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Book Week NIEpisodes

  1. A bookish midwife and Michael Portillo

    Midwife Rachel Byrne talks to Lynette, and Michael Portillo features on Evening Extra.

  2. Tracing horror from page to screen; author Joan Lingard talks about Kevin and Sadie

    The link between horror literature and movies; an archive interview with Joan Lingard.

  3. Super sleuth fans and feminist stories

    Author Jan Carson and naturalist and writer Dara McAnulty pay tribute to Agatha Christie.

  4. A reinforced coffee table, young readers and a book about understanding autism

    Vinny hears from some young book worms; Aimee Clint talks about her book on autism

  5. Little voices, cathartic crime stories and the biography of rock band Therapy?

    Some young readers, crime authors Brian McGilloway and Claire Allan, and a rock biography

  6. The joy of children's books

    Authors Máire Zepf, Katherine Rundell and Liz Weir on the joy of children's books.

  7. Turning the first page

    Writers Marian Keyes and Ann Cleeves, actor Ian Beattie and lots more!

  8. Welcome to Book Week NI

    BBC Northern Ireland’s well-known radio voices introduce the Book Week NI podcast.

  9. A bookish pharmacist dispenses some good reads; Eoin Colfer and two Fowl twins, Britain's role in the abolition of slavery

    Author Eoin Colfer; Dr Michael Taylor discusses his new book on the slave trade

  10. "I'm a big kid at heart and that hasn't really changed since I was sitting on my mother's knee"

    Koulla Yiasouma talks about her favourite children's book; Essential Reader Paul McCabe