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 from our archive.
The story of Gil Courtney shows us that, when it comes to making things up, some people really just want to believe. And who can blame them?
Colin Barrett introduces Nicole Flattery's debut collection, 'Show Them A Good Time', a book that captures characters and relationships in one-liners that crackle with unerring timing and verve and terrible lucidity.
The debut collection from Nicole Flattery, one of Ireland's most exciting young writers.
Sally Rooney is joined in the studio by Anne Griffin, author of the best-selling debut novel, 'When All Is Said'.
Carla Maliandi's debut novel cloaks a story of emigration, persecution, and buried history in a surreal and slightly absurd atmosphere.
Issue 39/Volume 2
224 pages of the finest new fiction, poetry, and essays, from Irish and international authors.
Flattery can do almost anything with the sentence. She captures characters and relationships in one-liners that crackle with unerring timing and verve and terrible lucidity. — Colin Barrett
19th December 2018
26th November 2018
The story of Gil Courtney shows us that, when it comes to making things up, some people really just want to believe. And who can blame them?
Colin Barrett introduces Nicole Flattery's debut collection, 'Show Them A Good Time', a book that captures characters and relationships in one-liners that crackle with unerring timing and verve and terrible lucidity.
Embarrassment, unease, discomfort – these are the building blocks of a new language; the first steps on a path beyond the consoling myths of the everyday.