The Stinging Fly Podcast

Evelyn Conlon reads from her story, 'The Park', about the visit of Pope John Paul II to Ireland in 1979, and discusses its relevance ahead of Pope Francis' upcoming visit.

Martina Evans joins Declan Meade in the studio to read Sinéad Morrissey's story, 'The Day I Brought Water'. Martina Evans is an Irish poet, novelist and teacher. She grew up in County Cork in a country pub, shop and petrol station and is the youngest of ten children. She is the author of eleven books of prose and poetry. Her latest poetry collection, 'Now We Can Talk Openly About Men', was published by Carcanet in May 2018. Sinéad Morrissey is a Northern Irish poet. In January 2014 she won the T. S. Eliot Prize for her fifth collection Parallax and in 2017 she won the Forward Prize for Poetry for her sixth collection On Balance. 'The Day I Brought Water' was first published in the Stinging Fly in Summer 2003. It also appears in our recent anthology, 'Stinging Fly Stories'.

In this month's episode, Sally Rooney is joined in studio by Mia Gallagher to read and discuss 'Ten Days, Counting Slowly', a short story by Jennifer Brady. 'Ten Days, Counting Slowly' was first published in our Summer 2008 issue, and is included in our new anthology, 'Stinging Fly Stories'.

Sally Rooney is joined by Sarah Gilmartin for a very special edition of the podcast this month. They discuss five stories selected from the new 'Stinging Fly Stories' anthology, a collection of 40 stories by 40 writers which celebrates 20 years of the Stinging Fly magazine. Excerpts from the stories are read by Karl Parkinson, Nora Pyne, Lucy Sweeney Byrne, Leona Lee Cully, and Oisin Fagan. 'Stinging Fly Stories' is available to buy in bookshops now, or you can order it directly from the Stinging Fly: https://stingingfly.org/product/stinging-fly-stories/

Colm Keegan joins Sally Rooney to read and discuss 'The Cavalcade', a dark and ambiguous story by Sean O'Reilly.

The Stinging Fly Podcast returns for its February edition, with Danny Denton joining Thomas Morris to discuss the surreal tragicomedy of Nicole Flattery's 'Show Them A Good Time'.

Our first podcast of 2018 sees June Caldwell pick Claire-Louise Bennett’s powerful and deeply unsettling 'Morning, 1908' to read and discuss with Sally Rooney.

In the third episode of our new podcast, Kevin Barry reads two short stories by Cathy Sweeney, and talks to Sorcha Kenny about their "strange and elusive" qualities.

In the second episode of our new podcast, Rooney Prize-winning author Sara Baume reads a story by Deborah Rose Reeves and discusses art, loneliness and quarter-life crises with Sorcha Kenny.

In the first episode of our new podcast, Rob Doyle reads a story by Philip Ó Ceallaigh and talks to Sorcha Kenny about Ó Ceallaigh’s radical style.