2009 Programme of Events
Friday 6th, Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th, Radio Butty
Booking| All events are free and unticketed. It is possible to reserve a maximum of two seats for The Irish Times in Conversation Series. Bookings are also taken for the Children’s Workshops with Seamus Cashman, Kate Newmann, Gabriel Fitzmaurice and Gabriel Rosenstock. See each event for details. For all other events simply turn up on the day! The venue is fully wheelchair accessible. If you are concerned about seating because of health, age, ability or any other reason please pop us an email and we’ll sort it out, bookings@dublinbookfestival.com |
Friday 6th March 2009
| 10.00am | Festival Forums: Developing Children’s Publishing in Ireland: Towards an Action Plan with Michael O’Brien, Siobhan Parkinson, Mags Walsh, Sarah Bannan and Seamus Cashman |
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| Since 1974 MICHAEL O'BRIEN has published over 1,000 books at The O’Brien Press. He is a past President of CLÉ, a founder member of the Irish Children’s Book Trust and CBI, and was the first president of IBBY Ireland. In 2006 he was given the Award of the Decade by CBI. SIOBHÁN PARKINSON is a writer for children and teenagers, as well as a translator, editor and teacher of fiction writing. Her most recent books are The Henny Penny Tree (O'Brien Press 2008) and Dialann Sár-Runda Amy Ní Chonchúir (Cois Life 2008). MAGS WALSH is Director of Children’s Books Ireland (CBI), the national advocacy and resource organisation. She is a regular contributor to Inis Magazine, and on Newstalk 106. She also maintains a children’s book blog, Very Hungry Caterpillar. SARAH BANNAN is Head of Literature with the Arts Council. Sarah studied literature and literary criticism at Georgetown University and moved to Ireland in 1998, when she began work with the Lilliput Press. She joined the staff of the Arts Council in 2000, initially in the area of literature and later as Local Arts Development Manager. Sarah also worked at the Irish Film Institute as Head of Education and Access, before returning to the Arts Council as Head of Literature at the end of 2007. Poet and publisher SEAMUS CASHMAN founded Wolfhound Press in 1974. His most recent collection is That Morning Will Come: New & Selected Poems (Salmon, 2007). He compiled and edited Irish Poems for Young People (with Bridie Quinn, 1975 & still in print) and the award winning Something Beginning with P: New Poems from Irish Poets (O’Brien Press, 2004). |
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| 10.00am | Come Celebrate: The Great Pig Escape by Linda Moller |
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| The O’Brien Press and Children’s Books Ireland celebrate a special edition of the classic children’s book The Great Pig Escape by LINDA MOLLER, with the cover specially designed by Holly Crowley Walsh (13) from Ballinhassig, Co Cork who won first prize in the Children’s Book Festival ‘Design A Cover’ competition. Joe O’Brien will launch the book and present certificates to the winners and runners-up. | |||
| 10.30am | Be Inspired: Poetry Workshop for Adults with Medbh McGuckian | ||
| Update 2 March 2009 - the Poetry Workshop with Medbh McGuckian is now full. 10 places are available, free of charge, to participate in a workshop with one of Ireland’s best known poets. Please submit an application to bookings@dublinbookfestival.com with a paragraph describing your background in poetry and your successes to date, along with a sample of 5 poems. Selected participants will have some of these poems workshopped at the event. |
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| 11am | Treats for Kids: Reading with Joe O’Brien | ||
| JOE O'BRIEN is the author of the popular series of books for younger readers about the wonderful world of Alfie Green and his magical adventures in Arcania, with 8 books in the series from The O’Brien Press. Joe’s latest children’s book is Little Croker, also published by The O’Brien Press. | |||
| 12.00pm | Treats for Kids: Reading with Celine Kiernan | ||
| Born in Dublin, CELINE KIERNAN's debut novel The Poison Throne was published by The O’Brien Press in October 2008 and has gained worldwide success. It is the first book in The Moorehawke Trilogy with book two, The Crowded Shadows due in late 2009. See moorehawketrilogy.com | |||
| 12.00pm | Treats for Kids: Léamh le Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin | ||
| Cuirfidh TADHG MAC DHONNAGÁIN sleachta i lábhair as pictiúrleabhair dá chuid agus rogha rannta agus amhrán, idir shean agus nua, ó na dluthdhioscaí Gugalaí Gug and Peigín Leitir Móir (Futa Fata).
TADHG MAC DHONNAGÁIN will read from his picture books and perform a selection of interactive rhymes and songs from his albums, the best-selling Gugalaí Gug and Peigín Leitir Móir (Futa Fata). |
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| 12.30pm | Festival Forums: Copyright & the Creative Community with Samantha Holman, Irish Copyright Licensing Agency |
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| This session will cover common copyright queries which are of interest to publishers and authors. Areas will include: What is Copyright? / Public Lending Right / Fair Dealing / Rights Clearance, publishers as both users and owners of copyright material / The Google Book Settlement / Collective Licensing and Copyright in the Digital Age.
