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Bookcited!: A Libraries NI podcast for all things library — 151 episodes
Faith Hogan - Writing What You Love
Seamas O’Reilly on Prestige Drama
Book of the Month in September 2026 is 'Atmosphere' by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Jamie Guiney strikes gold with The Lightning
Lucy Caldwell and Devotions
One Year with Susan Bennett
John Boyne, author of Book of The Month which is 'Air' in August 2026
Book of the Month in August 2026 is 'Air' by John Boyne
Deep dive into Land by Maggie O’Farrell
Louise Nealon - Everything That is Beautiful
Author Val McDermid
Children’s author Patricia Forde - from actor to Laureate na nog
Crime, music and Luca Veste
Book of the Month My Friends by Fredrik Backmann
Crime with Paul Harvey
From Stand Up to Crime – with Mark Billingham
Interview with Bernard MacLaverty
Gerard Doyle –The art of audiobook narration and the voice behind the story
Book of the Month - Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
Sophie Hayles and the Belfast Book Festival
The ‘Familiar’ World of Bethany Joy Dawson
Roisín O’Donnell – winner of BBC Radio 2 Book Club Award 2026 for ‘Nesting’
Eoin Colfer and Artemis Fowl
Writer Elizabeth Macneal
Book of the Month for May is Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin
James Murphy - Antrim’s Master of Crime
Frank Cottrell-Boyce, multi award-winning children’s book author and screenwriter
Crime writer Ian Rankin
Michelle Griffin, professional editor and proofreader
Book of the Month for April is ‘Our Evenings’ by novelist and writer Alan Hollinghurst
Writer and novelist Patrick Gale
Trish Bennett, multi-award-winning Irish writer and performer
Few and Far Between with guest author Jan Carson
Celebrating 100 episodes of Bookcited!
Celebrating International Women's Day with author Sheena Wilkinson
Book of the Month is Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Best-selling author Chloe Dalton
Writer Stephen Daly
Awards Season
Author Sheila O’Flanagan on life, books and women's stories
Book of the Month for February 2026 is Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Andrea Mara – All Her Fault and more
The Books that Made Us Readers
Books that Helped Us Through: Comfort Reads
Carlo Gebler - Literary Connections
James by Percival Everett - Our Book of the Month for January 2026
Looking forward – eagerly anticipated reads of 2026
Looking Back - the best books we read in 2025
Jane Austen @ 250
Irish writer Niall Williams
Festive Reads – What We’ll Be Reading This Christmas
From Detention to Devotion: Books We Learned to Love!
Killing Time with Alan Bennett: Our Book of the Month
Prize Predictions: Inside the Booker Shortlist
Out of this World with RB Kelly
Writer. Musician. Civil servant. Rónán Hession brings it all to Bookcited
Author Jane Casey
Manga specialist Lucy Forrester. From Pow! to Plotlines - A Crash Course in Comic Culture. What Is a Graphic Novel?
Author Jo Spain
Author Elly Griffiths
Award-winning children’s author Piers Torday
Mystery, Maps, and a Baby in a Barrel – Garrett Carr’s Wild Literary Journey
100 years of The Great Gatsby
Good Relations Week - Book recommendations with Karen Moreland
Book of the Month is The Lost Bookshop
The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Grief, ghosts, and Galway with Elaine Feeney
From Vera to Shetland - Author Ann Cleeves
Book of the Month is House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Len Pennie – Poyums with a point
Homegrown Crime with Linda Hagan
Fiction at Queen's University Belfast with Jane O'Neill
Agatha Christie and our Appetite for Crime with Mark Aldridge
Love and Laughter with Emma Heatherington
Staycation - Travel the World in Books
Puzzling Crimes with Janice Hallett
Book of the Month for August is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Penguins, Penguins Everywhere – introducing Hazel Prior
Interview with Shelby Van Pelt, author of that Octopus book!
Irish writer and author Joseph O’Connor
In Time for Pride – Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin
Best Recent Irish Fiction selection with Eimear McGovern
Book of the Month for July 2025 is The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
Sean Duffy Rides Again – spotlighting Adrian McKinty
Capturing Medieval Mayhem in Fiction with Tim Hodkinson
Books in Translation Recommendations
Lost in Translation – Clara Ministral
Interview with Anthony Horowitz
Book of the Month for June 2025 is The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Making Poetry Accessible in a Digital World with Brian Bilston
Nibbies - British Book Awards
Tony Macaulay - The PaperBoy Phenomenon
Martina Devlin – The Irish Bronte Connection
Book of the Month for May 2025 is Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Holiday Reading Recommendations
Claire Allan - Fiction and Mental Health
Byddi Lee - Climate Fiction – an Uncertain Future
Kelly McCaughrain - The Responsibility of Writing for a YA audience
Libraries NI Book of the Month for April is Donal Ryan’s Heart, be at Peace
Sharon Dempsey: After the Party
Jo Zebedee: Sci-Fi and Fantasy - Crossovers and Growth
Celebrity Authors and Children's Reading Habits
World Poetry Day with Gail McConnell
Brian McGilloway: The One You Least Expect
Musical Connections 2 – Duke Special
Awards Season in Books
Musical Connections 1 – Eilidh Patterson
Celebrity Authors
Exclusive Interview: Martin Waddell – A Giant In Our Midst
Book to Screen 6
Book to Screen 5
Cosy Reads for Winter Nights
Reading Resolutions: Books To Look Forward To
Best of the Best: 2024’s Biggest Hits
Holiday Reading Essentials: What We’re Reading and How to Access It
The Library’s Top Page-Turners of the Year
Book to Screen 4
An interview with author Sally Page
Book to Screen 3
Booker Special
Book to Screen 2 - Peter from Stock is joined by Library Assistants Nicola and Beverley
Book to Screen - Dene and Shane from Ballymena
Libraries NI presents an interview with author Tiffany Murray for Book Week NI 2024
Libraries NI presents an interview with author Sue Divin for Book Week NI 2024
Libraries NI presents an interview with author Bernie McGill for Book Week NI 2024
Bookcited! presents Colin Bateman, an author interview for Book Week NI 2024
Bookcited! presents Stuart Neville, an author interview for Book Week NI 2024
Libraries NI presents an interview with author Donal Ryan for Book Week NI 2024
Bookcited! presents Wendy Erskine, an author interview for Book Week NI 2024
Libraries NI presents an interview with author Liz Nugent for Book Week NI 2024
Libraries NI presents an interview with author Chris Whitaker for Book Week NI 2024
Bookcited! presents Steve Cavanagh, an author interview for Book Week NI 2024
Libraries NI presents an interview with author Colm Tóibín for Book Week NI 2024
Bookcited! presents Jan Carson, an author interview for Book Week NI 2024
Libraries NI Shadows BBC 100 - Episode 4 (Life, Death & Other Worlds)
Libraries NI shadows BBC 100 - Episode 3 (Theme of Adventure)
Libraries NI shadows BBC 100 - Episode 2 (Theme of Love, Sex and Romance)
Libraries NI shadows BBC 100 - Episode 1 (Theme of Identity)
Twelve Reads of Christmas - Episode 6
Twelve Reads of Christmas - Episode 5
Twelve Reads of Christmas - Episode 4
Twelve Reads of Christmas - Episode 3
Twelve Reads of Christmas - Episode 2
Twelve Reads of Christmas - Episode 1
SongBooks – Episode 7
SongBooks – Episode 6
SongBooks – Episode 5
SongBooks – Episode 4
SongBooks – Episode 3
SongBooks – Episode 2
SongBooks – Episode 1