Programme 2026

Agus borradh faoi chúrsaí scannán Gaeilge, pléifear ábhar an leabhair nua Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge (LeabhairCOMHAR) ag painéal speisialta. Beidh co-eagarthóir an leabhair Róisín Ní Ghairbhí agus an scannánóir Aodh Ó Coileáin i láthair.  Gheofar réamhamharc chomh maith ar an gclár faisnéise nua  Anam na Mara le Venom Films. In light of significant developments in Irish-language film production in […]

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From pen to sound, how do words become music? Join two exciting emerging Irish artists, Pippa Molony and Ahmed, With Love, for a lively conversation about songwriting, creativity and finding your voice in a changing Ireland. They’ll share what happens behind the scenes, from the first line on the page to the finished track, and […]

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Imeacht Gaeilge é seo a bheidh á reáchtáil i gcomhpháirtíocht le Cumann Múinteoirí Staire na hÉireann. Beidh deis ag daltaí na Sraithe Sinsearaí bualadh le húdair an leabhair An Spórt agus an Réabhlóid in Éirinn (Royal Irish Academy), Cathal Billings agus Paul Rouse, agus iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar na naisc idir an spórt, an pholaitíocht […]

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In this engaging and interactive workshop based on Aga Grandowicz’s Animals of Irish Name and Origin (Natural World Publishing), children will explore how Ireland’s habitats, such as bogs, meadows, limestone landscapes, and coastlines, have shaped the animals that live there – and even influenced their names. Through storytelling, visuals, and a drawing activity, participants will […]

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With photographs, quizzes and lots of interaction, this is the perfect event for any young book or history fans! Travel back to 1950s Ireland as Sarah Webb, author of The Bookshop Sisters (O’Brien Press), describes a time when things were very different, especially for girls and women. Discover some of the amazing writers who lived […]

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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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Join us on DCU’s St Patrick’s Campus for a day-long series of events examining the fate of the written word and storytelling in the content flood of the modern digital world. As technology allows storytellers to tell their tales in previously inconceivable new ways, will there still be space for the human voice, speaking its […]

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Feel frustrated with your story? It’s not because you don’t know what you want: it’s because your characters don’t. This workshop, with author and poet Tim MacGabhann, features exercises for getting to know your characters’ desires, and setting them in motion, therefore animating your short story or novel-in-progress. The way that this macro level of […]

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