Programme 2025

 

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Winter Papers Launch Natalia Campos, Darren Murphy and Susanne Stich in conversation with Kevin Barry
Saturday 08th November @ 12:30 pm
IMMA Venues »
  • Featured
  • Launch
  • Main Programme
Volume 11 of Winter Papers, Ireland’s annual anthology for the arts, is published by Curlew Editions. It offers fiction, non-fiction, photography, visual art, along with craft interviews and in-conversation pieces on writing, film, theatre, photography, music, and more.  ‘a treasure trove of soul fuel with deep roots in Irish soil’ – Irish Times Join us […]

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The Culture File Debate: The Hare’s Corner Jane Clarke, Catherine Cleary, Jane Carkill and Colm Mac Con Iomaire in conversation with Paddy Woodworth
Saturday 08th November @ 1:00 pm
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
  • Art
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
  • Nature
  • Non-fiction
‘The Hare’s Corner’ is an ancient Irish farming tradition that encourages the wisdom of leaving spaces of land for nature, outside the imperatives of production. This new book, with poetry by Jane Clarke, prose by Catherine Cleary, illustrations by Jane Carkill and photographs by BurrenBeo forms “a beautiful tapestry of courage and resolve” (Mary Robinson) […]

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Zine Workshop – BOOKED OUT Mot Collins
Saturday 08th November @ 1:00 pm
Irish Writers Centre »
  • Art
  • Main Programme
  • Workshop
An accessible introduction to creating, storytelling and self-expression, the Irish Writers Centre will welcome writers to Dublin Book Festival to produce their own mini publications/booklet. Facilitator Mot Collins will guide participants in creating their own individual bespoke ‘zines’ (small, independent publications individually created) through writing, drawing and collage. Materials provided, though participants are welcome to […]

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Out on the Page Soula Emmanuel, Seán Hewitt and Anne Walsh Donnelly in conversation with Neil Hegarty
Saturday 08th November @ 1:00 pm
Irish Writers Centre »
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
  • Poetry
As representations of LGBTQAI+ lives and experiences enter the publishing mainstream, join us to discuss the importance of queer visibility in writing, and the many ways in which such representation can work, serve our community – and shine a light in a still-challenging world.   Anne Walsh Donnelly writes poetry, prose and plays. Anne explores […]

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Reimagining Paul Perry and Hazel Gaynor in conversation with Aoife Barry
Saturday 08th November @ 1:00 pm
IMMA Venues »
  • Featured
  • Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Main Programme
Step back in time with us as we explore two captivating novels that reimagine stories as we know them. In Paradise House (Somerville Press) Paul Perry conjures a vivid image of life for James Joyce had he succeeded with the Volta, Ireland’s first cinema. In Before Dorothy (HarperCollins), Hazel Gaynor imagines Dorothy’s earlier life and […]

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Penguin TV – LAST TICKETS REMAINING Niamh Sharkey and Owen Churcher
Saturday 08th November @ 1:15 pm
IMMA Venues »
  • Family & Children's Programme
Tune in for Penguin TV! Join Niamh Sharkey and Owen Churcher for a reading and draw-along of their delightful picture book inspired by Dublin Zoo’s penguin cam, where every penguin is ready to show off their best skills and share all their fun facts. Waddle you waiting for? It’s showtime! Age: 5+ yrs Please book […]

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What Lies Beneath – LAST TICKETS REMAINING Caroline Madden and Sharon Guard in conversation with Jackie Lynam
Saturday 08th November @ 2:00 pm
Ballyogan Library »
  • Featured
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
Join us for an afternoon of conversation around two gripping books exploring the darkness behind perfect facades and journeys of self-discovery to regain sense of self. Caroline Madden’s The Marriage Vendetta (Eriu) is a darkly humorous story of secrets, betrayal, revenge, and dangerous influence. Assembling Ailish (Poolbeg) by Sharon Guard is a moving story of […]

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Day of the Imprisoned Writer – LAST TICKETS REMAINING İlhan Sami Çomak in conversation with Liz McManus
Saturday 08th November @ 2:00 pm
National Library of Ireland »
  • Main Programme
  • Poetry
İlhan Sami Çomak is an award-winning and internationally regarded Kurdish poet who was imprisoned in Istanbul for 30 years, before finally being released in 2024. This year, to mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, we are honoured to have Çomak joining us in person, along with his interpreter Ipek Ozel, for an afternoon in […]

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