Sebastian Barry

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17 mentions 10 recordings first heard May 2026 last heard yesterday ↑17 vs the 12 months before

Irish author and playwright, known for his historical novels and storytelling

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James CrawfordTake Four Books · Donal Ryan · 1:04 · today
…According to another acclaimed Irish author, Sebastian Barry, who was on this very programme just last week, Donal is the king of the new wave of Irish writers.…
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James CrawfordTake Four Books · Sebastian Barry · 30:20 · 13 Sep
…Sebastian's latest book, The Newer World, is out now, and his three picks of influences were the American Spelling Book by Noah Webster from seventeen eighty three, Army Life in a Black Regiment by Thomas Wentworth Higginson from eighteen sixty nine, and A Journey in the Backcountry by Frederick Law Olmsted from eighteen.…
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James CrawfordTake Four Books · Sebastian Barry · 12:32 · 13 Sep
…That was Sebastian Barry reading from his latest novel, The Newer World.…
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James CrawfordTake Four Books · Sebastian Barry · 1:39 · 13 Sep
…Sebastian Barry, welcome to Take Four Books.…
James CrawfordTake Four Books · Sebastian Barry · 0:55 · 13 Sep
…Today I'm delighted to be joined in the studio by……
Cassie McCullaghThe Bookshelf · New Fiction: Donal Ryan, Emma Cline, Max Easton and Sebastia... · 37:54 · 11 Sep
…And now we're turning to another Irish writer, Sebastian Barry,……
Cassie McCullaghThe Bookshelf · New Fiction from Melissa Harrison and Malcolm Knox + Mandy S... · 53:46 · 4 Sep
…Next time Sebastian Barry's The Newer World.…
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