Cork City Libraries: A Podcast Series

In this episode we bring you: some Tips to Begin the Growing Season by Eleanor Twomey; we replay 'Shoots and Roots' and 'Liquid Gold' from previous podcasts also by Eleanor Twomey; and Ann Riordan brings us eGardening - books, magazines and lifestyle memoirs available online to borrow with your library card.

This month we bring you: a preview of Cork World Book Fest happening online from April 20 - 25 2021; part 3 in our step-by-step guide to researching your family tree by Johnathon Fehily; writing tips from our Writer-in-Residence Tina Pisco; revisiting Old Favourites -  Joanne Harris’ Chocolat Series by Fionuala Ronan and The First Hot Air Balloon in Cork by Michael Lenihan.

This month we bring you: Part 2 in our step-by-step guide to researching your family tree by Johnathon Fehily; Come Again by Robert Webb a book review by Fionuala Ronan; Homeless Moments - poems on homelessness; and St Peter's Church by Michael Lenihan.

This is a special episode to celebrate Ireland Reads, featuring: a profile of Ireland Reads celebrations; Help your child's reading take flight at Cork City Libraries; a review of The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes; Hidden Gems on BorrowBox; and Tina Pisco reads her short story Imagine This, Imagine That.

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.

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.

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. 

 

 

 

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! 

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.

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.