Zurich Dalkey Book Festival 2016

16-19 June 2016

Zurich Dalkey Book Festival

patrons of the zurich dalkey book festival Matt and Karen Winslow, BioVentures Inc Colm and Maryrose Barrington

Welcome Welcome to the seventh book festival in Dalkey, which will be officially opened by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. director Sian Smyth design Niall Meehan, Verso website Aoife O’Brien p roducer Clare Ridge p r and marketing Clare Ridge box office Margie Lynch administration Sara Macken social media Aoife O’Brien and Finn McLaughlin v olunteer manager Sara Macken p roduction manager Emma Jane Dunne stylist Patricia Masetti-Nolan v enue managers Katie Ridge, Sarah O’Doherty and Maya Derrington author liaison Sinead Caffrey and Christine McNally

special thanks to: Our lead sponsor, Zurich, without whom, all this wouldn’t be possible; Fiona O’Doherty; Jess Macken , Niall Robertson, John Hewitson; Alan Holman; Aaron Berg; Rev. Bruce Hayes; Brian Meyer; Sarah Morleigh; Margaret Dunne; Dan O’Brien; John Hewiston, Marta Starosta; Dalkey Library; Tom Byrne, Richard Shakespeare and the team at DLR. Our sponsors and our Patrons (see opposite).

The wonderful team of gracious volunteers who make this all possible. cover image Conor McCabe

Kicking off on Bloomsday, be inspired by 65 events, over four days, in one exceptional setting, with Malcolm Gladwell, Brian Eno, Elif Shafak, Dambisa Moyo, Bob Geldof and some of Ireland’s best established writers like John Banville, Kevin Barry and Donal Ryan and newer voices of Danielle McLaughlin, Jan Carson and Frankie Gaffney. There’s something for everyone with literature, ideas, comedy, world affairs, theatre, film, history, medicine, politics and poetry as well as family events, free storytelling, a Book Clinic, free cookery demos, all in a vibrant town packed with pubs, cafes, and restaurants, including a pop up boutique eatery by the sea in Dillon’s Park: eat well, drink well, think well! Feed your brain!

This year’s theme of migration, dislocation and exile will be explored by Irish writers and the finest minds from India, Palestine, Turkey, Greece, New Zealand, the UK, the US and Zambia. From the sense of exile in Neel Mukherjee’s and Elif Shafak’s writing and Shazia Mirza’s comedy, to the history of migration and The Silk Roads of the East with Peter Frankopan and of course the humanitarian crisis of refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Janine di Giovanni and Joris Luyendijk.

This year, we’ve introduced a medicine and health series of six events from the wonderful Dr Sharad Paul on skin, Dr Harry Barry on anxiety and Dr Ian Robertson on stress. Join us as we explore Eastern versus Western approaches to health and the taboo topic of how we die now and what really matters in the end.

Enjoy the festival!

Sian Smyth

Our Community Programme this year has involved all six local primary schools (see their writing adorning all the shop fronts in the town), as well as the St John of God Carmona Services who will present their work on 17th June (see page 7). We also worked with Narrative 4 to run an intergenerational story exchange between Loreto Abbey and Sue Ryder Dalkey.

A short film about this story exchange will be shown on Friday 17th June at 7pm in the Secret Garden and we will also be showing it at intervals throughout the festival.

Upcoming Dalkey festivals to watch out for: Vintage Festival 1st August Lobster Festival 26th to 28th August Dalkey Creates 14th to 16th October Zurich Dalkey Book Festival 2016 1

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Thursday 16th June 18.45 President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, will officially open the Festival

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19.00 Elif Shafak: Exile, migration and dislocation

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19.30 The Rebel Countess

Northover Hall

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21.00 Yanis Varoufakis in conversation

Saint Patrick’s Church

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10.30 Family Storytime (age 4-7)

Dalkey Library

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11.00 A Turk and a Greek in search of the new Byzantium

The Secret Garden

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12.00 The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

The Town Hall

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14.00 Is Ireland Ungovernable? How long will the government last?

The Secret Garden

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14.00 The American West with Myles Dungan

The Heritage Centre

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16.00 What Trump tells us about our world: End of the West?

The Secret Garden

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16.00 Northsider, Southsider with Paul Murray & others

The Heritage Centre

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17.00 Cecilia Aherne and Derek Landy in conversation

The Secret Garden

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18.00 How Stress Can Make You Stronger And Smarter

The Seafront Marquee

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18.00 Giving Out Yards with Tara Flynn and Colm O’Regan

The Heritage Centre

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18.00 Invisible Republic with Declan Kiberd

The Town Hall

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19.00 Malcolm Gladwell

Saint Patrick’s Church

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19.30 The Rebel Countess

Northover Hall

20.00 Rules for Writers: Liz Nugent & Catherine Dunne with Lia Mills

The Heritage Centre

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21.00 Brian Eno and Yanis Varoufakis in conversation

The Seafront Marquee

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22.00 The Kardashians Made Me Do It

The Secret Garden

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23.45 Midnight Poe

Saint Patrick’s Church

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10.00 The Whole Patient: East Meets West

The Seafront Marquee

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10.00 Create a Picturebook Workshop (age 7-12)

Dalkey Library

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11.00 Mike McCormack in conversation

Masonic Lodge

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11.00 The Golden Era of Irish Literature

The Secret Garden

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11.30 Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers

The Town Hall

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12.00 Cartoons and Comics Workshop (age 8+)

Dalkey Library

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12.00 A Reader’s Guide to Humour

The Seafront Marquee

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13.00 Jihadi Brides

Masonic Lodge

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13.00 The Return of Nationalism: the Next Political Earthquake

The Town Hall

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14.00 Jumpstart Your Creativity Using Your Five Senses (age 9+)

Dalkey Library

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15.30 Cartoons and Comics workshop (age 8+)

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16.30 Dambisa Moyo in conversation

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Friday 17th June

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Saturday 18th June continued 17.00 Syria: an eyewitness account

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17.45 Will India Save the World?

