1: Hamnet, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Pearse Hutchinson

In this opening episode of Books for Breakfast Enda Wyley and Peter Sirr discuss Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell; author of the multiple prize winning The Narrow Land    Christine Dwyer Hickey takes on the Toaster Challenge (an uninterrupted 2 minutes to present a favourite book; today's choice is Apeirogon by Colum McCann) and Peter Sirr talks about the poetry of Pearse Hutchinson.

Intro/outro music: Colm Mac Con Iomaire, ‘Thou Shalt Not Carry’ from The Hare’s Corner, 2008, with thanks to Colm for permission to use it.

Art work by Freya Sirr

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Chapters

• 0:04 Intro and Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet
• 5:14 Toaster Challenge with Christine Dwyer Hickey
• 16:53 Poet of the Week: Pearse Hutchinson