The News from Dublin: Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The News from Dublin: Stories runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Darragh Shannon and Derbhle Crotty (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,553 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The News from Dublin: Stories is an audiobook by Colm Toibin: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Darragh Shannon and Derbhle Crotty, released March 31, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Darragh Shannon, Derbhle Crotty
- Released
- March 31, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781797104768
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The News from Dublin: Stories as an audiobook?
The News from Dublin: Stories runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The News from Dublin: Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The News from Dublin: Stories?
The News from Dublin: Stories is narrated by Darragh Shannon and Derbhle Crotty.