SAMANTHA HOLMAN has been CEO of the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency (ICLA) since 2001. ICLA represents authors’ and publishers’ rights particularly in relation to reprography. She is also on two national voluntary boards, the Copyright Association of Ireland and the Irish Visual Artists’ Rights Organisation. |
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| 1.00pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Dermot Bolger, Caroline Lynch and Gerry Murphy | ||
| Born in Dublin in 1959, DERMOT BOLGER founded Raven Arts Press when still a teenager. He is the author of eight volumes of poetry, including External Affairs (New Island, 2008). He edited the Night & Day: Twenty Four Hours in the Life of Dublin anthology in 2008.
CAROLINE LYNCH's first collection Lost in the Gaeltacht was published in 2008 by Salmon Poetry. In 2007 she won the Listowel Writers’ Week poetry collection competition. She obtained an MA in Writing from NUIG in 2007. GERRY MURPHY was born in Cork in 1952. Dedalus Press have published Rio de la Plata and all that (1993), The Empty Quarter(1996), Extracts from the Lost Log Book of Christopher Columbus(1999), Torso Of An Ex-Girlfriend (2002), and End of Part One: New & Selected Poems (2006). |
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| 1.30pm | Be Inspired: Léamh le Lorcán Ó Treasaigh agus Rachel Ní Fhionnáin | ||
| Tá cónaí ar LORCÁN Ó TREASAIGH i mBaile Átha Cliath. Meánmhúinteoir is ea é ach is mar scríbhneoir próis is fearr aithne air. Is é Cnoc na Lobhar (Cois Life 2007) an t-úrscéal is déanaí óna pheann. LORCÁN Ó TREASAIGH lives in Dublin and works as a secondary school teacher. Although he has won Oireachtas awards in poetry, short stories and novels, he is best known as a prose writer. Cnoc na Lobhar (Cois Life 2007) is his latest novel. Saor-iriseoir le Raidió Na Gaeltachta, i mBaile na nGall i gcontae Chiarraí is ea RACHEL NÍ FHIONNÁIN. Foilsítear colún léi ‘Os mo chomhair’ ar Comhar agus scríobhann sí ar ‘Beocheist’ in The Irish Times. Cuireadh dráma grinn dá cuid Teilifís na Físe ar an stáitse ag an Electric Picnic 2008. RACHEL NÍ FHIONNÁIN is a freelance journalist working with Raidió Na Gaeltachta, in Baile na nGall, Co. Kerry. Her column ‘Os mo chomhair’ appears in Comhar and she writes for ‘Beocheist’ in The Irish Times. Her comedy Teilifís na Físe was staged at Electric Picnic 2008. |
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| 2.00pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Jack Harte and Caroline Williams | ||
| JACK HARTE has published three collections of short stories, Murphy in the Underworld (Glendale Press 1986), Birds and other Tails (Dedalus, 1996) and From Under Gogol’s Nose (Scotus, 2004). His novels, In the wake of the Bagger and, Reflections in a Tar-Barrel are published by Scotus Press. As an arts activist in the 1980s he founded both the Irish Writers’ Union and the Irish Writers’ Centre CAROLINE WILLIAMS is a writer, editor and has worked in the arts in various capacities over the last couple of decades. She was publications editor and Special Events Co-ordinator for the 2008 Dublin Theatre Festival. Her novel Pretending was published by Penguin Ireland in 2006. . |
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| 2.30pm | Festival Forums: Todhchaí Fhoilsitheoireacht na Gaeilge: I dtreo Plean Gnímh Caoilfhionn Nic Pháidín, Pádraig Ó Snodaigh agus Lochlainn Ó Tuairisg |
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| Tugann foilsitheoirí agus gairmiúlaigh eile ó thionscal na leabhar léargas ar staid reatha na foilsitheoireachta i nGaeilge, i bplé atá oscailte don phobal, chun teacht ar réiteach na bhfadhbanna atá san earnail. Publishers and industry professionals will assess the current state of Irish language publishing and, in a debate open to the floor, will attempt to find positive solutions to problems facing the sector. Tá céimeanna ag an DR CAOILFHIONN NIC PHÁIDÍN ó UCD. Sealanna caite aici le hobair eagarthóireachta ar Comhar, The Irish Times, sa Ghúm agus in Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann. Faoi láthair tá sí ar fhoireann FIONTAR in Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath mar stiúrthóir tionscadail ar www.focal.ie Comhalta Boird de chuid Fhoras na Gaeilge is ea í faoi láthair. DR CAOILFHIONN NIC PHÁIDÍN holds degrees in Irish from UCD. Formerly held research and editorial positions in the Royal Irish Academy, The Irish Times, Comhar, and An Gúm. Currently works in FIONTAR, DCU as project director of www.focal.ie She is a current board member of Foras na Gaeilge. I measc na leabhar atá scríofa ag PÁDRAIG