About this episode
Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen discuss six things they believe should be better known, including their bestselling Aisling series and various cultural topics related to Ireland.
Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen discuss with Ivan six things which they think should be better known. Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen are co-authors of the Aisling series. Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling was the bestselling fiction title of 2017 in Ireland and its sequel, The Importance of Being Aisling, won the award for best popular fiction book at the 2018 Irish Book Awards. The third book in the series, Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling, won the same award the following year and the fourth book in the series, Aisling and the City, won again in 2021. The final book in the series, Aisling Ever After, was published in Autumn 2023 and was an instant number one bestseller. Combined, the Aisling books have sold more than 400,000 copies to date. Their new novel is Our Deadly Summer, which is available at https://www.waterstones.com/book/our-deadly-summer/emer-mclysaght/sarah-breen/9781526692153 . In 2015 Ireland legalised a number of Class A drugs for 24 hours because of a loophole in legislation. An Irishman invented cheese and onion crisps at his kitchen table in 1954 The Irish language Nearly all the world’s Viagra is made in a small Irish town Ireland is the only country in…
People in this episode
Host: Ivan Wise
Guests: Emer McLysaght, Sarah Breen
Topics covered
- literature
- Irish culture
- book awards
- drug legislation
- female leadership
Keywords
- Aisling series
- Emer McLysaght
- Sarah Breen
- Irish literature
- book awards
- drug legalization
- female leadership
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling, The Importance of Being Aisling, Once, Twice, Three Times an Aisling, Aisling and the City, Aisling Ever After, Our Deadly Summer
Places: Ireland, small Irish town
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