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No matter how busy you are, you must find time for reading or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

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he fourth annual Dalkey Book Festival kicks off on Friday 14th June with local, national and international stars. We are very pleased to bring you, from around the world, Carl Bernstein, Robert Fisk, Uri Orlev, Nelofer Pazira, Atul Kochhar and Jonathan Dee. Coming from London and Scotland, we have Dawn O’Porter, Edna O’Brien, Pauline McLynn, Mike Scott, Bernard MacLaverty and Lana Citron. And we are delighted to host some of the very best Irish writers including Kevin Barry, Anne Enright, Frank McGuinness, Declan Kiberd, John Boyne and Eoin Colfer.

Last year, Maeve Binchy wrote a short story for the festival and read it in Finnegan’s to a very lucky audience.

That was to be her last public performance. This year, Dalkey will celebrate the international star who lived around the corner. This will be a very special event.

As well as literature, there is history, sport, politics, art, theatre, psychology and comedy. Dalkey Book Festival aims to mix these subjects in ways that are fresh and ultimately in a way that will inform as well as entertain.

Come along, keep an open mind, listen to other forms of intelligence and challenge accepted ideas and conventional wisdom.

We acknowledge the generous support of all our sponsors, the wonderful team of volunteers and the local venues, in particular Dalkey Castle & Heritage Centre, as well as the library, Church of the Assumption, St Patrick’s Church, the Masonic Hall and the OPW for giving us some amazing new venues this year in the old Garda Station and Archbold’s Castle.

Sian Smyth

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friday 14 june 3pm-4pm

Library, Castle St

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5.30pm-6.20pm Scenes from Minding Frankie

Heritage Centre, Castle St

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Tickets available at the Heritage Centre

7pm- 8.15pm

Remembering Maeve

Town Hall, Castle St

€15

9pm-10pm

Robert Fisk in conversation with Pat Kenny

Church of the Assumption

€12

The Vico, The Queen’s , Castle St

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Maeve Binchy Tale Trail : a photographic response

10.30pm-11.30pm Irish Pictorial Weekly on Tour

saturday 15 june 9.30am-10.30am Poetry through motion; Pilates for Fighting Words

Town Hall, Castle St

10.30am-11.15am Brighid “Biddy” McLaughlin (3-6 yrs)

Rockbrook Cottage, Coliemore Rd €2

11am-12pm

Library, Castle St

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Wrights at The Dispensary

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Sarah Webb: Ask Amy Green (10yrs+)

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11.30am-12.30pm Ciaran Carty: Intimacy with Strangers, a life of brief encounters 12pm-12.50pm

Nelofer Pazira in conversation with Jennifer O’Connell Masonic Hall, Castle St

1pm-2pm

Edna O’Brien: Country Girl

2pm-2.50pm

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In conversation with Sean Rocks, RTÉ Radio 1 (Arena)

Town Hall, Castle St

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Tim Pat Coogan: The Famine Plot

Garda Station, Tubbermore Road

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2.30pm-3.30pm John Boyne and Oisin McGann (8-12yrs)

Library, Castle St

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3pm-4pm

Dawn O’Porter

Heritage Centre, Castle St

€8

5pm-5.45pm

Kevin Barrington: I love the Internet

Corner Note Café, 1 Coliemore Rd €5

5pm-6pm

Anne Enright talks to Sinead Gleeson

Heritage Centre, Castle Street

€10

5.30-6.30pm

John Boyne and Donal Ryan talk to Carlo Gebler

Masonic Hall, Castle St

€10

6pm-7pm

Love Hate: Stuart Carolan talks to David McWilliams

Garda Station

€10

6.30-7.30pm

The Thriving Family: Town Hall, Castle St

€10

David Coleman talks to Ian Robertson 7pm-8.30pm

Nora at Nunn’s Island, a Joycean musical extravaganza The Vico, The Queen’s, Castle St,

8pm-9pm

The Brother and Me

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Heritage Centre, Castle St

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What is the Leaving Cert for?

Town Hall, Castle St

€10

10pm-11.30pm

Colm O’Regan: Ireland’s got Mammies

The Vico, The Queen’s , Castle St,

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11pm-midnight

Midnight Poe

St Begnet’s Graveyard

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written and performed by Eamon Morrissey 9.30-10.30pm

The Dalkey State of the Nation Debate:

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fringe 14-16 june Over the festival weekend, look out for Children’s Storytelling in the Library, Sports pundits chatting in The Club, Spanish Joycean scholars in Finnegans, writers and readings in Thyme Out, music in The Tramyard and other venues, poetry readings, Jay Murphy art exhibition, Health on the Hill at Fitzpatricks Castle, prizegivings for children’s writing and drawing competitions, wine tastings, book swaps , Bloom’s Balloons and puppet shows.

