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Mayor Welcome Mar Mhéara Chontae Átha Cliath Theas, is mór an onóir dom fáiltie a chuir romhaibh chuig an dara Féile Leabhar an Líne Dhearg. Tar éis an chéad Féile – a raibh an-rathúil ar fad – is rud iontach é go bhfuil sé eagraithe arís anseo i dTamhlacht. As Mayor of South Dublin County I am delighted to welcome you to the Second Red Line Book Festival. The success of the inaugural Festival in 2012 has led to the renewal of this wonderful series of events based around our County Town of Tallaght. I would like to pay tribute to South Dublin Libraries and the many organisations and individuals both locally and nationally who have helped to make this festival happen. All involved with South Dublin County Council – Councillors, management, staff and indeed those living in the County – are hugely proud of our awardwinning Library Services who have organised the Red Line Book Festival. The growth in the numbers using our libraries and in accessing services as diverse as local studies, Internet access, children’s books and language learning shows just how progressive our library staff have been in a time of great flux. The forward-looking perspective of our Libraries team is further evidenced in the wide range of events in this Festival, from the TEDxTallaght Atelier of Ideas to discussions on graphic novels, and from the poetry competition to the focus on crime writing by leading female Irish authors. As a local Councillor and primary school teacher I have seen at close hand the development of Tallaght as an artistic hub in recent years. Along with the physical presence of the Civic Theatre, Rua Red and the County Library, there has been a sustained dual focus on bringing art to the local community and channelling art from it. This has been spearheaded by South Dublin County Council, community organisations and, most importantly, by local artists themselves. In this Festival, local writers are further supported in their craft through the series of workshops and networking opportunities with fellow writers and industry experts. They will join with us ‘mere’ readers in listening to poets, authors, commentators and journalists across the festival. A particular highlight is the ever-popular Readers’ Day with such notables as Colm Tóibín, Deirdre Purcell, Harry Clifton, Mary Kenny, Fintan O’Toole and the ever-present Dermot Bolger. Above all else, this Red Line Book Festival gives us an opportunity to celebrate the humble book. Challenged as it is by new technologies and the pressures of modern life, it is worth our while to take this time to appreciate the book itself; which, in the words of American author Madeleine L’Engle, “can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.” All that said, I have always preferred the more succinct Dr Seuss; “Be awesome – be a book nut!”
Booking Information
Tickets may sell out quickly so book early to avoid disappointment Book all events online at www.redlinebookfestival.com (no booking fee) Book at the festival venues: Civic Theatre, Tallaght
01 462 7477 boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Institute of Technology, Tallaght 01 404 2203 libraryITTDevents@ittdublin.ie RUA RED, Tallaght
01 451 5860 boxoffice@ruared.ie
Ballyroan Library, Orchardstown Avenue, Rathfarnham
01 494 1900
Castletymon Library, Tymon Road North, Tallaght
01 452 4888
Clondalkin Library, Monastery Road, Clondalkin
01 459 3315
County Library, Library Square, Tallaght
01 462 0073
Lucan Library, Superquinn SC, Newcastle Road, Lucan
01 621 6422
Palmerston Library at Stewarts, Mill Lane, Palmerston
01 651 8129
Whitechurch Library, Taylor’s Lane, Ballyboden, Dublin 16
01 493 0199
How to get to the Festival M50
LUCAN LIBRARY
PALMERSTON
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LUCAN
ADAMSTOWN
PALMERSTON LIBRARY AT STEWARTS
CLONDALKIN LIBRARY
WALKINSTOWN CLONDALKIN
LUAS RED LINE CASTLETYMON LIBRARY
BALLYROAN
N7
TALLAGHT
BALLYROAN LIBRARY
KNOCKLYON
COUNTY LIBRARY TALLAGHT
RATHCOOLE
N81
SAGGART
FIRHOUSE
BOHERNABREENA
To Naas Road
Tallaght Hospital Vehicle Entrance
IT Tallaght
Car Park
Belgard Road
South Dublin County Library
South Dublin County Council Offices Civic Theatre Luas Stop
Pedestrian Entrance
Bus Stop
The Square Shopping Centre
RATHFARNHAM
TEMPLEOGUE
Exit
Garda Station
Plaza Hotel Tallaght Bypass M50/Templeogue
WHITECHURCH LIBRARY
Tuesday
ARISE AND GO! Poetry & Music with Stephen James Smith and Enda Reilly 1.00pm – 1.45pm Tallaght Hospital Atrium All Welcome Arise and Go! is a groundbreaking collaboration by poet Stephen James Smith and folk musician Enda Reilly. This engaging performance explores Irishness through re-interpreting the poetry of Padraic MacPiaras, Patrick Kavanagh, W.B. Yeats and Luke Kelly, who all had unique views of what it is to be Irish. A wonderful lunchtime treat!
