Writer and actor Kealan Ryan discusses some of his favourite books of fiction that are sometimes considered classically "male" books as they in part deal with the male psyche.

Books discussed:

The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemmingway

One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.

BBC news journalist and author of Bear Markets and Beyond. Dhruti Shah discusses what short stories she keeps coming back to. She also discusses her new book that is a bestiary of business terms that aims to provide financial literacy for all in a fun and accessible way.

Some authors/collections discussed include:
Birthday Stories edited by Haruki Murakami
Sum by David Eagleman
Under the Jaguar Sun by Italo Calvino
A Small Fiction by James Mark Miller

Writer Eva Kenny discusses contemporary Irish women writers and the themes that occupy them.

Books in focus: Niamh Campbell’s This Happy, Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times, Emma Dabiri’s Don’t Touch my Hair, Sinéad Gleeson’s Constellations, Emilie Pine’s Notes to Self and Sally Rooney’s Normal People.

Eva is a writer based in Dublin. She holds a doctorate in comparative literature from Princeton University and is at work on a debut collection of stories and essays

The wonderful Mila from dlr Libraries shares her favourite #LGBTQIA books for Young Adults.

Books reviewed or mentioned include:

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar
The Falling in Love Montage - Ciara Smyth
Queen of Coin and Whispers - Helen Corcoran
All the Bad Apples - Moira Fowley-Doyle
Perfectly Preventable Deaths - Deirdre Sullivan
The Space Between - Meg Grehan

Let's Talk About Love - Claire Kann
The Black Flamingo - Dean Atta
Giant Days series - John Allison
The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang
Keep This to Yourself - Tom Ryan
Clap When You Land - Elizabeth Acevedo
Cinderella Is Dead - Kalynn Bayron
Dread Nation - Justina Ireland
Heartstopper - Alice Oseman
Wayward Children series - Seanan Mcguire
Full Disclosure - Camryn Garrett
Felix Ever After - Kacen Callender

#loveislove #YoungAdultFiction #readwithpride #DublinPride2021

With over 400 letters, memos, cards, telegrams, drawings, notes and photographs, The Presidents’ Letters reveals a personal and unexpected story of Ireland since the inauguration of our first president, Douglas Hyde. Most of these have never been published before and a handful have never been seen by the public. Meticulously researched and handpicked for this unique book, these correspondences bring to life our presidents, Áras an Uachtaráin and all those who have passed through its doors.

This podcast from the launch event at dlr LexIcon on 30 October 2021 features Publisher and Managing Director of New Island Books, Edwin Higel, Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, author, political presenter and journalist Flor MacCarthy and Aoife K. Walsh, MC and Commissioning Editor at New Island Books. The podcast finishes with a beautiful rendition of Mná na hÉireann by Niamh Ní Charra - musician, composer, singer and archivist!

Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Wednesday 17 November 2021.

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Cómic 20 shows 40 works by 20 Spanish artists (1998-2018) and each artist is represented by two pieces of art, of which one is an early work and the other a more recent one. The artists have been selected from the Injuve Comic Award, open to artists below the age of thirty. This interview between the Curator of Cómic 20, Gerardo Vilches and Dr Michael Connerty, Lecturer in Film, Animation and Visual Culture at IADT took place at the launch of the exhibition on 9 November 2021 at dlr LexIcon. The exhibition was on display between 9 November 2021 - 7 January 2022. Further details can be found at https://cultura.cervantes.es/dublin/en/20-a%C3%B1os-de-c%C3%B3mic/146135

Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Wednesday 17 November 2021.

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22 November 2021

We are thrilled to bring you a series of four of Tim’s very special Monday Morning Music sessions. He will introduce music which he has enjoyed during Lockdown – and some Christmas music too. These sessions took place in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon. If you would like further suggestions by Tim, see last year’s Darkness to Light booklet featuring Tim’s recommendations: https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/library-news/darkness-light-recommended-listening-tim-thurston

dlr Libraries are enormously grateful for the many CD donations Tim Thurston has given to dlr LexIcon for all to borrow and enjoy.

Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Thursday 2 December 2021.

