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8: Birdcage Walk; Olivia O'Leary; A Legendary Dinner

8: Birdcage Walk; Olivia O'Leary; A Legendary Dinner

FromBooks for Breakfast


8: Birdcage Walk; Olivia O'Leary; A Legendary Dinner

FromBooks for Breakfast

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Sep 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today's show features Helen Dunmore's final novel Birdcage Walk and her poetry collection Inside the Wave.  Our Toaster Challenge guest is journalist and broadcaster Olivia O'Leary, and we also review Stanley Plumley's The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth and Lamb.Toaster Challenge choice: Eibhear Walshe, Kate O'Brien: A Writing LifeIntro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt Not Carry’ from The Hare’s Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it.Art work by Freya SirrTo subscribe to Books for Breakfast go to your podcast provider of choice (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google etc) and search for the podcast then hit subscribe or follow, or simply click the appropriate button above. If you want to be alerted when a new episode is released follow the instructions here for iPhone or iPad. For Spotify notifications follow the instructions here.Support the show
Released:
Sep 3, 2020
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Podcast episode

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A fortnightly look at fiction and poetry hosted by poets and writers Peter Sirr and Enda Wyley. Also features the Toaster Challenge where guest writers are given the time it takes to make toast to talk about a book that has resonated with them.