Books for Breakfast (Ireland)

by Peter Sirr and Enda Wyley

A podcast focussing on fiction and poetry hosted by poets and writers Peter Sirr and Enda Wyley. Also features the Toaster Challenge where guest writers are given the time it takes to make toast to talk about a book that has resonated with them.

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At the Villa Celeste with Elizabeth Wassell Montague

Send us Fan MailOn today’s show we go to Hodges Figgis in Dublin’s Dawson Street to talk to Elizabeth Wassell Montague about her new novel At the Vill...

26m

•Sep 10, 2026

97: Billy Ramsell channels Alberto Cenas

Send us Fan MailMost poets write under their given names – Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Denise Riley, Elizabeth Bishop. Some on the other hand use pseu...

37m

•Aug 6, 2026

96: New Salmon poetry; Tess Barry interviewed

Send us Fan MailThis year marks the 45th anniversary of Salmon Poetry now based in The Salmon Bookshop and Literary Centre, in Ennistymon, County Clar...

1h 02m

•Jul 9, 2026

95: Carlo Gebler talks to Virginia Evans about The Correspondent

Send us Fan MailEpistolary novels used to be all the rage Think Clarissa, think Dracula, think the more recent We need to talk about Kevin. Last year ...

1h 17m

•Jun 25, 2026

94: Caitriona Lally on her memoir Home Economics

Send us Fan MailOn today's show we travel down the road to Carlow University Pittsburgh's MFA in Creative Writing Program during its annual June resid...

51m

•Jun 11, 2026

93: Poetry Ireland launch; Sean Borodale interviewed

Send us Fan MailOn today's episode we visit 11 Parnell Square in Dublin for the launch of Poetry Ireland/Éigse Éireann's restored headquarters. We hea...

45m

•May 14, 2026