sunday 16 june 10am-1pm

Thai House, Railway Road

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11.30am-12.30pm Kevin Barry

Finnegan’s, Sorrento Road

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12pm-1pm

Masonic Hall, Castle St

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12.30pm-1.30pm Pauline McLynn (10-13 years)

Heritage Centre, Castle St

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1pm-2pm

Country Bake, Castle St

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1.30pm-2.30pm The Curious World of Eoin Colfer (9-12 years)

Town Hall, Castle St

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2pm-2.50pm

Heritage Centre, Castle St

€10

2.30pm-3.30pm Jonathan Dee: A Thousand Pardons

Archbold’s Castle, Castle St

€5

3pm-4pm

A conversation with Bernard MacLaverty

Country Bake, Castle St

€8

3.30pm

Dramatisation of The ‘Dalkey Schoolroom Scene’

Heritage Centre, Castle St

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Getting Published Workshop Frank McGuinness with Graham Price Selina Guinness : Crocodile by the Door Declan Kiberd, Writers and the Revolution:1916

from ‘Ulysses’, followed by guided Joycean walk

Tickets available at the Heritage Centre

4pm-5pm

Sarah Harte talks to Edel Coffey

Archbold’s Castle, Castle St

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4.30-5.30pm

Uri Orlev, Surviving the Holocaust

Masonic Hall, Castle St

€8

5pm-6pm

Adventures of a Waterboy,

Heritage Centre, Castle St

€10

Northover Hall

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an evening with Mike Scott 6pm-7.15pm

Macklin: Method and Madness

St Patrick’s Church, Harbour Road 8pm

Joycean Evening: A feast of Joycean Extracts linked by Heritage Centre, Castle St

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music and song from renowned Baritone, Simon Morgan Tickets available at the Heritage Centre 8.30-9.30pm

Carl Bernstein in conversation with David McWilliams St Patrick’s Church, Harbour Road €12

10pm-11.30pm

Grand Finale Midsummer Book Quiz

The Vico, The Queen’s, Castle St

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Jay Murphy’s exhibition “The Tunnel” opened by Brian Bourke (hrha, Aosdana) friday 14 june, 6pm, free 19 railway road A response to the death in 2012 of her sister, Paula, who ran the very popular gift shop, Handworks, here in Dalkey.

The subject is the view from Killiney Hill where both sisters often walked. The white dot is the tunnel that runs through Bray Head. The mood is sombre and this series could be described as a visual requiem.

This exhibition will be open throughout the festival.

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AIB Photojournalism Exhibition on tour friday 14 june, 3-7pm, free saturday 15 june, 11am-7pm sunday 16 june, 12pm-5pm our lady’s hall, castle st Winning images from the annual awards of the Press Photographers’ Association of Ireland, featuring Mark Condren, Eric Luke (from Dalkey) and others.

Scenes from Minding Frankie

I Friday 14th June, 5.30-6.20pm H Heritage Centre, Castle St

Maeve Binchy Tale Trail : a photographic response

I Friday, 14th June, 3pm-4pm H Library, Castle St

above Heart and Soul, photographed by Sarah Gibbons, made by Dalkey Education Centre and Holy Child School Killiney.

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The launch of this very special community-based project, hosted

by Dalkey Education Centre, is a collaboration between service users from St John of God Carmona Services and TY students from Holy Child School Killiney. The students have produced a series of photographs created with a particular Maeve Binchy book title in mind.

Find out about the project by picking up a tale trail sheet in the Library.

Make your way around the shops, cafes and restaurants of Dalkey to find the photos and figure out which book each photo represents. Drop back the sheets to the library to enter a wonderful surprise prize draw, generously donated by the Library.

In association with Fuji Dalkey

€8

These scenes from Minding Frankie are adapted from the Maeve Binchy novel for the stage by Shay Linehan.

Directed by Margaret Dunne.

Tickets available directly from the Heritage Centre.

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Music in the Tramyard friday 14 june, from 5pm to late the tramyard Jazz with Louis Stewart and Jim Doherty Declan Murray Rob Strong

Remembering Maeve

I Friday 14th June, 7pm- 8.15pm H Town Hall, Castle St

Robert Fisk in conversation with Pat Kenny €15

Dalkey remembers Maeve. She sold more than 40 million books, making her the topselling Irish author ever.

She lived around the corner. Tonight, writers, playwrights, journalists, her publisher, her readers and friends remember her with her husband Gordon Snell and her niece Sarah Binchy. This is a unique and very special event: a local celebration of an international star.

Proceeds to Fighting Words and the Dyslexia Association.

I Friday 14th June, 9pm-10pm H Church of the Assumption, Castle St

Irish Pictorial Weekly on Tour

I Friday 14th June, 10.30pm-11.30pm

H The Vico, The Queen’s, Castle St €12

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As the bloody conflict in Syria threatens to drag the whole region, from Iran and Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel into the vortex, this is an opportunity to hear from one of the region’s foremost experts. Robert Fisk is amongst the world’s best-known journalists and the most decorated British foreign correspondent, Robert has been based in the Middle East for 25 years and his knowledge of the area is unsurpassed. Just back from Syria, the outspoken Robert Fisk will share his invaluable insights with Pat Kenny.

