Sponsors and Partners

Dublin Book Festival is primarily supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.

The Arts Council of Ireland is the Irish Government agency for developing the arts. They work in partnership with artists, arts organisations, public policy makers and others to build a central place for the arts in Irish life.

Dublin City Council

Dublin City Council is the authority responsible for local government in the city of Dublin, and is a valued supporter of the arts through its Dublin City Arts Office.

Dublin Book Festival is a festival that weaves our love of books into the very heart of Dublin City, inviting and encouraging visitors to experience the best of Dublin’s dynamic evening cultural nightlife in a whole new way. This year’s DBF After Dark strand is supported by The Night-Time Economy Advisor: Dublin City Council.

Dublin Book Festival is proudly sponsored by the Office of Public Works

The OPW is responsible for Ireland’s most important heritage sites, including Dublin Castle and The Printworks at Dublin Castle which is, once again, Dublin Book Festival’s hub for 2023.

Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland is the new national competitive research and innovation funding agency, established through the amalgamation of the activities and functions of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the Irish Research Council (IRC). We are delighted to be supported by Research Ireland as part of Science Week 2024.

Dublin Book Festival is very grateful to the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency for their continued support.

Dublin UNESCO City of Literature is a valued partner of DBF.

Dublin is the fourth UNESCO City of Literature, one of 28 UNESCO Cities of Literature worldwide.

With four Nobel prize winners (Yeats, Beckett, Shaw and Heaney), a brace of universities of global distinction in Trinity and UCD, over half a dozen books festivals, the internationally prestigious Dublin Literary Award and a world class new city library in the planning, it is without doubt that Ireland’s capital has literature in its blood.

Since its establishment in 2005, Culture Ireland has operated within the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. It supports artists in presenting and promoting their work on an international level, as well as working to build relationships and networks with arts and cultural organisations, relevant public bodies, state agencies and Government departments at home and abroad to advance the global impact of Irish artists.