Programme 2026

 

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Writing Dublin at Wilton Park: City and Country Tales for After Dark Storytelling Session with Órla Mc Govern and Patrick McCabe
Tuesday 03rd November @ 6:00 pm
Mary Lavin Place »
  • DBF After Dark
  • DBF Spotlight
  • Featured
  • Storytelling
On the eve of Dublin Book Festival 2026, join us for an immersive storytelling session for grown-ups, with storyteller Órla Mc Govern and IPUT Writer in Residence Patrick McCabe. In this lively and engaging session, the pair will also chat about what makes a story great, and what lies behind the tales we tell. You are warmly […]

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Free
Wild Connections: Nature, Wellbeing and Belonging Lisa Clancy, Jane Clarke, John S. Doyle, Dearbhla Mescal, Miriam Mulcahy, Bex Sheridan and Eoin Warner
Wednesday 04th November @ 10:30 am
TU Dublin Grangegorman »
  • Main Programme
  • Nature
  • Non-fiction
  • Wellbeing
What can nature teach us about how we live, heal and belong? At a time when questions of sustainability, resilience and how we belong within the natural world feel more urgent than ever, staff, students and the wider public are invited to a day of stimulating, thought-provoking and inspiring events at TU Dublin’s Grangegorman campus. […]

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A Literary Walking Tour Pat Liddy's Walking Tours
Wednesday 04th November @ 11:00 am
  • 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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Free
Artist Book Introductions at NIVAL – BOOKED OUT
Wednesday 04th November @ 1:15 pm
National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) »
  • Art
  • Main Programme
The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), an initiative of NCAD in partnership with the Arts Council, collects materials that document the development of art practice in Ireland from 1900 to now. NIVAL holds the largest collection of unique and handmade artist books in Ireland with 1,600 catalogued online. Explore a selection of these stunning […]

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The Next Chapter: 20 Years of Dublin Book Festival – BOOKED OUT Louise Kennedy, Jan Carson, Sue Rainsford and Sheila Armstrong in conversation with Róisín Ingle. With music from Laura Elizabeth Hughes
Wednesday 04th November @ 6:30 pm
Townhall, 1WML »
  • DBF After Dark
  • Fiction
  • Main Programme
  • Music
For this year’s special opening night, join us with The Women’s Podcast Book Club, from The Irish Times, to celebrate the extraordinary rise, diversity and influence of Irish women’s writing over the past two decades. From experimental fiction and magical realism to powerful stories of place, identity, history and contemporary Ireland, Irish women writers have transformed […]

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Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge
Wednesday 04th November @ 6:30 pm
Irish Film Institute
  • DBF After Dark
  • Featured
  • Film
  • Irish Language
  • Main Programme
Agus borradh faoi chúrsaí scannán Gaeilge, pléifear ábhar an leabhair nua Scannánaíocht na Gaeilge (LeabhairCOMHAR) ag painéal speisialta. Beidh co-eagarthóir an leabhair Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, an scannánóir Aodh Ó Coileáin agus Máire Ní Chonláin (TG4) i mbun comhrá le Dr Éadaoin Ní Mhuircheartaigh (DCU). Gheofar réamhamharc chomh maith ar an gclár faisnéise nua  Anam na Mara […]

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Free
Young Ireland’s Musicians Pippa Molony and Ahmed, With Love in conversation with Dylan Murphy
Wednesday 04th November @ 8:00 pm
Bartley’s Lounge at The Grafton Hotel »
  • DBF After Dark
  • Featured
  • Main Programme
  • Music
From pen to sound, how do words become music? Join two exciting emerging Irish artists, Pippa Molony and Ahmed, With Love, for a lively conversation about songwriting, creativity and finding your voice in a changing Ireland. They’ll share what happens behind the scenes, from the first line on the page to the finished track, and […]

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An Spórt agus an Réabhlóid in Éirinn – BOOKED OUT Cathal Billings agus Paul Rouse
Thursday 05th November @ 10:30 am
National Library of Ireland »
  • Irish Language
  • Schools' Programme
Imeacht Gaeilge é seo a bheidh á reáchtáil i gcomhpháirtíocht le Cumann Múinteoirí Staire na hÉireann. Beidh deis ag daltaí na Sraithe Sinsearaí bualadh le húdair an leabhair An Spórt agus an Réabhlóid in Éirinn (Royal Irish Academy), Cathal Billings agus Paul Rouse, agus iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar na naisc idir an spórt, an pholaitíocht […]

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