With Ireland lurching from one display of incompetence to the next, Gary Cooke and John Colleary with their cutting brand of humour will look at the country’s political and media culture.

These two writers and performers have been involved in the highest level of Irish comedy and satire in recent years. Don’t miss a chance to see some of Ireland’s funniest comedians in this special, intimate venue. Gary Cooke and John Colleary will entertain you in The Vico.

“Serious” people not allowed.

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Storytelling in the Library saturday 15 june, 12.00-1.00pm, free dalkey library, castle st Look out for Gordon Snell, Carmel Kelly and others.

St Patrick’s Annual Art Exhibition saturday 14 & sunday 15 june 11.00am-5.00pm aib bank, dalkey An exhibition of mixed-media paintings on canvas by over 100 pupils from St. Patrick’s National School, Dalkey.

Inspired by the Book Festival, this year’s theme is ‘A Scene From Your Favourite Book’ and promises to be a vibrant and engaging exhibition for all ages.

This unique event has been generously facilitated by Brendan McNestry, Branch Manager, AIB Bank, Dalkey.

Brighid “Biddy” McLaughlin (3-6 yrs)

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H Rockbrook Cottage, Coliemore Rd €2 You won’t believe you are in Dublin when you go beyond the red half-door into this traditional cottage. Come inside for some enchantment in English and as gaeilge with writer and folk artist, Brighid McLaughlin.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

I Saturday 15th June, 9.30-10.30am

€20

Do good, feel good! Tone your tummy and assuage your conscience! This pilates class will be very fluid, almost dancelike, with an emphasis on visualization and narrative to take even complete beginners through a safe and effective work out for the entire body. With a focus on correct alignment of the spine and care for the neck and back, this is a class for all abilities. Eva Berg (thesecretpilates.com), Dublin’s famous Pilates teacher, who is rumoured to be responsible for most of Ireland’s A-list bodies, will teach an hour long mat class.

Wear track pants or leggings and a tshirt.

PLEASE BRING A MAT (A limited number will be for sale on the door.)

All proceeds directly to Fighting Words

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11.30am-12.30pm H Wrights at The Dispensary, Castle St

Poetry through motion; Pilates for Fighting Words H Town Hall

Ciaran Carty: Intimacy with Strangers, a life of brief encounters

Sarah Webb and Ask Amy Green (10yrs+)

I Saturday 15th June, 11am-12pm H Library, Castle St

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Ciaran Carty, film critic and champion of emerging writers, draws on his career in journalism and interviews with, among others, Harold Pinter, Beyonce Knowles, Doris Lessing, Hugh Leonard, Brian Friel, Pedro Almodovar, Woody Allen, Liam Neeson, Julie Christie, John McGahern, Chuck Berry and Michael Caine. In Intimacy with Strangers, he offers a dazzlingly original approach to celebrity interviewing which will be explored with renowned playwright, Bernard Farrell.

Bestselling author Sarah Webb talks to her young readers about Amy Green, age 13 and reads from her fourth novel in the Ask Amy Green series.

Parents/Guardians must sign in children under 12 or they will be refused entry.

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Nelofer Pazira in conversation with Jennifer O’Connell

I Saturday 15th June, 12pm-12.50pm H Masonic Hall, Castle St

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Patrick Holford at Health on the Hill saturday 15 june, 11.30am-1.30pm fitzpatrick castle hotel Burn Fat Fast: change your metabolism and your genes for weight control with nutritionist, Patrick Holford.

Tickets from Select Stores, Railway Rd, €12

Edna O’Brien: Country Girl

I Saturday 15th June, 1pm-2pm H Town Hall, Castle St

The star of the acclaimed film Kandahar and director of the award winning Act of Dishonour, Nelofer Pazira returns to Dalkey to discuss the plight of women in Afghanistan and the general condition of women in the Muslim world. With Jennifer O’Connell she will consider how the West’s understanding of their plight is often a misrepresentation of the real problems they face. While it is sometimes very easy for us to point the finger, given the needless death of Savita Halappanavar, should we not be holding up the mirror?

Tim Pat Coogan: The Famine Plot

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Rugby lovers!

Watch the Lions with Lions. saturday 15 june, 10.30am, free the club, coliemore rd Get on your colours, kick back and watch the match with Brent Pope, Tony Ward, Tom McGurk, Hugo MacNeill and other Lions.

