Oct 27, 202651 minS2
Chris considers Kala with the help of YA author, creative writing academic and former fiction editor Dr Penni Russon . Walsh's novel has potent ingredients: homecoming, teen nostalgia, the dead girl trope, and a mystery...
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Irish Books
Hosted by Christopher Murray · arts · EN-AU
About this Podcast:
Each episode focuses on a single book to offer in-depth exploration of contemporary Irish writing, one of the the dominant presences in book shops, book groups, and writers’ festivals around the world. Guest experts on Irish culture join author and critic Chris Murray to explore the techniques, cultural resonances, and deeper meanings of the nation’s recent literature. Irish Books tackles prize winners and some of the biggest names in Irish writing today while also calling attention to emerging voices that deserve notice. Listeners will learn more about the books they loved and find out what they should read next.Host @drchrismurray.bsky.social (Bluesky)Explore more from Irish Books Podcast🌐 Website: https://irishbookspodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irishbookspodcast📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irishbookspodcastFollow the show in your favourite podcast app so each new conversation arrives the day it’s released.The Irish Books Podcast is supported by the
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What is Irish Books about?
Each episode focuses on a single book to offer in-depth exploration of contemporary Irish writing, one of the the dominant presences in book shops, book groups, and writers’ festivals around the world. Guest experts on Irish culture join author and critic Chris Murray to explore the techniques, cultural resonances, and deeper meanings of the nation’s recent literature.
Who hosts Irish Books?
Irish Books is hosted by Christopher Murray. The show has published 13 episodes to date.
What has Irish Books covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Friends Reuniting over a Murder Mystery: Colin Walsh's Kala" (27 October 2026, 51 minutes), "Connections Severed and Retied: Twist" (17 June 2026, 47 minutes), and "Connections Severed and Retied: Colum McCann's Twist" (17 June 2026, 47 minutes).
How often does Irish Books publish?
Irish Books publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 44 minutes across 13 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Irish Books?
Booking probability for Irish Books is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Irish Books requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Irish Books's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch Irish Books?
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About the host
Christopher Murray hosts Irish Books, an arts podcast with 13 episodes published.
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Episode #10
Connections Severed and Retied: Twist
Jun 17, 202647 minS1<p>Killian Quigley, an expert in oceanic humanities, is Chris's guest to discuss McCann's deep-sea adventure. Writer Anthony Fennell joins a vessel that repairs the information cables that run deep under the ocean...
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Killian Quigley , an expert in oceanic humanities, is Chris's guest to discuss McCann's deep-sea adventure. Writer Anthony Fennell joins a vessel that repairs the information cables that run deep under the ocean, hoping...
Jun 3, 202639 minS1<p>Maebh Long - Kevin Barry fan and Eamon Cleary Chair of Irish Studies at the University of Otago - joins Chris to discuss The Heart in Winter. Barry's tale of lovers on the run is set in the American midwest in 1891...
Episode #8
Is the Sky Blue? Anna Burns's Milkman
May 20, 202656 minS1<p>This remarkable novel presents us with a speaker who is reluctant to tell her story. Our young narrator's crisis begins when a republican paramilitary known as the Milkman begins to pay her unwanted attention...
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May 6, 202659 minS1<p>Kevin Foster, an expert in war narratives at Monash University, helps Chris examine a quirky veteran: the hero of Old God's Time fought in the Malayan Emergency and is a retired Garda. He was also brought up in a...
Apr 22, 202654 minS1<p>Chris's guest to discuss Intermezzo is Madeleine Callaghan (Maddy), Senior Lecturer in the School of English at the University of Sheffield. Maddy explains that Rooney's title alludes to the opening strategies of...
Apr 8, 202647 minS1<p>Lucy Collins of University College Dublin explains that Duncan refuses what we expect of a novel. The ideas of visual art matter more here than the plot and character that usually drive fiction. Our focus is on the...
Mar 25, 202648 minS1<p>25 years after the events of Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey has integrated to American life successfully, but faces a crisis in consequence of her husband's infidelity, a crisis that propels her home to Enniscorthy. Guest...
Mar 11, 202636 minS1<p>Dr Frances Devlin-Glass, Director of the annual James Joyce celebration Bloomsday Melbourne, sees Joyce's Modernism at work in McBride's novel. Chris and Frances find McBride having fun with language, the written...
Feb 25, 202643 minS1<p>Lynch’s Booker-winner is divisive. While Chris Murray wonders whether the characters in Prophet Song could be fleshed out, and the story of a fascist Ireland more fully realised, his guest says that this misses the...
Feb 11, 202639 minS1<p>In this episode of Irish Books, historian Professor Dianne Hall joins Chris Murray to discuss Emma Donoghue’s The Paris Express, a book that brings aspects of the thriller genre to literary fiction.</p> <p>Set aboard...
Irish Books
Irish Books Season 1
Nov 14, 20252 minS1<p>Hear in-depth discussions of recent Irish books that are worth reading, across a range of genres. Expert guests get to the heart of books you know and give you ideas of what contemporary Irish literature to read...
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Kevin Foster
former Immigration Minister and former Conservative MP for Torbay, LifeBridge Community Church
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Lucy Collins
Associate Professor of Modern Poetry, University College Dublin
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Maebh Long
University of Otago
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James Chandler
University of Chicago
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