Accessibility

At Dublin Book Festival our belief is that literature, and the enjoyment of literary events, is for everyone. We are dedicated to creating a welcoming, inclusive and accessible experience for all. Our aim is to eliminate barriers and ensure accessibility throughout our events.

Accessibility at Venues

In 2022, we moved our Festival Hub to The Printworks, Dublin Castle, which is a fully accessible venue, to ensure we could welcome a wider audience to our events. All of our venues are wheelchair accessible, and accessible to those using mobility aids, unless otherwise noted on individual event booking pages. Our volunteers will be on hand on arrival at our venues to assist with finding a suitable seat if required. We also welcome advance contact on info@dublinbookfestival.com if you have any queries or concerns regarding arrival at the venue, securing a suitable seat or anything else to ensure your comfort when attending our festival.

If you have questions or feedback about our accessibility policies, please contact us on
info@dublinbookfestival.com

Companion tickets can be arranged at no additional cost. Please email us on
info@dublinbookfestival.com

Ensuring inclusion for people of all financial capacities

At Dublin Book Festival we believe that literature is for all and, with the support of The Arts Council and other key funders, we are delighted to be able to offer a substantial amount of events for adults for free, while our full family and children’s programme, and schools’ programme, are free. Our website offers a ‘free’ events category tab to see at-a-glance all the events that can be attended without ticket cost. Our Festival Hub is free to enter and has a number of free, drop-in events and areas to enjoy across the main festival weekend. Where a fee applies for an event, it will be within an affordable price range as per sector standards. Certain workshop style events may have a limited number of subsidised tickets available and where applicable this will be noted on the event page. Please feel free to email the team if you have any questions or need assistance with accessibility requirements.