{"id":58405,"date":"2025-12-05T11:40:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=58405"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:40:46","slug":"lifeline-top-books-for-gifting-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=58405","title":{"rendered":"Lifeline : Top Books for Gifting this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58406\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bookselling-Ireland-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bookselling-Ireland-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bookselling-Ireland-735x1024.png 735w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bookselling-Ireland-768x1070.png 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bookselling-Ireland-79x110.png 79w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bookselling-Ireland-50x70.png 50w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bookselling-Ireland-251x350.png 251w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bookselling-Ireland-317x442.png 317w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bookselling-Ireland.png 997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6256\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2025-12-05-007.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6256','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2025-12-05-007.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2025-12-05-007.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=58405-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-2025-12-05-007.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-2025-12-05-007.mp3\">Download<\/a> ()<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Sullivan chats with Mick Finucane from Chapters Bookshop, recently awarded Bookshop of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards, Mick will give us some of his top picks for gifting this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>1st Broadcast 5th Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faceboo k.com\/booksel lingireland\">http:\/\/www.faceboo k.com\/booksel lingireland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagra m.com\/bookse llingireland\/? 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