EPISODE · Dec 19, 2024 · 1H 1M

Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín is Ireland's Laureate for Irish Fiction and Long Island is the sequel to his prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn. This exquisite, exhilarating novel asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever. This podcast was recorded at West Cork Literary Festival on 19 July 2024 and Colm was in conversation with Sinéad Gleeson.----------------------------------------------------------------------------Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of eleven novels, including, The Master, Brooklyn and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Colm was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024. His new novel Long Island is published by Picador in May 2024.Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from 11-18 July 2025. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can sign up for our newsletter to hear about it first.Support West Cork Literary Festival Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets. In particular, you will be supporting our free events for children and our outreach programmes to allow the festival to be accessible to everyone. Visit our festival bookshop Bantry BookshopFollow us on BlueSky SocialInstagramTwitter/XFacebookSubscribe to our YouTube channel  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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