In Triggs: the Autobiography, Paul Howard’s first departure from the Ross O’Carroll Kelly series, he has created an unforgettable character in Triggs, the dog famed for seeing Roy Keane through the turmoil-filled days which followed Saipan 2012. Howard is interviewed by Fiona Looney and what follows is an in depth analysis of soccer, how Ross is faring during the recession and Howard’s forthcoming musical Anglo. The podcast was recorded at the Pavilion Theatre on Monday June 25th 2012.

This event, curated by Chris Binchy, Writer in Residence for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown 2011-12, presented a rare opportunity to hear the poetry of Frank McGuinness, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Conor O’Callaghan. Three renowned poets, all with strong local connections and all published by The Gallery Press, read and discuss their work with fellow Gallery Press poet, Gerald Dawe. The podcast was recorded at the Assembly Hall, County Hall on Thursday June 21st 2012.

Spanning over thirty-five years, Gerald Dawe’s Selected Poems is a major representation of this gifted poet’s work. His clear and unadorned voice – in the words of Terence Brown – articulates ‘an imagination of European scope’. The podcast records readings by many of Dawe’s colleagues who selected several of his poems at the celebratory launch. They include Chris Binchy, Ron Ewart, Peter Fallon, Gerard Fanning, Nicholas Grene, Kathrina Goldstone, Seamus Heaney, Eleanor Methven and Jonathan Williams. The podcast was recorded at the Assembly Hall, County Hall on Wednesday May 9th 2012.

Australian novelist Alex Miller has won every literary prize his native country has to offer and he belongs in the very highest echelon of international writers. His brilliant new novel, Autumn Laing, is a fascinating evocation of colonial Australia focussing on a coterie of mid-twentieth centruy artists and intellectuals struggling to articulate an identity separate from Europe. In this podcast, Miller is interviewed by journalist Sinéad Gleeson and it was recorded at the Assembly Hall, County Hall on Tuesday June 12th 2012.

 This was a rare opportunity to hear Australian double Booker prize-winner, Peter Carey, discussing his new novel, The Chemistry of Tears with renowned Irish author Joseph O’Connor. The podcast was recorded at the Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday April 4th 2012.

A new collection of poetry from Paul Durcan is always a major literary event. In this podcast, Durcan reads from his 22nd collection Praise in Which I Live and Move and Have my Being. Always one of the most dramatic and affecting readers of his own work, Durcan never fails to enchant audiences. The podcast was recorded at the Pavilion Theatre on Sunday April 22nd 2012.

Bestselling author of over 18 novels including My Sister’s Keeper, Nineteen Minutes and Change of Heart, Jodi Picoult’s latest novel Lone Wolf tackles family secrets, life and death and the natural philosophy of wolves. The podcast was recorded at the County Hall’s Concourse on Friday March 30th 2012.

The first of the spring series of dlr Library Voices featured Joanna Trollope, one of the most popular and successful authors in the world. Journalist and broadcaster Sinéad Gleeson interviewed Trollope about her latest novel The Soldier’s Wife. The podcast was recorded at the Pavilion Theatre on Tuesday February 7th 2012.

 Trainspotting is a cult novel, one of the biggest British books of the late twentieth century. Now comes Skagboys, the prequel to Trainspotting - straight in at Number 1 in the UK. Author Irvine Welsh is interviewed by Hot Press journalist Olaf Tyaransen in the last of our spring series of dlr Library Voices. The podcast was recorded at the Pavilion Theatre on Tuesday April 24th 2012.

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.