Radio

A five-part series of The Essay for BBC Radio 3. First broadcast: 2-6 January 2023. Great empty buildings, which only […]

The story of the visit to Ireland of Sylvia Plath in September 1962 and her admiration of her literary hero, […]

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan presents a programme featuring six poets from four continents who are making their mark on the world of […]

Vona Groarke meets fellow poets John McAuliffe, Martina Evans, Sinéad Morrissey and Conor O’Callaghan, who all share her experience of […]

Jessica Traynor writes a history in poetry of the town of Banagher in County Offaly. First broadcast: Sunday 15th October […]

Olivia O’Leary and poet Paddy Bushe follow the route of a long-forgotten walk in Kerry, as described in her poem […]

First broadcast: Sunday 5th June 2022 at 6pm on RTÉ lyric fm. Re-broadcast 21 January 2024. Listen back here or […]

First broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 29th May 2022 at 6pm. Re-broadcast 14 January 2024. Listen back here or […]

Poet Seán Lysaght explores the Wild Nephin area of north Mayo. First broadcast: 22 May 2022, RTÉ lyric fm; re-broadcast […]

First broadcast: Sunday 6th February 2022, 6 pm, RTÉ lyric fm; re-broadcast Sunday 8th January 2023. Finalist in the New […]