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18.00 The Long and the Short of it

The Heritage Centre

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19.00 World on the Move

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19.00 Michael Gambon in conversation with Michael Colgan

Saint Patrick’s Church

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19.30 The Rebel Countess

Northover Hall

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20.00 The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise: Brix Smith Start

The Town Hall

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21.00 Oliver Callan Live

The Seafront Marquee

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11.30 Donal Ryan in conversation

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12.00 Brexit: What it means for Ireland, the UK and the EU

The Seafront Marquee

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12.00 What Matters in the End

The Secret Garden

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12.00 Family Storytime (age 2-5)

The Gutter Bookshop

12.00 1916: The Mornings After

Masonic Lodge

12.00-16.00 The Book Doctors

Festival Hub (Writers’ Corner)

12.30 Katie and Beth

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12.30 Yoga Storytelling with Yoyo Yoga (age 3-9)

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13.00 The Republic: Seamus Murphy

The Town Hall

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13.30 The Two Kennys

Masonic Lodge

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14.00 Skin, a Biography

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14.00 The Ponzi Man

The Heritage Centre

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14.30 Just another Indian, Muslim, Arab, Christian, British,

The Secret Garden

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14.45 Love/Hate meets Ulysses via Shakespeare

Masonic Lodge

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15.00 Strike Against Empire

Town Hall

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15.30 Yoga Storytelling with Yoyo Yoga (age 3-9)

Yoga Village

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16.00 Anxiety: How to Reshape Your Anxious Mind

The Secret Garden

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16.00 US Election

The Seafront Marquee

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16.00 The Splendid Years with Dave Kenny

Masonic Lodge

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17.00 The Global Novel: John Banville & Neel Mukherjee

The Town Hall

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17.00 Woodstock: Small Town Talk

The Heritage Centre

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18.00 Panama Papers

The Seafront Marquee

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19.00 Kevin Barry

The Secret Garden

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19.30 The Rebel Countess

Northover Hall

20.00 Bob Geldof in conversation

The Seafront Marquee

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21.30 Ross O’Carroll-Kelly plays at home

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Lesbian marriage and film production company!

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FamilyEvents Family Storytime Friday 17 June, 10.30am Dalkey Library

Free

Join Gordon Snell and Carmel Ui Cheallaigh for storytime in the library.

No need to book! Just come along!

Please note that children must be accompanied by an adult.

Age 4-7

Create a Picturebook Workshop Saturday 18th June, 10am Dalkey Library

€10

Carmel Ui Cheallaigh and Jimmy Burns host this workshop, suitable for aspiring and emerging picturebook writers and illustrators. The workshop will cover a wide range of topics, including starting to write, layout, what makes a good story, and drawing great pictures to support your story.

Age 7-12

Cartoons and Comics Workshop Saturday 18th June, 12pm & 3.30pm Dalkey Library €10

Have you ever wanted to draw your favourite character or creature from your favourite book? Well, now is your chance to join a brilliant cartoonist who will help you bring your ideas to life. Mark Flood will guide you as you draw these creations, and of course, you can bring the work home.

Drawing cartoons is a rare talent that demands skill, precision, humour and ability to tell a story. A former Disney cartoonist and animator, Mark’s work has featured widely in many 4 Zurich Dalkey Book Festival 2016

well-known Irish animations, so you’ve probably seen his work and maybe without knowing it.

Age 8+

Jumpstart your Creativity Workshop Saturday 18th June, 2pm Dalkey Library

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Using the Maeve Binchy Garden in Dalkey Library as inspiration, young writers will discover how using their senses can make their writing come alive. We’ll be sniffing roses, digging earth and listening to bees in this fun, hands-on workshop.

Sarah Webb writes for both children and adults. She grew up in Dalkey and now lives just down the road in Dún Laoghaire. Her latest book for young readers is The Songbird Cafe Girls: Aurora and the Popcorn Dolphin. She teaches writing at the Irish Writers Centre and is setting up her own writing club for young writers in the autumn.

Age 9+

Family Storytime Saturday 18 June, 11am Sunday 19 June, 12pm The Gutter Bookshop

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Everyone loves a good story! Even the youngest book fans can join in with this year’s Dalkey Book Festival at a special storytime in The Gutter Bookshop at 20 Railway Road with readings from a great selection of books for young children. We’ll have guest storytellers on the day. No need to book. (All children must be accompanied by an adult.)

Age 2-5

The Book Doctors Sunday 19 June, 12pm-4pm Festival Hub at Writers’ Corner

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Finished a series and not sure what to read next? Just can’t find a book that interests you? Then the Children’s Books Ireland Book Clinic is the place to go! Young readers of all ages are invited to drop in and meet the Book Doctor – no appointment needed, and no nasty jabs or tablets, we promise.

After a chat about your favourite books, comics or things to do, the doctor will make a diagnosis and write a prescription for your next reads.

The Book Doctor has lots of ideas and there’s a book out there for everyone.

If you’re lucky you might also meet the Doodle Doctor! Don’t forget the Book Clinic is drop-in and free of charge!

Yoga Storytelling with YoyoYoga Sunday 19 June, 12.30pm & 3.3pm Yoga Village, St Patrick’s Road €8

Yoga Storytelling is a lot of fun.

Children become the tale’s characters following the story through energizing yoga poses, before getting cosy for relaxation. There will be storytelling, with breathwork interwoven, and a relaxation at the end. Look forward to hearing some popular books such as We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and Jack and the Beanstalk. Children must be accompanied by an adult. (Don’t worry, the adult need not participate!)

The session lasts for one hour and is for a maximum of 15 children.

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Thursday 16th

Elif Shafak: Exile, migration and dislocation thursday 16 june, 7pm seafront marquee

€20

Last year at Dalkey best-selling novelist Elif Shafak enchanted those lucky enough to get a ticket to see her.

This year we are delighted that she is opening the festival.

