Cork City Libraries: A Podcast Series

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this episode we bring you No Longer Forgotten - Cork Women of the Revolution; Liquid Gold - more gardening advice from Eleanor Twomey; part three of our Short Story Writing guide by Sorcha Fogarty; we feature the poem The Water War by Kevin Doyle; and librarian Ann Riordan tells us about the most popular ebooks and eaudiobooks borrowed from the library's online service since shutdown.

In this episode we bring you a feature on Book Censorship in Ireland, a history of The Lottery and its Cork agents, City Librarian Liam Ronayne reflects on reading Camus's The Plague during lockdown, and Conor McHale recommends Music To Enjoy At Home.

In this episode we bring you an excerpt from ‘The Inner Light’ by Billy O’Callaghan from his 2009 short short anthology ‘In Too Deep & Other Short Stories’; Sorcha Fogarty continues her series on tips for short story writers; we hear from Reference Librarian Rose Smyth who is currently redeployed in contact tracing, and we feature a poem by library staff member Ed Cashman.

Welcome to Cork City Libraries' Talking Newsletter. In this episode we bring you Ukuleles at the library, Roots and shoots - gardening tips from library staff member Eleanor, Movie memories - Before Cinema: Magic Lanterns, Phantasmagorias and Zoetropes. Information about library services can be found on our website at www.corkcitylibraries.ie and on our social media channels. Thanks for listening.

Welcome to Cork City Libraries' talking newsletter. This episode features Memories of Cork with Michael Linehan, Sorcha Fogarty gives us tips on short story writing, we hear from library staff member Conor who is deployed to the HSE during the covid-19 crisis, and Jim McKeon writes us a special poem. Information about Cork City Libraries services and projects can be found on our website at www.corkcitylibraries.ie and on our social media channels. Thanks for listening, slán.