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Volume 12 of Winter Papers, Ireland’s annual anthology for the arts, is published by Curlew Editions. It offers fiction, non-fiction, photography, visual art, along with craft interviews and in-conversation pieces on writing, film, theatre, photography, music, and more.  ‘a treasure trove of soul fuel with deep roots in Irish soil’ – Irish Times Join us […]

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Join us for an illuminating conversation with three writers whose books explore stories from history through objects. Turtle Bunbury’s Laois in 100 Objects (Wordwell Books) is a unique history of the county from prehistory to the present day. Siobhán Doyle’s Irish Sport in 100 Objects (Merrion Press) brings us around Ireland to discover objects that […]

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Take a step back in time with us as we immerse ourselves in three gripping historical fictions. Martina Devlin’s Glorious Monsters (Lilliput Press) is a spellbinding reimagining of Rome’s Romantic circle, involving the brilliant, volatile, and dangerously entangled Shelleys. Emily Hourican’s A House in Winter (Eriu) is a story of family conflict and class tension […]

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Plé ar fhicsean staire leis an Ollamh Michael Cronin. Úrscéal é Bódléar (Leabhar Breac) le Darach Ó Scolaí a phléann leis an athrú a bhí ag teacht ar shaol na tuaithe ar fud na hEorpa san 19ú haois. Bhuaigh An Cléireach, úrscéal leis atá suite sa chéad leath den 17ú haois, Duais an Oireachtais in […]

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Join author and historian Pat Liddy, or one of his expert guides, for a walking tour of the neighbourhood around the Festival Hub, taking in many key landmarks associated with a wide range of our famous historic writers and the early development of writing in Ireland. Starting outside the gates of the National Gallery on […]

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Join us for a lively and engaging afternoon of book chat with some of Ireland’s most exciting contemporary authors. Sebastian Barry’s The Newer World (Faber & Faber) is an immersive and unforgettable novel of one man’s life in the aftermath of the American Civil War. Sebastian joins critic, journalist and broadcaster Alex Clark in conversation. […]

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Mary and Padraic Colum: Lives and the Dream (UCD Press) is an illuminating biography of two remarkable Irish writers: Padraic, a poet and playwright whose poems are still remembered today, and Mary, an influential writer and essayist whose work is now unjustly forgotten. Join us as author Margaret Kelleher discusses her book with Laureate of […]

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Irish PEN/ PEN na hÉireann is proud to present one of the world’s leading human rights lawyers, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC. She will discuss recent developments in censorship – from prosecutions of Hong Kong booksellers and authors, to restrictions on books with LGBTQ+ themes in US public libraries, to Israeli police raids of an East Jerusalem […]

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As short stories continue to captivate, join us as we delve into two striking collections by award-winning writers. Niamh Mac Cabe’s Four Night Seas (Lilliput Press) features characters navigating emotional or existential thresholds – grieving, seeking meaning or reconciling with the past  – in this collection that blurs the line between the internal and external […]

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You’ve just started enjoying Irish, or you’re a fairly fluent speaker who hasn’t opened a book in years, or you’re an occasional reader as Gaeilge wondering what’s new and best. Beidh comhairle againn duit ag an gClinic Leabhar do Dhaoine Fásta, do gach leibhéal cumais agus taithí! Roinnfidh an scríbhneoir cáiliúil Anna Heussaff a cuid […]

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For a writer, failure can mean the waste of years’ worth of work. Three contributors to The Dublin Review – Rory Gleeson, Kevin Power and Cathy Sweeney – join Aingeala Flannery to talk about the writer’s life in a culture that fetishises failure – but only if it has been followed by success.   Rory […]

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Raising Voices is a programme run by Children’s Books Ireland, Dublin Book Festival, Publishing Ireland, Illustrators Ireland, West Cork Literary Festival and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre. It aims to develop and support aspiring artists, making work for children and young adults, whose voices have been underrepresented in literature; breaking down barriers to publication, progression and […]

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