We can think of no author, writing anywhere in the world right now who is better placed to explore this year’s festival themes of exile, migration and dislocation. Elif explicitly defies definition – her writing blends East and West, feminism and tradition, the local and the global, Sufism and rationalism, creating one of today’s most unique voices in literature.

At a time when the Middle East is imploding, when Muslim women are being subjugated by fanaticism and Europe is convulsed by a fear of Islamic terrorism, who better to navigate these issues than a writer who has made these dilemmas central to her fiction?

In conversation with David McWilliams.

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The Rebel Countess thursday 16 june, 7.30pm Friday 17 June, 7.30pm Saturday 18 June, 7.30pm Sunday 19 June, 7.30pm northover hall

Yanis Varoufakis in conversation thursday 16 june, 9pm saint patrick’s church

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The Rebel Countess, a play by Ivy Bannister, paints a vivid picture of the colourful events in the life of Countess Constance Markievicz.

Bringing to life the remarkable story of this extraordinary woman, this performance is cleverly woven together to give an often amusing and yet serious acccount of her journey from a privileged upbringing at Lissadell to her death, in poverty, in 1927.

Presented by St Patrick’s Dramatic Society, an award-winning group that has performed in Canada and all round Ireland, winning both the All Ireland One Act Confined and Open Competitions.

Directed by Nadia Quick.

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Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former Minster of Finance, is amongst the most relevant political figures in Europe today. He is also one of Europe’s best selling non-fiction authors, as well as Professor of Economics in Athens and an unforgiving public intellectual. We are delighted to host Yanis at Dalkey.

Any man who delightfully quotes Dylan Thomas at EU meetings is welcome here.

He talks to David McWilliams about democratizing Europe, the imminent Brexit referendum, as well as revealing what actually happened inside the corridors of European power during his seven tumultuous months as Greek finance minister in 2015.

This will be a fascinating discussion about the future of Europe and new directions in global politics and economics, on the eve of a British vote to leave the EU.

Friday 17th Cover Stories photo: zeynel abidin

friday 17th of june, 1pm our lady’s hall, castle street free

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The service users from Dalkey Education Centre, Dublin South East Service, St John of God present ‘Cover Stories’, a photographic exhibition portraying some of their favourite books and characters from the literary world. Join them at the event launch in Our Lady’s Hall where they will talk about their photos and uncover the characters.

A Turk and a Greek in search of the new Byzantium

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

friday 17 june, 11am secret garden

friday 17 june, 12pm town hall

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Right now Greece and Turkey are the two most important countries in Europe and the Balkan corridor is Europe’s most crucial thoroughfare.

With a shared history going back millennia, Greece and Aegean Turkey are the cradle of European civilization and the key region in Europe’s future.

Thousands of desperate migrants are arriving on the beaches every day and isn’t it ironic that Germany, the country that for so long looked down on Greece and Turkey, is now depending on the Turks’ and the Greeks’ cooperation to manage the influx of refugees all of whom want to get to Germany but the rest of Europe won’t let them?

Elif Shafak and Yanis Varoufakis discuss today’s migrant and refugee crisis, the response from Turkey, Greece and the rest of Europe.

In conversation with Colm O’Mongain.

Is Ireland Ungovernable? What a mess! How long will this government last? €15

Chosen as Book of the Year for some of the festival team and many more people besides, The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan explores the trading routes that linked China with the Mediterranean West and formed one of history’s great spaces of cultural transfer, economic change and intellectual fusion. As a new era emerges, the patterns of exchange are mirroring those that have crisscrossed Asia for millennia and the Silk Roads are rising again. From China and Pakistan to Iran and Syria, Peter Frankopan paints an extraordinary picture of the deep cultures that are overlooked by the West and which are now re-emerging geo-politically with huge consequences for the rest of the world.

Peter Frankopan discusses his dazzling, historical epic with award-winning Irish journalist and Euro-Mediterranean expert, Mary Fitzgerald.

Friday 17 June, 2pm Secret Garden

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Is our country now ungovernable? Can this minority government govern? Is it simply “license to loot”? Will Fianna Fail pull the plug? And when it all comes down to the political wire, do the main parties actually care about the national interest? Are we heading for years of instability? And is this the new normal?

Join RTÉ’s Sean O’Rourke as he oversees our brilliant panel including one of Ireland’s most astute political insiders Pat Leahy of The Irish Times, the first ever female business editor of the country’s largest newspaper, Dearbhail McDonald of The Independent, and the eminent historian and former Senator, Professor Joe Lee whose award winning book Ireland 1913-1989 is regarded as the definitive history of this State.

With Dearbhail McDonald, Pat Leahy, Vincent Browne and Sean O’Rourke.

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Friday 17th

The American West friday 17 june, 2pm heritage centre

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In this year when so much of our energy is focused on celebrating 1916 and the history of the Irish in Ireland, there is another parallel, brilliant – even outrageous – and just as important story in Irish history: the history of Irish people outside Ireland. With so many people on the move worldwide, it’s never been more crucial to understand our own migratory history, in order to understand the plight of others.

Myles Dungan crosses the Atlantic to tell the story of Irish emigrants to the US – from cannibals and prostitutes to soldiers and frontiersmen – in How the Irish Won the West.

But many immigrants looked to the West for a better life. Many who went west – though they failed to get the Hollywood treatment afforded to Billy the Kid – led more colourful lives.

A refreshing take on IrishAmerican history with Myles Dungan.

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What Trump tells us about our world: The End of the West?

Friday 17 June, 4pm Secret Garden

Northsider, Southsider Friday 17 June, 4pm Heritage Centre

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When we look at Russia China, Iran, central Asia and the Middle East, the notion that the West is in the driving seat is laughable. For the first time since the Second World War, the West and the things that we hold dear such as democracy, freedom of speech, faith, conscience and sexual tolerance are all on the retreat.

All over the world, another vision of the future is being forged, presidential authority is absolute, might is right and minorities are terrorized. When the world looks at the West for leadership and guidance they see Donald Trump. Is he the best the US has to offer? Perhaps the world is on a trajectory away from liberal democracy, and if this is the case, what are we going to do about it? Are we witnessing the end of the West?

