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Jeffery Deaver is the creator of the critically-acclaimed Lincoln Rhyme series and the award-winning author of 29 internationally bestselling thrillers, including the recent James Bond novel, Carte Blanche. In The Kill Room, brilliant criminologist and quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme returns to investigate the state-sanctioned killing of a US citizen who is suspected of planning a terrorist attack on a US oil company. This is a rare chance to hear one of the world’s most successful thriller-writers talking about his work with Ireland’s leading crime writer, John Connolly. The podcast was recorded in the Pavilion Theatre on Tuesday 25th June.

Jeffery Deaver at the Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire - June 25th, 2013

Crime novelist Elmore Leonard talks with mystery writer S. J. Rozan about his 34th novel, Cuba Libre, the movie adaptations of his stories (Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, Out of Sight), his writing process and more.

Recorded January 19, 1998 at 92nd Street Y.

Elmore Leonard in Conversation with S. J. Rozan: Crime Fiction

Mega-selling author Jeffery Deaver talks with Larry Matthews about his thrillers, the writing life, and today's book market

Jeffery Deaver Podcast

BBC R4 - Just One More Thing... Columbo Mark Billingham  - 11-09-07.mp3

Virginia Festival of the Book 2014 - David Baldacci returns to the Book Festival to help celebrate our twentieth anniversary. Introducing Baldacci is 1994 Luncheon speaker Rita Mae Brown.

David Baldacci

Neil Gaiman discusses three upcoming @HarperAudio_US titles: THE TRUTH IS A CAVE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS (on-sale: June 17, 2014), CHU'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (on-sale: June 24, 2014), and the full cast audio edition of THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (on-sale: September 30, 2014) with Senior Producer Caitlin Garing. This episode also includes audiobook excerpts performed by Neil Gaiman.

About The Books

THE TRUTH IS A CAVE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS

You ask me if I can forgive myself? I can forgive myself...

And so begins The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains, a haunting story of family, the otherworld, and a search for hidden treasure. This audiobook is brought to vivid life by the characters and landscape of Gaiman’s award-winning story. In this volume, the talents and vision of two great creative geniuses come together in a glorious explosion of color and shadow, memory and regret, vengeance and, ultimately, love.

...for many things. For where I left him. For what I did.

Buy Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062362247/the-truth-is-a-cave-in-the-black-mountains-cd

CHU'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

It is Chu's first day of school. Chu is nervous.

He hopes the other boys and girls will be nice. Will they like him?

What will happen at school today?

Will Chu do what Chu does best?

Buy Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062355539/chus-first-day-of-school

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (Full Cast Production)

Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except he lives in a sprawling graveyard and has been raised since infancy by ghosts and a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in a graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, and the strange and terrible Sleer. There are dangers though too, and if Bod leaves the graveyard, he may fall prey to the man Jack, who has already murdered Bod’s entire family. 

Inventive, chilling, and magical, Neil Gaiman’s Newbery winning and bestselling Graveyard Book is an a classic in the making. 

This special audiobook features a stunning full cast rendition of the beloved story. 

Buy Link: http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062364463/the-graveyard-book-cd

Neil Gaiman

I don't have a lot of free time, but when I do have free time I like to read. I usually read non-fiction, but when I turn to fiction, the Jack Reacher series from Lee Child is one of my first stops.

Mr. Child has a brand new book in the series called "Personal," and he was kind enough to join me on the show today to talk about it...

Author Lee Child  On "Personal" - The Latest Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child in conversation with Declan Hughes at Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2014


Lee Child in conversation with Declan Hughes.MP3

'Light and Darkness in Literature and Art': recorded in the National Gallery of Ireland on Thursday 16 October 2014. Part of a series of events in conjunction with the publication and exhibition 'Lines of Vision'.

'Lines of Vision': Writer John Banville in conversation with Professor Emeritus Ciaran Benson.

In this episode we hear from authors Patricia Cornwell and David  Nicholls, both with new novels available now and both with fascinating insight into character development.

Patricia Cornwell, author of FLESH AND BLOOD, the 22nd book to feature the detective Kay Scarpetta, talks with her editor, David Highfill, about how she used research into new, high tech weapons to try to trick Scarpetta, an attempt that she says always ultimately fails.  And David Nicholls tells us about his desire to write a male protagonist for his new book, US, that is in direct contrast to the leading character in his previous, very popular novel, ONE DAY. 


Patricia Cornwell & David Nicholls

Eoin Colfer is the Children’s Laureate for ireland and the author of the Artemis Fowl series (which has sold over 20 million copies), Half Moon Investigations, The Supernaturalist, Airman and 'The Legend of' . . . books.

