Main Programme

Join us for a tour of Ireland’s first public library. Founded in 1707, Marsh’s Library has welcomed readers such as James Joyce, Bram Stoker and Jonathan Swift. Still an operating library today, you can see the original 18th Century interior, our bullet books from the 1916 Easter Rising and the cages where readers were locked […]

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Cheannaigh an Tiarna George Hill leath de pharóiste Ghaoth Dobhair roimh an Drochshaol agus thosaigh sé ar fheachtas le saol na ndaoine a athrú ó bhonn.  Nuair a tháinig an Gorta Mór, d’athraigh an caidreamh maith eatarthu go coimhlint. Ríomhann Cathal Póirtéir an scéal ó thús go deireadh ina leabhar nua, An Tiarna George Hill […]

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Authors Hazel Gaynor, Liz McManus and Mary Morrissy will be in discussion with writer and critic Niall MacMonagle about their latest novels, bringing history to life through fiction. The Last Lifeboat (HarperCollins) by Hazel Gaynor explores the dramatic sinking of the SS City of Benares during WW2, and the days that follow. When Things Come […]

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The Year of the Locust (Bantam), the second novel from internationally bestselling author of I Am Pilgrim and multi-award winning Hollywood screenwriter, Terry Hayes, transports us to the badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet, where CIA spy Kane travels to exfiltrate a man with vital information for the safety of the […]

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HOWL New Irish Writing is an annual print publication that showcases the creative wail in Irish writing from Ireland and around the world. HOWL celebrates the complexity of Irish identity and the beauty of its writing, featuring spectacular work in both English and Irish. Join us for a warm-hearted evening of readings and performances of […]

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Meet some of the shortlisted authors from the An Post Irish Book Awards 2023 at this year’s Dublin Book Festival. Madeleine Keane, Literary Editor with the Sunday Independent, will chat to a panel of 2023  shortlisted authors to get an insight into their varied writing lives, as well as their tips and advice on the […]

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Join us to celebrate the publication of Reading Rites: Books, writing and other things that matter (Blackstaff Press) by Evelyn Conlon, one of Ireland’s finest and most compelling writers. For over five decades, Evelyn has revelled in the secret joy of writing and in the power of a well-crafted story, and this memoir recounts with […]

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For three decades, New Island Books has been a beacon of creativity, innovation, and literary prowess in the heart of Irish publishing. Since being founded New Island has championed the work of new writers while providing a stable home for more established authors and has published some of Ireland’s most loved books including memoirs, anthologies, […]

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Join us for a special evening of music and readings from Ukrainian and Irish writers and musicians. Featuring Irish and Ukrainian writers, with musicians Olesya Zdorovetska, Nick Roth, Colm Mac Con Iomaire and Catherine Fitzgerald, and writers Celia de Fréine, John O’Donnell and Thérèse Kieran.  Also part of this evening’s event will be  journalist, cultural manager, […]

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Join Sonder as they launch Issue VIII: Belonging. The night will host readings from contributors and some craic agus ceol. The issue boasts short stories, creative nonfiction, and flash fiction by brand new writers, all centring around the theme of belonging and the idea of sonder—the realisation that passersby have a mind as vivid and […]

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Join writer, historian, artist and mapmaker Pat Liddy to discover his new book History of Ireland in Maps (HarperCollins), a history of Ireland with a major difference. A substantial hard-backed book about the main events, serious and sometimes quirky, in the long history of the island, even going back to Ice Age and beyond, each […]

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Join award-winning poet Breda Wall Ryan for a walk through the beautiful surrounds of the National Botanic Gardens, pausing along the way for poems from her third poetry collection These Are My People (Doire Press). In this collection Breda explores themes of family ties, relationships and one’s connection to the natural world, ultimately coming to […]

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