Programme 2025

 

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Free
Móroíche Filíochta agus Ceoil Gala Poetry and Music Night
Saturday 08th November @ 6:00 pm
Bartley’s Lounge at The Grafton Hotel »
  • DBF After Dark
  • Featured
  • Irish Language
  • Main Programme
  • Music
  • Poetry
Tá an ghontacht sa chnuasach nua ó Louis de Paor, Cé a Mharaigh Emma Mhic Mathúna? a mbeifeá ag súil leis ó shárfhile. Tugann Rince Aeir le Caitríona Ní Chléirchín ar thuras beatha sinn trí bhóithre corracha an ghrá agus an uaignis. Is geall le haislingí beaga na dánta sa chnuasach I Muinín na nDúl […]

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Free
The Translator’s Heart in Winter – BOOKED OUT Kevin Barry and Mihaela Buruiană in conversation with Sinéad Mac Aodha
Saturday 08th November @ 6:00 pm
Books Upstairs
  • DBF After Dark
  • Featured
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
A love story and an adventure, The Heart in Winter is a unique novel, presenting the translator with fantastic but demanding material. Kevin Barry and his Romanian translator Michaela Buruiană will discuss how to transport the readers of the English and Romanian editions to Butte, Montana in 1891, a space and time so far from […]

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Poetry Ireland Introductions | Céadlínte – BOOKED OUT
Saturday 08th November @ 7:30 pm
The New Theatre »
  • DBF After Dark
  • Irish Language
  • Main Programme
  • Poetry
Introductions | Céadlínte is a Poetry Ireland showcase of 14 of the most exciting new poets writing in English and Irish on the island of Ireland today. The poets were selected by Jessica Traynor and Aifric MacAodha. We’ll have a musical guest along on the night.  Introductions | Is sárthaispeántas d’Eigse Eireann é “Céadlínte” de […]

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Modern Fables, Ancient Ghosts – LAST TICKETS REMAINING Oisín Fagan, Barbara Leahy and Ferdia Lennon in conversation with Emily Hourican
Saturday 08th November @ 8:00 pm
Bartley’s Lounge at The Grafton Hotel »
  • DBF After Dark
  • Featured
  • Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Main Programme
Join an evening of conversation around three transportive and absorbing novels. Set in an era of global upheaval, Eden’s Shore (John Murray Press) by Oisín Fagan is an epic and imaginative tale of greed, revenge and love. Rembrandt’s Promise (Eriu) by Barbara Leahy draws us back to the Dutch Golden Age in this gripping story […]

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A Literary Walking Tour
Sunday 09th November @ 10:30 am
  • 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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Free
The Experimenters: Test Your Reaction Speed! – BOOKED OUT Shane Bergin
Sunday 09th November @ 11:00 am
IMMA Venues »
  • Family & Children's Programme
  • Science Week
Roll up your sleeves and join scientist Dr Shane Bergin for an exciting adventure from The Experimenters: Luke and Ruby’s Scientific Sleepover (Little Island Books)! Luke and Ruby are visiting their grandparents, who teach them how to do science and explore the world around them. This indoor event will test your reaction speeds, just like […]

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Free
Irish STEM Lives – LAST TICKETS REMAINING Jane Grimson, Turlough O'Riordan and Luke O’Neill in conversation with Jonathan McCrea
Sunday 09th November @ 11:00 am
IMMA Venues »
  • Main Programme
  • Non-fiction
  • Science Week
From natural philosophers to particle physicists, Irish STEM Lives (Royal Irish Academy) spotlights 46 trailblazing scientists who shaped Ireland’s scientific story. Join the book’s editors Jane Grimson MRIA and Turlough O’Riordan and biochemist Luke O’Neill MRIA in conversation with science broadcaster Jonathan McCrea, as they delve into some of these extraordinary lives. Hear about the bold ideas and unexpected breakthroughs that have shaped STEM today. […]

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The Lure of Crime Writing Marie Cassidy and Gill Perdue in conversation with Andrew Hughes
Sunday 09th November @ 11:00 am
IMMA Venues »
  • Featured
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
From gripping plots and shocking twists to truths that may be best left buried, join us as two bestselling crime writers explore the lure of crime writing for readers and writers alike. Deadly Evidence (Hachette) is the latest crime thriller from former State Pathologist and author Marie Cassidy, about speaking truth to power no matter […]

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