The Arts House

Well what a task Sheena Crowley has set herself and the team! A brand new Songwriting competition is now open for entries, with prizes including funding and recording, so it's going to attract huge attention! Elmarie Mawe called into Crowley's Music Store to find out more from Sheena.

Do you know a writer? Are YOU in fact, a writer?! Well during Cork World Book Fest there's a fabulous opportunity to meet book agents and publishers if you have somehting that's worth seeing in print. Elmarie Mawe spoke to Senior Executive Librarian Patricia Looney about the One Page Pitch Event!

There's toujours great excitement in Cork for the Cork French Film Festival run by the Alliance Francaise, and there was a super gathering for the launch of the 37th edition during the semaine! Time to get booking your tickets, and Elmarie Mawe spoke to Alliance Francaise Cork Presidente, Valerie David-McGonnell.

Cofrk authors are on a roll at the moment. This week watch out on Amazon Prime for the filmed version of Catherine Ryan Howard's 56 Days! And Elmarie Mawe gave Booktokker Emma O Connell a buzz to chat about the series from Chloe Walsh which has just been picked up!

Never hardly longer than a minute, Cork storyteller Gerry Miller has a store of yarns, puns and wisecracks to make us chuckle over the coffee. Here's this week's gem as he chatted with Conor!

Conor Tallon called into Cork Public Museum to talk to Curator Dan Breen, and begin a series looking at some of the amazing archaeological finds and historical artifacts we can all discover on a visit! They began with one of the tiniest and oldest objects in the Museum's collection!

Elmarie Mawe was delighted to be joined live in studio this morning by musicians Ellen Crowley and Charlie Duff of The Olympia Quartet to talk about their upcoming concerts in the Ortús Chamber Music Festival, and lots more besides!

What a pure pleasure to have the brilliant Marja Gaynor in studio with Elmarie Mawe, as they chatted ahead of the Ortús Chamber Music Festival 2026.

Conor Tallon caught up with Fiona Farrell to gather a super suggestion-list of books, for Valentines to Palentines and everyone in-between!