H Garda Station, Tubbermore Rd €5

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Edna O’Brien is probably Ireland’s most famous female novelist and we are delighted that Edna will be here this year. This is a unique chance to join her in Dalkey to look at a literary life of contemplation and passion. From the Catholic Church and rural Ireland to the glamorous cast – which includes Marlon Brando, Paul McCartney, Jackie Onassis, Princess Margaret, Jane Fonda, Robert Mitchum and Richard Burton – the writer who describes herself as an exile, will talk to Sean Rocks, the presenter of ARENA on RTÉ Radio 1.

What caused the Famine? Was it a natural tragedy or a ruthless example of wilful human neglect? Tim Pat Coogan – just back from a tour of the US – looks at one of the most divisive questions in Irish history. He talks to Dave Kenny about the catastrophe that continues to dominate the Irish psyche. Where better to talk history and politics than in the unusual and atmospheric setting of Dalkey’s decommissioned Garda station. If it gets a bit rowdy, the cells are still there!

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Free Upcycling Furniture Session at Upside Design’s new studio saturday 15 june and sunday 16 june, 10.30am-1pm and 2.30-5pm, free upside design, 20 railway road During the festival, Upside Design is opening its NEW Studio to the public!

Bring along a small piece of furniture and discover the simple way to upcycle it using the wonderful Annie Sloan Chalk Paint or why not pick up a copy of Annie Sloan’s latest book – Colour Recipes for Painted Furniture! Limited spaces; sign up at www.upside.ie or drop in to our shop 20 Railway Road for more details.

Bernie Kenny and The Shed Poets saturday 15 june, 3.15pm, free the club, coliemore road

John Boyne and Oisin McGann (8-12yrs)

Kevin Barrington: I love the Internet

I Saturday 15th June, 2.30pm-3.30pm H Library, Castle St

I Saturday 15th June, 5pm-5.45pm H Corner Note Café, 1 Coliemore Road

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The creator of The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne, talks about his whimsical, funny and uplifting The Terrible Thing That Happened To Barnaby Brocket.

From the talented mind of Oisín McGann, author of the critically acclaimed Small-Minded Giants and the Mad Grandad series, comes his latest book Rat Runners. Expect cool, edgy characters and a pulse-racing plot.

John Boyne and Oisin McGann talk to Sophie Gorman about their latest books and writing for children of different age groups.

Under 10s must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult and a parent/ guardian must sign in children age 10 and 11 or they will be refused entry.

Dawn O’Porter

I Saturday 15th June, 3pm-4pm H Heritage Centre, Castle St

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Journalist and broadcaster Dawn O’Porter needs no introduction to fans of hilarious, salacious and downright fascinating stories. She’s made documentaries about everything from polygamy to breast cancer, and free love to Dirty Dancing.

Now she’s turned her talents to writing, and her first novel, Paper Aeroplanes, is an absolute showstopper. With graphic content and scenes of a sexual nature, the story of Renee & Flo is a gritty, poignant and laugh-out loud funny tale of being a teenager in a small town and the heartstopping power of female friendship. In conversation with Nadine O’Regan .

(Recommended for adults and readers aged 14+)

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The brilliant Kevin Barrington brings his slam poetry to Dalkey. Gritty, powerful, and often hilarious, Barrington “sings, serenades, chants and screeches.

He’s like a hungry, distracted coyote roaming the digital plains – with one eye on the circling herd of bullies, despots, third-raters and poltroons, and the other on that gorgeous sunset over there.”

In conversation with Ivan Mulcahy.

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Local schools’ drawing competition: prize giving with Gordon Snell and Mary Kingston. saturday 15 june, 4.30pm, free library, maeve binchy garden In honour of Maeve Binchy, juniors were invited to draw A Circle of Friends and seniors The Lilac Bus. Drawings are displayed around the town.

Sponsored by Select Stores, Country Bake and Dalkey Business Group.

John Boyne and Donal Ryan talk to Carlo Gebler

Love Hate: Stuart Carolan talks to David McWilliams

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I Saturday 15th June, 5.30-6.30pm H Masonic Hall, Castle St

Anne Enright

I Saturday 15th June, 5pm-6pm H Heritage Centre, Castle St

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Booker Prize winner comes to Dalkey!

Anne Enright , with her usual charm and wit, will talk to Sinead Gleeson about winning the 2007 Man Booker for The Gathering and her latest work. Ever thought that Anne Enright should sue the government over her copyright of “The Gathering”? You can put it to her at this wonderful, intimate event.

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John Boyne, undoubtedly one of Ireland’s finest and most successful writers, returns to Dalkey to talk about his hot off the press new novel, This House is Haunted, a chilling Dickensian ghost story. Donal Ryan’s debut novel, The Spinning Heart, was praised by John Boyne when it was published last year. A chronicle of our times, it traces the story of 21 people in a rural community. Darkly comic, his novel reveals the devastating cost of the financial crisis. In conversation with Carlo Gebler.

I Saturday 15th June, 6pm-7pm H Garda Station

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Love/Hate is a true phenomenon and the man who writes it is a true talent.

