Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival
28th to 31st March 2019
One of our guests at the 2018 festival, Ali Smith described 'the act of storytelling as an act of profound generosity'. It always has been; story is an ancient form that will tell us everything we need to know about the contemporary world.
The theme of the 2019 Festival will be 'Speaking with Strangers' and in the sharing of stories the individual selves we all are, meet and transform in the telling, into something open and communal. In 2019 Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival is thrilled to welcome some truly gifted storytellers who will share with us their worlds of poetry, fiction and non- fiction.
All festival events are on sale now. Download our Festival Brochure here and scroll down on this page for details of each event.
Schools Event: The World of Darkmouth (dlr LexIcon)
Thursday March 28th at 11am
dlr LexIcon Level 4
Schools Event: Beag Bideach le Sadhbh Devlin
Thursday March 28th at 11am
dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum
Talking to the Enemy
with Damian Gorman and Professor Rosemary Hollis
Thursday March 28th at 7:30pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
The Writing Life
with Margaret Drabble and Michael Holroyd
Thursday March 28th at 8:30pm
dlr LexIcon Level 4
Festival Club
with Peter Fallon, Oisin Leech and Saramai Leech
Thursday March 28th at 9:30pm
The Library Bar, Haddington Hotel
Tradoodle (10:00 Show)
10.00am performance
Friday March 29th at 10am
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Schools Event: The Legend of Kevin
with Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
Friday March 29th at 11am
Pavilion Theatre
Schools Event: Knights and Bikes
with Gabrielle Kent
Friday March 29th at 11am
dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum
Poetry Workshop with Damian Gorman
Friday March 29th at 11am
dlr LexIcon Level 5, Meeting Room 2
Schools Event: The World of Darkmouth (dlr Mill Theatre)
Friday March 29th at 12pm
dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum
Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood (Friday)
with Conor Linehan and Kathy Rose O'Brien
Friday March 29th at 4pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
For the Foodies
James Kavanagh and William Murray
Friday March 29th at 6:30pm
dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum
Age of Anger
Pankaj Mishra in conversation with Professor Ciaran Benson
Friday March 29th at 6:30pm
Pavilion Theatre
Laureate for Irish Fiction Sebastian Barry
Hosted by Evelyn O'Rourke
Friday March 29th at 8:30pm
Pavilion Theatre
Rick O’Shea hosts Hannah Beckerman, John Boyne and Kate Mosse
Friday March 29th at 8:30pm
dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum
Notions
With John Kelly and Caomhín Ó Raghallaigh
Friday March 29th at 9:30pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
The Importance of Being Aisling
Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght with Paul Howard
Saturday March 30th at 10am
Pavilion Theatre
Creative Writing Workshop with Mary O'Donnell
Saturday March 30th at 10am
dlr LexIcon Level 5, Room 3
Knights and Bikes with Gabrielle Kent (dlr LexIcon)
Saturday March 30th at 10am
dlr LexIcon Level 4
We are going to the Zoo
with Sarah Bowie
Saturday March 30th at 10am
dlr LexIcon, Room 1, Level 3
Now we can talk openly about Everything
Martina Evans with Rosemary Jenkinson
Saturday March 30th at 10:30am
dlr LexIcon Lab, Level 3
The Secret Garden (12pm)
read by Jody O'Neill
Saturday March 30th at 12pm
The Peoples Park
Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival Irish Times Poetry Now Award
Saturday March 30th at 12pm
dlr LexIcon Lab, Level 3
Riot Days with Maria Alyokhina (Masha Alekhina)
Saturday March 30th at 12:30pm
Pavilion Theatre
Dr Hibernica Finch's Nature Scavenger Hunt
Saturday March 30th at 1pm
dlr LexIcon, Room 1, Level 3
The Legend of Kevin (dlr LexIcon)
with Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
Saturday March 30th at 1pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Writing Lives
with Mary O'Donnell and Nessa O'Mahony
Saturday March 30th at 2pm
dlr LexIcon Lab, Level 3
Strangers in a Strange Land
Maeve Higgins with Sorcha Pollak, Dr Ebun Joseph and Daniel Trilling
Saturday March 30th at 2pm
dlr LexIcon Level 4
Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood (Saturday)
with Conor Linehan and Kathy Rose O'Brien
Saturday March 30th at 3pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Dr Who? The Mountains to Sea Sci-Fi and Fantasy Quiz
with Dave Rudden
Saturday March 30th at 4pm
dlr LexIcon Level 4
Talking with Strangers
Rachael Hegarty with Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Toby Buckley, Helen Hutchinson and Stephen James Smith
Saturday March 30th at 4:30pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
This Is Not A Border
with Lara Marlowe and Ahdaf Soueif
Saturday March 30th at 5:30pm
dlr LexIcon Level 4
The Blank Page
Moya Cannon and Bernard O'Donoghue in conversation with Niall MacMonagle
Saturday March 30th at 7:30pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Aeneid Book VI
with Stephen Rea and Neil Martin
Saturday March 30th at 8:30pm
Pavilion Theatre
Ann Devine is Ready for Her Close-Up
Colm O'Regan in conversation with Maia Dunphy
Sunday March 31st at 11am
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Pilgrims of the Soul
John F. Deane and James Harpur
Sunday March 31st at 11am
dlr LexIcon Lab, Level 3
Essays: rediscovered
Emilie Pine and Brian Dillon with Professor Margaret Kelleher
Sunday March 31st at 12pm
dlr LexIcon Level 4
One on One with Sarah-Davis Goff of Tramp Press
Sunday March 31st at 1pm
dlr LexIcon Level 5, Room 3
Democracy in Peril?
David Runciman and Catriona Crowe
Sunday March 31st at 1pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Poetry and Pictures
with Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Alice Maher and Gerard Smyth
Sunday March 31st at 3pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
On the Border
Professor Diarmaid Ferriter, author Eoin McNamee and filmmaker Nuala O'Connor
Sunday March 31st at 4pm
Pavilion Theatre
Dazzling Debuts
with Anne Griffin, Sarah Davis-Goff and Ian Maleney
Sunday March 31st at 5pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
The Wonder
with Emma Donoghue. Hosted by Edel Coffey
Sunday March 31st at 6pm
dlr LexIcon Level 4
Slow at Sea
with Aoife McElwain, Ruth Fitzmaurice and Inni K
Sunday March 31st at 7pm
dlr LexIcon, The Studio
Constellations
with Sinéad Gleeson, Maeve Higgins and Maria Doyle Kennedy
Sunday March 31st at 8:30pm
Pavilion Theatre