Delve in to Festival’s book and print archive, showcased in the fully accessible and friendly drop-in space at Everyman Street Café.

Follow Brave Maeve as she adventures through enchanted places, encountering characters from Irish myth and legend. An original story book from Stu Harrison.

Another chance to see Irish Myth and Legend , a 5-story exhibit -with companion, takeaway book – translated & illustrated by Nuala Monaghan.

Irish poet and author, Pascal O’Loughlin, and National Poetry Librarian, Chris McCabe, lead an informal writing and reading workshop inspired by James Joyce’s Ulysses.

In this talk, Dr Deaglán Ó Donghaile (Liverpool John Moores University) discusses Oscar Wilde’s 1898 poem; The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

We have a brilliant theatre pairing for you, here. Two plays: A Bolt from d’Blue and For the Love of Mary are both single-hander pieces, of roughly an hour, performed by their writers.

The award-winning Green & Blue explores the painful and humorous realities faced by the individuals who patrolled the border during the height of the conflict on the island of Ireland.

The award-winning Green & Blue explores the painful and humorous realities faced by the individuals who patrolled the border during the height of the conflict on the island of Ireland.

Brendan: Son of Dublin traces Brendan Behan’s humble Dublin origins, to his becoming one of the great twentieth century writers, a century after his birth.