Threshold- Listening Library

Selection Of Poetry - read by Pat Boran

A Man Is Only As Good (Pat Boran)  Skipping (Pat Boran)  Corner Boys (Pat Boran)  Fetch! (Pat Boran)  Widow Shopping In Portlaoise (Pat Boran)  Machines (Pat Boran)  Station Road, Sutton (Pat Boran)

Sailing For Home - ready by Theo Dorgan

What happens when four people, three old sea hands and a novice (the author) cross the Atlantic aboard a 70-foot schooner? Sailing For Home captures the realities of a trans-Atlantic passage, the importance of innumerable small rituals, the challenge of cooking in rough seas, the unspoken understandings that develop between crew members but he also attends to the numinous possibilities of life at sea: the rare vividness of dreams, visits from the ghosts of dead friends.

The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street - Sarah Webb

When their father’s business fails, Eliza and Jonty Kane move to a tenement flat in Dublin city, number 16 Henrietta Street. From a crowded tenement to the dazzling world of the circus – can dreams really come true? A tale of bravery, adventure and bee charming!

Under - read by Aisling Kearns

It’s so peaceful down here. I’m not going back. Escaping the minutia of other people’s ordinary lives, like driving alone to be by yourself, I enjoy slipping below the surface from it all, looking back, from my coma. I remember, how it really was. How the truth would be so shocking. A recount of family, life, domestic violence and shame.

The Way Up To Heaven - read by Ned Dennehy

Mrs Foster is someone who feels much calmer when she is able to arrive early or on time for appointments and events. Mr Foster, less so – or rather it soon becomes apparent that he takes a peculiar enjoyment in making his wife miss things or be late for them. However, this being a Dahl story, we know that vices such as greed, selfishness and inconsiderateness tend to boomerang back upon the person indulging in them.