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Join internationally bestselling author Robert Harris in conversation with journalist and broadcaster Alex Clark as they discuss his acclaimed body of work, his fascination with history, and his gripping new novel, Agrippa. Recorded on 17/09/26, Level 4 of dlr LexIcon

Join Róisín Ingle in conversation with Martina Devlin in her first one on one talk about her newest novel Glorious Monsters about Mary Shelley and the Romantics circle to which she belonged. Recorded 8/10/26 in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon

We welcomed a large audience to the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon for a double milestone event - celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the literary publisher Arlen House, and celebrating forty years of the WEB women writers’ group, which still has strong ties to Arlen House. An inspirational panel of women writers read from their work, discussed writing as women in Ireland, and the legacy of liter...

dlr Libraries were delighted to partner again with Dublin UNESCO City of Literature for this One Dublin, One Book event in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon. Listen back now to author and journalist Fintan O’Toole speaking to author and archivist Catriona Crowe as they discussed the social, historical and economic landscape of 1950s Ireland, exploring the broader context in which Banville’s chosen t...

dlr Libraries are delighted to announce a special Readers’ Day to commemorate the life and work of internationally acclaimed local writer Jennifer Johnston. Curated by writer Martina Devlin, on behalf of dlr Libraries, the day will include conversations with Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction, Carlo Gébler, Dermot Bolger, Sinéad Gleeson and many more. Readers' Day took place on...

dlr Libraries are delighted to announce a special Readers’ Day to commemorate the life and work of internationally acclaimed local writer Jennifer Johnston. Curated by writer Martina Devlin, on behalf of dlr Libraries, the day will include conversations with Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction, Carlo Gébler, Dermot Bolger, Sinéad Gleeson and many more. Readers' Day took place on...

dlr Libraries are delighted to announce a special Readers’ Day to commemorate the life and work of internationally acclaimed local writer Jennifer Johnston. Curated by writer Martina Devlin, on behalf of dlr Libraries, the day will include conversations with Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction, Carlo Gébler, Dermot Bolger, Sinéad Gleeson and many more. Readers' Day took place on...

dlr Libraries are delighted to announce a special Readers’ Day to commemorate the life and work of internationally acclaimed local writer Jennifer Johnston. Curated by writer Martina Devlin, on behalf of dlr Libraries, the day will include conversations with Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, the new Laureate for Irish Fiction, Carlo Gébler, Dermot Bolger, Sinéad Gleeson and many more. Readers' Day took place on...

In November 2025 dlr Libraries, the Global Brain Health Institute and Creative Ireland Creative Health & Wellbeing programme delivered another session of talks and discussion around brain health. Curated by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Karen Meenan and Mike Hanrahan, this day-long event focused on dementia care, featuring medical professionals, advocates, writers and musicians, as...

In November 2025 dlr Libraries, the Global Brain Health Institute and Creative Ireland Creative Health & Wellbeing programme delivered another session of talks and discussion around brain health. Curated by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Karen Meenan and Mike Hanrahan, this day-long event focused on dementia care, featuring medical professionals, advocates, writers and musicians, as...

In November 2025 dlr Libraries, the Global Brain Health Institute and Creative Ireland Creative Health & Wellbeing programme delivered another session of talks and discussion around brain health. Curated by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Karen Meenan and Mike Hanrahan, this day-long event focused on dementia care, featuring medical professionals, advocates, writers and musicians, as...

In November 2025 dlr Libraries, the Global Brain Health Institute and Creative Ireland Creative Health & Wellbeing programme delivered another session of talks and discussion around brain health. Curated by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Karen Meenan and Mike Hanrahan, this day-long event focused on dementia care, featuring medical professionals, advocates, writers and musicians, as...

Join us for an afternoon of conversation around two gripping books exploring the darkness behind perfect facades and journeys of self-discovery to regain sense of self. Caroline Madden’s The Marriage Vendetta (Eriu) is a darkly humorous story of secrets, betrayal, revenge, and dangerous influence. Assembling Ailish (Poolbeg) by Sharon Guard is a moving story of complex relationships, grief, and le...