Ó SNODAIGH tá Hidden Ulster (Lagan Press), The Irish Volunteers, 1715-1793 (Irish Academic Press), sraith dánta, Ó Pharnell go Queenie; agus cnuasaigh eile ar nós Cumha agus Cumann agus Cúl le Cúl. Bunaitheoir agus earathóir Coiscéim. PÁDRAIG Ó SNODAIGH’s books include Hidden Ulster (Lagan Press), The Irish Volunteers, 1715-1793 (Irish Academic Press); a poem sequence Ó Pharnell go Queenie and poetry collections, including Cumha agus Cumann and Cúl le Cúl. He is founder and editor of Coiscéim. Rugadh LOCHLAINN Ó TUAIRISG in Indreabhán i 1975. Bhain sé céim sa Ghaeilge agus sa Stair amach in OÉ, Gaillimh i 1995 agus M.Phil sa Léann Éireannach i 1998. Sealanna caite aige mar mhúinteoir Gaeilge agus mar aistritheoir. Tá sé ag obair faoi láthair mar eagarthóir le CIC. LOCHLAINN Ó TUAIRISG was born in Indreabhán in the Connemara Gaeltacht in 1975. He completed a BA in Irish and History in 1995 and an M.Phil in Irish Studies in 1998 at UCG. He has worked as an Irish language teacher and as a translator, and is currently editor at Cló Iar-Chonnachta. |
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| 2.30pm | Up For Discussion: Green on a Budget with Dan Boyle, Feidhlim Harty, Michael Kelly and Conor Pope |
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| Senator DAN BOYLE is Deputy Leader of the Seanad, a former Cork South Central TD and current Party Chair of the Green Party. He is author of A Journey to Change: 25 Years of the Green Party in Irish Politics (Nonsuch Publishing). FEIDHLIM HARTY is an environmental consultant living in Co. Clare with his wife and two children. He gets his kicks from writing, rock climbing and feeling as if he is making a difference in the world. He has recently published Get Rid of Your Bin and Save Money with Mercier Press. Published by The O'Brien Press, Trading Paces by MICHAEL KELLY is a hilarious and engaging account of the ups and downs of giving up the rat race and trying to lead a new life of self-sufficiency in the countryside, and describes how one brave decision can transform your life! CONOR POPE is a consumer journalist and is responsible for the ever-popular 'Pricewatch' page, which has appeared every Monday in The Irish Times for more than four years. He is the author of Stop Wasting Your Money '09 (Liberties, 2009). |
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| 3.00pm | Irish Times In Conversation Series Alice Taylor in conversation with Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh |
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| ALICE TAYLOR is the biggest selling author published in Ireland. From To School Through the Fields (Brandon, 1988) she has enthralled a worldwide audience with her memoirs, fiction and poetry. Her latest book is The Parish and in 2009 Brandon will publish The Journey: New and Selected Poems. A native of Dingle, County Kerry, MÍCHEÁL Ó MUIRCHEARTAIGH is the quintessential voice of the GAA and a much loved broadcaster, author and raconteur. Pengiun Ireland publish his two memoirs, From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain and From Dun Sion to Croke Park. Please email bookings@dublinbookfestival.com to reserve a maximum of two seats for this event. You will need to arrive at 2.40pm, 20 minutes before the performance, to guarantee your seat. |
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| 3.30pm | Be Inspired: Léamh le Scott de Buitléir, Caitriona Ní Chleirchin agus Colette Nic Aodha | ||
| Tá SCOTT DE BUITLÉIR bliain is fiche d’aois. Is Bléa Cliathach é a thosaigh ag cumadh próis agus filíochta nuair a bhí sé sé bliana déag d’aois, ábhar a foilsíodh faoin ainm cleite Liadán Uí Cheallaigh ar Lá. Foilsíodh saothar filíochta dá chuid ar Blaiseadh Pinn (Cois Life) anuraidh. SCOTT DE BUITLÉIR is 21 years old and from Dublin. He started writing prose and poetry from the age of sixteen, and was first published in Lá under the pen-name of Liadán Uí Cheallaigh. In 2008 his poetry was included in Blaiseadh Pinn (Cois Life). Rugadh CAITRÍONA NÍ CHLÉIRCHÍN i 1978 agus d’fhás sí aníos i gCo. Mhuineacháin. Céimí de chuid Ollscoil na hÉireann, BÁC agus l’Univérsité de Lyon II, d’fhill sí ar Ollscoil na hÉireann, BÁC le tabhairt faoi dhochtúireacht ar Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill agus Biddy Jenkinson. Foilsíodh dánta léi ar Feasta agus ar Blaiseadh Pinn (Cois Life 2008) agus tá sí ag cur snasa ar a céad chnuasach filíochta. CAITRÍONA NÍ CHLÉIRCHÍN was born in 1978 and grew up in Co. Monaghan. A graduate of UCD and the Université de Lyon II, she returned to UCD in 2005 to begin a doctorate on Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Biddy