This Saturday at the Dublin Book Festival:
11.30: Treats for the Kids – The Gutter Bookshop
READINGS FROM THE PANDA SERIES FOR CHILDREN
Gillian Perdue
Admission free – no booking necessary.
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12.00: Treats for Kids – Main Stage, City Hall
WINNERS OF THE YOUNG ADULT WRITING COMPETITION
PRESENTATION
Admission free – no booking necessary.
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1.00: Come Celebrate – Launch Area, City Hall
LAUNCH OF THE LAST IRISH PLAGUE – THE GREAT FLU EPIDEMIC IN IRELAND 1918-19 BY CAITRIONA FOLEY
Admission free – no booking necessary.
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1.00: Writers’ Choice – Council Chamber, City Hall
WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Sarah Webb, Kevin Stevens chaired by Mags Walsh
Admission free – no booking necessary.
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1.15: Be Inspired – The Cube, Project Arts Centre
In Association with Dublin UNESCO City of Literature:
DUBLIN, ITS PLACE IN POETRY
Peter Sirr, Gerard Smyth, Michael O’Loughlin,
Iggy McGovern, Jessie Lendennie, Alan Jude Moore,
Máighréad Medbh
Tickets: €5 – all tickets can be exchanged at the event for €5 Dublin Book Festival Bookshop Voucher! Book here or telephone the Project Arts Centre 01 8819614 / 01 8819613.
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2.00: Be Inspired – Council Chamber, City Hall
PAUL HOWARD: THE REAL FACE BEHIND ROSS O’CARROLL-KELLY
Paul Howard Sold Out
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2.00: Up for Discussion – Main Stage, City Hall
IRISH CRIME WRITING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Gene Kerrigan, Niamh O’Connor, Paul Charles
chaired by Declan Burke
Admission free – no booking necessary.
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3.10: Be Inspired – Main Stage, City Hall
FICTION: SHORT STORY READINGS
Christine Dwyer Hickey, Martin Malone, Gerardine Burke,
Billy O’Callaghan, chaired by Jack Harte
Admission free – no booking necessary.
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3.10: In Conversation – Council Chamber, City Hall
CATHAL PÓIRTÉIR I gCOMHRÁ LE hALEX HIJMANS
Tickets: Admission is FREE to this event, but you do need to reserve a seat. Tickets can be collected from Dublin’s City Hall on the day of the performance only. Tickets must be collected a minimum of 30 minutes before the scheduled performance.
Book here
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4.00: Treat for Kids – Main Stage, City Hall
STORYTELLING WITH NIALL DE BÚRCA
Admission free – no booking necessary.
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4.00: Enjoy
DUBLIN LITERARY PUB CRAWL
Join Dublin actors on a tour of Dublin’s literary pubs
2 hour tour departing from City Hall Sold Out
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4.00: Up for Discussion – The Cube, Project Arts Centre
THE PAST IS NOW: LESSONS FOR TODAY FROM IRELAND’S PAST
Ryan Tubridy, Diarmaid Ferriter, chaired by Susan Cahill
Tickets: €5 – all tickets can be exchanged at the event for €5 Dublin Book Festival Bookshop Voucher! Book here or telephone the Project Arts Centre 01 8819614 / 01 8819613.
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4.15: In Conversation – Council Chamber, City Hall
CATHAL PÓIRTÉIR I gCOMHRÁ LE hÉILÍS NÍ DHUIBHNE
Tickets: Admission is FREE to this event, but you do need to reserve a seat. Tickets can be collected from Dublin’s City Hall on the day of the performance only. Tickets must be collected a minimum of 30 minutes before the scheduled performance.
Book here
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5.00: Come Celebrate – Launch Area, City Hall
LAUNCH OF THE BOY IN THE GAP BY PAUL SOYE
Admission free – no booking necessary.
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8.00pm: Evening Entertainment
– The Cube, Project Arts Centre
NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DUBLIN BOOK FESTIVAL
Performances by Totally Wired, Colm Keegan, Helene
Hutchinson, Foil, Arms & Hog, Colm Liddy,
Lennon v McCartney
Tickets: €10 - all tickets can be exchanged at the event for €5 Dublin Book Festival Bookshop Voucher! Book here or telephone the Project Arts Centre 01 8819614 / 01 8819613.
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ALL DAY:
- Children’s Treasure Hunt – City Hall
- The Good Room – The Mercantile, Dame Street
- Dublin Historical Walking Tours Visit Dublin
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The full festival programme is available here. |
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