Festival Hub / Winter Garden

Looking to refresh your bookshelves at home? We’re inviting families to bring their old children’s books to swap them for one from our DBF book swap stand!

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Join New Island Books in celebrating 30+ years of literary excellence! Commemorate their anniversary in a captivating hometown event. With diverse publications including memoirs, anthologies, fiction, and the acclaimed Open Door series, New Island has shaped the Irish literary landscape. Enjoy stories, reflections, and readings from seasoned and emerging writers. Don’t miss this unforgettable literary […]

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Looking to refresh your own bookshelves at home? Bring along your own book and swap it for one from our DBF Book Swap Station.

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Join us to celebrate the launch of the 9th volume of Winter Papers, edited by Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith. Winter Papers is an annual anthology for the arts in Ireland and beyond and features fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, visual art, along with artist-in-conversation pieces. Co-editor Kevin Barry will be in conversation with a number […]

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It’s time to get creative with all the family. Bring along your imaginations and get drawing, writing and doing some arts and crafts at our DBF Creative station!

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It’s time to get creative with all the family. Bring along your imaginations and get drawing and writing at our DBF Creative station!  

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Are you a young reader looking for some new book inspiration? Come with your family to meet the Children’s Books Ireland Book Doctors who will help prescribe you the perfect books to read! They will chat to you about what you like reading at the moment, and send you on your way to your local […]

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Is there anything more enjoyable than book browsing? Visit our DBF bookshop and check out our selection showcasing and celebrating Ireland’s writers and publishers.

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An exciting, self-led scavenger hunt around the immediate surrounds of Dublin Castle where all the family can follow clues and reveal a horde of magnificent treasure!

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Join us for this fun-filled day for all the family to work together as a team. Follow the clues throughout the grounds to discover Dublin Castle and return for your prize!  

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Starting off in the historic surrounds of Dublin Castle, join Pat Liddy or one of his expert guides on a tour of the city to learn about some of the most famous writers associated with Dublin, from the 18th century to today. You will receive a map of Dublin which is illustrated by Pat Liddy […]

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In Wild Ireland (The O’Brien Press) author and photographer Carsten Krieger takes us on a journey across Ireland to explore the nature we pass by every day, and that which is buried deep in the bog, high in the mountains and under crashing waves. Discover alpine flowers blooming in the Burren, meet ferocious anemones on […]

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