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Pocket Forests Workshop Catherine Cleary and Ashe Conrad-Jones
Friday 10th November @ 11:30 am
The Digital Hub
  • Main Programme
  • Nature
  • Workshop
Pocket Forests bring joy to communities and nature to urban areas. They help people feel like they belong in shared green spaces and help them to remember a connection to the natural world and each other. Join them at their nursery in The Digital Hub for a lively 45 minute workshop on why we need […]

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Lunchtime Poetry Readings from Around the World Majed Mujed (with translator Mustafa Keshkeia), Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Yairen Jerez Columbié
Friday 10th November @ 12:00 pm
Chester Beatty
  • Main Programme
  • Poetry
Enjoy a coffee or lunch while listening to readings from around the world. Iraqi poet Majed Mujed, with translator Mustafa Keshkeia, Irish poet Annemarie Ní Chuirreáin and Cuban poet Yairen Jerez Columbié will be sharing their poetry in their native languages and English. This session of readings will be facilitated by Tapasya Narang. This is a […]

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All the Way by the Grand Canal Walking Tour Jo Kerrigan
Friday 10th November @ 1:00 pm
Grand Canal
  • Main Programme
  • Walking Tour
Stretching from Dublin right through the Midlands and west to the mighty Shannon, the Grand Canal was a stunning feat of engineering in the eighteenth century. In All the Way by the Grand Canal (The O’Brien Press), author Jo Kerrigan examines the history, life and lore of the waterway over the centuries, with stunning photography […]

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Shifting Poetic Landscapes Kimberly Campanello, Gail McConnell and Thembe Mvula in conversation with Tapasya Narang
Friday 10th November @ 1:00 pm
Chester Beatty
  • Main Programme
  • Poetry
Join us for a special lunchtime filled with poetry and conversation, where poets Kimberly Campanello, Gail McConnell and Thembe Mvula will be in conversation with academic Tapasya Narang about how spaces and access have shifted within the poetic landscape with regards to including the voices of marginalised identities and exploring what it means to nurture […]

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The Unsettling Supernatural John Connolly, Sarah Davis-Goff and Deirdre Sullivan in conversation with Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan
Friday 10th November @ 6:00 pm
The Printworks, Dublin Castle
  • DBF After Dark
  • Festival Hub / Winter Garden
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
Join us as three authors discuss the supernatural, the unsettling and the element of horror in their novels with writer and performer Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan. The Land of Lost Things (Hodder & Stoughton) by John Connolly is a moving tale of loss, parenthood, and the place of books and stories in our lives, which transports us […]

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Dublin Review Conversations: The Edit Suite Liam Harrison, Lisa McInerney and Eimear Ryan in conversation with Brendan Barrington
Friday 10th November @ 6:00 pm
Glass Mask Theatre
  • DBF After Dark
  • Main Programme
  • Professional Development
Ireland’s culture of literary journals is the strongest it has been in decades – perhaps ever. For this year’s annual Dublin Review Conversations event, the editors of three journals – Lisa McInerney of The Stinging Fly, Eimear Ryan of Banshee and Liam Harrison of Tolka – join a fourth (The Dublin Review’s Brendan Barrington) to […]

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Book Launch: Sunday Miscellany – A Selection, 2018–2023 BOOKED OUT
Friday 10th November @ 7:15 pm
Royal Irish Academy
  • DBF After Dark
  • Launch
  • Main Programme
New Island Books invites you to celebrate the official launch of Sunday Miscellany – A Selection, 2018–2023, a brand-new selection of recently broadcast essays, poems and stories first heard on the legendary RTÉ Radio 1 weekend programme.   There is a wait list for this event – please register on eventbrite.

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IWC Bilingual Takin’ the Mic
Friday 10th November @ 7:30 pm
The Printworks, Dublin Castle
  • Festival Hub / Winter Garden
  • Irish Language
  • Main Programme
  • Professional Development
Takin’ the Mic returns to Dublin Book Festival for an evening of poetry and prose in English and Irish. Hosted by an M.C. with readings from a special guest as well as an ‘open mic’ for writers, poets and musicians. Everyone welcome! Tá Takin’ the Mic ag Féile Leabhar Bhaile Átha Cliath le hghaidh sár-oíche […]

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