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Premier book festival showcasing and celebrating Ireland’s writers, illustrators and publishers. 5 - 9 November 2025 with year-round pop-up events. Supported by the Arts Council. Dublinbookfestival.com
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Time. Home. Love. Death. Life. These are the themes of Snow Patrol’s No1 album of 2024, The Forest is the Path, and of this exclusive live conversation with its lead singer Gary Lightbody. We’re delighted to announce this new event, book now to join us on 12 March✨ bit.ly/42V84JE

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🙏🏼Delighted that 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴: 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 is featured in the list of forthcoming books to watch out for. Thank you @dublinbookfest.bsky.social! #pvabooks #inthegoodseats

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‘The Case of the Secret Signal’ by Brian Gallagher, out March 3rd. ‘Féile! A Twin Power Adventure’ by @emmalarkinbooks.bsky.social, out May 12th. Read more here: dublinbookfestival.com/new-irish-ch... @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

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Thanks to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for including The Language of Remembering in their books to look out for!

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Thanks so much @dublinbookfest.bsky.social 🥳

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Delighted to see The Language of Remembering by @hollowaywriter.bsky.social featured in the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social newsletter of books to look out for in the coming months. #epoquepressauthors #epoquepresstitles #books #bookcommunity #booksky dublinbookfestival.com/new-irish-bo...

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Delighted CONN OF THE DEAD was featured as an upcoming release by @dublinbookfest.bsky.social - its all starting to feel very real now!

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Last week we also did a little round-up of just some of the great Irish children’s books out this year (one just published in the last few days!), with plenty more to look forward to ✨ bit.ly/3EvwPlm

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In case you missed last week’s blog post, we did a spotlight on just some of the great Irish books coming out this year, with plenty more to look forward to ✨ bit.ly/42N55mh

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NEWS: Calling all writers! Receive mentoring from an acclaimed Irish writer of your choice. Writers living in all 32 counties can apply. Accepted forms: fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and Children's/YA fiction. Deadline to apply: Sun 2 March 2025, 5pm irishwriterscentre.ie/national-men...

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Congratulations to all selected, DBF is delighted to be part of this important programme

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It’s a packed house as we welcome Dr Clodagh Campbell and Clare McKenna to the stage for tonight’s book launch for The Steps ✨

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✨ It’s event week! ✨ We’re delighted to be launching the debut book by Dr Clodagh Campbell and limited tickets still remain to join us this Thursday 🎟️ bit.ly/4gNXsAd

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‘The Case of the Secret Signal’ by Brian Gallagher, out March 3rd. ‘Féile! A Twin Power Adventure’ by @emmalarkinbooks.bsky.social, out May 12th. Read more here: dublinbookfestival.com/new-irish-ch... @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

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Last night, a special partnership was launched; Eason, Ireland's leading bookseller, and Children's Books Ireland’s new initiative to highlight the work of Irish and Irish-based authors and illustrators. Read more about this exciting new partnership: childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

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It’s almost time for our first Coffee Morning of the year! ☕️ To kick things off we’re welcoming Children’s Books Ireland’s Publications Officer, @stuck_for_books to talk about her vital role in our organisation. 📍 Zoom 🗓️ Friday 31st January at 10am 🔗 childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/... 💶Free!

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With 2 weeks to go, we can’t wait for our first event of the year. Join us as we launch the debut book by Dr Clodagh Campbell, one of Ireland’s leading psychologists, podcasters and wellness experts. Book now for an inspiring evening of conversation between Clodagh and Clare McKenna 🎟️ bit.ly/4gNXsAd

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This is a great opportunity for a poet writing in Irish, with a prize of €1500 📕 @ria.ie @forasnagaeilge.bsky.social @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/comortas-cra...

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