Programme 2025

 

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Dublin City Libraries Readers’ Day Christine Dwyer Hickey, Miriam O'Callaghan, Joseph O'Connor and David Park
Saturday 08th November @ 2:00 pm
IMMA Venues »
  • Featured
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
  • Non-fiction
Join us for a lively and engaging afternoon of book chat with some of Ireland’s most exciting contemporary authors. Christine Dwyer Hickey’s Our London Lives (Atlantic) is a deeply moving novel of love and loneliness in an ever-changing city. David Park’s Ghost Wedding (Oneworld) is a masterful portrait of love, betrayal, and how the past […]

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The Culture File Debate: Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? Rachel McKenna, Nessa Darcy, Cassia Gaden Gilmartin and Liam Lysaght in conversation with Luke Clancy
Saturday 08th November @ 2:15 pm
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
  • Nature
A ladybug lands on your hand – it’s a picture-perfect moment. But what if it’s an earwig? Or a woodlouse? Do they deserve the resultant squeal of disgust? Can critters ever become as charming and glamorous as bumblebees and butterflies? Is it time to befriend those multi-limbed beings that outnumber us 200 million to one? […]

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A Literary Walking Tour
Saturday 08th November @ 2:15 pm
  • History
  • Main Programme
  • Non-fiction
  • Walking Tour
Starting off from just outside the Viking foundation of Christ Church Cathedral, join author Pat Liddy, or one of his expert guides, on a walking tour of the old city. Learn about the first development of writing in Ireland, from the earliest monastic settlements to the internationally-recognised flowering of some of the most famous writers […]

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Ailceimic an Aistritheora The Translator’s Alchemy
Saturday 08th November @ 2:30 pm
IMMA Venues »
  • Featured
  • Irish Language
  • Main Programme
Plé ar aistriúcháin liteartha – An tOllamh Michael Cronin i mbun comhrá le Máirin Nic Con Iomaire, Antain Mac Lochlainn agus Mícheál Ó hAodha. The term ‘transcreation’ is often used to capture how literary translation is an alchemical act. This round-table talk features three leading translators – from other languages into Irish, and from Irish […]

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Rainbow Library Creative Workshop – BOOKED OUT Louise Manifold and Morgan Lyons
Saturday 08th November @ 2:30 pm
IMMA Venues »
  • Family & Children's Programme
Join artist Louise Manifold and writer Morgan Lyons from Rainbow Library to create your own tarot cards. Starting with the theme of ‘Lore’, the title of Rainbow Library’s latest book, participants will explore the meanings behind tarot’s major arcana and develop their own card. Participants will use collage, drawing and text to bring their ideas […]

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Free
Fighting Words Story Slam: Open Mic Session for Teen Writers – BOOKED OUT With MC Dave Rudden
Saturday 08th November @ 4:00 pm
IMMA Venues »
  • Family & Children's Programme
  • Featured
The Fighting Words Story Slam with MC Dave Rudden at the Dublin Book Festival is an open mic event for young people aged 13–18 to share original stories, poems, and songs! This fun and exciting platform celebrates youth creativity and gives performers a chance to shine on stage. Registration is required for performers and audience […]

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Free
Raising Voices Showcase Amelia Etherton, Caoimhe Hennessy, Clara Laherty, Coireall Kent, Eve Magahran and Laura Ambrose
Saturday 08th November @ 4:45 pm
Bartley’s Lounge at The Grafton Hotel »
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
  • Professional Development
Raising Voices is a programme run by Children’s Books Ireland, Dublin Book Festival, Publishing Ireland, Illustrators Ireland, 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 inclusion, and increasing diversity […]

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The Dublin Pub – BOOKED OUT Donal Fallon in conversation with Aoife K. Walsh
Saturday 08th November @ 6:00 pm
Rascals Brewing Company »
  • DBF After Dark
  • Main Programme
  • Non-fiction
Bestselling author and Three Castles Burning creator Donal Fallon returns with The Dublin Pub: A Social and Cultural History (New Island). Join Donal at the vibrant Rascals Brewery in Inchicore, where he will explore the hidden histories of iconic pubs like The Long Hall, Grogan’s, and The Palace, as well as Dublin’s early houses, gay […]

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