Join Oxford historian, best-selling author Peter Frankopan, one of Ireland’s finest broadcasters Myles Dungan and foreign correspondent, Mary Fitzgerald.

From Joyce a century ago to today’s arch bard of the Southside, the brilliant Paul Murray, Irish writers have created imaginary characters and stories to explain and explore the society they see around them.

In his hilarious satirical novel The Mark and the Void and the best-selling Skippy Dies, Paul Murray depicts the Dublin he sees around him. In Skippy Dies it was the teenage world of a large, established rugby-playing southside school, while in The Mark and the Void it is the world of bankers, banking and financial shenanigans.

Joyce was at the same carry on, and so too is the playwright Conor McPherson, the finest dramatist of his generation, as he explores contemporary Dublin in the theatre.

In this very special event, Conor and Paul are joined by the brilliant Professor Declan Kiberd.

With Paul Murray, Conor McPherson, Professor Declan Kiberd.

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Cecilia Aherne and Derek Landy in conversation €10

Cecelia Ahern and Derek Landy, two internationally bestselling superstars, take the stage in this unmissable event. Cecelia’s books have sold 25 million copies worldwide and two of them have been adapted for cinema, including the record-breaking PS I Love You. Her first Young Adult novel, Flawed, has recently been published to great acclaim with a movie in the pipeline. Derek is the creator of the phenomenal Skulduggery Pleasant series which earned a string of awards including the Irish Book of the Decade. Desolation, the second book in his Demon Road trilogy for Young Adults is out now. Join them in conversation with Young Adult guru and Easons’ Book Buyer, David O’Callaghan for book talk, banter and probably some bad jokes.

Age Recommendation: 13+

How Stress Can Make You Stronger and Smarter Friday 17 June, 6pm Seafront Marquee

€25

Stress can make you emotionally stronger and mentally sharper – that is the discovery Professor Ian Robertson made when he set out to make sense of 30 years of his research.

We have all heard the expression “what doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger” and the remarkable fact is that this is true, within limits. Ian explains what these limits are and comes up with a dizzying conclusion about emotional resilience – too little stress can be as bad for you as too much stress. Stress acts like a drug that changes the chemistry of our brains, but like many drugs, it only works at the right dose – too little or too much, disrupts the brain. There

is a ‘sweet spot’ of stress that “ups our game” not only emotionally, but also in terms of memory and focus.

Older people who suffer certain types of stress, for instance, end up mentally sharper than those who don’t experience stress and children and teenagers who face moderate adversity in their lives end up much more emotionally robust than those who do not. But using stress for positive ends hangs on how we think about it and with the help of simple audience exercises and fascinating case studies, Ian unravels the fascinating story of how our minds can harness pressure to make us stronger and sharper.

The ticket price includes a copy of The Stress Test, retailing at around €18.99.

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Friday 17th

Giving Out Yards Friday 17 June, 6pm Heritage Centre

Malcolm Gladwell €10

Tara Flynn’s Giving Out Yards: The Art of Complaint, Irish Style is, according to Colm O’Regan, “jammed with the clever jokes and observations one would expect from a comedian, but it’s as a work of satirical commentary that Giving Out Yards stands strongest.”

Tara Flynn will be in conversation with Colm O’Regan, comedian and bestselling author of the Books of Irish Mammies.

Invisible Republic Friday 17 June, 6pm Town Hall

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Invisible Republic: Joyce and Pearse in 1916. With Professor Declan Kiberd.

Friday 17 June, 7pm Saint Patrick’s Church

Malcolm Gladwell is a total original.

Reading his books will change the way you look at the world.

Drawing upon psychology, history, science, business, and politics, Malcolm looks for the counterintuitive in what we all take for granted to better understand how something works, how people think, what makes certain people successful, why outliers thrive, why David beat Goliath and why things go viral.

He says: “There is more going on beneath the surface than we think, and more going on in little, finite moments of time than we would guess.”

“Good writing,” Gladwell says, “does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade.

It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else’s head.”

Goodbody is a proud supporter of Zurich Dalkey Book Festival.

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Rules for Writers: Liz Nugent and Catherine Dunne with Lia Mills Friday 17 June, 8pm Heritage Centre

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Liz Nugent hit the sinister sweet spot with her debut novel, Unravelling Oliver, and she’s back with Lying in Wait. Catherine Dunne’s tenth novel The Years that Followed, is a revenge tale that follows the fortunes of two women whose lives intertwine via a powerful family. Local writer, Lia Mills, third novel Fallen, tells the story of Dubliners against the backdrop of the dramatic events of Easter Week 1916 and is the Dublin: One City One Book choice for 2016.

Lia will ask these successful authors whether there are in fact Rules for Writers, and no doubt she can be persuaded to offer some writing tips of her own.

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Friday 17th

Brian Eno and Yanis Varoufakis

The Kardashians Made Me Do It

Friday 17 June, 9pm Seafront Marquee

Friday 17 June, 10pm Secret Garden

€25

Brian Eno and Yanis Varoufakis are two visionaries, bonded together by a mutual desire to innovate, push boundaries and change the way we look at the world.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to listen to both men in conversation with David McWilliams.

Aer Lingus is a proud supporter of Zurich Dalkey Book Festival.

Midnight Poe Friday 17 June, 11.45pm Saint Patrick’s Church €15

This is a must. And we are delighted that following an acclaimed run in Edinburgh, and a 10 night sell out in London’s Soho Theatre, Shazia Mirza’s brand new show The Kardashians Made Me Do It comes to Dalkey. It is a searing and urgent exploration of life, love and Jihadi brides.

The Kardashians Made Me Do It is inspired by three girls who left Bethnal Green to join ISIS, and an unrelated radio piece Shazia contributed to the BBC which subsequently received a record number of complaints. The show tells of the confusion it caused, as she looks into the nature of offence, the dangers of politically correct liberalism versus the sinister and terrifying intrusion of ISIS into the lives of young British Asian women.

