BABEL-2025/2026 Season, 1-Colm Tóibín
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Barnes & Noble
Colm Tóibín discusses Long Island, with Miwa Messer live at Barnes & Noble’s Upper West Side, NYC location, from April 2025.
Free Library of Philadelphia
An author talk on YouTube, from May 2024.
The Guardian
The author discusses the correlation between writing and family, from February 2012.
The Guardian
The article addresses the sequel to Brooklyn, fifteen years later, his experience at the Oscars, and his decision to give up drinking, from May 2024.
Literary Hub
In an interview with Caoilinn Hughes, Colm Tóibín discusses James Baldwin’s enduring, international influence and his collection of essays, "On James Baldwin," from August 2024.
Louisiana Channel
The award-winning Irish writer Colm Tóibín here shares his meticulous approach to writing, and how a novel can begin with – and build on – just one perfectly shaped sentence: “It moves into rhythm when you least expect it.”
NPR
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author Colm Toibin about his new novel Long Island, from May 2024.
Read This
Colm Tóibín and Michael Williams discuss what it means to write a sequel, the importance of James Baldwin’s writing, and, of course, Costco.
Trinity College Dublin
'The Embrace of Love: Being Gay in Ireland Now' is the title of a public talk given by Irish author Colm Tóibín in Trinity College Dublin on Thursday, May 14th, 2015. The School of English organized the talk on same-sex relationships and literature as part of Trinity Long Room Hub’s ‘Behind the Headlines’ discussion series.
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
A broadcast of Tóibín discussing his novel Long Island, from May 2024.
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