His new series is W.A.R.P (Witness Anonymous Relocation Program).  The latest in this series is The Hangman’s Revolution. In it Riley has been pulled into the FBI's covert W.A.R.P. operation . He and young FBI Agent Chevie Savano are forced to flee terrifying assassin-for-hire Albert Garrick, who pursues Riley through time and will not stop until he has hunted him down. 

hane Hegarty gives us a sneak preview of his new Darkmouth novel for young readers. Shane recently signed a 4 book deal with Harper Collins to write the Darkmouth series. He joins Sinead in studio to talk about ambiguity and responsibility in Young Adult novels. 

Francesca Simon (Horrid Henry, The Lost Gods) and Malorie Blackman talks Gods and Monsters and how the themes of their books. The Lost Gods brings together ancient Norse myth with today’s celebrity culture. Woden, Thor and Freyja have lost their powers and come to London. They need more worshippers to regain their strength and defeat the Frost Giants. The story is set in an alternate modern Britain where Christianity doesn’t exist. 

Malorie Blackman is the UK Children’s Laureate and her best-known books for young adults are the multi award-winning Noughts & Crosses series which includes Noughts & Crosses (2001), Knife Edge (2004), Checkmate (2005) and Double Cross (2008). Her books tackle many important issues in today's society, including single parenting, racism and homosexuality, illness - all wrapped up in compelling stories for young people. 

S2 Ep 8 - The Book Show 29th November 2014

In the busy dockland area of Dublin, Sinead Gleeson meets the young Irish writer Andrew Fox whose first collection of short stories, Over Our Heads, has just been published by Penguin Books. The collection is set in Ireland and in the U.S. where Andrew now lives and his characters find themselves facing up to the challenges of work, travel and homecoming. Many of the relationships in the collection are marked by distance, loneliness and separation.



One of the stories, ‘Occupations’ is set in the Dockland area of Dublin and we hear how Andrew was inspired to write it and how, while living away from home, he researches the places he has left behind.

Australian author Tim Winton says that place, for him, is one of the most important aspects of his writing. He is the author of novels such as Dirt Music and Cloudstreet which portray his characters grappling with their environment. Tim has himself lived abroad for many years – including a spell in Ireland – and the sense of alienation and homesickness has had a direct influence on his writings.



Sinead visits Irish author Colm Tóibín who works part of the year at Columbia University in the U.S. Colm guides Sinead around the campus and in his office he tells her how a longing for home led to the creation of his 2009 novel Brooklyn. He says that the long experience of the Irish abroad is something that cannot be forgotten in a city like New York. The imaginative leaning towards home (in his case, Enniscorthy in County Wexford) is ever present in his work as can be seen in his latest novel, Nora Webster.



Zoe Comyns travels to Lake Derravaragh in County Westmeath to meet the writer Éilís Ní Dhuibhne there. The lake is the setting for the old Irish tale of The Children of Lir and together they discuss the meaning of the legend, how it can relate to modern Ireland and the importance of the setting with its themes of exile and return. Thomas Moore’s Irish Melodies contains a song Silent O Moyle, Be The Roar of Thy Water which tells the story, sung by Fionnuala, one of the children of Lir.


S2 - Ep 17 The Book Show 7th February 2015

In this week’s show, writers Liz Nugent and SJ Watson join Sinead in studio to discuss their psychological thrillers and the dark side of love.

Liz Nugent’s debut novel Unravelling Oliver (Penguin Ireland) won last year’s Best Crime Novel Award at the BGE Irish Book Awards.  It’s an unsettling and nuanced portrayal of a sociopath, Oliver Ryan and it begins with a savage act of brutality.
UK writer SJ Watson’s first novel Before I Go To Sleep was an international bestseller. His latest book, Second Life (Doubleday), is also a psychological thriller which delves into identity, sexual exploration and the messier aspects of love. It too begins dramatically - with a murder in Paris.
Both writers discuss their work and some other books which have inspired them.
Dangerous Liaisons shocked its first readers in pre-revolutionary France, says Dr. Siofra Pierse from UCD’s School of Languages and Literature. It may even be compared to 50 Shades of Grey. She uncovers the novel’s themes of seduction and corruption and explains why it has continued to absorb and fascinate readers since its first publication in 1782.

Catherine Lacey’s debut novel, Nobody Is Ever Missing (Granta), tells the story of Elyria, a young woman who leaves her husband and her home in New York and travels alone to New Zealand. The book, often impressively comic, weaves Elyria’s past life with her hitchhiking across a strange new land. The author talks to Sinead about the background to her novel and what motivates Elyria on her journey.

S2 Ep 18 The Book Show

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Origins on Audible:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Arts-Entertainment/Bosch-Behind-the-Scenes-Podcast-The-Origins-Audiobook/B00U9PX24M?source_code=AUDORWS0305159CVI

Summary:

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes is the Official Podcast of the critically-acclaimed Amazon Original Series about LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch, based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels. NOTE: Spoilers Ahead! Key plot and character details are revealed from Season One of Bosch.

In this exclusive podcast, author Michael Connelly and Executive Producer Henrik Bastin (The Killing, Burn Notice) discuss the creation and production of Bosch, from the origins of the series to how it found a home at Amazon to casting its star, Titus Welliver (Lost, The Good Wife). Connelly shares his experiences of working on the show and offers Harry Bosch fans an idea of what they can expect from the much-anticipated series.

