Programme 2026

In both Susan Connolly and Máighréad Medbh’s new collections with Macha Press, the forming of words and names is a living, breathing process. Connolly’s Midwinter explores how names proliferate and change while still representing the same physical things. Medbh’s Dwelling explores how names and words gain and lose meaning, and how they are impacted by […]

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With its beginnings in 1864, Earley Studios grew to become the largest stained glass studio in Ireland. Aiming to exclusively serve the requirements of Catholic patrons, the studio contributed greatly to the dominant stained-glass aesthetic of Irish stained glass in the early decades of the 20th Century. Stroll through Dublin’s colourful streets with Michael Earley, […]

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The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), an initiative of NCAD in partnership with the Arts Council, collects materials that document the development of art practice in Ireland from 1900 to now. NIVAL holds the largest collection of unique and handmade artist books in Ireland with 1,600 catalogued online. Explore a selection of these stunning […]

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Join author Carlo Gébler as he explores what sense is one to make of the death of another? Adopt the stoic position, endure and learn? Accept death, whatever else it is, as educational? It often seems that’s what the culture would like us to do but in No One Tells You, the Last Years of […]

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Join award-winning poet David McLoghlin for a unique generative course in how to navigate feelings and sentimentality in our poetry. The key in poetry is to infuse work with the right balance of sentiment so that it does not veer into sentimentality. Often, we either have too much feeling in our rough drafts, or not […]

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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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Drumcondra’s fascinating past will be revealed during this walking tour led by Ruth McManus, author of the Drumcondra volume of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas suburbs series (Royal Irish Academy). The area’s evolving landscape and its changing relationship with the city of Dublin will be explored, from monastic farmland to elite rural retreat and ultimate incorporation […]

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Calling all children’s writers and illustrators! If you would like to talk about your own work for young audiences with fellow children’s writers and illustrators, swap experiences and ideas, or simply have a social coffee with other Irish based creatives, we’d love you to join us! The aim of Discover Irish Children’s Books is to […]

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