This is a cracker, a one off – not to be missed.

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A beautiful and chilling theatrical staple of the festival, Midnight Poe, presented by Bewley’s Café Theatre, is back in a new Dalkey location.

Featuring one of Edgar Allen Poe’s best-known stories, The Cask of Amontillado, a pitch black comedy of revenge, the performance will be accompanied by his spine tingling, unfinished, final tale The Lighthouse set alongside musical settings of some of his greatest poems. This special experience in the gothic surroundings of Saint Patrick’s Church will take the audience on a deliciously dark descent into the maelstrom of one of literature’s most frenzied imaginations.

The Westbury Hotel is a proud supporter of Zurich Dalkey Book Festival.

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Saturday 18th

The Whole Patient: East Meets West Saturday 18th June, 10am Seafront Marquee

Mike McCormack Saturday 18th June, 11am Masonic Lodge €15

Do our doctors treat the illness rather than the person? Is this inevitable?

Physicians discuss the ramifications of a health system that is (perhaps necessarily) so specialised and limited in focus.

As medicine is evolving, traditional and more holistic healing practices have tended to become marginalised, perhaps to the detriment of the patient. As healthcare improves, ageing, sickness and death remain an inevitable part of the human condition. Cutting edge developments are exciting but also present a challenge to our healers and ideas of well-being.

Distinguished physician and writer, Dr Sharad Paul, who has won an international excellence award for leading health improvement on a global scale. In conversation with Dr Jennnifer Westrup , consultant medical oncologist at The Beacon.

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The Golden Era of Irish Literature €10

Solar Bones by award-winning novelist, Mike McCormack, tells the story of Marcus Conway, a middle-aged engineer, who turns up one afternoon at his kitchen table and considers the events that took him away to another world and then brought him home again. Funny and strange, McCormack’s ambitious and other-worldly novel plays with form and defies convention. This profound new work is by one of Ireland’s most important contemporary novelists. A beautiful and haunting elegy, this story of order and chaos, love and loss captures how minor decisions ripple into waves and test our integrity every day.

In conversation with Paula Shields.

Saturday 18th June, 11am Secret Garden

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According to The Guardian last autumn, one Irish sector is booming: with the rise of a new wave of writers, we are witnessing a Golden Era of Irish Literature from Paul Murray and Donal Ryan to first-time authors such as Danielle McLaughlin (above).

Kevin Barry, who is appearing at the festival on Sunday 19th June, is a little more subdued; he told The Guardian it would be smug and premature to herald a golden age but “maybe a proper radicalism is at last starting to re-emerge in Irish writing… we should always remember that being innovative and wild and not afraid to go completely fucking nuts on the page is what built its reputation in the first half of the 20th century.”

With Paul Murray, Danielle McLaughlin, Donal Ryan and Sinead Gleeson.

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Saturday 18th

Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers

A Reader’s Guide to Humour

Saturday 18th June, 11.30am Town Hall

Declan Hughes and John Connolly present A Reader’s Guide to Humour.

“Analyzing humour is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested. And the frog dies of it.” – E.B. White Do you find that you have too little laughter in your life? Is mirth at a premium? Then let these two experts in all that is rib-tickling and side-splitting come to your aid as they direct you toward the wry and the witty in literature. Warning: may contain dead frogs.

€15

Are bankers mad, sad or just bad?

They are back, but not as you know them. With foreign Vulture Funds, financed by billions of mobile capital, emerging as the big winners in Ireland’s sorry tale of boom and bust, Joris gives us an insight into the men behind these non descript, secretive corporations. Most are refugees from the world of investment banks, others are bankers in lambs’ clothing.

Having interviewed 200 bankers for his international bestseller, Swimming with Sharks, Joris Luyendijk reveals the most alarming discoveries he made about the financial industry, such as “They are actually human” but “Finance as a system is much more dangerous than you think”.

In conversation with Dearbhail McDonald.

Saturday 18th June, 12pm Seafront Marquee

Jihadi Brides Saturday 18th June, 1pm Masonic Lodge €10

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The British writer and comedian, Shazia Mirza, talks to Colm O’Regan about why British girls are joining Isis.

Is it radicalization? Or is it nothing to do with religion? Is it because of romance, adventure and sexual fantasy? Is it understandable that in a repressive society these young girls are attracted by passionate, even barbaric, men? Does being a Jihadi bride give them a sense of purpose?

And, sure, if it all goes wrong, it’s a free ticket to paradise, isn’t it?

A funny – but not frivolous - look at the rise of Isis, radicalization, Jihadi brides and more; Shazia is not afraid to tell it like it is.

In conversation with Colm O’Regan.

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Saturday 18th

The Return of Nationalism: the next political earthquake

Dambisa Moyo

Saturday 18th June, 1pm Town Hall

It’s not every day you get the chance to listen to one of Time Magazine’s top 100 most influential people, one of Germany’s top 25 thinkers, a three times New York Times bestselling author and one of Oprah Winfrey’s “20 Remarkable Visionaries”.

Dambisa Moyo is all this, and lots more. Born in Zambia, Dambisa’s first book Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa, an immediate New York Times best seller, challenged Western thinking about aid and redefined the argument about the West’s involvement in Africa. This is an opportunity to hear one of the most exciting and influential global minds right here in Dalkey.

Dambisa Moyo will be talking to David McWilliams.

€15

Putin, Trump, Boris Johnson, Marine Le Pen, Xi Jinping and Erdogan – even the leader of the world’s biggest democracy India, Narendra Modi – share one thing in common, they are all ardent nationalists. Is hypernationalism going to dominate the 21st century with catastrophic results?

Not since the 1930s has nationalism been so strong. Everywhere, politicians of all hues are wrapping themselves in the flag preaching about homeland, the nation and “us and them”.

