International Literature Festival Dublin
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Ireland's premier literary event, #ILFD celebrates international and Irish writing. Returns 16 - 25 May 2025.
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Thank You from ILFD! 🙏📚
As the curtain falls on this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it unforgettable: the brilliant writers, passionate readers, curious minds, and dedicated teams behind the scenes. #ILFD25
As the curtain falls on this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it unforgettable: the brilliant writers, passionate readers, curious minds, and dedicated teams behind the scenes. #ILFD25
May 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thank You from ILFD! 🙏📚
As the curtain falls on this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it unforgettable: the brilliant writers, passionate readers, curious minds, and dedicated teams behind the scenes. #ILFD25
As the curtain falls on this year’s International Literature Festival Dublin, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made it unforgettable: the brilliant writers, passionate readers, curious minds, and dedicated teams behind the scenes. #ILFD25
Join bestselling author-illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson for a magical, fun-filled event all about Marnie Midnight & The Minibeast Mission! 🌙🐛🎨
Discover how real-life creatures inspire her stories, then get creative and design your own minibeast. Perfect for young imaginations – happening tomorrow!
Discover how real-life creatures inspire her stories, then get creative and design your own minibeast. Perfect for young imaginations – happening tomorrow!
May 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Join bestselling author-illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson for a magical, fun-filled event all about Marnie Midnight & The Minibeast Mission! 🌙🐛🎨
Discover how real-life creatures inspire her stories, then get creative and design your own minibeast. Perfect for young imaginations – happening tomorrow!
Discover how real-life creatures inspire her stories, then get creative and design your own minibeast. Perfect for young imaginations – happening tomorrow!
Another packed day ahead at ILFD25, with the Dublin Literary Award, Roxane Gay, Hwang Bo-reum and even more to discover! 📚✨🌍
May 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Another packed day ahead at ILFD25, with the Dublin Literary Award, Roxane Gay, Hwang Bo-reum and even more to discover! 📚✨🌍
Walking Dublin's Queer Literary History Tour - 10 Years of Marriage Equality 🌈
📅 Thur 22 May
Explore Dublin’s intimate relationship with the written word through the people, places and texts of the city’s queer past.
📅 Thur 22 May
Explore Dublin’s intimate relationship with the written word through the people, places and texts of the city’s queer past.
May 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Walking Dublin's Queer Literary History Tour - 10 Years of Marriage Equality 🌈
📅 Thur 22 May
Explore Dublin’s intimate relationship with the written word through the people, places and texts of the city’s queer past.
📅 Thur 22 May
Explore Dublin’s intimate relationship with the written word through the people, places and texts of the city’s queer past.
Kicking off Monday with a lineup of exciting events at #ILFD25, featuring writing workshops, inspiring conversations, and live music to start your week strong 🎤📚
May 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Kicking off Monday with a lineup of exciting events at #ILFD25, featuring writing workshops, inspiring conversations, and live music to start your week strong 🎤📚
What better way to spend a Sunday than with books in the park, family fun, and hands-on art workshops?
Here’s a look back at yesterday’s sunshine-filled moments 📚🌳🎨
✨ Photos by Ana Duca
Here’s a look back at yesterday’s sunshine-filled moments 📚🌳🎨
✨ Photos by Ana Duca
May 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
What better way to spend a Sunday than with books in the park, family fun, and hands-on art workshops?
Here’s a look back at yesterday’s sunshine-filled moments 📚🌳🎨
✨ Photos by Ana Duca
Here’s a look back at yesterday’s sunshine-filled moments 📚🌳🎨
✨ Photos by Ana Duca
May 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
✨ 10 more Unmissable Family & Kids Events at ILFD!
Looking for brilliant stories, bold characters and belly laughs? These events are packed with robots, monsters, ducks, donuts and more – all happening at International Literature Festival Dublin!
Looking for brilliant stories, bold characters and belly laughs? These events are packed with robots, monsters, ducks, donuts and more – all happening at International Literature Festival Dublin!
May 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
✨ 10 more Unmissable Family & Kids Events at ILFD!
Looking for brilliant stories, bold characters and belly laughs? These events are packed with robots, monsters, ducks, donuts and more – all happening at International Literature Festival Dublin!
Looking for brilliant stories, bold characters and belly laughs? These events are packed with robots, monsters, ducks, donuts and more – all happening at International Literature Festival Dublin!
Friday 16 May · What’s On ✨
Opening day of #ILFD25 is here! From kids events and lunchtime readings to a literary walking tour through Joyce’s Dublin and a special visit from Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, the festival kicks off with something for everyone.
Opening day of #ILFD25 is here! From kids events and lunchtime readings to a literary walking tour through Joyce’s Dublin and a special visit from Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, the festival kicks off with something for everyone.
