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  • If it's a good chat you're looking for then you've come to the right place. Andy O'Mahony presents Off The Shelf, RTÉ Radio 1's weekly books programme in which a carefully selected panel of contributors are set loose on one topic or individual. Topics and individuals range from Conor Cruise O'Brien to The Great Irish Famine. Guests on the show include Colm Toibin, Bruce Arnold, Declan Kiberd, Evelyn Conlon and John Horgan.
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Off the Shelf 21st November 2009

Mon, Nov 23 Listen
The Dream that Died: The Rise and Fall of ITV by Ray Fitzwalter discussed by Betty Purcell and John Kelleher

Off the Shelf 14 November 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernade

Mon, Nov 16 Listen
Julia Carlson and Niall MacMonagle discuss John Updike's My Father's Tears and Other Stories.

Off the Shelf 7 November 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Mon, Nov 9 Listen
Discussion on Taking the Medicine by Druin Burch (Chatto).

Off the Shelf 31 October 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadet

Mon, Nov 2 Listen
Discussion on The Quest for Modern Ireland by Bryan Fanning (Irish Academic Press)

Off the Shelf 24 October 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadet

Thu, Oct 29 Listen
Discussion on "The Triumph of Music " by Tim Blanning (Allen Lane).

Off the Shelf 3 Oct. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette Com

Mon, Oct 5 Listen
Mary Raftery, Alan Dukes and Brendan Keenan discuss "The Storm" by Vince Cable.

Off the Shelf 16 May 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette C

Mon, May 18 Listen
Discussion on "King Dan: the Rise of Daniel O'Connell, 1775-1829" by Patrick M.Geoghegan (Gill and Macmillan).

Off the Shelf 9 May 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette Co

Wed, May 13 Listen
Discussion on Plays and Controversies: Abbey Theatre Diaries 2000-2005 by Ben Barnes.

Off the Shelf 25 April 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Wed, Apr 29 Listen
Eunan O'Halpin and Ronan Fanning discuss British Spies and Irish Rebels: British Intelligence in Ireland 1916-1945 by Paul McMahon (Boydell Press).

Off the Shelf 18 April 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette C

Mon, Apr 20 Listen
Darwin's Sacred Cause by Adrian Desmond and James Moore discussed by Prof. David McConnell and Fr. Brendan Purcell.

Off the Shelf 7 March 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Mon, Mar 9 Listen
Discussion on The "Times" Great Irish Lives, edited by Charles Lysaght

Off the Shelf 21st Feb. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Thu, Feb 26 Listen
Discussion on Philip Roth's "Indignation" and Aravind Adiga's "The White Tiger".

Off the Shelf 14th Feb. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Mon, Feb 16 Listen
Discussion on Tony's Ten Years: Memories of the Blair Administration by Adam Boulton.

Off the Shelf 31 Jan. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette Co

Tue, Feb 3 Listen
Eilan N Chuilleannin, Hugh McFadden and David Norris discuss Leland Bardwell's memoir A Restless Life (Liberties Press).

Off the Shelf 24 Jan. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette Co

Tue, Feb 3 Listen
Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music discussed by Ethna Tinney and John Hughes.

Off the Shelf. 17 Jan. 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Mon, Jan 19 Listen
Discussion on "Beijing Coma", a novel by Ma Jian.

Off the Shelf 10 Jan. 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Mon, Jan 12 Listen
Discussion on "Redmond the Parnellite" by Dermot Meleady.

Off the Shelf 27 Dec. 08. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette Co

Mon, Jan 12 Listen
Discussion on "The Life and Times of Brian Eno" by David Sheppard.

Off the Shelf 20 Dec. 08. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette Co

Mon, Jan 12 Listen
Discussion on "Redmond the Parnellite" by Dermot Meleady

Off the Shelf 3 Jan. 09. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette Com

Mon, Jan 5 Listen
The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria discussed by Michael D. Higgins and Alan Dukes

Off the Shelf 13 Dec. 2008. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: B. Comerfor

Mon, Dec 15 2008 Listen
The Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore discussed by Julia Carlson and Niall MacMonagle

Off the Shelf 25th October 2009. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: B. Com

Wed, Oct 29 2008 Listen
Common Wealth by Jeffrey D. Sachs rdiscussed by Patrick Honohan, Mary Raftery and Brendan Keenan

Off the Shelf 11th October 2008. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: B. Com

Mon, Oct 13 2008 Listen
A Life of Picasso Vol. 3: by John Richardson discussed by Medb Ruane and Robt. Ballagh

Off the Shelf 4th Oct. 2008. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Mon, Oct 6 2008 Listen
Pope Benedict XVI: The Conscience of Our Age: discussed by the author Fr. D. Vincent Twomey and by Fr. Sean Fagan

Off the Shelf 27 Sept. 2008. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Thu, Sep 25 2008 Listen
The Monopoly of Violence: Why Europeans Hate Going to War by James J. Sheehan discussed by Brigid Laffan, Michael D. Higgins and Alan Dukes.

Off the Shelf 13 September 2008.Presenter:Andy O'Mahony.Producer Bernadette

Wed, Sep 24 2008 Listen
Aine Hyland, Dermot Moran and John Coolahan discuss Anton Trant's "Curriculum Matters in Ireland".

Off the Shelf 20 Sept 2008.Presenter Andy O'Mahony Producer Bernadette Come

Wed, Sep 24 2008 Listen
Mary O'Donnell and Peter Sirr discuss "Letters of Ted Hughes" edited by Christopher Reid.

Off the Shelf 6 Sept 08.Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette Come

Mon, Sep 8 2008 Listen
Ethna Tinney, Harry White and Ronan Guilfoyle on The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th century by Alex Ross.

Off the Shelf. 17th May 2008. Presenter Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadette

Fri, May 16 2008 Listen
Suite Francaise and Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky discussed by Julia Carlson and Niall MacMonagle

Off the Shelf 8th March 2008. Presenter: Andy O'Mahony. Producer: Bernadett

Tue, Mar 18 2008 Listen
Paisley: Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland by Steve Bruce (Oxford) reviewed by Arlene Foster, Brian Feeney and Andy Pollak.

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