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1. Hildegard of Bingen. Ave Generosa. Gothic Voices – Margaret Philpot. Hyperion CDA20039.
2. Carlo Gesualdo. Tanta Opera Bona, Tenebrae Factae Sunt. Taverner Consort – Andrew Parrott. Sony SK62977.
3. John Dowland. Come Again, Sweet Love. Grace Davidson – Soprano. Signum SIGCD553.
4. Heinrich Biber. Dies Irae from Requiem in F Minor. Vox Luminis – Lionel Meunier. Alpha 665.
5. Johann Sebastian Bach. Motet – Lobet Den Herrn, Alle Heiden – BWV230. Vocal Consort Berlin – Marcus Creed. Harmonia Mundi HMC902079.
6. Franz Schubert. From Octet, D803. Atlantis Ensemble. Virgin VC791120.
7. Olivier Messiaen. O Sacrum Convivium. Ocalsoloisten Kammerchor Stuttgart – Frieder Bernius. Carus 83523.
8. Russian Orthodox. The Song of the Magi. Moscow Chamber Choir. Warner 4509-96627-2. DVD

If anyone has any questions or comments, Tim will be delighted to respond from timthurston1610@gmail.com
A Gloria listener has persuaded RTÉ to make available many of past Gloria programmes. They may be found at www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/gloria/episodes/?page=1

29 November 2021

We are thrilled to bring you a series of four of Tim’s very special Monday Morning Music sessions. He will introduce music which he has enjoyed during Lockdown – and some Christmas music too. These sessions took place in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon. If you would like further suggestions by Tim, see last year’s Darkness to Light booklet featuring Tim’s recommendations: https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/library-news/darkness-light-recommended-listening-tim-thurston

dlr Libraries are enormously grateful for the many CD donations Tim Thurston has given to dlr LexIcon for all to borrow and enjoy.

Uploaded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Thursday 2 December 2021.

Some Light in Darkness

Monday Morning Music with Tim Thurston 29 Nov 2021

1. Anon. Requiem Aeternam, In Paratisum. King’s College, Cambridge – Stephen Cleobury. EMI CDC555096.
2. Thomas Tallis. Organ – Veni Redemptor, O Nata Lux. Dunedin Consort – John Kitchen - organ. Delphian DCD34008.
3. Claudio Monteverdi. Psalm 121 – Laetatus Sum. L’Arpeggiata – Christina Pluhar. DVD1. 545203-2
4. Johann Christoph Bach. Ich Lasse Dich Nicht. Vox Luminis – YouTube.
5. Johann Sebastian Bach. Ouverture from Orchestral Suite No. 1 – BWV1066. Le Concert Français – Pierre Hantal. Mirare MIR017.
6. Joseph Haydn. From Allegro from String Quartet Op. 74 No.3 - Rider. London Haydn Quartet. Hyperion CDA68230.
7. Arr. Ludwig Bohme. Maria Durch, The Twelve Days of Christmas. Calmus Ensemble. Carus 83511.
8. Jaakko Manty Jarvi. Ave Maria, O Magnum Mysterium. Trinity College, Cambridge – Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA68266.

If anyone has any questions or comments, Tim will be delighted to respond from timthurston1610@gmail.com 

A Gloria listener has persuaded RTÉ to make available many of past Gloria programmes. They may be found at www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/gloria/episodes/?page=1

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We are pleased to present a talk by Christopher Fitz-Simon on Jane Francesca Elgee, later Mrs William Wilde, later still Lady Wilde, who was born in Wexford 200 years ago. A poet who wrote inflammatory patriotic verse for The Nation newspaper, she was better known in the world of literature during their lifetimes than her now much more celebrated son – upon whose life she cast such an extraordinary spell.

This talk took place as part of a series of events coinciding with the exhibition All Right on the Night celebrating the work of Anne Makower and Christopher Fitz-Simon in theatre, opera, television and radio. The exhibition can be enjoyed online at https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/online-exhibition#all-right-on-the-night

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In association with the exhibition All Right on the Night, Anne Makower gave a talk on the Makower family and how they came from Poland to set up a textiles business in London in the mid19^th century. Anne’s grandfather Stanley Makower was a writer/journalist and Anne discussed the correspondence between Stanley and Oscar Wilde who was highly enthusiastic about Stanley’s most celebrated novel, The Mirror of Music.

This talk took place as part of a series of events coinciding with the exhibition All Right on the Night celebrating the work of Anne Makower and Christopher Fitz-Simon in theatre, opera, television and radio. The exhibition can be enjoyed online at https://libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-news/online-exhibition#all-right-on-the-night

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