@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Premier book festival showcasing and celebrating Ireland’s writers, illustrators and publishers. Flagship festival each November with year-round pop-up events. Supported by the Arts Council.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If you joined us earlier this month at our flagship festival, we would love to hear from you! Take the survey and share your feedback with us ➡️ bit.ly/49ULMLF
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Swipe to see highlights from the Belfast launch at Assembly Buildings with the support of No Alibis and a brilliant discussion as part of the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with Susan Marie Martin and Mary McAuliffe. Signed copies available now at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Swipe to see highlights from the Belfast launch at Assembly Buildings with the support of No Alibis and a brilliant discussion as part of the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with Susan Marie Martin and Mary McAuliffe. Signed copies available now at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
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Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? The Culture File Debate XXXL Edition, 15 Nov www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf... Luke Clancy with Rachel McKenna (shieldbugs), Liam Lysaght (wasps), Cassia Gaden Gilmartin (earwigs), Nessa Darcy (woodlice). Recorded live at National Botanic Gardens for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? | The Culture File Debate XXXL Edition
Luke Clancy and panel make the case for loving some teeming critters of the invertebrate kingdom. Advocating for their favourites are: Rachel McKenna (shieldbugs); Liam Lysaght (wasps); Cassia Gaden G...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Do Bugs Need a Glow-Up? The Culture File Debate XXXL Edition, 15 Nov www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf... Luke Clancy with Rachel McKenna (shieldbugs), Liam Lysaght (wasps), Cassia Gaden Gilmartin (earwigs), Nessa Darcy (woodlice). Recorded live at National Botanic Gardens for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
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Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Still revelling in all the magic of last week's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social ✨
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Huge thanks to all who joined to celebrate these incredible authors, poets & thinkers
And gratitude to the brilliant team at DBF, and to #TheRowanTrust, @dublincityoflit.bsky.social and @gutterbookshop.bsky.social ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
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The Royal Irish Academy was delighted to take part in this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with two events.
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Royal Irish Academy was delighted to take part in this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with two events.
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...Bryce Dessner discussing his new work at the NCH, Joel Edgerton on Train Dreams and an entire live show from The @dublinbookfest.bsky.social.
Listen back to them all on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website, @rte.ie radio app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
More tonight from 7pm...
Listen back to them all on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website, @rte.ie radio app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
More tonight from 7pm...
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
...Bryce Dessner discussing his new work at the NCH, Joel Edgerton on Train Dreams and an entire live show from The @dublinbookfest.bsky.social.
Listen back to them all on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website, @rte.ie radio app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
More tonight from 7pm...
Listen back to them all on the @rteradio1.bsky.social website, @rte.ie radio app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
More tonight from 7pm...
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Thanks to @immaireland.bsky.social & @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for hosting the 'Conflict & Creation' panel discussion over the weekend, chaired by PATHOS researcher Prof. Ailbhe McDaid:
www.pathos-project.com
Natalya Korniyenko & Ciarán O'Rourke both took part 🎨
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
www.pathos-project.com
Natalya Korniyenko & Ciarán O'Rourke both took part 🎨
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thanks to @immaireland.bsky.social & @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for hosting the 'Conflict & Creation' panel discussion over the weekend, chaired by PATHOS researcher Prof. Ailbhe McDaid:
www.pathos-project.com
Natalya Korniyenko & Ciarán O'Rourke both took part 🎨
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
www.pathos-project.com
Natalya Korniyenko & Ciarán O'Rourke both took part 🎨
irishpages.org/product/vol-...
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Wonderful to host PATHOS in-conversation event @dublinbookfest.bsky.social this Sat in collab w/ @irishpages.bsky.social - it was a privilege to hear Suad Aldarra, Atoosa Pour Hosseini, Ciarán O Rourke & Natalya Korniyenko speak very movingly on Conflict and Creativity to a large audience at IMMA.
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wonderful to host PATHOS in-conversation event @dublinbookfest.bsky.social this Sat in collab w/ @irishpages.bsky.social - it was a privilege to hear Suad Aldarra, Atoosa Pour Hosseini, Ciarán O Rourke & Natalya Korniyenko speak very movingly on Conflict and Creativity to a large audience at IMMA.