The characters, the plot and the production have gripped the nation.

The last episode was watched by almost one million people. Want to know what makes Nidge tick, or what happens to Darren and Siobhan? In a rare public interview, we get into the world of creator and writer of Love Hate, Stuart Carolan, who talks to David McWilliams. Appropriately enough for a man who has created Ireland’s most memorable criminal characters, we’ll do this in the Garda Station.

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A Taste of the Wine Goose Chase saturday 15 june, 3.00pm on the grapevine, st patrick’s road A taste of the one-woman phenomenon that is Susan Boyle (not that one!) performing excerpts from her show which tells the story of the Irish and Wine down the centuries – knowledge, fun and, of course, wine-tasting!

Tickets from On the Grapevine €5

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Nora at Nunn’s Island

I Saturday 15th June, 7pm-8.30pm

H The Vico, The Queen’s, Castle St €10

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On the eve of Bloomsday we have a little jewel for you. If he had not become a writer, there is a good chance that James Joyce would still have made a name as a vocal performer. In 1904 he even shared the stage with the great opera singer John McCormack.

The Thriving Family: David Coleman talks to Ian Robertson

I Saturday 15th June, 6.30pm-7.30pm H Town Hall

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Do you ever feel that it must be just you and your family and your children?

Well it’s not, we are all in the same boat.

David Coleman, Ireland’s most popular clinical psychologist, talks about your children, what is going on inside their heads and how you can get your head around it.

David will talk to eminent psychologist Ian Robertson Professor of Psychology at Trinity College, on how to deal with all aspects of family life from babies and toddlers right though primary school and into the teenage years and not lose the plot! His straightforward, nojargon approach to common parenting dilemmas can help you achieve more harmony in your family life .

The close relationship between James Joyce and music has long been recognized by his readers, critics, and biographers. Joyce, like his father, was both an excellent singer and an accomplished pianist with an encyclopedic mastery of music of every type and genre, rivaling his vast knowledge of world literature.

Tonight, we celebrate Jim in song with a Joycean musical extravaganza in the company of soprano, Sandra Schalks and Tom Cullivan on piano. Nora Barnacle recalls her life with “Jim” and sings sixteen of their favourite songs including ballads, concert gems and operatic arias.

The Brother and Me written and performed by Eamon Morrissey

I Saturday 15th June, 8pm-9pm H Heritage Centre, Castle St

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Eamon Morrissey is, without doubt, the world’s finest purveyor of Flann O’Brien. He unveils his new one-man show, The Brother and Me, at Dalkey Book Festival. Come to the world premiere of The Brother and Me, written and performed by Eamon Morrissey.

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Music in the Tramyard saturday 15 june, from 5pm to late the tramyard Shobsy John Keogh Mac Fleetwood

The Dalkey State of the Nation Debate: What is the Leaving Cert for?

I Saturday 15th June, 9.30-10.30pm H Town Hall, Castle St

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More and more graduates are unemployed or emigrating. Is the Irish education system with its cramming, grind schools and obsession with exams in June, creating a generation of zombies unable to adapt to change, likely to be left behind in the modern world? If this is the case, who or what is to blame? Does the Irish education system reward a certain type of brain and punish another and if so, is it time for a massive change?

With Michael Cawley, Ferdia MacAnna, Alan McGinty, David McWilliams and more.

Ireland’s got Mammies with Colm O’Regan

I Saturday 15th June, 10pm-11.30pm

H The Vico, The Queen’s, Castle St €12 Best selling author of the hilarious Book of Irish Mammies, Colm O’Regan brings the unique insight of the Irish Mammy to life in a unique and dotey way. From “Did you have the pavlova?” to “I hope you didn’t use the good scissors for that” and other pieces of classic Irish Mammy wisdom. Don’t miss this side-splitting performance.

Midnight Poe

I Saturday 15th June, 11pm-midnight H St Begnet’s Graveyard, Heritage Centre, Castle St

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Sarah Moore Fitzgerald saturday 15 june, 5.00pm, free thyme out, castle street Sarah Moore Fitzgerald’s debut novel, Back to Blackbrick, published by Orion this year, explores themes of adventure, love, loss, memory and growing up. Book of the month at Dubray books, it was also the Sunday Times children’s book of the week. Sarah (who grew up in Dalkey) will read from the novel and talk about the writing process.

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Midnight Poe presented by Bewley’s Café Theatre with the Dalkey Book Festival features one of Edgar Allen Poe’s best-known stories, The Cask of Amontillado – a pitch-black comedy of revenge and his chilling, unfinished, final tale, The Lighthouse, as well as musical settings of some of his greatest poems. This special site-specific experience among the medieval ruins and gravestones will take the audience on a deliciously dark descent into the maelstrom of one of literature’s most frenzied imaginations.

