Kevin Power talks about White City, his second novel. Aifric OConnell looks at what happens when novels go out of copyright. With Bob Dylan turning 80, Liam MacNally has put together a very timel

Louise Nealons Snowflake is one of the most anticipated debut novels of the year, but pressure is for tyres she says. Breda Brown is in studio to look at the genre of Irish historical fiction.

Fona Scarlett talks about the surprising moment of inspiration for her debut novel Boys Dont Cry. Aifric OConnell has some very useful tips and recs for getting back into the habit of reading.

Not one to make life easy for himself, Jon McGregor set about trying to write interestingly about the vast, white and relatively featureless landscape of Antarctica. Breda Brown investigates the gro

With Nomadland the film getting all the plaudits we speak to investigative journalist Jessica Bruder who wrote the original book detailing the lives of these modern economic nomads. John Boyne answer

Max Porter talks about The Death of Francis Bacon. Dr Aoife Bhreatnach is reading Ireland's formerly banned books to hunt out the filth, the muck and the downright indecent. Joseph OConnor answers qu

Louise Kennedy reflects on rave reviews and being an inspiration for other women who have come to writing later in life. Catherine Ryan Howard says that crime fiction has no obligation to reality. Eme

Neil Jordan discusses 'The Ballad of Lord Edward and Citizen Small'. The Fingal Libraries Online Book Club puts the questions to Rnn Hession about 'Leonard and Hungry Paul'. Aifric O'Connell loo

With the huge success of Champagne Football, Mark Tighe talks about it and the inspiration he found in All The President's Men. The Best Book Club EVER (that's its name) in Mallow, Co Cork ask Maggie

The Book Show returns to air and this week we speak to Maggie O'Farrell about her gripping memoir 'I Am I Am I Am: 17 Brushes With Death.