May 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Friday 16 May · What’s On ✨
Opening day of #ILFD25 is here! From kids events and lunchtime readings to a literary walking tour through Joyce’s Dublin and a special visit from Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, the festival kicks off with something for everyone.
Opening day of #ILFD25 is here! From kids events and lunchtime readings to a literary walking tour through Joyce’s Dublin and a special visit from Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, the festival kicks off with something for everyone.
🐟 The Salmon of Knowledge | Sun 18 May
Dive into Irish legend with a creative retelling of the enchanted salmon that grants the world’s knowledge to the first person who eats it. 🐠📚
Don't miss out on these fun-filled, artistic experiences! 💫
Dive into Irish legend with a creative retelling of the enchanted salmon that grants the world’s knowledge to the first person who eats it. 🐠📚
Don't miss out on these fun-filled, artistic experiences! 💫
May 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🐟 The Salmon of Knowledge | Sun 18 May
Dive into Irish legend with a creative retelling of the enchanted salmon that grants the world’s knowledge to the first person who eats it. 🐠📚
Don't miss out on these fun-filled, artistic experiences! 💫
Dive into Irish legend with a creative retelling of the enchanted salmon that grants the world’s knowledge to the first person who eats it. 🐠📚
Don't miss out on these fun-filled, artistic experiences! 💫
✏️ Observational Drawing | Sat 17 May
Master the art of drawing from life! This workshop is perfect for aspiring picture book makers learning to observe and capture the world around them. 🖍️🖼️
Master the art of drawing from life! This workshop is perfect for aspiring picture book makers learning to observe and capture the world around them. 🖍️🖼️
May 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
✏️ Observational Drawing | Sat 17 May
Master the art of drawing from life! This workshop is perfect for aspiring picture book makers learning to observe and capture the world around them. 🖍️🖼️
Master the art of drawing from life! This workshop is perfect for aspiring picture book makers learning to observe and capture the world around them. 🖍️🖼️
🎨✨ Join us for three amazing family-friendly events with Celina Buckley! 🖌️
🌄 Collage a Landscape | Sat 17 May
Step into a world of colour and texture as young artists explore the magic of mixed media, layering and creating landscapes—whether real or imagined! 🌳🌈
🌄 Collage a Landscape | Sat 17 May
Step into a world of colour and texture as young artists explore the magic of mixed media, layering and creating landscapes—whether real or imagined! 🌳🌈
May 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🎨✨ Join us for three amazing family-friendly events with Celina Buckley! 🖌️
🌄 Collage a Landscape | Sat 17 May
Step into a world of colour and texture as young artists explore the magic of mixed media, layering and creating landscapes—whether real or imagined! 🌳🌈
🌄 Collage a Landscape | Sat 17 May
Step into a world of colour and texture as young artists explore the magic of mixed media, layering and creating landscapes—whether real or imagined! 🌳🌈
Setup is underway at Merrion Square Park for ILFD 2025 — just 3 days to go! 📚✨ Here’s a peek behind the scenes...
May 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Setup is underway at Merrion Square Park for ILFD 2025 — just 3 days to go! 📚✨ Here’s a peek behind the scenes...
Join us at ILFD for a vital conversation with Atef Abu Saif and Chris Agee (representing Avi Shlaim, who can no longer attend due to unforeseen circumstances) in conversation with Ra Page, founder of Comma Press.
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@commapress.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Join us at ILFD for a vital conversation with Atef Abu Saif and Chris Agee (representing Avi Shlaim, who can no longer attend due to unforeseen circumstances) in conversation with Ra Page, founder of Comma Press.
@commapress.bsky.social
@commapress.bsky.social
Prose so powerful it could strike a match. 🔥
Don’t miss real ones by katherena vermette, a devastating, hopeful story of two Michif sisters confronting buried trauma when their mother is outed as a ‘pretendian’. In conversation with Mia Gallagher.
📅 Saturday 24 May 6pm
Don’t miss real ones by katherena vermette, a devastating, hopeful story of two Michif sisters confronting buried trauma when their mother is outed as a ‘pretendian’. In conversation with Mia Gallagher.
📅 Saturday 24 May 6pm
May 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Prose so powerful it could strike a match. 🔥
Don’t miss real ones by katherena vermette, a devastating, hopeful story of two Michif sisters confronting buried trauma when their mother is outed as a ‘pretendian’. In conversation with Mia Gallagher.
📅 Saturday 24 May 6pm
Don’t miss real ones by katherena vermette, a devastating, hopeful story of two Michif sisters confronting buried trauma when their mother is outed as a ‘pretendian’. In conversation with Mia Gallagher.
📅 Saturday 24 May 6pm
Double the languages, double the laughs! 😂🎤
Join Aideen McQueen and comedians Síomha Hennessy, Louise O’Toole, and Louisa Ní Eideáin for a night of bi-lingual comedy in both English and Irish.
