Programme 2026

 

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Peng and Spanners: Dr Biscuits! Steve Webb
Friday 06th November @ 12:00 pm
Townhall, 1WML »
  • Schools' Programme
Join author-illustrator Steve Webb for a fantastically fun event bringing his brilliant Peng and Spanners series (Faber & Faber) to life! In this latest graphic novel, our duo’s action-packed trip to the Invention Convention with Spanners’ latest and greatest invention has hilarious consequences. Find out about Steve’s creative process, from initial idea to printed book, […]

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ProperBook: Creating Brilliant Books Together: The Past, Present and Future of Irish Children’s Books Melissa Campana, Sarah Webb, Ivan O’Brien, Matthew Parkinson-Bennett, Venetia Gosling and Caitríona Nic Sheáin
Friday 06th November @ 2:00 pm
Royal Irish Academy of Music »
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
  • Professional Development
Chairs: Melissa Campana (Children’s Books Ireland) and Sarah Webb (Children’s Author). Speakers:  Ivan O’Brien (MD, The O’Brien Press), Matthew Parkinson-Bennett (Publisher, Little Island Books), Venetia Gosling, (Children’s Publisher, Gill Books) and Caitríona Nic Sheáin (Publisher, An tSnáthaid Mhór).        The world of Irish and international children’s books has seen a lot of changes over the last […]

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A Literary Walking Tour Pat Liddy's Walking Tours
Friday 06th November @ 2:15 pm
  • History
  • Main Programme
  • Walking Tour
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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If America sneezes, does Ireland catch a cold? – BOOKED OUT Elaina Ryan, Sarah Carey, Kim A. Snyder, Audrey Wilson-Youngblood and Ruth Hegarty
Friday 06th November @ 4:00 pm
National Library of Ireland »
  • Main Programme
  • Non-fiction
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion about changing laws and attitudes around book censorship in the USA and its chilling influence across Irish culture. With first-hand perspectives from both sides of the pond, panellists include Elaina Ryan (CEO of Children’s Books Ireland), Sarah Carey (Journalist), Kim A. Snyder (Director of ‘The Librarians’) and librarian Audrey […]

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Contentious Spaces Rosaleen McDonagh in conversation with Katherine O’Donnell
Friday 06th November @ 5:00 pm
Poetry Ireland »
  • Featured
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
Contentious Spaces (Skein Press) is the debut novel from acclaimed author and playwright Rosaleen McDonagh, exploring the inner lives of Traveller families on a site in Dublin over the course of one crucial week. Threatened with eviction, it’s not only their homes at stake but also their history and the stories that have shaped them. […]

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PANDEMONIUM: Live Comics Readings Phil Barrett, Alan Dunne and Katherine Foyle in conversation with Eoin Rogers
Friday 06th November @ 6:00 pm
Royal Irish Academy of Music »
  • Art
  • DBF After Dark
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
Publishing some of Ireland’s most exciting and innovative comics, PANDEMONIUM is a new literary journal dedicated to publishing short-form fiction and non-fiction comics. This event features three of Ireland’s leading comics creators and contributors to the first issue of PANDEMONIUM, Phil Barrett, Alan Dunne and Katherine Foyle, who will read from their work and join […]

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Emerging Writers – BOOKED OUT Jessamine O'Connor and Djamel White in conversation with Aingeala Flannery
Friday 06th November @ 6:00 pm
Bartley’s Lounge at The Grafton Hotel »
  • DBF After Dark
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
Join us as we delve into two captivating debut novels from some of the freshest voices in Irish fiction. Jessamine O’Connor’s Somewhere (Lilliput Press) is a raw and intimate portrait of a woman balancing on the edge of survival, seeking meaning and love amid isolation and addiction. Djamel White’s All Them Dogs (John Murray) is […]

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Free
Sound and Silence: The Poetics of Lesser-Known Languages Robin Munby and Morgan Leathem Ventura in conversation with Alanna Offield
Friday 06th November @ 6:00 pm
Instituto Cervantes
  • DBF After Dark
  • Main Programme
  • Poetry
Join us for a special conversation on the art of translating from Indigenous and minoritised languages. In celebration of the United Nations Indigenous Languages Decade, this event will feature readings and discussions with the translators of two award-winning poetry collections: Robin Munby, translator of Asturian poet Raquel F. Menéndez’s The Posthumous Book of Shahrazad (Skein […]

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