Dublin City of Literature

01/09/2026

We can't wait for these events with Chapters Bookstore Parnell Street!

Something is stirring After Dark at Chapters… and this time it isn’t a pile of secondhand books settling!🦇

This October, author and illustrator Oisín McGann is joining us for two FREE children’s workshops, where blank pages will become creepy characters and entirely original monsters.

Oisín will talk about how he got started writing and illustrating books, demonstrate some basic drawing techniques and share a few tricks of the trade. Children will create their own creepy characters before supplying the ideas for one final monster, which Oisín will draw from scratch.

We are assuming everyone understands the risks!

📅Saturday 10th October - 11.00–12.30
Suggested for children under 9
🎟 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/after-dark-creepy-characters-with-oisin-mcgann-tickets-1999022698704

📅 Saturday 17th October - 11.00–12.30
Suggested for ages 10+
🎟 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/after-dark-creepy-characters-with-oisin-mcgann-ages-10-tickets-1999022881250

📍 Chapters Bookstore, Dublin 1
✏️ All materials supplied
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families with children of mixed ages are very welcome and will be accommodated together.

Both workshops are free, but advance booking through Eventbrite is advised so we have plenty of colours and drawing pads!

Presented by Chapters Bookstore in partnership with Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.

28/08/2026

Lovely to see Louise Nealon’s Snowflake and getting a mention a recent piece from RTÉ Brainstorm on Irish campus novels.

Snowflake was our One Dublin One Book choice in 2024, and it sparked a great programme of events across the city.

Thanks to RTÉ Brainstorm for the mention, and if you want to revisit the 2024 programme you can watch some events featuring Louise Nealon here:

🎥 Watch Snowflake events here: https://www.dublincityofliterature.ie/literary-city/read-watch-listen/snowflake-one-dublin-one-book-events

📰 Read the full article: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0827/1589124-irish-campus-novels-university-cities-students-stories/

28/08/2026

We're delighted to be supporting this event. Get a ticket while you still can!

NEW EVENT: WIT IN LIT!

Funny books are a serious business. Anyone who has tried to write one will confirm that a joke which looks effortless has generally put in a full day's work first.

On Thursday 17th September, bestselling novelist, screenwriter and director Caroline Grace-Cassidy and critically acclaimed comedian, author and broadcaster Colm O'Regan join us at Chapters for Wit in Lit: a lively conversation about making readers laugh, what comedy allows writers to say and why witty books deserve more than the faintly suspicious respect they sometimes receive.

Guiding the conversation, and ensuring nobody gets away with describing comedy as 'light', are writers, comedians and Irish Funny Women producers Val Troy and Orla Diamantino.

Expect readings, sharp conversation, audience questions, book signings and a meet-and-greet.

Thursday 17th September - 7-9pm
Chapters Bookstore, Parnell Street, Dublin 1
FREE, but booking is requested through Eventbrite

Come for the jokes. Stay for the alarming discovery that one perfectly chosen word can require a great deal of serious thought.

Book through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/wit-in-lit-caroline-grace-cassidy-colm-oregan-at-chapters-tickets-1998968272915?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=

26/08/2026

Our Staff memeber Jade shares one of her favourite books of the summer ☀️

24/08/2026

Delighted to chat to Elayne Adamczyk Harrington aka Temper-Mental MissElayneous, artist, rapper and educator, when she called into Dublin City Library and Archive Reading Room today to donate a collector's edition of her debut publication MISCELLANEA (Volumes I–IV) to our Library Special Collections.

19/08/2026

🚨 Residency Opportunity 🚨

Kirjanduslinn Tartu is open to submissions for it's spring residency programme. For both writers and translators, this residency will be two months long with an opportunity to perform at the Crazy Tartu literary festival. ✍📖

📆 15 October - 15 December

⏰ Application Deadline: 1 September

Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

17/08/2026

We are delighted that writer Tim MacGabhann has been selected for the 2026 Wonju UNESCO City of Literature Residency.

Commencing in September Tim will spend stay at Toji Cultural Centre for eight weeks, engaging with Wonju’s cultural scene and participating in the Wonju literature festival. We wish him the very best of luck.

Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

13/08/2026

Get inspired by South Korea 🇰🇷

부천 유네스코 문학창의도시 Bucheon City of Literature are looking to work with writers, poets,translators and graphic storytellers connected to cities of literature. Successful candidates should have an interested in Korean culture and litersture and will be expected to attend at least one literary or cultural exhange event. In addition they must produce a short creative work that features Bucheon in some form.

Applicants are required to have at least 1 published work.

Residency Dates: November 2026, approximately 4 weeks

Application Deadline: 28 August 2026.

Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

07/08/2026

A chance to write in “Capital of Poetry and Literature” of Turkey 🎉

Kahramanmaraş UNESCO City of Literature is looking to work with 3 writers, poets, or translators. Successful candidates will be expected to participate in at least 3 literary or cultural activities and produce a short creative work inspired by their stay.

Residency Dates: 15 October – 15 November

Application Deadline: 15 August 2026

Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

07/08/2026

📢 Residency Opportunity!
Literature Ireland and Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation are inviting applications for a 2 month translation residency from October - November 2026.

The call for applications closes 31 August.
The selected candidate will be notified by Friday 4 September 2026.

Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.