Programme 2026

 

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Exploring History Through Objects Turtle Bunbury, Siobhan Doyle and Lar Joye in conversation with Catriona Crowe
Saturday 07th November @ 1:30 pm
Royal Irish Academy of Music »
  • Featured
  • History
  • Main Programme
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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Writing History – BOOKED OUT Martina Devlin, Emily Hourican and Henrietta McKervey in conversation with Neil Hegarty
Saturday 07th November @ 1:30 pm
National Library of Ireland »
  • Historical Fiction
  • History
  • Main Programme
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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Free
The World of Oliver Jeffers Tour
Saturday 07th November @ 1:45 pm
Royal Irish Academy of Music »
  • Family & Children's Programme
Join globally acclaimed children’s picture book creator Oliver Jeffers at Dublin Book Festival, where he will be talking about his new collaboration, A Day Off School, and There’s a Ghost in This House (HarperCollins Children’s). Then come to meet Oliver after the event, when he will be signing copies of his books. With every purchase […]

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Macallaí na Staire / The Echoes of History Darach Ó Scolaí, Liam Mac Cóil agus Réaltán Ní Leannáin ag caint le Professor Michael Cronin
Saturday 07th November @ 2:00 pm
Royal Irish Academy of Music »
  • Featured
  • Historical Fiction
  • Irish Language
  • Main Programme
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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A Literary Walking Tour Pat Liddy's Walking Tours
Saturday 07th November @ 2:15 pm
  • History
  • Main Programme
  • Walking Tour
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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Free
Dublin City Libraries Readers’ Day – BOOKED OUT Sebastian Barry, Patrick Freyne, Kathleen MacMahon, Katriona O’Sullivan and Ben Reeves
Saturday 07th November @ 2:45 pm
Royal Irish Academy of Music »
  • Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Main Programme
Join us for a lively and engaging afternoon of book chat with an exciting line-up of 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. Patrick […]

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Mary and Padraic Colum: Lives and the Dream – LAST TICKETS REMAINING Margaret Kelleher in conversation with Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
Saturday 07th November @ 3:00 pm
National Library of Ireland »
  • History
  • Main Programme
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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Day of the Imprisoned Writer – BOOKED OUT Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC
Saturday 07th November @ 3:00 pm
Royal Irish Academy of Music »
  • Main Programme
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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