Library Podcast

Welcome to dlr Libraries Podcast page, a new service from DLR Libraries. If you missed some of our events over the past few months you can now get a chance to hear them as they happened thanks to our podcasting page.

Here you can browse the complete collection of podcasts in the series. Each one may be played on the page, or downloaded and saved. Click here to listen via our dlr soundcloud page.

Our Podcast

Anthony Horowitz in conversation with Rick O’Shea
11 September 2015

dlr LexIcon was packed with Alex Rider, Sherlock Holmes and James Bond fans on Friday 11 September when Anthony Horowitz  chatted with Rick O'Shea of RTÉ 2FM about his new Bond novel. Trigger Mortis, is a thrilling tour de force, sure to delight fans of the original 007 novels and new readers alike. He recreates the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly authentic adventure packed with speed, danger, fiendish villains and beautiful and dangerous women. Horowitz has written extensively for television and he was the creator of the ITV series Foyle’s War, Collision and Injustice. His work for adults includes the novel and play Mindgame and two Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty (2014). The podcast was recorded in dlr LexIcon, Level 4 on Friday 11 September 2015.

David Davison on Fr Browne: A Life Through the Lens
13 August 2015

Frank Browne: A Life Through the Lens is the title of a book edited by David and Edwin Davison, published  by Yale University Press in 2014 and the basis for the magnificent exhibition of photographs taken by Fr Browne (1880-1960) on display in dlr LexIcon from August-October 2015. With wit and a sharp eye, he observed twentieth-century Ireland; life as a Jesuit priest; his experience as a passenger on the first leg of the voyage of the Titanic in 1912; his service as a chaplain in the First World War; and his later travels throughout Europe, Egypt and Australia. This talk, given by David Davison, who, with his son Edwin has been responsible for the conservation and cataloguing of more than 42,000 of Father Browne’s original negatives, gives context and background information to the life and times of one of the most significant photographers of the twentieth century. The podcast was recorded in the Studio, dlr LexIcon on Friday 11 September 2015.

Judy Blume in conversation with Sinéad Gleeson
19 July 2015

Judy Blume has inspired generations of young readers with landmark novels such as Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Superfudge, Just as Long As We’re Together and Forever, books which have sold more than 85 million copies worldwide. In the Unlikely Event, her first adult novel in fifteen years, centres on a series of real-life plane crashes that occurred in late 1951 and early 1952 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where the author grew up. Blume weaves a haunting story of three generations of families, friends and strangers, whose lives are forever changed in the aftermath of the catastrophe. A rare opportunity to hear one of the true legends of the literary world in conversation with Gleeson, a life-long fan of her books. The podcast was recorded in The Pavilion Theatre on Sunday 19 July 2015.

 

Helen Fielding at The Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire
22 November 2014

When Helen Fielding first wrote Bridget Jones' Diary, charting the life of a 30-something singleton in London in the 1990s, she introduced readers to one of the most beloved characters in modern literature. With her hotly anticipated third instalment, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Fielding introduces us to a whole new enticing phase of Bridget's life, including the nightmare of drunken texting, the skinny jean, the disastrous email cc, and total lack of Twitter followers. This podcast was recorded in The Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire on Friday 22nd November 2013.

Karen Joy Fowler in conversation with Sinéad Gleeson
13 June 2014

Karen Joy Fowler is an award winning author of six novels and three short story collections. The Jane Austen Book Club was a huge bestseller and became a firm book club favourite and a hit film. Her new novel, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is the story of a middle class American family, ordinary in every way but one. Join Karen in a wide-ranging discussion with arts journalist Sinéad Gleeson. The podcast was recorded in the Assembly Hall on Thursday 13th March 2014.