As short stories continue to captivate, join us to delve into two striking collections. Mary Morrissy’s Twenty-Twenty Vision (The Lilliput Press) is a collection of stories exploring hindsight, honesty and late middle-age regret, with empathy and wry humour. Mary O’Donnell’s Walking Ghosts (Mercier Press) takes us from urban encounters to sun-drenched beaches and beyond, capturing the secret sorro...

In May 2025 dlr Libraries, the Global Brain Health Institute and Creative Ireland Creative Health & Wellbeing programme delivered another session of talks and discussion around brain health. Curated by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Karen Meenan and Mike Hanrahan, this day-long event focused on dementia care, featuring medical professionals, advocates, writers and musicians, as well...

In May 2025 dlr Libraries, the Global Brain Health Institute and Creative Ireland Creative Health & Wellbeing programme delivered another session of talks and discussion around brain health. Curated by Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Karen Meenan and Mike Hanrahan, this day-long event focused on dementia care, featuring medical professionals, advocates, writers and musicians, as well...

dlr Libraries were pleased to partner with Dublin Book Festival and host three events showcasing some of the best writing Ireland has to offer. Join Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with arts journalist Paula Shields. From acclaimed author Sinéad Gleeson comes Hagstone (4th Estate) a haunting and atmospheric fiction debut. Exploring themes of art, landscape, folklore and the feminine, Hagstone takes...

dlr Libraries were pleased to partner with Dublin Book Festival and host three events showcasing some of the best writing Ireland has to offer. Join Máiría Cahill in conversation with journalist and writer Olivia O'Leary. Rough Beast (Apollo) is Máiría Cahill‘s harrowing story, told here for the first time in full detail and with unsparing honesty. It is a story of unimaginable trauma and politica...

dlr Libraries were pleased to partner with Dublin Book Festival and host three events showcasing some of the best writing Ireland has to offer. Join Michael Longley in conversation with journalist and writer Olivia O’Leary. Michael Longley’s Ash Keys: New Selected Poems (Jonathan Cape) looks back on his extraordinary career, showing how his themes, genres and forms have evolved and interlaced sinc...

Creative Brainwaves returned for a three-part series of talks and workshops, exploring how our engagement in various creative arts can benefit our brain health. The sessions included brain health specialists, therapists, people living with and working with those affected by acquired brain injury, and a range of artists, musicians and writers. The series was curated and facilitated by Mike Hanrahan...

Creative Brainwaves returned for a three-part series of talks and workshops, exploring how our engagement in various creative arts can benefit our brain health. The sessions included brain health specialists, therapists, people living with and working with those affected by acquired brain injury, and a range of artists, musicians and writers. The series was curated and facilitated by Mike Hanrahan...

Creative Brainwaves returned for a three-part series of talks and workshops, exploring how our engagement in various creative arts can benefit our brain health. The sessions included brain health specialists, therapists, people living with and working with those affected by acquired brain injury, and a range of artists, musicians and writers. The series was curated and facilitated by Mike Hanrahan...

On Saturday 21 September 2024, to mark what would have been the 80th birthday of renowned Irish poet Eavan Boland, dlr Libraries were delighted to host this event that featured her poetry, readings by her friends and family plus some music. The late poet lived in Dundrum in South County Dublin, worked a lot with writing groups in the area, and was prominent in the cultural life of the county of Dú...

On Saturday 28 September 2024, to mark what would have been the 80th birthday of renowned Irish poet Eavan Boland, dlr Libraries were delighted to host this event to celebrate the life and work of the much-loved and much-missed poet who died in April 2020. The event featured the poetry of Eavan, readings by her friends and family plus some music. Readers included members of the WEB women's writing...

On September 26 2024, dlr LexIcon welcomed legendary and bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson to talk about her first adult book, Think Again, in conversation with Aoife Barry.