In Europe, Brexit is looming, Putin is growling and Le Pen is resurgent in France. Meanwhile in India, ultra nationalists rule as they do in China and, of course, across the Ocean we have the rise and rise of the ultimate Stars and Stripes patriot, Donald Trump. What is all this telling us about our world and where is it likely to end?

Shashi Tharoor (above), Mark Blyth, Fintan O’Toole and David McWilliams.

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Saturday 18th June, 4.30pm Seafront Marquee

Syria: an eyewitness account €20

Saturday 18th June, 5pm Secret Garden

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In The Morning They Came for Us, Janine di Giovanni goes behind the headlines to focus on the deeper story of Syria. In 2012, di Giovanni began reporting from both sides of the conflict, witnessing its descent into one of the most brutal, internecine conflicts in recent history.

Drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught up in the fighting and speaking to those directly involved in the war as well as ordinary people – among them a doctor, a nun, a student – di Giovanni relays the personal stories of rebel fighters thrown in jail at the least provocation; of children and families forced to watch loved ones taken and killed by regime forces with dubious justifications; and the stories of the elite, holding pool parties in Damascus hotels, trying to deny the human consequences of the nearby shelling.

She charts an apocalyptic but at times tender story of life in a jihadist war – a testament to human resilience in the face of unimaginable horrors.

In conversation with Mary Fitzgerald.

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Saturday 18th

Will India Save the World?

Saturday 18th June, 5.45pm Seafront Marquee

World on the Move Saturday 18th June, 7pm Seafront Marquee €15

Did you know that one person in every six on earth is Indian? While China may have the largest population in the world, India has the youngest; soon India will be the most important country in the world. It is already the world’s largest democracy and a regional nuclear superpower, but its deep and unique philosophical tradition stands India in contrast to the West. From yoga to meditation, from traditional medicine to modern literature, history, language, food, religion and architecture, India is different.

Increasingly, millions of Westerners are looking to India and Indian culture and spiritualism as an alternative way to live their lives. The vast Indian Diaspora is fast becoming the world’s most successful tribe in finance, business, mathematics and the arts. If you want to understand the world, you have to understand India.

With Sharad Paul, Shashi Tharoor, Vikas Nath (above) and Fintan O’Toole.

The Long and the Short of It Saturday 18 June, 6pm Heritage Centre

€10

Are short stories making a comeback or did they never go away? Each of the writers on this panel has published a recent short story collection to huge critical acclaim. The collections are compelling. There has been a strong tradition of the short story in Ireland, not so much in the UK. Why is that and is the appeal of the short story reigniting? Sinead Gleeson asks whether this genre gets the respect it deserves or does the distinction do the short story a disservice?

With Jan Carson, Joanna Walsh, Claire-Louise Bennett, Sinead Gleeson.

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Migration is the big question. Since 2004, annual net migration from the European Union rose to significant levels of around 100,000 people per annum since the Eastern European countries joined the EU. It has more than doubled since 2012, reaching 183,000 in March 2015. And this before the latest humanitarian crisis of refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is perhaps one of the defining issues of our time. How will we react? And what is our moral responsibility?

With Janine di Giovanni, Joris Luyendijk, Mark Blyth and Mary Fitzgerald (above).

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Saturday 18th

Michael Gambon in conversation with Michael Colgan Saturday 18 June, 7pm Saint Patrick’s Church

Saturday 18th June, 8pm Town Hall

Oliver Callan Live Saturday 18th June, 9pm Seafront Marquee €10

€25

A legend of stage and screen, the brilliant Michael Gambon comes home to Dublin. The leading thespian of his generation, revered as the finest stage actor Ireland has ever produced, he’s played everything from Othello to The Singing Detective. More recently known for his role as Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, Irish actor Michael Gambon has won four BAFTAs and the BBC listed Gambon among its Top 10 list of British character actors. He is Ireland’s Olivier. We are delighted to welcome him to Dalkey where he will be talking to Michael Colgan, director of The Gate, about film, theatre, the compulsion to act and his illustrious career. This will be a unique, engaging and very, very funny conversation.

A rare chance to hear this legendary actor and one-time altar boy, back in church! Don’t miss it!

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The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise

Brix Smith Start spent ten years in The Fall at the time when they were perhaps the most influential antiauthoritarian postpunk band in the world. A violent disintegration led to her exit and the end of her marriage with Mark E Smith. But Brix’s story is much more than rock ‘n’ roll highs and lows in one of the most radically dysfunctional bands around Too bizarre, extreme and unlikely to exist in the pages of fiction, this is her real life story.

In conversation with Roisin Dwyer of Hot Press.

€25

The award-winning satirical impressionist Oliver Calllan brings his live music, satire and comedy show to Dalkey Book Festival.

Sending up the top names in politics, sport and entertainment Oliver is best-know for the massively popular Callan’s Kicks programmes on RTÉ Radio and television where he takes a satirical swipe at Ireland’s well-known faces.

Callan’s routines are never far away from controversy, having raised the ire of politicians, sports stars and media celebrities in recent years.

Callan’s Kicks is described by The Sunday Independent as “the best comedy show the national broadcaster has ever produced.”

His Nob Nation comedy albums have gone platinum, and he has sold out Live shows at the Olympia Theatre and the INEC Killarney, winning a PPI Radio Award along the way.

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Sunday 19th

Donal Ryan Sunday 19 June, 11.30am Finnegan’s €15

One of Ireland’s most talented writers, winner of The Guardian First Book award and many other awards, Donal Ryan entertains us at a special event in Finnegan’s.

“Ryan writes from the rural heartland in prose that always pushes for the truth of things… His characters are large-hearted people in a small-minded world… And he tells a great story. His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show, and he writes with a social accuracy that is devastating…

There are… not many who hit the sweet spot of the Irish tradition as Donal Ryan”.

— Anne Enright (Observer) “Donal Ryan is a magus of a writer.

He has such magic at his disposal to tell a story… a force of nature, high artifice and the product of a lifeenhancing talent”.

— Sebastian Barry (Guardian) In conversation with Nadine O’Regan.

