DBF After Dark

For this year’s special opening night, join us with The Women’s Podcast Book Club, from The Irish Times, to celebrate the extraordinary rise, diversity and influence of Irish women’s writing over the past two decades. From experimental fiction and magical realism to powerful stories of place, identity, history and contemporary Ireland, Irish women writers have transformed […]

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Agus borradh faoi chúrsaí scannán Gaeilge, pléifear ábhar an leabhair nua Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge (LeabhairCOMHAR) ag painéal speisialta. Beidh co-eagarthóir an leabhair Róisín Ní Ghairbhí agus an scannánóir Aodh Ó Coileáin i láthair.  Gheofar réamhamharc chomh maith ar an gclár faisnéise nua  Anam na Mara le Venom Films. In light of significant developments in Irish-language film production in […]

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From pen to sound, how do words become music? Join two exciting emerging Irish artists, Pippa Molony and Ahmed, With Love, for a lively conversation about songwriting, creativity and finding your voice in a changing Ireland. They’ll share what happens behind the scenes, from the first line on the page to the finished track, and […]

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Twenty years of Irish publishing. Twenty years of imprints, magazines, and independent presses reshaping what gets written, printed, and read. To mark two decades of the Dublin Book Festival, we’re bringing together a panel of professionals who’ve helped build that story, and asking them what comes next. Join Dr. Jonathan C. Creasy (UCD Mary Lavin […]

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Exploring themes from first love, grief and trauma to family bonds and deep friendships, join us for an evening around two captivating debut novels. In Ruth McKee’s Wild Iris (Dedalus Books) the past haunts the present in this witty, unflinching portrait of a woman at a devastating crossroads. Juliano Zaffino’s The Steps (Tramp Press) blends […]

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Three writers, Sara Baume, Gustav Parker Hibbett, and Ralf Webb – who write across forms of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art writing, and beyond – discuss their writing practices with Tolka, a Dublin-based literary magazine that publishes ‘formally promiscuous’ non-fiction. These writers will explore how easy or difficult it is to jump between different mediums, their […]

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Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann and The New Hibernia Review are delighted to present The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award Reading at Dublin Book Festival. Expect readings from this year’s Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Awardee among other leading Irish poets. The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry was established at the University of St. Thomas by the Center for Irish […]

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What makes something quintessentially Irish? And what do the words we use, the stories we tell and the cultural moments we remember reveal about us? Join Colm O’Regan and Páraic Kerrigan for a warm, witty and wonderfully Irish conversation inspired by their new books. In Tipping Away (Gill Books), Colm turns his attention to Hiberno-English, exploring […]

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Got something to say? Take the mic. Join Daragh Fleming for an evening of original spoken word, big ideas and creative expression, with a platform for young writers and performers to express their art with their peers. Between performances, Daragh explores what spoken word can offer as a creative outlet — from turning thoughts and […]

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Publishing some of Ireland’s most exciting and innovative comics, PANDEMONIUM is a new literary journal dedicated to publishing short-form fiction and non-fiction comics. This event features three of Ireland’s leading comics creators and contributors to the first issue of PANDEMONIUM, Phil Barrett, Alan Dunne and Katherine Foyle, who will read from their work and join […]

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Join us as we delve into two captivating debut novels from some of the freshest voices in Irish fiction. Jessamine O’Connor’s Somewhere (Lilliput Press) is a raw and intimate portrait of a woman balancing on the edge of survival, seeking meaning and love amid isolation and addiction. Djamel White’s All Them Dogs (John Murray) is […]

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Join us for a special conversation on the art of translating from Indigenous and minoritised languages. In celebration of the United Nations Indigenous Languages Decade, this event will feature readings and discussions with the translators of two award-winning poetry collections: Robin Munby, translator of Asturian poet Raquel F. Menéndez’s The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad (Skein […]

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