Rick joined RTE as a radio presenter in 2001 and since 2025 he has been presenter of Arena on RTE Radio 1 having previously presented The Poetry Progamme and The Book Show. He also runs The Rick O’Shea Book Club online – Ireland’s largest book club with over 45,000 members.
He hosts awards ceremonies, interviews authors at festivals and curates literary events. He has previously been a book columnist with the Irish Independent, and a judge at the Costa Book Awards, Dalkey Literary Awards, Dublin Fringe, and Irish Book Awards.
He is national patron of Epilepsy Ireland and a board member of Fighting Words Northern Ireland.
