The Stinging Fly Podcast

Oisín Fagan, novelist and short-story writer, chooses 'Hay', a story by David Hayden which first appeared in our Spring 2010 issue.  Oisín Fagan has had fiction published in The Stinging Fly, New Planet Cabaret and the anthology Young Irelanders . He won the inaugural Penny Dreadful Novella Prize for his novella The Heirophants . His debut collection of stories , Hostages, was published in 20...

Eimear Ryan , writer of fiction and essays, as well as the co-editor of Banshee , joins Danny Denton to read and discuss 'Danny' , a story by Lucy Sweeney Byrne taken from our 2016 special issue on the Easter Rising . Eimear Ryan is from Co. Tipperary and lives in Cork. She writes about sport for the Irish Examiner and is an editor for the literary journal Banshee . Her fiction and essays have app...

Wendy Erskine, author of the acclaimed debut collection Sweet Home , joins Danny Denton at the Belfast Book Festival to read and talk about 'Prosinečki', a story by Adrian Duncan taken from our Summer 2018 issue of the magazine . Wendy Erskine’s work has been published in The Stinging Fly, Winter Papers , and on BBC Radio 4. Her work has been collected in Stinging Fly Stories , Female Lines: New W...

Nicole Flattery, author of the newly-published debut collection, Show Them A Good Time , joins Danny Denton in the studio to talk about 'Andy Warhol', a story by Keith Ridgway taken from the Winter 2011 issue of the magazine, and recently collected in the Stinging Fly Stories anthology. Nicole Flattery's stories have been published in The Irish Times , The Dublin Review , The White Review , Winter...

Melatu Uche Okorie, author of the much-heralded story collection This Hostel Life , joins Sally Rooney in the studio to discuss two pieces of flash fiction: 'Cute', by Ian Shine, and 'FA Cup Winners On Open Top Bus Tour of My Village', by Jonathan Edwards.

Sally Rooney is joined in the studio this month by Anne Griffin, best-selling author of When All Is Said , recently published by Sceptre. Anne reads 'Scaffolding', a story by Oisin Fagan, from our Spring 2015 issue.

In the November edition of the podcast, Sally Rooney is joined in the studio by Jessica Traynor. They read and discuss Wendy Erskine's story, 'To All Their Dues', first published by the Stinging Fly in Summer 2016 and included in Erskine's recently-published debut collection, Sweet Home. Jessica Traynor was born in Dublin in 1984. Her poems have been published widely, and her debut collection, Lif...

Emilie Pine, bestselling author of the essay collection 'Notes to Self', joins Sally Rooney in studio to talk about Julian Gough's essay, 'How To Edit Your Own Lousy Writing'.

Evelyn Conlon reads from her story, 'The Park', about the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in 1979, and discusses its relevance ahead of Pope Francis' upcoming visit.

Martina Evans joins Declan Meade in the studio to read Sinéad Morrissey's story, 'The Day I Brought Water'. Martina Evans is an Irish poet, novelist and teacher. She grew up in County Cork in a country pub, shop and petrol station and is the youngest of ten children. She is the author of eleven books of prose and poetry. Her latest poetry collection, 'Now We Can Talk Openly About Men', was publish...

In this month's episode, Sally Rooney is joined in studio by Mia Gallagher to read and discuss 'Ten Days, Counting Slowly', a short story by Jennifer Brady. 'Ten Days, Counting Slowly' was first published in our Summer 2008 issue, and is included in our new anthology, 'Stinging Fly Stories'.

Sally Rooney is joined by Sarah Gilmartin for a very special edition of the podcast this month. They discuss five stories selected from the new 'Stinging Fly Stories' anthology, a collection of 40 stories by 40 writers which celebrates 20 years of the Stinging Fly magazine. Excerpts from the stories are read by Karl Parkinson, Nora Pyne, Lucy Sweeney Byrne, Leona Lee Cully, and Oisin Fagan. 'Sting...

Colm Keegan joins Sally Rooney to read and discuss 'The Cavalcade', a dark and ambiguous story by Sean O'Reilly.

The Stinging Fly Podcast returns for its February edition, with Danny Denton joining Thomas Morris to discuss the surreal tragicomedy of Nicole Flattery's 'Show Them A Good Time'.

Our first podcast of 2018 sees June Caldwell pick Claire-Louise Bennett’s powerful and deeply unsettling 'Morning, 1908' to read and discuss with Sally Rooney.

In the third episode of our new podcast, Kevin Barry reads two short stories by Cathy Sweeney, and talks to Sorcha Kenny about their "strange and elusive" qualities.

In the second episode of our new podcast, Rooney Prize-winning author Sara Baume reads a story by Deborah Rose Reeves and discusses art, loneliness and quarter-life crises with Sorcha Kenny.

In the first episode of our new podcast, Rob Doyle reads a story by Philip Ó Ceallaigh and talks to Sorcha Kenny about Ó Ceallaigh’s radical style.