Ages 4+ years
The Gutter Bookshop, Temple Bar
Saturday 17th, 11.00am-11.45am • Free entry – limited seats
Catherine Sheridan will read her magical Christmas Fairytale Twinkle and Biddy Jenkinson will entertain you with a poem or two with help from the youngest members of the audience. She will also read from Mo Scéal Féin xx Púca – the story of the strange dog that comes to live with Colm and his family.
Tar agus éist le udair Catherine Sheridan ag léamh a síscéal Nollaig Réiltín, agus léifidh Biddy Jenkinson cupla dán le cabhair ón lucht éisteachta. Ansin beidh scéal again faoi Cholm agus an madra draíochta Púca.
No booking required, but seats are limited so we advise you to arrive 15 minutes before the start time.
Ages 11+ years
Launch Area, Smock Alley Theatre
Saturday 17th, 11.15am – 11.50am • Free entry
Join author Deirdre Sullivan as she tells spooky stories.
No booking required, but seats are limited so we advise you to arrive 15 minutes before the start time.
All Ages
Beginning in the Children’s Area,
Smock Alley Theatre
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th, 12.00pm – 4.00 pm • Free entry
Follow our intriguing clues around Temple Bar to explore many fun and cultural sights, and perhaps even discover a prize at the end!
No booking required, simply turn up on the day at anytime and go to the Children’s Area.
Ages 8-12 years
Children’s Area, Smock Alley Theatre
Saturday 17th, 12.30pm – 1.20pm • Free entry
This workshop combines simple bookbinding techniques with storytelling. Write and draw along with the story and then learn how to bind the story into a book.
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Ages 7-11 years
Launch Area, Smock Alley Theatre
Saturday 17th, 1.00pm – 2.00pm • Free entry
Join us as we celebrate a bumper crop of books from award-winning Dublin publisher Little Island. Will you cheer on the heroes in Juliette Saumande’s Chop-Chop, Mad Cap!? Or swim with monsters in Jean Flitcroft’s The Cryptid Files: Pacific Giants? Or for a good scare, check out the Nightmare Club series. We have something for everyone – come masked, caped, monster-ified or as you are!
No booking required, but seats are limited so we advise you to arrive 15 minutes before the start time.
Ages 4-8 years
Gutter Bookshop, Temple Bar
Sunday 18th, 11.00am – 11.50am • Free entry – limited seats
Join us for a storytelling session with Magical Mozart authors Noel and Luz Donegan who will be assisted by Aoife O’Reilly from the Mullingar School of Music. After the story, you’ll have the chance to try out the musical instruments for yourself! Will your ears go pop pop like the Hot-Headed Bassoon?
No booking required, but seats are limited so we advise you to arrive 15 minutes before the start time.
Children’s Area, Smock Alley Theatre
Sunday 18th, 12.00pm – 12:50pm • Free entry
Derry author and journalist Felicity McCall reads from her novel Large Mammals, Stick Insects and Other Social Misfits. Take a glimpse inside the lives of fifteen-year-old Aimée and her co-best friends Bree and Beks as they prepare for Aimée’s school exchange partner to arrive with her totally fanciable brother. Brilliantly funny stuff.
No booking required, but seats are limited so we advise you to arrive 15 minutes before the start time.
Ages 5-8 years
Classroom, Smock Alley Theatre
Sunday 18th, 12.00pm – 12.50pm • Free entry
This workshop combines simple bookbinding techniques with storytelling. Write and draw along with the story and then learn how to bind the story into a book.
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There may be cancellations on the day so show feel free to ask just in case!
All Ages
Beginning in the Children’s Area,
Smock Alley Theatre
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th, 12.00pm – 4.00 pm • Free entry
Follow our intriguing clues around Temple Bar to explore many fun and cultural sights, and perhaps even discover a prize at the end!
No booking required, simply turn up on the day at anytime and go to the Children’s Area.
Ages 5-10 years
Two workshops, 25 minutes each
Classroom, Smock Alley Theatre
Sunday 18th, 1.15pm – 2.00pm • Free entry
Art meets marine biology when ‘Black John the Bogus Pirate’ teaches students of all ages how to draw cartoons. Presented by author and cartoonist John Joyce, these workshops require no previous knowledge of drawing.
BOOKED OUT
There may be cancellations on the day so feel free to ask just in case!
Ages 7+ years
Children’s Area, Smock Alley Theatre
Sunday 18th, 2.00pm – 2.45pm • Free entry
Love a good scare? Want to hear some really spooooooooky stories? Then come along to a reading from two new books in The Nightmare Club: Frankenkids and The Wolfling’s Bite, read by David Maybury, blogger, author, editor and Oddbally nose-picking champion 2012; and Oisín McGann, illustrator and author of the Mad Grandad and Forbidden Files series.
No booking required, but seats are limited so we advise you to arrive 15 minutes before the start time.
All Ages
Launch Area, Smock Alley Theatre
Sunday 18th, 3.30pm – 4.20pm • Free entry
Join Ireland’s favourite traditional storyteller as he shares some of his tales of heroes, villains and daring-do.
No booking required, but seats are limited so we advise you to arrive 15 minutes before the start time.
Ages 4+ years