Huge congrats to Ferdia Lennon as he is awarded the 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature! We were delighted to have Ferdia discussing Glorious Exploits just a few evenings ago as part of #DBF25
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
The €10,000 prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40
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November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Huge congrats to Ferdia Lennon as he is awarded the 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature! We were delighted to have Ferdia discussing Glorious Exploits just a few evenings ago as part of #DBF25
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A beautiful tribute to Seán Rocks @dublinbookfest.bsky.social chaired brilliantly by
@paulashields.bsky.social with Kathleen MacMahon, Kevin Barry, Paula Meehan and Colm Mac Con Iomaire who finished the event with The Finnish Line which he said was a song of joy for Seán who was full of joy❤️
@paulashields.bsky.social with Kathleen MacMahon, Kevin Barry, Paula Meehan and Colm Mac Con Iomaire who finished the event with The Finnish Line which he said was a song of joy for Seán who was full of joy❤️
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A beautiful tribute to Seán Rocks @dublinbookfest.bsky.social chaired brilliantly by
@paulashields.bsky.social with Kathleen MacMahon, Kevin Barry, Paula Meehan and Colm Mac Con Iomaire who finished the event with The Finnish Line which he said was a song of joy for Seán who was full of joy❤️
@paulashields.bsky.social with Kathleen MacMahon, Kevin Barry, Paula Meehan and Colm Mac Con Iomaire who finished the event with The Finnish Line which he said was a song of joy for Seán who was full of joy❤️
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Such a lovely weekend at the Dublin Book Festival, especially the Raising Voices Showcase yesterday.
Thank you to @childrensbooksireland.ie and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me!
Thank you to @childrensbooksireland.ie and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me!
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Such a lovely weekend at the Dublin Book Festival, especially the Raising Voices Showcase yesterday.
Thank you to @childrensbooksireland.ie and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me!
Thank you to @childrensbooksireland.ie and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me!
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Ready, steady...
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Ready, steady...
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
Gearing up for last night's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social event at @molimuseum.bsky.social:
'Writing the Unspeakable', with Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee, in partnership with @literatureireland.bsky.social.
With thanks to great audience.
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Looking forward to @irishpen.bsky.social event @dublinbookfest.bsky.social It will be incredible to hear İlhan Sami Çomak read his poetry in person.
dublinbookfestival.com/event/day-of...
dublinbookfestival.com/event/day-of...
Day of the Imprisoned Writer - LAST TICKETS REMAINING - Dublin Book Festival
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 Imp...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looking forward to @irishpen.bsky.social event @dublinbookfest.bsky.social It will be incredible to hear İlhan Sami Çomak read his poetry in person.
dublinbookfestival.com/event/day-of...
dublinbookfestival.com/event/day-of...
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All set to chair Out on the Page, discussing queer visibility in writing and publishing, as part of Dublin Book Festival.
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
All set to chair Out on the Page, discussing queer visibility in writing and publishing, as part of Dublin Book Festival.
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
With thanks to @eatthestorms.com for devising such an excellent event.
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
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A super event Women Writing History at the Main Hall @immaireland.bsky.social as part of the fabulous Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A super event Women Writing History at the Main Hall @immaireland.bsky.social as part of the fabulous Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
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A very enjoyable afternoon of book chat in Ballyogan Library with debut authors Sharon Guard and Caroline Madden for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Lovely to see a few familiar faces in the audience 💜
Lovely to see a few familiar faces in the audience 💜
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A very enjoyable afternoon of book chat in Ballyogan Library with debut authors Sharon Guard and Caroline Madden for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Lovely to see a few familiar faces in the audience 💜
Lovely to see a few familiar faces in the audience 💜
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A super event Women Writing History at the Main Hall @immaireland.bsky.social as part of the fabulous Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I was Céadlínte/ Introductions showcase ready aréir! Beautiful night. Comhghairdeas le gach éinne. ✨️🗣✍️🏾
November 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I was Céadlínte/ Introductions showcase ready aréir! Beautiful night. Comhghairdeas le gach éinne. ✨️🗣✍️🏾
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We’re looking forward to tomorrow morning!
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social
📚 PS. Get your signed copies of After the Train at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social throughout the festival!
