in conversation with Olivia O'Leary at Smock Alley Theatre, as part of International Literature Festival Dublin 2019. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Seamus Heaney celebrated his 70th birthday with a special event at the National Concert Hall, as part of the 2009 Dublin Writers Festival. The event is introduced by journalist and broadcaster Olivia O'Leary.

Tana French in conversation with Anna Carey at Smock Alley Theatre, as part of International Literature Festival Dublin 2019. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Paul Mason in conversation with Vincent Browne at Smock Alley Theatre, as part of International Literature Festival Dublin 2019. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Tracey Thorn and Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with Jim Carroll at Smock Alley Theatre, as part of International Literature Festival Dublin 2019. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Recorded at Smock Alley Theatre as part of ILFDublin 2019, Paul Muldoon reads poems by some of the greats from Faber and Faber’s illustrious history, to mark their 90th anniversary, as well as previewing poems from his collection, Frolic and Detour. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and prog...

Emma Dabiri in conversation with Reni Eddo-Lodge at Smock Alley Theatre, as part of International Literature Festival Dublin 2019. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Peter Carey in conversation with Joseph O'Connor at the Peppercanister Church, Dublin, as part of a special International Literature Festival Dublin Off The Page event in January 2018. The Festival returns Autumn 2020. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Elizabeth Gilbert in conversation with Anna Carey at the O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin, as part of a special International Literature Festival Dublin Off The Page event in June 2019. The Festival returns Autumn 2020. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

Bret Easton Ellis in conversation with Nadine O'Regan at the O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin, as part of a special International Literature Festival Dublin Off The Page event in April 2019. The Festival returns Autumn 2020. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.

A special ILFDublin edition of the Irish Writers Centre's 'Takin' The Mic', hosted by Marcus Mac Conghail and recorded at Smock Alley Theatre at ILFDublin 2019.

RJ Palacio in conversation with Elaina Ryan at O'Reilly Theatre, as part of International Literature Festival Dublin 2019. ILFDublin is an initiative of Dublin City Council, kindly supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. See www.ilfdublin.com for the latest news and programme info.