Ian McMillan presents a special extended interview with acclaimed Irish novelist, essayist, playwright, and poet Colm T\xf3ib\xedn, who's been described as one of Ireland's finest writers.
Colm T\xf3ib\xedn is the author of eleven novels including Brooklyn, which won the 2009 Costa novel award, and The Magician, winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize; as well as two short story collections. Three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize T\xf3ib\xedn was made the Laureate for Irish Fiction for 2022\u20132024. In 2022, he published his first collection of poems, Vinegar Hill.
Producer: Cecile Wright