Colm Tóibín on Stories of Exile (Part One)

Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm senior producer Mia Sorrenti. Today's episode is part one of our recent live event with award winning novelist Colm Toybean. Toybean is widely acclaimed for the emotional restraint and quiet power of his prose. His novels include Nora Webster, Brooklyn, which was turned into a film starring Serse Ronan,

And its sequel Long Island. Tobin joined us at Union Chapel to discuss fiction, memory, and the life shaped by migration and loss. Marking the publication of his new short story collection, The News from Dublin, Toybean reflects on the quiet dramas that define ordinary lives, from grief and exile to belonging and home. He also discusses the enduring themes that have shaped his work and how fiction can illuminate moments of profound historical change through deeply personal stories. Let's join our host Emma Brock now, live at Union Chapel.

Hello. Um thanks very much for braving the storms to come out here tonight. Um I'm thrilled. To be here with Comb Toybean. Um

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