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Blooms Balloons sunday 16 june, all day, free outside ouzos

Upcycling Furniture at Upside Design sunday 16 june 10.30am-1pm and 2.30pm-5pm free (Details on page 10)

Bernadette Bohan at Health on the Hill sunday 16 june, 12.00pm-2.00pm fitzpatrick castle hotel Improve your health naturally, increase your energy and lose weight: a practical guide.

Tickets from Select Stores, Railway Rd, €12

Getting Published Workshop

I Sunday 16th June, 10am-1pm H Thai House, Railway Road

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What is a publisher looking for?

How can you improve your pitch and improve your chances of getting published? Vanessa O’Loughlin explains what you need to do to attract a publisher. This workshop gets results – just look at the success stories on inkwellwriters.ie and writing.ie In this workshop, Vanessa will explain the blueprint from keyboard to bookshelf.

Places are limited to 15 people.

An audience with Frank McGuinness

I Sunday 16th June, 12pm-1pm H Masonic Hall, Castle St

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In a special one-off Bloomsday event, Frank McGuinness, fresh from his celebrated adaptation of Joyce’s The Dead in The Abbey, shares his thoughts on the man, the life, the times and, crucially, the work of James Joyce. With Graham Price. Not to be missed.

Kevin Barry

I Sunday 16th June, 11.30am -12.30pm H Finnegan’s, Sorrento Road

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Since he appeared last year in Dalkey’s Masonic Hall, Kevin Barry continues to excel in the literary world and his debut novel City of Bohane was recently shortlisted for the Impac Literary Award .

And, as he points out, “a prize with money attached to it has a lot of prestige.” Come and hear the man who Irvine Welsh described as “a true literary star” reading from his work in Finnegan’s bar.

Pauline McLynn

I Sunday 16th June, 12.30pm-1.30pm H Heritage Centre, Castle St

€7

Award-winning actor, perhaps bestknown for playing the role of Mrs Doyle in Father Ted and Libby Croker in Shameless, is very funny and very creative. She has written nine other novels, and Jenny Q, Stitched Up was her first book for teenagers.The sequel, Jenny Q, Unravelled is the next book in the hilarious series from Pauline McLynn.

(Age 10-13, children must be signed in by an adult or may be refused entry.)

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All The President’s Men sunday 16 june, 2.30pm benito’s, castle street A screening of this classic on the day that Carl Bernstein comes to Dalkey

Dr Marilyn Glenville at Health on the Hill sunday 16 june, 3.00pm-5.00pm fitzpatrick castle hotel Natural Solutions to Digestive Problems and IBS. How to heal your digestive symptoms, naturally.

Tickets from Select Stores, Railway Rd, €12

I Sunday 16th June, 1pm-2pm H Country Bake, Castle St,

Declan Kiberd Writers and the Revolution:1916

I Sunday 16th June, 2pm-2.50pm

€10

H Heritage Centre

As developers circle the skies above the inherited family home, plotting to raze it and build yet another golf course or block of apartments, Selina Guinness rises to the challenge of saving her home. Her memoir offers a fascinating glimpse of what had become of the Anglo-Irish by the late 20th century, and describes the hardships of modern farming. It is also a beautifully written meditation on what hard work really means.

In conversation with Madeleine Keane.

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Selina Guinness is an author and lecturer in English Literature who also farms sheep at Tibradden in the Dublin Mountains. Her life at Tibradden is told in her memoir, The Crocodile by the Door, which was shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards and the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards.

The Curious World of Eoin Colfer

I Sunday 16th June, 1.30pm-2.30pm H Town Hall, Castle St

€5

Hysterically funny and utterly brilliant number one bestselling author, the legendary Eoin Colfer is a bestseller in every genre he writes. From Artemis Fowl to Zaphod Beeblebrox, he’s a master of storytelling. His latest book, W.A.R.P.: The Reluctant Assassin, tells the thrilling adventure of a Victorian boy called Riley who is plucked into the 21st century and accused of a crime he didn’t commit. Join him at the Dalkey Book Festival for an insight into his curious and magical world. A must for everyone, especially 8-12 year olds.

Under 10s must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult and a parent/ guardian must sign in children age 10 and 11 or they will be refused entry.

€10

As we enter a season of anniversaries from the 1913 Lock Out to 1916 and the War of Independence, Professor Declan Kiberd, author of the acclaimed Reinventing Ireland and Ulysses and Me, places our most celebrated poets, novelists and playwrights deep in the centre of the Irish Revolution. From Yeats to O’Casey, Joyce to Beckett, what role did they really play and what did they think of the Republic that we are about to celebrate?

Jonathan Dee

I Sunday 16th June, 2.30pm-3.30pm H Archbold’s Castle

€5

According to Richard Ford, Jonathan Dee “made my heart beat faster’.

