Dublin Book Festival 2026 Programme Revealed

Today, we were thrilled to announce the full programme for Dublin Book Festival 2026, now up on our website to browse and get booking. This one is a special one for us as we celebrate our 20 years, and we can’t wait for you to join us.

This year’s line-up includes so many of Ireland’s most captivating and exciting voices, including Mary Robinson, Roddy Doyle, Marian Keyes, Anne Enright, Sebastian Barry, Louise Kennedy, Kevin Barry, Mario Rosenstock, Katriona O’Sullivan, Hector Ó hEochagáin, Djamel White, and many more.

Our family and schools’ programmes are once again packed with events for our young readers’ to come together with their favourite authors and illustrators, including Patricia Forde, Oliver Jeffers, Steve Webb, Erika McGann, Ashwin Chacko, Máire Zepf, Shane Hegarty, and many more.

With over 120 dynamic and engaging events taking place in venues all aross Dublin, join us for authors in conversation, walking tours, poetry events, creative workshops, book launches, family events, and much more, as we celebrate Ireland’s writers, publishers and illustrators.

Thank you to the Arts Council and to all our wonderful festival funders, sponsors, partners and venues who make the festival possible. 

And a big thanks to illustrator Anne O’Hara for this year’s beautiful new artwork.

Check out the full programme here.