Jenkinson. Her poems have appeared in Feasta, and in Blaiseadh Pinn (Cois Life 2008). Is iad na cnuasaigh filíochta atá foilsithe ag COLETTE NIC AODHA ná Baill Seirce (Coiscéim 1998), Faoi Chrann Cnó Capaill (Coiscéim 2000), Gallúnach-Ar-Rópa (Coiscéim 2003), Sundial (Arlen House 2005), Between Curses/Bainne Géar (Arlen House 2006) agus Ainteafan (Coiscéim 2007). D’fhoilsigh Coiscéim cnuasach gearrscéalta léi Ádh Mór in 2004. COLETTE NIC AODHA’s poetry collections are Baill Seirce (Coiscéim, 1998); Faoi Chrann Cnó Capaill (Coiscéim, 2000); Gallúnach-Ar-Rópa (Coiscéim, 2003), Sundial (Arlen House, 2005), Between Curses/Bainne Géar (Arlen House, 2006) and Ainteafan (Coiscéim 2007). Her short story collection is Ádh Mór (Coiscéim, 2004). |
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| 4.00pm | Be Inspired: Reading with Patricia Burke Brogan, John McGuckian, Liz O’Donoghue and John Wakeman | ||
| PATRICIA BURKE BROGAN is a painter, poet and playwright. Salmon published Above the Waves Calligraphy, Stained Glass at Samhain and the multi-award-winning Eclipsed. Her latest collection is Decollage: New and Selected Poems (Wordsonthestreet, 2008) who have also published Requiem of Love: A Monologue for Stage and a new edition of Eclipsed. JOHN MCGUCKIAN was born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim. His books include The MacGildowney Marine Band (Lapwing, 1992), Talking with My Brother (Summer Palace Press, 2002) and Star and Sparrow Rest (Summer Palace Press, 2008). He has received bursaries from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and in 2005 completed an MA in Creative Writing at QUB. LIZ O'DONOGHUE was born in 1960 in North Cork and educated at UCC where she ran the Poetry Workshop. Her chapbook is Waitress at the Banquet (Three Spires Press, 1995) and her debut collection Train to Gorey was published by Arlen House in 2008. JOHN WAKEMAN has published two books of poetry, most recently A Sea Family: New and Selected Poems (Bradshaw Books, 2005). In 1999 he founded The SHOp: A Magazine of Poetry, which he now co-edits with his wife Hilary. He has also published short stories, essays and reviews. |
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| 4.30pm | Up for Discussion: Dáil 90: A Debate on the Past and Future of Dáil Éireann with Gerry Adams, Michael D. Higgins, Conor Kostick and Risteárd Mulcahy |
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| President of Sinn Féin and Westminster MP for West Belfast, GERRY ADAMS has published many books with Brandon since 1982 which have won critical acclaim and have been widely translated. His writings range from local history and reminiscence to politics and short stories, and they include the fullest and most authoritative exposition of modern Irish republicanism. MICHAEL D. HIGGINS has served in the Dáil for more than twenty years including as Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht and is currently Labour Party spokesman on foreign affairs. He has campaigned for human rights for many years, and is also a poet, author and broadcaster. CONOR KOSTICK teaches medieval history at Trinity College Dublin. He is co-author, with Lorcan Collins, of The Easter Rising -- A Guide to Dublin in 1916. A new edition of his Revolution in Ireland 1917-1923 will be published this year by Cork University Press. RISTEÁRD MULCAHY is a well-known public figure, health commentator and campaigner. His previous two books with Liberties Press are Improving with Age and Is the Health Service for Healing? He is the second son of Richard Mulcahy who played a leading role in the military and political evolution of the state from 1916. |
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| 4.30pm | Irish Times In Conversation Series Jennifer Johnston in conversation with Lelia Doolan |
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| JENNIFER JOHNSTON was born in Dublin in 1930. Her novels are internationally acclaimed, she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and won the Whitbread Award. Her plays include Desert Lullaby (Lagan Press) and Selected Short Plays (New Island). She lives in Derry. LELIA DOOLAN has worked as an actor, singer, teacher, community activist, RTE director, Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre, and Chair of the Irish Film Board. With Jack Dowling and Bob Quinn, she wrote Sit Down and be Counted. Please email bookings@dublinbookfestival.com to reserve a maximum of two seats for this event. You will need to arrive at 4.10pm, 20 minutes before the performance, to guarantee your seat. |
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