Deviant Minds: Jon Ronson & Marie Cassidy.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: Ocean Vuong & Alex Clark

Vietnamese American writer, professor and photographer, Ocean Vuong (Time is a Mother), talks to literary journalist Alex Clark.    Supported by the T.S. Eliot Foundation.

Deviant Minds: Jon Ronson & Marie Cassidy.

Jon Ronson (author of the Psychopath Test, The Men Who Stare At Goats, amongst others) talks to former State Pathologist, Dr Marie Cassidy, on a subject very close to his heart: psychopaths.

Iain McGilchrist & John Lloyd: There's no such thing as a thing.

Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and his Emissary, talks to producer John Lloyd (QI, Blackadder) talks about his recent(ish) book: The Matter with Things, his life and his study of the divided brain.

Katherine Rundell & Colin Greenwood talk John Donne

Author, playwright and Biographer Katherine Rundell discusses her book: Super Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne with Radiohead bass player (recent author of How to Disappear: A Portrait of Radiohead) and their shared love of said poet.

Adam Clayton & John Kelly: U2 & Beyond

Adam Clayton is U2’s bass player. Acknowledged as one of the best live acts in the world, U2 have toured the globe countless times and released 14 studio albums with sales in excess of 157 million. Adam has written about contemporary art for British GQ and the role of art critic has seen him interview artists including Wolfgang Tillmans, Jeff Koons and William Eggleston. In 2022 he presented a documentary titled Francis Bacon: The Outsider which follows the story of the painter’s early life in Ireland. John Kelly is one of Ireland’s foremost Arts broadcasters. He presents Mystery Train on RTÉ Radio and The Works Presents on RTÉ Television. He also presents the weekend show Elevation on Sirius XM. His poetry has been published in numerous journals and anthologies. Two collections – Notions (2018) and Space (2022) are published by Dedalus Press. Get tickets for next year's festival (June 7th-9th): https://festivalofwritingandideas.com/tickets/