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Age 6+ years Interactive science show with Junior Einsteins South Dublin! Cross linking polymer slime, punch the non Newtonian fluid ooblek, bubbling exothermic elephant toothpaste, light a lightsabre with our plasma ball, conductors & insulators, Barbie gets a hair raising experience on our University grade Van Der Graaf generator, flying saucers, sparks of lightning, hand […]

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The climate and ecological crisis can often seem overwhelming. Our panel of experts will shed light on the reality of where we are today, and on contributing to shaping tomorrow. With meteorologist Joanna Donnelly, Lorna Gold, author of Climate Generation: Awakening to our Children’s Future (Veritas) and Éanna Ní Lamhna, author of Wild Musings: A […]

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In John Hume: The Persuader (Gill Books) author and journalist Stephen Walker combines over 100 interviews with many of Hume’s colleagues, critics and family members, with never-before-published interviews with Hume himself to present a comprehensive portrait of one of the most significant political figures in Northern Ireland and around the world. Join the author in […]

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Join editor and writer Martin Doyle as he discusses his new book with broadcaster Joe Duffy. Written with a literary sensibility, Dirty Linen (Merrion Press) is a personal, intimate and revelatory history of the Troubles seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, the author’s own, part of both the Linen Triangle – heartland […]

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The environmental and sustainability debate can often feel overwhelming. At this event, Catherine Cleary of Pocket Forests and Michael Kelly, author of The GIY Diaries: A Year of Growing and Cooking (Gill Books) will be in conversation with Professor Jennifer McElwain, as they aim to pare back and look at the small, simple steps we, […]

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The idea of ‘the wild’ has great power both to attract us, and to repel us – sometimes both at once. Before the Romantic movement, the term was mainly repellent in European literature, referring to ‘uncivilised’ lands and peoples, savage, dangerous and frightening places. The Romantics inverted this stereotype, seeing untamed and uncrowded nature as […]

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Starting off in the historic surrounds of Dublin Castle, join Pat Liddy or one of his expert guides on a tour of the city to learn about some of the most famous writers associated with Dublin, from the 18th century to today. You will receive a map of Dublin which is illustrated by Pat Liddy […]

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Join us for this special afternoon event as authors Anne Enright and Claire Kilroy discuss their latest novels with poet Jessica Traynor. The Wren, The Wren (Jonathan Cape) by Anne Enright is a multigenerational novel meditating on love, the inheritance of trauma and wonder, and the glorious resilience of women in the face of promises […]

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