THE CHARISMATIC EDGE: THE ART OF COMPELLING COMMUNICATION with Owen Fitzpatrick 1.00pm – 1.50pm Loose End Studio, Civic Theatre Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission €5 Psychologist, co-founder of the Irish Institute of NLP, author of the bestseller Not Enough Hours, Owen Fitzpatrick shares the keys to becoming a confident and captivating speaker. If you are looking to get a promotion, become a better leader, master public speaking or build your business, you can dramatically improve how you impact others by following Owen’s advice.
JOHN MCGAHERN: HIS TIME AND HIS PLACES 6.30pm – 7.30pm Institute of Technology Tallaght Booking @ 01 404 2203; libraryITTDevents@ittdublin.ie Admission Free This is a special evening for book clubs and readers of John McGahern’s work who will have the opportunity to converse with Dr Eamon Maher, expert on McGahern and author of The Church and its Spire’: John McGahern and the Catholic Question and John McGahern: From the Local to the Universal. The event will also include the opening of Still, a photographic exhibition by Paul Butler, which beautifully visualises passages from the writings of McGahern and evocates his time and places. In association with IT Tallaght
15 October
Tuesday
15 October
PUBLISHING: THE INSIDE TRACK 8.00pm Main Auditorium, Civic Theatre Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission: €8 (€6 concessions) Don’t miss this lively debate on getting published chaired by Ciaran Carty. The panel for the evening are Anthony Farrell of The Lilliput Press, literary agent Faith O’Grady and writers Kevin Power (author of Bad Day in Blackrock, the novel that became the film What Richard Did), Mike McCormack (author of prizewinning collection Getting it in the Head and one of Ireland’s leading short-story writers), and Elske Rahill, whose first novel Between Dog and Wolf is coming out in October. The panel will discuss their experiences of writing and the process of getting published. A fantastic evening, not to be missed! In association with
Wednesday
16
A FIT & FABULOUS NEW YOU! with Karl Henry
October
1.00pm - 1.50pm Loose End Studio, Civic Theatre Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission: €5 Join Karl for an energising lunchtime talk that will add impetus to your existing fitness programme or help you get started on the path to improved health and fitness. Karl has been the fitness expert on Operation Transformation on RTE 1 since the show started 7 years ago as well as a regular contributor to Irish newspapers and the major radio programmes. Karl’s latest book Bums, Tums and Bingo Wings was published this year.
A reading by Sue Hassett from Acquittance 123
1:15pm - 2:00pm Studio 3, 2nd Floor RUA RED Booking @ 01 451 5860; boxoffice@ruared.ie Admission Free Sue Hassett is a writer and socially engaged artist and activist based in one of Rua Red’s incubator studios. Her current work in progress, Acquittances 123, is a fictionalised memoir based on her experiences growing up in a mixed Irish and British family in Cork and west Cork in the 1960s and ‘70s. Sue is nearing completion of this work and invites ten people to join her for a reading and conversation about the work of writing.
The Irish Quest for Alpine Peaks With Frank Nugent 6.30pm County Library Tallaght Booking @ 01 462 0073; talib@sdublincoco.ie
Admission Free No goggles or glacier glasses, no hi-tech axes or day-glo GoreTex adorned Alpinists of the mid-nineteenth century. From the 1850s to the early twentieth century, the achievements of Irish mountaineers are largely obscured in British historical accounts. As per his new book, Frank Nugent, mountaineerexplorer, will talk about the significant Irish contribution to Alpine Mountaineering. An experienced Alpinist, Frank has participated in expeditions to the Himalaya, Greenland and Iceland and he was Deputy Leader of the first and successful Irish Everest Expedition (1993).
Wednesday
16 October
EVEREST CALLING: THE IRISH JOURNEY With Lorna Siggins and Dermot Somers
7.00pm Ballyroan Library, Rathfarnham Booking @ 01 494 1900; Ballyroan@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free Meet journalist Lorna Siggins and writer Dermot Somers, climber and member of the 1993 Irish Everest Expedition, to discover the incredible adventure of the first Irish team who reached Everest, the world’s highest mountain. The team’s bid for the summit has captured the public imagination and is now documented in Everest calling; The Irish Journey, Siggins’ new book.
PUT ON THE KETTLE: IRELAND’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH TEA With Juanita Browne
7.00pm Clondalkin Library Booking @ 01 459 3315; Clondalkin@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free How do you take your tea? Tea leaves or teabag? Milk or sugar, weak or strong? Mug or fine bone china? Tea fanatic Juanita Browne investigates in her book our tea habits and the rules, the warmth, the comfort and the craic in every brew across Ireland. Join Juanita for a cup of tea in what is going to be a very relaxing and entertaining evening.