Brexit: what it means for Ireland, the UK and the EU Sunday 19th June, 12pm Seafront Marquee

Sunday 19 June, 12pm Secret Garden

€15

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A few days away from the Brexit referendum on 23rd June, what will the result mean for Ireland and the UK? Whatever the result, the vote is likely to be very close. Official Ireland says a vote to leave would be economically bad for the UK and catastrophic for business in Ireland.

But is this really the case? And if the UK leaves the EU, who is next?

With Mark Blyth, David McWilliams, Vikas Nath, Andrea Catherwood.

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What Matters in the End

Where would you like to die, with whom and when?

These are the only questions that matter in the end and yet, very few of us if any, get the chance to ask these questions and fewer still, get any answers.

As we age and as modern medicine is better at, not so much keeping us alive, but prolonging the process of death, we are joined by some of the best medics both international and local, to tease out the only question that matters in the end: how would you like to die and who do you want to see last?

Death is the one thing we all face, so let’s talk about it.

With Dr Seamus O’Mahony (above), Dr Sharad Paul, Dr Ciara Kelly.

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Sunday 19th

1916: The Mornings After Sunday 19 June, 12pm Masonic Lodge

Katie and Beth Sunday 19 June, 12.30pm Grapevine €10

Tim Pat Coogan has a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Rising - charting a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption and institutional and clerical abuse, as it is by the sacrifices and nation-building achievements of the Republic’s founding fathers.

In conversation with Dave Kenny.

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The Republic: Seamus Murphy €12

Umbrella Theatre Company present Katie and Beth, The Monologues.

Written by Celia de Freine and Lia Mills (author of Fallen, the chosen novel for One City One Book 2016), Katie and Beth is a short one act play composed of two monologues about ordinary women in extraordinary times. The monologues explore women’s lives against the backdrop of the events of 1916. In Celia de Fréine’s one-woman play, Beth takes in washing and mends frocks in order to support herself and her son, James.

In a separate performance, based on the novel Fallen, Katie is trapped in a house on the wrong side of the river at the height of the fighting during Easter week.

The ticket price includes a glass of wine or prosecco.

Sunday 19 June, 1pm Town Hall

€10

From Tuam to Tinahely, Ballycroy to Ballaghadereen, from Dublin to Ireland’s wilder western shores, Murphy turns his eye on the country he still considers a home. Affectionate and wry, The Republic is an immediate and intensely personal portrait of a country.

One hundred years after the Rising, who are the Irish and what became of the Republic they made? After two decades of photographing people caught up in their own dreams and tragedies from Syria to Afghanistan and Iraq, Seamus Murphy, exile and escapee, returns to dig deep into the forces and mysteries that have driven - and sometimes beguiled- his own country since its birth.

“Another Ireland is evoked, a still tentative place edging its way towards an uncertain future once again” – Sean O’Hagan.

In conversation with Eithne Shortall.

Sunday 19th

The Two Kennys Sunday 19 June, 1.30pm Masonic Lodge

Skin, a Biography €8

Bernie Kenny’s latest book These Are My Days is her seventh collection of poetry. Bernie, a Dalkey resident, has read at several Dalkey Book Festivals, usually with the Shed Poets. Today she is joined by poet, novelist and creative writing tutor, Kathleen Kenny (no relation!) from Tyneside who will be reading from her latest collection The Bedsharers.

Sunday 19 June, 2pm Seafront Marquee

The Ponzi Man €15

Sharad Paul explores the history of the human skin, the changes it undertook every time the future of the species was at stake, and the genetic chains that bind races and species together. Want to know why so many in Ireland have blue or green eyes – or why people in Norway tan so much better than us Irish? Is red hair really going extinct? And are people with fairer skin considered superior in many cultures? The answers to all these questions and more are in this illuminating discussion based on his book, Skin, a Biography.

In conversation with novelist Aifric Campbell.

Sunday 19 June, 2pm Heritage Centre

€10

Declan Lynch’s new novel, The Ponzi Man, is about a compulsive gambler who is waiting to be sent to jail for running what is believed to be a Ponzi scheme – so you could say it’s also the story of Ireland in the last decade... Richly insightful, deeply humorous, often poignant, The Ponzi Man skilfully reveals the inner-world of a man who knows every maddening thing about gambling, except how to give it up.

In conversation with Barry Devlin.

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Sunday 19th

Just another Indian, Muslim, Arab, Christian, British lesbian marriage and film production company!

Sunday 19th June , 2.30pm Secret Garden

€15

A year after our historic vote on marriage equality, there’s no better way for this festival to mark equality & diversity than with this discussion between a Muslim, Indian film maker and novelist Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan, her wife, Palestinian, Arab, Christian film producer.

This is the extraordinary and uplifting story of how Shamim and her wife, Hanan, broke through prejudice.

Sharif pulls no punches about how narrow-minded the film industry can be. When a short story she wrote was optioned by a Hollywood studio, who asked her to “de-gay” characters, Sarif walked away. To guard the integrity of her stories, she and Kattan set up their own all-women, production company.

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Love/Hate meets Ulysses via Shakespeare Sunday 19th June, 2.45pm Masonic Lodge

Strike against Empire Sunday 19 June, 3pm Town Hall

€10

Dublin and literature have a long history. Dublin Seven author Frankie Gaffney reflects a side of urban life rarely tackled in conventional literature. Bound by Shakespeare’s plot structure of The Seven Ages of Man and set in inner city Dublin, Dublin Seven follows the story of nineteen year old Shane and his rise through the ranks of the city’s drug trade. With Ferdia MacAnna, they will explore the influence of Joyce, Behan and Shakespeare. Dialect will also be on the agenda as a force of change and revolution in the landscape of Irish literature.

“High octane. Visceral and uncompromising… Dublin Seven introduces a talent to be watched.”

— Patrick McCabe Frankie Gaffney in conversation with Ferdia MacAnna.

