Programme 2025

 

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The Art of Writing for a Living – BOOKED OUT Naoise Dolan, Martin Doyle and Lisa McInerney in conversation with Gemma Tipton
Tuesday 04th November @ 6:00 pm
Mary Lavin Place »
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
  • Professional Development
Can you make a living as a writer? How do you make a living as a writer? From novels to newspapers, residencies, festivals and literary magazines, writers and editors discuss the hows, the whys, and the realities of making a living in the world of books. Inaugural IPUT Writer in Residence Naoise Dolan, author and […]

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Sustainability Here and Now – LAST TICKETS REMAINING Catherine Cleary, Fintan Drury, Linda Fährlin, John Gibbons, Anja Murray, Éanna Ní Lamhna, Randal Plunkett and Lucy Taylor
Wednesday 05th November @ 10:00 am
TU Dublin Grangegorman »
  • Main Programme
  • Nature
  • Non-fiction
As sustainability remains one of the most pressing issues of our time, staff, students and the public are invited to join us for a day of stimulating, thought-provoking and inspiring events at TU Dublin’s Grangegorman campus. The day features a range of events with authors whose writing explores sustainable development themes with depth, clarity and […]

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Free
True Friends at Fernside Sheena Wilkinson
Wednesday 05th November @ 11:00 am
  • Schools' Programme
Join award-winning author Sheena Wilkinson to hear all about her new boarding school adventure, True Friends at Fernside (The O’Brien Press), set exactly one hundred years ago. Cousins Robin and Linnet find friendship and mystery as they work out what sort of people they want to be. Sheena will let you into the secrets of […]

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Lichtenberg Book Launch Tom O'Connell
Wednesday 05th November @ 6:30 pm
Irish Writers Centre »
  • DBF After Dark
  • Fiction
  • Launch
  • Main Programme
Set in an uncomfortably credible future, Lichtenberg (Temple Dark Books) by Tom O’Connell is a gripping and thought-provoking dystopian fiction, exploring the dangers of nationalist ideology, state propaganda, revisionist history, and the othering of the marginalised outsider; issues that continue to plague our contemporary society. With a protagonist who dares to question the status quo, […]

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The Dublin Review at 100 – LAST TICKETS REMAINING Brendan Barrington, Sara Baume, Patrick Freyne, Doireann Ní Ghríofa and Mark O’Connell in conversation with Rick O'Shea
Wednesday 05th November @ 7:00 pm
Townhall, 1WML »
  • DBF After Dark
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
The Dublin Review, Ireland’s quarterly magazine of essays, memoir, reportage and fiction, is celebrating its 100th issue. Join us for a special live broadcast of RTÉ Arena on Radio 1 where Rick O’Shea will be in conversation with the editor of The Dublin Review Brendan Barrington, alongside contributors Sara Baume, Patrick Freyne, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, […]

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DubStreetCafé Coffee Guide – BOOKED OUT Paddy Kirk
Thursday 06th November @ 10:00 am
  • Launch
  • Main Programme
  • Non-fiction
Coffee lovers, we’ve got an exclusive speciality coffee event for you! Join us as we launch The Dublin Coffee Guide (The Lilliput Press). Coffee connoisseur Paddy Kirk has travelled the length and breadth of Dublin,visiting the best independent cafés and coffee shops the city has to offer, in search of the perfect brew. Along the way he […]

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Free
Inis Mara – BOOKED OUT Ceardlann idirghníomhach le Tristan Rosenstock
Thursday 06th November @ 10:00 am
Ballyogan Library »
  • Irish Language
  • Schools' Programme
Tá Smugairle Rónán, Broim agus Bréan agus an Caochán tar éis a muintir féin a chur i mbaol uafásach, aqus beidh ar Éabha, laoch óg Inis Mara, a bheith cliste má tá sí chun an lámh in uachtar a fháil orthu. Léifidh Tristan Rosenstock sleachta as a leabhar nua, Inis Mara 2 (LeabhairCOMHAR) agus pléifidh […]

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Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children – BOOKED OUT Creative workshop with Lauren O'Hara
Thursday 06th November @ 10:15 am
The Ark, Temple Bar
  • Schools' Programme
Oscar Wilde’s children’s tales have enchanted readers, young and old alike, for over a hundred years now. In this stunning new edition, Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children (Little Island), illustrator Lauren O’Hara brings six of his tales to life with vivid and colourful illustrations. Join Lauren for a fun and engaging workshop where children will hear about The Selfish […]

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