#AskAnAuthor

As we won’t be seeing you all in person this year, we want to ensure you still get to have many interactions with our festival writers. Every week, we’ll feature a selection of authors on our social media channels as part of our #AskAnAuthor campaign.

You can submit questions to any of our social media channels with the hashtag #AskAnAuthor, or you can email us with your questions at info@dublinbookfestival.com.

If your question is used during the event we will mention your name. Please only include what you are happy with us announcing online, be it your first name and your county, or your full name.

Explore Author Q&As

On this the Centenary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses we’re sharing the woman’s side of the story with a fabulous interview from last year with author of Nora, Nuala O’Connor. Stay tuned right to the end so you don’t miss a brilliant tune from Clare Sands and Susan O’Neill…

Celebrating Ulysses with “Nora”

Published on 1 February 2022.

One of the upshots of the times we are living in is that people have cultivated a new-found passion for creating art of all kinds. We at DBF noticed a particular interest in the creation of ‘zines’, short home-made publications that are known for their limited print-runs and focus on niche topics. We wanted to […]

A Beginner’s Guide to Zine-Making with Sarah Maria Griffin

Published on 29 March 2021.

It’s never an easy to thing to push through the writing process in the middle of a pandemic. Ahead of his event with us, queer poet and writer Mark Ward joins us t to answer some burning #AskAnAuthor questions from our DBF audience on social media. Don’t forget to register here to join Mark, along […]

Carcass – #AskAnAuthor Questions With Mark Ward

Published on 2 December 2020.

Niamh Fitzpatrick, with a BA in Psychology, an MA in Clinical Psychology and an MSc in Sport Management, has worked in the business of mental health and wellfullness for over 28 years. Ahead of her appearance at #DBF2020 in conversation with Neil Delamere, the acclaimed psychologist stops by to answer a few question posited to […]

Tell Me The Truth About Loss – Questions with Niamh Fitzpatrick

Published on 1 December 2020.

Jack Harte is an Irish writer who has written widely across many forms – short stories, textbooks, plays and novels. His most recent play, Killing Grandad, enjoyed a successful run at the New Theatre, Dublin, in March, 2020, until it was closed by the Covid Lockdown. He is an arts activist and founded the Irish Writers […]

Interview: Jack Harte

Published on 1 December 2020.

Every year, Dublin Book Festival is delighted to work with the Irish Writers Centre on their Young Writer Delegate programme, welcoming a fantastic group of young writers who act as ambassadors for the festival and receive excellent mentorship from an established author. This year is no different, despite the festival being online; we have been […]

Get to know the Young Writer Delegates at #DBF2020!

Published on 30 November 2020.

Dublin Book Festival gave you the chance to ask poet and author of the spell-binding A Ghost in the Throat Doireann Ní Ghríofa questions as part of our #AskAnAuthor series. Keep reading to find out her answers, and to hear even more from Doireann, tune in to her ‘Emerging Writers’ panel event as part of […]

A Ghost in the Throat: Questions with Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Published on 28 November 2020.

Caoimhe from the DBF team not only got the chance to review Doireann Ní Ghríofa’s award-winning prose debut, ‘A Ghost in the Throat’, but also to interview Doireann – a treat! We hope you enjoy.

Doireann Ní Ghríofa: Review and Interview

Published on 26 November 2020.

Madeleine Keane is an editor, lecturer and award-winning travel journalist. She joined the Sunday Independent in 1988 and has been its Literary Editor for the last 18 years. She co-founded the Irish Book Awards and curated two writers’ festivals. In this interview, Madeleine Keane speaks to DBF’s Joyce Dignam about the best books of 2020, […]

Interview: Madeleine Keane

Published on 25 November 2020.

This week, we at Dublin Book Festival gave you the opportunity to ask one of our authors, Jennifer Rock (The Skin Nerd), questions about her new book. We were delighted to get to chat to Jennifer and ask her all your burning questions. Here’s what she had to say… Do you think that social media […]

Skin Nerd: Questions with Jennifer Rock

Published on 24 November 2020.

Thank you to Bebe Ashley for taking part in this project, and to Banshee Press for their generosity in helping it along. You can buy a copy of Gold Light Shining here, and you can watch our event with Banshee back here.

Bebe Ashley’s ‘Gold Light Shining’: Review and Interview

Published on 12 November 2020.

Dublin Book Festival gave you the chance to ask best-selling author Marita Conlon-McKenna questions as part of our #AskAnAuthor series. Keep reading to find out her answers, and to hear even more from Marita, tune in to her podcast with Marianne Lee and Breda Brown as part of #DBF2020! Anne-Marie O’Donnell: Where did your fascination […]

The Hungry Road: Questions with Marita Conlon-McKenna

Published on 4 November 2020.