Programme 2025

Walk and explore the deeply historic and artistically inspiring grounds of IMMA at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, with poet and playwright Colm Keegan. Using the environs as muse alongside a series of prompts to stimulate the creation of new work, this workshop is suitable for poets or anyone with an interest in ways to kickstart […]

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Every small step makes a difference! Drop by our ‘Plant Your Own’ space, roll the sleeves up and plant your own bulb or sapling to take away with you! Then find out more about all the things you can be growing at home, contributing to regenerating and replenishing our world, one plant at a time. […]

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How do we go on in the most challenging of times and when the worst has happened? Claire Gleeson’s Show Me Where It Hurts (Hodder and Stoughton) and June O’Sullivan’s The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife (Poolbeg) are two beautifully written and deeply affecting debuts exploring loss, grief, motherhood, and the power of the human spirit to […]

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In this two-hour workshop with author Juliana Adelman you will explore world-building, character and narrative voice in historical fiction using examples from novels and short stories. You will also generate story and character ideas through a series of prompts from historical sources. You’ll consider how to ground the reader in specifics without overburdening your text […]

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Join award-winning author Dave Rudden for a new writing workshop perfect for the horribly-minded. Drawing on his enormous pantheon of horrors from the Knights of the Borrowed Dark universe, his new bestselling series Tales of Darkisle (Gill Books), and even his Doctor Who books, this workshop will give you everything you need to know about […]

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Join us as we celebrate the life and legacy of Seán Rocks, whose unwavering support of, and involvement with, the Dublin Book Festival spanned more than a decade. Seán’s invaluable contribution to celebrating and championing the arts in Ireland inspired countless audiences and artists alike. Authors Kevin Barry and Kathleen MacMahon, poet Paula Meehan, and […]

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Join an immersive walking tour where Liam Carson will be reading from Belfast Twilight (Salmon Poetry), a collection of haiku that explore landscape, nature, family life, and memory. Presented in haikai (or haiku sequences), it creates kaleidoscopic montages that evoke various worlds – from Belfast’s docklands at twilight to windswept islands off the west of […]

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The Cloud Kingdom (Little Island) by Máire Zepf is an enchanting collection of interconnecting stories and fables, filled with the fantastical and a love of the craft of storytelling. With Faery people, ghost dragons, a dream-weaving giantess, and more, readers will be whisked away to worlds filled with magic and wonder. Join Máire for a […]

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