Irish bookseller Dubray are delighted to present an evening with Maggie O’Farrell, award-winning author of Hamnet. Maggie will discuss her new novel, The Marriage Portrait with bestselling author and journalist Edel Coffey. The novel is an evocative retelling of the life of Lucrezia de’ Medici in 1560s Florence.
The Poetry Weekender
Margaret Atwood, one of the world’s greatest writers, returns to Dún Laoghaire for this very special reading from her latest collection of poetry, hosted by one of Ireland’s most revered and admired public figures, Catriona Crowe.
I Am Your Citizen
Join host Jessica Traynor and very special guests to hear some favourite works of Eavan’s and celebrate, in words and in music, a poet whose spirit is still very much with us.
A theatrical performance in which writer and documentary filmmaker Manchán Magan bakes sourdough bread while offering insights into the wonders of the Irish language – exploring potent words of landscape, terms of intuition and insight, and the many phrases that bring to life the mysterious glory of our natural world.