Stream the full season of the Amazon Original Series Bosch prior for a spoiler-free experience. Only on Amazon Instant Video.



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Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Origins

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Writers on Audible:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Arts-Entertainment/Bosch-Behind-the-Scenes-Podcast-The-Writers-Audiobook/B00U9PXUMQ?source_code=AUDORWS0305159CVI

Summary:

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes is the Official Podcast of the critically acclaimed Amazon Original Series about LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch -based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels. NOTE: Spoilers Ahead! Key plot and character details are revealed from Season One of Bosch.

This is a rare conversation about the Bosch writers’ room experience with writer-producers from such legendary shows as The Sopranos, Law & Order and Mad Men, who discuss what it’s like to write for the new Amazon Original Series based on Michael Connelly's blockbuster crime novels. The writers share insights about the creative journey to bring the iconic character of Harry Bosch to the screen.

Stream the full season of the Amazon Original Series Bosch prior for a spoiler-free experience. Only on Amazon Instant Video.

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Writers

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Authenticity
http://www.audible.com/pd/Arts-Entertainment/Bosch-Behind-the-Scenes-Podcast-The-Authenticity-Audiobook/B00UASXQTY?source_code=AUDORWS0305159CVI

Summary:

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes is the Official Podcast of the critically-acclaimed Amazon Original Series about LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch -- based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels. NOTE: Spoilers Ahead! Key plot and character details are revealed from Season One of Bosch.

An in-depth look into how Bosch's creators strove to bring authenticity to the screen. Co-Executive Producer Pieter Jan Brugge discusses filming in Los Angeles and the cinematic qualities that give the series scope and scale. Detectives Tim Marcia and Mitzi Roberts talk about their roles as the show's technical advisors, and the qualities Harry Bosch possesses that make him a realistic homicide detective.

Stream the full season of the Amazon Original Series Bosch prior for a spoiler-free experience. Only on Amazon Instant Video.

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Authenticity

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Inspiration on Audible:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Arts-Entertainment/Bosch-Behind-the-Scenes-Podcast-The-Inspiration-Audiobook/B00UASXI6U?source_code=AUDORWS0305159CVI

Summary:

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes is the Official Podcast of the critically-acclaimed Amazon Original Series about LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch -- based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels. NOTE: Spoilers Ahead! Key plot and character details are revealed from Season One of Bosch.

A look at some of the real-life experiences that helped bring Bosch to life and the production techniques that translate them to the screen. Veteran detective Mitzi Roberts opens up about her hallmark case--the pursuit and capture of real-life serial killer Samuel Little--and how it influenced Jason Gedrick's depiction of Raynard Waits. The producers describe the crucial role of post-production in creating the dramatic scenes, with an exclusive breakdown of how specific action sequences were filmed and edited to achieve the show’s realism.

Stream the full season of the Amazon Original Series Bosch prior for a spoiler-free experience. Only on Amazon Instant Video.

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Inspiration

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Troubled Hero on Audible:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Arts-Entertainment/Bosch-Behind-the-Scenes-Podcast-The-Troubled-Hero-Audiobook/B00UAY7FTK?source_code=AUDORWS0305159CVI

Summary:

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes is the Official Podcast of the critically-acclaimed Amazon Original Series about LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch -- based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels. NOTE: Spoilers Ahead! Key plot and character details are revealed from Season One of Bosch.

Veteran actor Titus Welliver (Lost, The Good Wife) talks about what it’s like to play the iconic Detective Harry Bosch. From becoming a leading man to the dramatic journey Bosch takes in Season One, Titus opens up about bringing this much-beloved character to the screen.

Stream the full season of the Amazon Original Series Bosch prior for a spoiler-free experience. Only on Amazon Instant Video.

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Troubled Hero

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Suspect on Audible:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Arts-Entertainment/Bosch-Behind-the-Scenes-Podcast-The-Suspect-Audiobook/B00UATWJQY?source_code=AUDORWS0305159CVI

Summary:

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes is the Official Podcast of the critically-acclaimed Amazon Original Series about LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch -- based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels. NOTE: Spoilers Ahead! Key plot and character details are revealed from Season One of Bosch.

Raynard Waits pays a visit—and we live to tell the tale. Actor Jason Gedrick talks about his role as Harry Bosch’s central antagonist, serial killer Raynard Waits. Keep your ears open for when Michael Connelly “pod-crashes” the episode to discuss Gedrick and his unforgettable performance.

Stream the full season of the Amazon Original Series Bosch prior for a spoiler-free experience. Only on Amazon Instant Video. 

Bosch Behind-the-Scenes Podcast: The Suspect

Programme Manager Sam Ruddock interviews SJ Watson, author of Summer Reads 12 title 'Before I Go To Sleep'.

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