Youth with Kevin Curran
Youth dives into the lives of four teenagers in Ireland’s most diverse town, Balbriggan. Isolated and disorientated by the white noise and insurmountable expectations of adolescence,... Read More
Beyond the Wall; Life in the GDR with Katja Hoyer
In 1980, Dalkey United went on a football trip to Germany which ended up in East Berlin. A certain economist, festival director and once under... Read More
Creative Workshop for Children with Sarah Bowie (Age 8-12)
Meet Nina Peanut – super-star in the making, frozen pizza chef, creative genius, and owner of the world’s stinkiest cat. Join Nina Peanut creator Sarah... Read More
Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
This is a gem of a story from Patrick Winn about a south-east Asian nation the size of Belgium which is a huge drug cartel... Read More
Donal Ryan in Conversation
We are thrilled this year to welcome back national treasure, Donal Ryan, author of The Spinning Heart and Booker-longlisted Strange Flowers. His latest novel is Heart, Be... Read More
Paul Lynch: Prophet Song
We are delighted to have Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch back at Dalkey to discuss his winning novel Prophet Song. As Ireland slides into totalitarianism,... Read More
Tears of Palestine
Palestine is among the most tragic national stories of the 21st century. Divided, humiliated, abused and abandoned by both West and East, Palestinians have nevertheless... Read More
Glorious Exploits with Ferdia Lennon
Greek tragedy with an Irish accent, Glorious Exploits is a hilarious novel set in ancient Syracuse, Sicily but written in the lively vernacular of contemporary Ireland. A story... Read More
Zarifa Ghafari: A Woman’s Battle in Afghanistan
Meet Afghanistan’s youngest and first female mayor, Zarifa Ghafari, who says she is not a hero, just a mayor. But being a mayor in a... Read More
Colm Tóibín in Conversation
“Since he published his first novel, The South in 1990, Colm has written eleven more books of fiction. He has also published three reported books,... Read More