Lauded by Jonathan Frantzen, he has written that rare thing , a genuine literary thriller. We are delighted to have him at Dalkey.

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Selina Guinness Crocodile by the Door

His last novel, The Privileges, was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize and won the 2011 Prix Fitzgerald and the St Francis College Literary Prize.

Catch him while you can in this special Dalkey location.

In conversation with Laura George.

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The Order of Finnegans sunday 16 june, free finnegan’s , sorrento road Look out for a group of Spanish Joyceans, including the renowned novelist Enrique Vila Matas a founding member of the Order of Finnegans. The knights of the Order of Finnegans must venerate James Joyce’s novel Ulysses and, if possible, attend Bloomsday each year in Dublin. At dusk, they meet at the Martello tower in Sandycove with participants reading sections from Ulysses and then walk to Finnegans pub in Dalkey. Join them for a drink and encourage some Bloomsday readings.

Bernard MacLaverty

I Sunday 16th June, 3pm-4pm H Country Bake, Castle St

Adventures of a Waterboy, with Mike Scott

I Sunday 16th June, 5pm-6pm

€8

H Heritage Centre, Castle St

Author of Cal and Lamb, both made into major films for which he wrote the screenplays, as well as Time to Dance and Grace Notes, which was nominated for the Booker prize, Bernard MacLaverty, truly one of Ireland’s finest storytellers, will be talking to Olivia O’Leary.

The Waterboys’ frontman marks the launch of his memoir Adventure of a Waterboy with an intimate reading from the book.

Uri Orlev, Surviving the Holocaust

I Sunday 16th June, 4.30-5.30pm

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Sarah Harte

I Sunday 16th June, 4pm-5pm H Archbold’s Castle

€5

Her intelligent and funny debut, The Better Half, received much praise and her latest novel, Thick and Thin, is a gripping story which depicts a 25 year friendship between two women who meet at university until a crisis threatens their friendship.

€10

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Holocaust survivors are special people.

What did they see? How did they deal with it? And deep inside them, do the horrors still haunt them?

Uri Orlev was born in 1931 in Warsaw and spent the early years of World War II in the horrific Warsaw Ghetto. His father was captured by the Russians and didn’t see his sons again until 1954; his mother was murdered by the Nazis.

After being smuggled out of the ghetto and hidden by Polish families, Orlev and his younger brother were sent to the notorious Bergen-Belsen. They were freed two years later and immigrated to pre-state Israel.

Orlev has published over 30 books for children and youth, as well as fiction for adults. His books have been translated into 38 languages.

In conversation with Lana Citron.

The Waterboys are best known for classic songs like The Whole of the Moon and ground-breaking albums including This is the Sea and Fisherman’s Blues. Their most recent work, An Appointment with Mr Yeats, sees Scott and his compatriots setting the lyrics of Ireland’s master poet to melody against a background of rousing rock’n’roll.

Mike’s devastatingly honest and beautifully crafted memoir describes the adventures of a rock’n’roll seeker in quest of musical frontiers; it is serious, funny, profound, whimsical, revealing and enigmatic. Following his path through teenage punk bands, the success of The Waterboys and subsequent experiences in New York, Scotland’s Findhorn community and beyond, Adventures of a Waterboy doesn’t so much unravel the myths surrounding Scott and The Waterboys; it blows them to smithereens.

Don’t miss this rare and candid encounter.

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Music in the Tramyard sunday 26 june, from 5pm to late the tramyard Music to Poetry for Bloomsday with Eamon Carr (from The Horslips), Richie Buckley and Miles Drennan on piano Fitzie and Richie Buckley

Macklin: Method and Madness

I Sunday 16th June, 6pm-7.15pm

H Northover Hall, St Patrick’s Church, Harbour Road €8

The actor, Charles Macklin, rose from humble origins in Donegal to a triumphant career on the London stage where his realistic style of playing redefined the actor’s craft. His terrifying portrayal of Shylock was the sensation of the age and allegedly gave the King nightmares. Macklin himself was a pugnacious and quarrelsome individual, whose fiery temper led to an infamous backstage killing and subsequent murder charge.

Carl Bernstein in conversation with David McWilliams

Grand Finale Midsummer Book Quiz

I Sunday 16th June, 8.30-9.30pm H St Patrick’s Church, Harbour Road

I Sunday 16th June, 10pm-11.30pm

H The Vico, The Queen’s, Castle St €10

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Many are described as legendary, few are truly in that league.

Pulitzer prizewinner and America’s most famous journalist, he broke Watergate for the Washington Post: Carl Bernstein comes to Dalkey.

Looking at America today, the Obama administration, America’s next president, Hilary Clinton, Vietnam 40 years on and of course his role in bringing down the Nixon administration, there’ll be plenty to talk about. Immortalized in the classic movie, All The Presidents Men, on the eve of a remake of that film starring Robert Redford , Carl Bernstein will be at the Dalkey Book Festival 2013 to discuss his life in journalism with David McWilliams. This is going to be a very special show; book early to make sure you don’t miss out!

