Programme 2026

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann and The New Hibernia Review are delighted to present The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award Reading at Dublin Book Festival. Expect readings from this year’s Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Awardee among other leading Irish poets. The Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Award for Poetry was established at the University of St. Thomas by the Center for Irish […]

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What makes something quintessentially Irish? And what do the words we use, the stories we tell and the cultural moments we remember reveal about us? Join Colm O’Regan and Páraic Kerrigan for a warm, witty and wonderfully Irish conversation inspired by their new books. In Tipping Away (Gill Books), Colm turns his attention to Hiberno-English, exploring […]

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Got something to say? Take the mic. Join Daragh Fleming for an evening of original spoken word, big ideas and creative expression, with a platform for young writers and performers to express their art with their peers. Between performances, Daragh explores what spoken word can offer as a creative outlet — from turning thoughts and […]

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Magic is everywhere, if you just look hard enough for it! Join us for an immersive event with two authors whose books transport readers to places of magic, mystery, and secrets. In Alex Dunne’s Small Magics (O’Brien Press) Molly must work with her new family, who are anything but ordinary, to defend magical creatures and […]

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Join internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern for a super fun event around the first book from her warm, funny and magical new series. In Detective Thingy Majiggy (HarperCollins Children’s) ten-year-old Mia has just moved to her new foster home with Detective Lucy. And Mia has a secret – she can speak to inanimate objects. That’s […]

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Programmed by Children’s Books Ireland with the support of Foras na Gaeilge, this Literary Producer Event will feature a panel of six professional children’s book authors and illustrators in conversation with former Laureate na nÓg, Patricia Forde. Panelists Richie Conroy, Sadhbh Devlin, Neil Sharpson, Tristan Rosenstock, Andrew Whitson and Máire Zepf are artists who represent […]

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Join bestselling illustrator Karen Harte for a reading and comic drawing around her new book, Effie is Offline (Gill Books). Fifteen-year-old Effie has spent her life in the spotlight as part of a famous Irish influencer family. When a family scandal causes them to relocate, Effie finally has a chance to escape her past! But […]

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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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