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Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
This episode features, Remembering Derek Mahon by Dr Sorcha Fogarty; a step-by-step guide to researching your family tree by Johnathon Fehily part 1 of a four part series; a review of Hilary Mantel's The Mirror and the Light by Kate O'Callaghan; and the history of Cork's Berwick Fountain by Michael Lenihan.
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
This episode is a special seasonal episode featuring a preview of A Carol's Christmas by Cork City Libraries Writer in Residence Tina Pisco; Cork Christmas Memories by Michael Lenihan; Christmas Music on Freegal by Conor MacHale; and we finish with a seasonal poem Scarlet Evergreen by Ed Cashman.
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
This episode features a look at what's happening in your library during lockdown, Frederick Douglass and the Cork Anti Slavery Movement by Máire Walsh, a profile of Growing Imaginations and a review of Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh by Dr Sorcha Fogarty.
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Welcome to a special episode of A City Reading to celebrate Children's Book Festival 2020. In this episode we bring you a profile of our online Children's Book Festival events, Thomas Ryan gives advice on how to foster your child's reading, Deirdre Swain profiles her favourite children's author Madeline L'Engle, and Ann Riordan tells us what your teenagers and young readers are reading online. Happy Listening!
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
In this episode we bring you, a profile of One City One Book 2020; a trip around Cork in 1920 with a look at the recently digitised Guy’s Cork City & County Almanac and Directory 1920; a review of Actress by Anne Enright and Ed Cashman reads his poem Treasure.
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
In this episode we bring you: A profile of Cork City Libraries online events for Heritage Week; A Brief History of Cork City Libraries; Deirdre Swain reads An Dubh by Máirín Lankford; Claire tells us the most popular books about Cork borrowed from our libraries; and Stone Meant The Most To Him : Seamus Murphy Remembered In Poems.
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
This episode features an article on the benefits of play by Eibhlín Cassidy; Dr. Sorcha Fogarty reviews MLK on “The Other America” and “Black Power”; Deirdre Swain takes a look at censorship of children’s literature in the USA and we finish with a review of Rory Gallagher’s Blues by Liam Ronayne.
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
This episode features an article on Bishop John Murphy by Michael Lenihan; Claire Mee reviews Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson; Maureen Cullinane profiles the Holly Ukes, a ukulele group in Hollyhill Library; and we finish with Silence , a poem by Finbarr Bevin.
Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
This episode features Remembering Roches Stores by Michael Lenihan, Triona Dunlea reviews The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell, we conclude our series of tips for short story writing by Sorcha Fogarty, and we hear from library staff member Liz McNamara who was redeployed to Friendly Call during the covid crisis.
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
This episode features Early Years of Cork Cinema, profile of the ‘Movie Memories’ Exhibition, in association with Cork City Libraries and Dept of Film & Screen Media, UCC ; My Personal Experiences of Reading Books in Translation by Cecily Lynch ; Evening Grace a poem by Sara O'Mahony; and we hear from library staff member Nicola Lyons who has been redeployed to Park Rangers during this covid crisis.