Programme 2026

Let your imagination run wild! Bring the whole family along to the DBF Creative Station, where you can get drawing, writing, making and crafting. Drop in, get creative and make something wonderful to take home with you! 11am – 3:30pm  

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Join us for this fun-filled activity for all the family to work together as a team. Pick up your treasure trail handout from the Family Hub reception, then follow the clues and return for your prize! 11am – 3pm  

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Ready for a new story? Bring along a much-loved children’s book you’ve finished with and swap it for another at our DBF Book Swap. It’s a fun way to refresh your bookshelves, discover a new favourite and give an old book a new home! Let’s get swapping! 11am – 3:30pm

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Marian Keyes is one of Ireland’s most important fiction authors. Her novels are filled with charm, wit, and pathos, yet her girly packaging and light-hearted marketing resulted in far too little critical attention and celebration. Join authors Marian Keyes, Vicki Notaro and author of Marian Keyes and the Politics of Commercial Fiction (UCD Press), Maria Butler, […]

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Join author Erika McGann and illustrator Clive McFarland as they read and draw from their brand new picture book, Nowhere for a Ghost to Sleep (O’Brien Press), a heartwarming tale about belonging. Little Ghost is so sleepy and wants to find a cosy place to sleep but everyone is too frightened to let her in… […]

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Did you know there’s a species of shark that can swim faster than a jet ski? Or that some sharks like eating vegetables? Or that playing ‘Baby Shark’ is the most effective way to annoy a shark? (Ok, that last one might not be true). Join author Christian Talbot for a laugh-out-loud and almost 100% […]

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Are you a young reader looking for some new book inspiration? Come with your family to meet the Children’s Books Ireland Book Doctors who will help prescribe you the perfect books to read! They will chat to you about what you like reading at the moment, and send you on your way to your local […]

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What lives beneath the surface of Ireland’s coastline — and how can we learn to see it? Climb aboard for a unique literary and natural history trip around Dublin Bay, discovering the ecosystems and wildlife around us. As we travel, marine ecologist Karin Dubsky will help us look more closely at everything from seaweed and […]

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