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What The Book!
Presented by journalist Yvonne Reddin, What The Book! puts authors and their stories in the spotlight. Each episode explores the people behind the pages, their writing journeys, and what it takes to stand out in publishing
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Episodes
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Tom McAndrew
Tom McAndrew is a cosy mystery writer from a small village in Mayo, proving that a little imagination can go a long way. His debut cosy-crime mystery, Doocey…
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Maria Butler - Author of 'Marian Keyes and the Politics of Commercial Fiction'
Dr Maria Butler is a postdoctoral researcher at Maynooth University and a researcher and writer specialising in women’s writing, commercial fiction and popular…
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Tracy Martin - Author of 'So Not Me?'
Tracy Martin is an Irish author and artist whose debut novel, So Not Me?, draws on her own extraordinary life experience. Tracy became a paraplegic following a…
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Avril Tierney
Avril Tierney is an Irish author, counsellor and psychotherapist and mum who has turned a deeply personal experience of cancer into her debut book, Cancer…
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Conor Rennick - Author of 'Electric Blue, Plague Green'
Conor Rennick is an Irish fantasy author whose debut novel, Electric Blue, Plague Green, blends urban fantasy with Irish mythology in a contemporary Dublin…
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Jillian Godsil - Author of 'Running Out of Road'
Jillian Godsil is an award-winning Irish author, journalist, broadcaster and entrepreneur whose career has spanned business, politics, technology and the arts…
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Brigid Carrick - Author of 'The Belfast Express'
Brigid Carrick is a retired nurse and midwife who was born and raised in Dublin before emigrating to Melbourne in the early 1970s. Drawing on her own…
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Anne Frehill
Anne Frehill is a Meath-based author of historical fiction whose novels shine a light on ordinary women living through extraordinary times. A former social…
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Michelle Jackson
Michelle Jackson is an Irish bestselling author and travel writer whose novels are inspired by her travels around the world. Known for books including One Kiss…
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Ciarán Casey - Author of 'Leadership In Tune'
Yvonne's guest this week is Ciaran Casey and we discuss his new book, 'Leadership in Tune', a fresh and deeply human approach to leadership in today’s complex…
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Gerry Creighton - Author of 'Raised By The Zoo'
Gerry Creighton is an Irish Global Elephant & Animal Care Consultant and an author. His memoir Raised by the Zoo tells the remarkable story of growing up in…
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Siobhan Maher
Siobhan Maher is a Dublin-based writer, poet and photographer whose work combines nature, reflection and wellbeing. Originally trained as a scientist, she…
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Domhnall O'Donoghue
Domhnall O'Donoghue is an actor, author and travel journalist whose work appears regularly in titles like The Irish Times, The Sunday Times and the Belfast…
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Maria Colgan
Maria Colgan is an Irish author and creator of the Just for Today affirmation series, a collection of empowering, easy-to-digest books designed to support…
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Ruth O'Leary - Talks about her new book "The Last Week of Him"
Ruth O'Leary is an Irish Times bestselling author of contemporary women’s fiction. Based in Dublin, her debut novel The Weekend Break (2024) quickly entered…
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Jane Buckley - Founder of Oakleaf Press
In this episode, Yvonne chats with Jane Buckley, author of the 'Stones Corner' series and founder of the new publishing press, Oakleaf Press. Jane writes…
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Rosita Sweetman talks about her book 'Girl With A Fork In A World of Soup'
In this episode,Yvonne speaks with Rosita Sweetman, author of Girl with a Fork in a World of Soup. From childhood trauma and personal loss to activism and…
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Ger Moane
Yvonne talks to Irish author Ger Moane about her novel 'Keeper of Stones', a fictional story about Newgrange, and a book that 'imagines an idyllic time of…