It’s been a heavy day. You need laughter, entertainment and charm to round off the festival. The event is the Grand Finale Midsummer book Quiz and the Vico is the place. Test your knowledge of all things bookish with Barry Murphy, easily recognized as “one of the ten kings of Irish comedy” , writer and performer of Apres Match, Irish Pictorial Weekly and Soupy Norman. Who cares if you come last in the quiz, with Barry Murphy at the mic, it’ll be a hoot. Don’t miss it!

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This new play about the legendary 18th Century Irish actor Charles Macklin is written and performed by Gary Jermyn and Michael James Ford. A colourful comic romp, it is set in February 1941.

London is being ravaged by the Blitz.

At the BBC, a radio play for two voices has been commissioned to celebrate the bicentenary of a famous event: on Valentine’s Day 1741, Culdaffborn Charles Macklin first appeared on the London stage as Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice – a role which he was to make his own for the next 50 years. Despite the air raid warnings, the show must go on.

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Health on the Hill

at Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel

Patrick Holford

Bernadette Bohan

Dr. Marilyn Glenville

Burn Fat Fast Saturday June 15th 2013 11.30am-1.30pm, €12

The Choice Sunday June 16th 2013 12pm-2pm, €12

Natural Solutions to Digestive Problems & IBS Sunday June 16th 2013 3pm-5pm, €12

Health Author Events sponsored by Select Stores Dalkey & Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel

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Tickets on sale only at Select Stores.

Phone 01 2859611 or info@selectstores.ie

Sunday June 16th Female Health Day Special Offer 2 events: €20

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‘Discover Dalkey’s Literary Gems’ A literary themed evening

A unique stage performance of the work of famous local writers – Joyce, Beckett, Leonard, Flann O’Brien, Binchy, Synge, Van Morrison and Joseph O’Connor. Great fun and guaranteed to entertain any audience.

Tour Operators or Group Organisers can book this show for performance from Friday June 21st weekly until Friday August 9th at 19.30pm in the beautifully upgraded Heritage Centre at Dalkey Castle.

Advance booking is essential.

This 50 minute show will be followed by a traditional music session in one of our local hostelries.

Each Friday from 21st June to 9th August 2013 at 19.30 Tickets are €10 per person.

Further information from Margaret Dunne at margaret@dalkeycastle.com or tel: 00353 1 285 8366 www.dalkeycastle.com

Dalkey Petstop

Stockist of pet foods from Hills, Royal Canin, Beta, Gilpa, Pedigree, Burgess and Whites Premium Ireland.

Large Selection of pet accessories and garden bird food and feeders.

Keys cut and pet tags engraved.

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Dalkey’s Fine Wine Shop Visit us at 21 St. Patrick’s Road, Dalkey T 01 235 3054 or online at www.onthegrapevine.ie

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Home Bakery and Coffee Shop 35 Castle Street, Dalkey, Co. Dublin ď ž(01) 285 2009 www.countrybake.ie

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Bláithín O’Brien BSc(Pharm) MPSI 3 Railway Road, Dalkey, County Dublin Established 1877

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107 Coliemore Road, Dalkey www.theclubdalkey.com

Enjoy all Sporting Events on our Big Screens and Plasma TVs Customer Parking Available

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...and all that

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The Great Crab & Lobster Feast €24.95 Available Sunday to Friday from 4pm to close & Saturday from 4pm to 7pm www.ouzos.ie for menu details Open 7 days, lunch served from 12pm. 22 Castle Street, Dalkey. Tel: 01-2851890

The Queens WINE NIGHTS All Bottles 1/2 price with Main Course.

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5.pm.

No hire charge, Plug n play music rig. Great value menus.

21st Birthdays, Christenings and family celebrations.

Corporate events. We cater to you all your needs

STEAK NIGHTS All Night Wednesday. Choice of Steak with Home Fries and Sauces from €17.95

EARLY BIRD 2 Courses €18.00 3 Courses €22.00 All Steaks from €17.95 Monday to Sunday 5 to 7pm

www.thequeens.ie Telephone 01 285 4569

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The Tramyard Café & Wine Bar in the heart of Dalkey is an experience not to be missed. Each morning the café opens with the smell of freshly baked scones and wonderful coffee. A full selection of homemade dishes are available from lunch time till late.

On weekend evenings the Café transforms into a Wine Bar serving Irish craft beers and draught Guinness. Join us for some great live music and our excellent barbeque.

The unique space and welcoming hospitality at the Tramyard will ensure that your event is special. We have a range of facilities to suit any occasion large or small.

Whether you are planning your wedding, special birthday, family occasion or charity/corporate event, the staff at the Tramyard will advise and assist you in organising every aspect of your evening.

www.thetramyardcafe.com

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