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Broadcasting from the Museum of Literature Ireland, RadioMoLI is a digital radio station of Irish literature.

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Announcing Books & Their Makers

Jan 24 2025 1 mins  
Books and their Makers is a new podcast series on RadioMoLI exploring the stories behind the books we read. Featuring conversations with authors, editors, publishers, agents, and translators, and highlighting the many crucial behind-the-scenes activities and workers involved in bringing writing to publication. The series is presented by Dr Tim Groenland, School of English, Drama an

The MoLI Christmas Ghost Story: A Visit from the Banshee

Dec 19 2024 33 mins  
The 2024 MoLI Christmas Ghost Story is a live recording from the launch of MoLI Edition’s new publication, A Visit from the Banshee, edited by Katie Mishler, and produced by the Museum of Literature Ireland in collaboration with the UCD Centre for Cultural Analytics. Across the half-hour recording, you will hear extracts from three stories featured in the book, alongside live mus

Writer Presents #8: David Hayden

Jun 04 2024 20 mins  
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their heart. This edition of Writer Presents, ‘Dublin We Were’, was written and is read by David Hayden.David Hayden was born in Ireland and lives in England. His writing has appeared in A Public Space, Zoetrope All-Story, The Dublin Rev

Writer Presents #7: Jan Carson: It's Not About You

Jan 31 2024 36 mins  
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their heart. In the final episode within this three-part edition of Writer Presents, author Jan Carson speaks with poet and editor Sarah Hesketh, discussing the specificities of writing about dementia. They explore the process of finding bal

Writer Presents #6: Jan Carson: What Words Had Once Been

Jan 31 2024 26 mins  
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their heart. In this continuation of a three-part edition of Writer Presents, author Jan Carson speaks with theatre maker and playwright Caoileann Curry-Thompson, discussing their own familial experiences with dementia and the effect the ill

Writer Presents #5: Jan Carson: Writing Dementia

Jan 31 2024 39 mins  
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their heart. In the first episode of a three-part edition of Writer Presents, author Jan Carson speaks with Dr Jane Lugea of Queen’s University Belfast, exploring the complexities of writing from the perspective of a person with dementia,

The MoLI Christmas Ghost Story: Number Ninety

Dec 21 2023 28 mins  
MoLI, in collaboration with the UCD Centre for Cultural Analytics, presents its fourth annual Christmas Ghost Story: ‘Number Ninety’ (1895) by Bithia May Croker, performed by Ned Dennehy.For years, agents have attempted to secure a lease for Number Ninety, a desirable family mansion, at almost no cost. Long rumoured to be haunted, it has never found a long-term tenant.Sceptic J

Writer Presents #4: Sally Hayden

Jul 20 2023 76 mins  
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their heart. In the fourth episode of Writer Presents, writer, journalist and photographer Sally Hayden speaks to Gulwali Passarlay, Suad Aldarra, Helon Habila, Jane Grogan and Seán Columb about the role of storytelling in shaping our under

Writer Presents #3: Sarah Maria Griffin

Jul 20 2023 47 mins  
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their heart. In the third episode of Writer Presents, writer and zine creator Sarah Maria Griffin looks at the importance of zines to her throughout her life and guides the listener through creating a zine of their own.Sarah Maria Griffin is

St Bridget’s Day Traditions on Inis Meáin

Apr 05 2023 74 mins  
The Folklore Society of Ireland Annual Lecture 2023This bi-lingual lecture, co-hosted by MoLI and An Cumann Le Béaloideas Éireann / The Folklore of Ireland Society, focused on St Brigid’s Day Traditions on Inis Meáin. The lecture was given by journalist and broadcaster Aedín Ní Thiarnaigh who has carried out extensive fieldwork and research on Inis Meáin on the celebration