Dalkey Book Festival

Dalkey Book Festival A festival that celebrates and fosters literary talent in Ireland as well as hosting some of the world’s leading writers and thinkers since 2010.

http://www.dalkeybookfestival.org/

10/06/2026

How did we get from cave paintings to artificial intelligence?

Join bestselling author and illustrator Chris Haughton for a fascinating journey through the history of information – from the first attempts to communicate ideas to the algorithms shaping our lives today.

Through stunning visuals and remarkable storytelling, this event explores how information has built religions, states, science, democracy and the modern world itself — and why the battle over truth and knowledge matters more than ever.

A thought-provoking conversation about humanity’s greatest invention.

📍 Cuala
📅 20 June
🎟 Tickets on story or at
https://dalkeybookfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873684937

We’re delighted to welcome Sally Hayden back to Dalkey Book Festival.One of Ireland’s most acclaimed journalists and aut...
09/06/2026

We’re delighted to welcome Sally Hayden back to Dalkey Book Festival.

One of Ireland’s most acclaimed journalists and authors, Sally’s reporting has taken her from migration routes across North Africa to some of the defining stories shaping our world today.

Join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation.

🎟 Tickets available via the link in our bio or here:
https://dalkeybookfestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873684980

We built this festival many years ago and somehow it keeps getting better. Our favourite week of the year is almost here...
08/06/2026

We built this festival many years ago and somehow it keeps getting better.

Our favourite week of the year is almost here, see you soon 💕

05/06/2026

A moment worth listening to with on ✨

We’re looking forward to welcoming Charlie to Dalkey this June.

Dalkey Book Festival returns 18–21 June with Salman Rushdie, Tim Berners-Lee, Nadya Tolokonnikova, Anne Enright, Roddy D...
04/06/2026

Dalkey Book Festival returns 18–21 June with Salman Rushdie, Tim Berners-Lee, Nadya Tolokonnikova, Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle, Sebastian Faulks, Lea Ypi and many more.

See you by the sea.

This year, Dalkey Book Festival is heading to Portugal.In partnership with Visit Portugal, we’re bringing Portuguese wri...
03/06/2026

This year, Dalkey Book Festival is heading to Portugal.

In partnership with Visit Portugal, we’re bringing Portuguese writers, artists, musicians, winemakers and storytellers to Dalkey for a weekend celebrating one of Europe’s most fascinating cultures.

From award-winning novelist Afonso Reis Cabral to Portuguese wine tastings, live music, art workshops and conversations exploring the heart of Portugal, there’s plenty to discover across the festival weekend.

Sunshine not guaranteed. Portuguese hospitality is.

🇵🇹 19–21 June
📍 Dalkey Book Festival

03/06/2026

What’s in store for the future of Germany & France? Come find out at Dalkey Book Festival!

What does it mean to paint a life?Join acclaimed artist Colin Davidson and broadcaster Mark Carruthers for a fascinating...
02/06/2026

What does it mean to paint a life?

Join acclaimed artist Colin Davidson and broadcaster Mark Carruthers for a fascinating conversation inspired by Twelve Paintings, an exploration of the stories, memories and people behind some of Davidson’s most celebrated works.

From Belfast street scenes to portraits of Seamus Heaney and Queen Elizabeth II, this is a rare opportunity to step inside the mind of one of Ireland’s most remarkable contemporary artists.

🗓 Friday 19 June
🕕 6pm
📍 Cuala

01/06/2026

“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island

we do too! dalkey book festival 2026 coming soon 🌊

At Dalkey Book Festival, we love celebrating the writers you already know, and the ones you’ll be reading for years to c...
28/05/2026

At Dalkey Book Festival, we love celebrating the writers you already know, and the ones you’ll be reading for years to come.

Proud to welcome a brilliant range of Irish debut authors to Dalkey this June. 🇮🇪📚

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