Main Programme

It’s that time of the year again, when the best wordsmiths in the country gather on a single stage to compete for the Talkatives crown. Poets, rappers and spoken word artists go head-to-head, word-to-word, in a classic poetry SLAM style competition. This one is the biggest yet, the stage is the Dublin Book Festival and […]

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Industry experts will take to the stage, sharing their secrets to success and revealing the latest trends shaping the current publishing landscape. Engage in captivating discussions, gain valuable insights, and discover innovative strategies to navigate the ever-evolving publishing industry. The conference programme features Richard Charkin founder of Mensch Publishing, The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in […]

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Join award-winning author and journalist Anna Carey to find out more about chairing literary events. Ireland abounds with literary festivals and effective chairs are very much in demand. Come  along to learn skills and tips in chairing engaging, informative and fun literary events. This training session is presented in partnership with Children’s Books Ireland and […]

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Pocket Forests bring joy to communities and nature to urban areas. They help people feel like they belong in shared green spaces and help them to remember a connection to the natural world and each other. Join them at their nursery in The Digital Hub for a lively 45 minute workshop on why we need […]

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Enjoy a coffee or lunch while listening to readings from around the world. Iraqi poet Majed Mujed, with translator Mustafa Keshkeia, Irish poet Annemarie Ní Chuirreáin and Cuban poet Yairen Jerez Columbié will be sharing their poetry in their native languages and English. This session of readings will be facilitated by Tapasya Narang. This is a […]

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Stretching from Dublin right through the Midlands and west to the mighty Shannon, the Grand Canal was a stunning feat of engineering in the eighteenth century. In All the Way by the Grand Canal (The O’Brien Press), author Jo Kerrigan examines the history, life and lore of the waterway over the centuries, with stunning photography […]

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Join us for a special lunchtime filled with poetry and conversation, where poets Kimberly Campanello, Gail McConnell and Thembe Mvula will be in conversation with academic Tapasya Narang about how spaces and access have shifted within the poetic landscape with regards to including the voices of marginalised identities and exploring what it means to nurture […]

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Join us as three authors discuss the supernatural, the unsettling and the element of horror in their novels with writer and performer Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan. The Land of Lost Things (Hodder & Stoughton) by John Connolly is a moving tale of loss, parenthood, and the place of books and stories in our lives, which transports us […]

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Ireland’s culture of literary journals is the strongest it has been in decades – perhaps ever. For this year’s annual Dublin Review Conversations event, the editors of three journals – Lisa McInerney of The Stinging Fly, Eimear Ryan of Banshee and Liam Harrison of Tolka – join a fourth (The Dublin Review’s Brendan Barrington) to […]

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New Island Books invites you to celebrate the official launch of Sunday Miscellany – A Selection, 2018–2023, a brand-new selection of recently broadcast essays, poems and stories first heard on the legendary RTÉ Radio 1 weekend programme.   There is a wait list for this event – please register on eventbrite.

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Tá Takin’ the Mic ag Féile Leabhar Bhaile Átha Cliath le hghaidh sár-oíche filíochta, focal labhartha agus grinn i mBéarla agus i nGaeilge. Arna óstáil ag M.C. Ciara Ní É le léamha ó aoi speisialta Declan Toohey chomh maith le ‘mic oscailte’ do scríbhneoirí, filí agus ceoltóirí. Fáilte roimh chách! Takin’ the Mic returns to […]

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Syrian-Irish writer Suad Aldarra’s memoir I Don’t Want to Talk About Home (Doubleday 2022), fits uneasily across Syrian non-fiction, Irish literary production, and literatures of refuge. Suad and Rita Sakr will be in conversation exploring these intersections – the challenges and opportunities they present for local and international readership, translation and creativity. Moving from Damascus […]

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