€15

Was 1916 an isolated local event in the long and tumultuous relationship between Ireland and Britain or was it a momentous incident that lit the spark for independence movements all over the world? Is there a direct link from Pearse to Gandhi? Did 1916 show the rest of the world what was possible?

This year much of the celebrations of the Rising have looked inward, prompting a national conversation with ourselves about us, but this time Dalkey is going to do it differently; we are going to look outward and talk not to ourselves but to the world and put the Rising in a global context.

As millions looked on, was the GPO the strike that shattered the British Empire?

With Shashi Tharoor, Professor Joe Lee, and Vikas Nath.

Sunday 19th

Anxiety: How to Reshape Your Anxious Mind Sunday 19 June, 4pm Secret Garden

US Election Sunday 19 June, 4pm Seafront Marquee

€15

Dr Harry Barry is a medical doctor with a particular interest in mental health who has extensive experience of dealing with issues like anxiety and depression. He is also the author of three best selling books and his latest is Flagging Anxiety and Panic.

If you or someone you love suffers from general anxiety, social anxiety, a phobia or panic attacks, this book is for you. Health care workers treating people with these disorders will find the series of case-studies interesting as they are based on real-life experiences treating patients and demonstrating how certain techniques help people cope with their symptoms and ultimately feel better.

In conversation with writer Cathy Kelly.

The Splendid Years €20

President Trump? Yes you read it right! President Trump is a real possibility. In the showbusiness razzmatazz that is the US Presidential election, why can’t he win? After all, the choice is between the “Queen Bee” of the US establishment, the deeply unpopular matriarch of a political dynasty or the crazed, testosterone-fuelled, reality TV salesman – what could possibly go wrong? We now have Bernie voters moving to Trump and dyed in the wool Republicans rooting for Hillary.

Anything could happen.

If Hillary Clinton is the aristocratic Marie Antoinette of US politics, then Donald is its Hugh Heffner. It would be all good fun and games if we weren’t talking about the head of the Free World!

Let’s talk about America.

With Mark Blyth, Gerard Ryle, Alec Russell, Marnie Inskip.

Sunday 19 June, 4pm Masonic Lodge

€10

Have you ever wondered what Dalkey did in the Rising? What did your own grandfather do in the war? If you are looking for a fresh angle on 1916, then come and hear about Forgotten Heroes, including those who lived around Dalkey and Glasthule.

For journalist and author Dave Kenny, 1916 continues to reverberate through his family. “I’m very proud of their involvement in the Rising,” he says, “and every time I walk around the centre of Dublin today, I think of what these streets witnessed in 1916. It’s a history that’s all around us and it should be celebrated.” Dave has loads of entertaining yarns about his ancestors and takes us through a personal odyssey of local people in the national struggle.

With Dave Kenny, Martina Devlin.

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Sunday 19th

The Global Novel: John Banville and Neel Mukherjee Sunday 19 June, 5pm Town Hall

Woodstock, Small Town Talk Sunday 19 June, 5pm Heritage Centre

Sunday 19 June, 6pm Seafront Marquee €10

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Is the novel in decline? And is TV writing taking its place as the chronicler of contemporary life? Or is the book (and the slow careful reading required) as popular and important as ever? Certainly more books are being published (although it’ s questionable whether that’s a good thing) but does the novel still dominate and what of languages other than English? To discuss the history and future of the global novel, join John Banville and Neel Mukherjee.

In conversation with Aifric Campbell.

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Panama Papers

Think ‘Woodstock’ and the mind turns to the seminal 1969 festival that crowned a seismic decade of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. In Small Town Talk, Barney Hoskyns recreates Woodstock’s community of brilliant dysfunctional musicians, opportunistic hippie capitalists and scheming dealers drawn to the area

by Dylan. Drawing on first-hand interviews with the remaining key players in the scene, and on the period when he lived there himself in the 1990s, Hoskyns will talk to Roisin Dwyer about Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and a vital music scene in a revolutionary time and place.

€20

The Panama Papers is the biggest journalistic scoop of our generation.

Edward Snowden described it as “the biggest leak in the history of data journalism”. It revealed just how extensive tax avoidance and tax evasion have become with world leaders, dignitaries and public officials all across the world implicated. But who are the journalists behind this?

Who are the Woodward and Bernstein of the 21st century? Having hosted Carl Bernstein a couple of years ago, we are delighted to host the journalists behind the Panama Papers. One day last year, journalist Bastian Obermayer, of German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, opened an email sent to him anonymously : “Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data?”. The rest is history. Obermayer contacted Gerard Ryle of The International Consortium of InvestigativeJournalists who then coordinated the investigation. This is the biggest scoop in history.

With Miriam O’Callaghan

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Sunday 19th

Kevin Barry Sunday 19 June, 7pm Secret Garden

Bob Geldof €15

Winner of the IMPAC and many more awards, Kevin Barry is an extraordinary writer who has one of the wildest, most adventurous imaginations of any Irish writer today.

He is also the best reader of his own work, as anyone who has heard him will know. Kevin has performed at every Dalkey Book Festival since the beginning and we are always thrilled to have him back in the Deep South.

Sunday 19 June, 8pm Seafront Marquee

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly plays at home €25

Bob Geldof’s recent documentary on W.B. Yeats revealed yet another side to this extraordinarily fascinating man. Musician, activist, businessman, philosopher, creative powerhouse and all around Rockstar, Dún Laoghaire’s finest talks to David McWilliams.

Sunday 19 June, 9.30pm Seafront Marquee

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Described by The Irish Times as “Ireland’s pre-eminent satirist” and by the Irish Independent as “one of the world’s funniest writers”, Paul Howard was named National Newspapers of Ireland Columnist of the Year in 2013.

Paul said recently that his job is “a very odd thing: it’s essentially to sit in an office and think in the voice of an idiot for 10 hours a day”.

Ross is back with the goys in Dalkey, playing to his home crowd, collars up, waiting for Joe Schmidt’s call, telling it as it is! Back in the deep south to entertain you… loike seriously.

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