Books for Breakfast (Ireland)
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.
Books for Breakfast (Ireland)
Latest Episodes
91: Mary Costello, A Beautiful Loan
This morning we talk to Mary Costello about her new novel A Beautiful Loan. My name is Anna, and for some time now, I have been trying to account for cert...
90: Cathy Galvin and John F. Deane
In this episode we go to one of our favourite places in Dublin, Hodges Figgis bookshop in Dawson Street, to interview Cathy Galvin on the occasion of the launch of her collection of poems from Bloodaxe,
89: Hugo Hamilton, Conversation with the Sea
We’re back for the first episode of 2026. This week we’re back in Books Upstairs in Dublin to interview Hugo Hamilton about his latest novel, Conversation with t...
Fan Mail
Books for Breakfast is a consistently lovely listen. The warmth you both offer is so comforting as is the knowledge you both possess about literature/ poetry and about the work of your guests. I enjoy the humour around the timing of the toaster. Your discussion with Andrew Miller was, for me, enhanced by what seemed such genuine affection between yourselves and Andrew Miller. I appreciate you had shared the world of Dublin for 18 months. I have his book, Land in Winter, awaiting my attention. I have drawn so much from others amongst his books and was particularly admiring of Pure. I was so pleased that he chose James Salter whose writing I have also admired. It was good to know I have something in common with such a fine writer. Thanks for the joy you provide through your podcast. Charlie
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