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social
📚 PS. Get your signed copies of After the Train at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social throughout the festival!
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
We’re looking forward to tomorrow morning!
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social
📚 PS. Get your signed copies of After the Train at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social throughout the festival!
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social
📚 PS. Get your signed copies of After the Train at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social throughout the festival!
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Delighted to collect my contributor copies of the new @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social anthology at the launch this evening in Dun Laoghaire @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Well done Sarah Binchy & @newislandbooks.bsky.social
Brilliant readings and music and lovely to have the chats with fellow writers😊
Well done Sarah Binchy & @newislandbooks.bsky.social
Brilliant readings and music and lovely to have the chats with fellow writers😊
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Delighted to collect my contributor copies of the new @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social anthology at the launch this evening in Dun Laoghaire @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Well done Sarah Binchy & @newislandbooks.bsky.social
Brilliant readings and music and lovely to have the chats with fellow writers😊
Well done Sarah Binchy & @newislandbooks.bsky.social
Brilliant readings and music and lovely to have the chats with fellow writers😊
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Reminder that @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social is reading at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social later today!
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Reminder that @jenniferhorgan.bsky.social is reading at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social later today!
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Tickets still available for Susanna Galbraith's MORSELS Dublin launch @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Tickets available at: dublinbookfestival.com/event/morsel...
#ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou
as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Tickets available at: dublinbookfestival.com/event/morsel...
#ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou
Book Launch: morsels - Dublin Book Festival
Susanna Galbraith’s debut collection, morsels (Macha Press) is a formally ambitious multi-sequence debut collection. The title series ‘morsels’ explores the ways language and its absences shape our re...
dublinbookfestival.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Tickets still available for Susanna Galbraith's MORSELS Dublin launch @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Tickets available at: dublinbookfestival.com/event/morsel...
#ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou
as part of this year's @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Tickets available at: dublinbookfestival.com/event/morsel...
#ACNISupported #NationalLottery #ThanksToYou
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Thrilled to be joining tomorrow's @culturefile.bsky.social Debate at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social! Come show the bugs some love 🦗🪳🦟🪰 dublinbookfestival.com/event/the-cu...
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thrilled to be joining tomorrow's @culturefile.bsky.social Debate at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social! Come show the bugs some love 🦗🪳🦟🪰 dublinbookfestival.com/event/the-cu...
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Thanks so much to Marcella, Derek Hand and everyone at DCU and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me.
I really enjoyed the event. Elaine and Lisa are so interesting in their writing and thinking; and Patrick's music was so beautiful – what a talent.
Special thanks to everyone who came 🙏
I really enjoyed the event. Elaine and Lisa are so interesting in their writing and thinking; and Patrick's music was so beautiful – what a talent.
Special thanks to everyone who came 🙏
Had a gorgeous day catching up with friends & attending @dublinbookfest.bsky.social events @nlireland.bsky.social and DCU ending with a super event with @elainefeeney.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social and Lisa Harding with music from I Have A Tribe inspired by the readings. Míle buíochas to all.
November 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thanks so much to Marcella, Derek Hand and everyone at DCU and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me.
I really enjoyed the event. Elaine and Lisa are so interesting in their writing and thinking; and Patrick's music was so beautiful – what a talent.
Special thanks to everyone who came 🙏
I really enjoyed the event. Elaine and Lisa are so interesting in their writing and thinking; and Patrick's music was so beautiful – what a talent.
Special thanks to everyone who came 🙏
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Just a few tickets left for this event tomorrow in Ballyogan Library for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social I'll be chatting to Sharon Guard and Caroline Madden about their debut novels.
Booking link below.
Booking link below.
I've really enjoyed reading Assembling Ailish and The Marriage Vendetta. I'll be interviewing their authors Sharon Guard and Caroline Madden on Sat 8th Nov at 2pm in Ballyogan Library for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social
Do join us! Tickets are free
dublinbookfestival.com/event/what-l...
Do join us! Tickets are free
dublinbookfestival.com/event/what-l...
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Just a few tickets left for this event tomorrow in Ballyogan Library for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social I'll be chatting to Sharon Guard and Caroline Madden about their debut novels.
Booking link below.
Booking link below.