📅 Sunday 18 May, 8pm
Join Aideen McQueen and comedians Síomha Hennessy, Louise O’Toole, and Louisa Ní Eideáin for a night of bi-lingual comedy in both English and Irish.
📅 Sunday 18 May, 8pm
May 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Double the languages, double the laughs! 😂🎤
Join Aideen McQueen and comedians Síomha Hennessy, Louise O’Toole, and Louisa Ní Eideáin for a night of bi-lingual comedy in both English and Irish.
📅 Sunday 18 May, 8pm
Join Aideen McQueen and comedians Síomha Hennessy, Louise O’Toole, and Louisa Ní Eideáin for a night of bi-lingual comedy in both English and Irish.
📅 Sunday 18 May, 8pm
Sophy Henn is an award-winning author and illustrator, known for Pizazz, Bad Nana, and Pom Pom. Her debut Where Bear? was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. 🌟
May 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Sophy Henn is an award-winning author and illustrator, known for Pizazz, Bad Nana, and Pom Pom. Her debut Where Bear? was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. 🌟
📚 Fair Play by Louise Hegarty will be featured on Ryan Tubridy’s Bookshelf Book Club! Catch her live with Jenny Morris at #ILFD25 on 19th May before the Bookshelf airs on 30th May.
Find out more: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
Find out more: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
May 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📚 Fair Play by Louise Hegarty will be featured on Ryan Tubridy’s Bookshelf Book Club! Catch her live with Jenny Morris at #ILFD25 on 19th May before the Bookshelf airs on 30th May.
Find out more: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
Find out more: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...
In conversation with Ian Robertson, a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist.
May 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In conversation with Ian Robertson, a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist.
With Anthony Quinn in a standout role as the unlikely hero mayor, this is a warm, suspenseful celebration of resistance, solidarity and community.
📅 Saturday 17 May, 8pm
📅 Saturday 17 May, 8pm
May 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
With Anthony Quinn in a standout role as the unlikely hero mayor, this is a warm, suspenseful celebration of resistance, solidarity and community.
📅 Saturday 17 May, 8pm
📅 Saturday 17 May, 8pm
Haunting, provocative, and enduringly mysterious, the film continues to captivate audiences four decades after its release.
May 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Haunting, provocative, and enduringly mysterious, the film continues to captivate audiences four decades after its release.
Just two weeks to go until International Literature Festival Dublin 2025 begins! 📚✨
Featuring literary legends, thought-provoking talks, lively family events, and late-night literary happenings - there's a story for everyone!
🎟️ Discover more at ilfdublin.com
Featuring literary legends, thought-provoking talks, lively family events, and late-night literary happenings - there's a story for everyone!
🎟️ Discover more at ilfdublin.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Just two weeks to go until International Literature Festival Dublin 2025 begins! 📚✨
Featuring literary legends, thought-provoking talks, lively family events, and late-night literary happenings - there's a story for everyone!
🎟️ Discover more at ilfdublin.com
Featuring literary legends, thought-provoking talks, lively family events, and late-night literary happenings - there's a story for everyone!
🎟️ Discover more at ilfdublin.com
📚✨ Tomorrow: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable evening of literary brilliance! Join us for the 8th edition of this powerful In Conversation event, presented by Bealtaine Festival in partnership with ILFDublin.
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Get ready for an unforgettable evening of literary brilliance! Join us for the 8th edition of this powerful In Conversation event, presented by Bealtaine Festival in partnership with ILFDublin.
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May 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📚✨ Tomorrow: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants 2025
Get ready for an unforgettable evening of literary brilliance! Join us for the 8th edition of this powerful In Conversation event, presented by Bealtaine Festival in partnership with ILFDublin.
projectartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Get ready for an unforgettable evening of literary brilliance! Join us for the 8th edition of this powerful In Conversation event, presented by Bealtaine Festival in partnership with ILFDublin.
projectartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
🌿 Feel your connection with nature expand as Aoife Nessa Frances performs Protector at ILFD: a dreamy, mystical journey of transformation and stillness, born on Ireland’s west coast. 🌊
📆 Sunday 18 May, 19:30
📆 Sunday 18 May, 19:30
May 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🌿 Feel your connection with nature expand as Aoife Nessa Frances performs Protector at ILFD: a dreamy, mystical journey of transformation and stillness, born on Ireland’s west coast. 🌊
📆 Sunday 18 May, 19:30
📆 Sunday 18 May, 19:30
This special performance features a full band, including renowned pianist Patrick O’Laoghaire (I Have A Tribe), double bassist Caimin Gilmore (Hozier, Lisa Hannigan, Ye Vagabonds) and legendary drummer Dominic Mullan.
April 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This special performance features a full band, including renowned pianist Patrick O’Laoghaire (I Have A Tribe), double bassist Caimin Gilmore (Hozier, Lisa Hannigan, Ye Vagabonds) and legendary drummer Dominic Mullan.