In her first public event as the fourth Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne discussed her writing career to date and her role as Laureate with Niall MacMonagle. This event was recorded at the National Library of Ireland on 16 September 2025.
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In her first public event as the fourth Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne discussed her writing career to date and her role as Laureate with Niall MacMonagle. This event was recorded at the National Library of Ireland on 16 September 2025.
The Art of Reading Book Club with Colm Tóibín | Episode 35: ‘How to Build a Boat’ by Elaine Feeney
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The Art of Reading Book Club with Colm Tóibín | Episode 35: ‘How to Build a Boat’ by Elaine Feeney
The December Art of Reading book club features Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín in conversation with writer Elaine Feeney about his book 'How to Build a Boat'.
“Elaine Feeney’s second novel, set in a small, fictional Irish town on the west coast, tells the story of Jamie, a boy who seeks to connect with his dead mother. ‘Feeney’s prose,’ The New York Times has written, ‘is both careful and relaxed — detailed in its description of place and character and of the effortful human urge to find order in the natural world.’” — Colm Tóibín
Learn more about the Art of Reading Book Club and the Laureate for Irish Fiction programme: https://www.artscouncil.ie/uploadedFiles/wwwartscouncilie/Content/Arts_in_Ireland/Literature/Laureate_for_Irish_Fiction/Art%20of%20Reading%20Book%20Club%202024.pdf
The Arts Council Podcast
In her first public event as the fourth Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025-2028, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne discussed her writing career to date and her role as Laureate with Niall MacMonagle. This event was recorded at the National Library of Ireland on 16 September 2025.