Rhythm AND SLAM: POETRY AND PERFORMANCE by Migrant Writers and Performing Artists Ireland
6.00pm, RUA RED Booking @ 01 451 5860; boxoffice@ruared.ie Admission Free Enjoy a multicultural evening of poetry readings by the Migrant Writers and Performing Artists with an interlude of classical music and a performance by a scintillating Georgian dance group. The evening will feature work by Dr. Theophilus Ejorh, Dr. Kate Antosik Parsons, Nita Mishra, Ziad Salih, Kunle Animashaun, Usha Maharani and Nicy Kasa. In association with the Arts Office, South Dublin County Council
Wednesday
16 October
THREE MEN TALKING ABOUT THINGS THEY KINDA KNOW ABOUT
8.00pm Main Auditorium, Civic Theatre Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission: €12/€10 concessions Ireland’s leading performance poets take you on an emotional journey about what it really means to be man. With Stephen James Smith, Colm Keegan & Kalle Ryan. Venturing where few men have gone before they talk life, love, family and feelings in a show about universal truths, the things that make us human and the things that mess us up. Contains some strong language. In association with Poetry Ireland
QUEEN OF FLOWERS AND PEARLS With Gabriella Ghermandi 8.15pm, RUA RED Booking @ 01 451 5860; boxoffice@ruared.ie
Admission Free South Dublin Libraries are delighted to host the Irish premiere of this multicultural event. Queen of Flowers and Pearls follows the life and vicissitudes of an Ethiopian family in Italy. Gabriella’s performance covers a vast temporal arc that begins with the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 and ends in 2000. Gabriella Ghermandi, an Italo-Ethiopian is juror of the prestigious 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In association with the African Cultural Project
Thursday
17 October
Check-out Poetry with Colm Keegan 1.00pm, Superquinn, Lucan
All Welcome Join us at Superquinn for a little poetry pick and mix and listen to Colm Keegan reading his poems at this lunchtime event. ‘Colm Keegan’s poetry is a soulful yet visceral evocation of what it is to live in Dublin’ (Dermot Bolger)
OVERCOMING BULLYING With John Sharry
1.00pm – 1.50pm, Loose End Studio, Civic Theatre Tallaght Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission €5 Bullying is one of the most common childhood problems that can lead to great misery and upset for children and teenagers. Drawing on a positive model on how children learn to get on with one another at home and at school, in this talk Dr. John Sharry will show parents how to get in early to prevent bullying and to help children resolve disputes. The talk will also focus on understanding the signs and patterns of bullying behaviour and how you can constructively respond if you feel your child is being bullied. A bestselling author of positive psychology and parenting books, John is also a regular contributor to radio and the national media, and is a weekly contributor to the Irish Times, writing on the subject of parenting and family life.
RED LINE POETRY COMPETITION PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY & READINGS With special guest Alan Jude Moore 6.00pm, RUA RED Café
All Welcome
The competition winners of our first poetry competition will be announced and invited to read their poems. The event will include a reading by special guest, competition judge Alan Jude Moore. Widely published in Ireland and abroad, Alan has read at venues around the world. His new poetry collection, Zinger, will be published later this year.
AGAINST THE BLACK SKY, WE LISTEN With Michael J. Whelan 7.30pm, RUA RED Booking @ 01 451 5860; boxoffice@ruared.ie
Admission Free In this moving reading writer Michael J. Whelan brings to life poems from his collection inspired by peacekeeping experiences in Lebanon and Kosovo. Michael is a soldier-poet, historian and United Nations veteran.
Thursday
17 October
#TEDxTallaght TEDxTallaght: the Atelier of Ideas
7.00pm, Main Auditorium, Civic Theatre Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission â‚Ź12/â‚Ź10 concession South Dublin Libraries are delighted to announce the 4th annual TEDxTallaght, our TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) event showcasing the best of Irish and international thinkers and innovators. Topics covered include Mindfulness, Technology & Cancer Research, Social Media, Habits of High Achievers, Creativity and Information, Women and Technology, Re-wilding Yourself, Health & Technology. It will be a truly inspirational evening. Follow the event on Twitter: #TEDxTallaght The speakers are: Michael Bhaskar (UK), Orlaith Carmody (Irl), Gary Thompson (US) Gerry Duffy (Irl), Rick Gannotta (US), Niall Harbison (Irl), Liam Ryan (Irl), Jane Ruffino (US/ Irl) and Tara Wood (Kenya). The event will be hosted by Social Media guru Darragh Doyle and Mentalist Shane Gillen. For more information on the speakers see www.tedxtallaght.com
Thursday
17 October
BREAK A LEG, a one-man-show with Peter Sheridan 7.00pm, Penny Black Pub, Castletymon
Admission Free Come along to this wonderful show from acclaimed playwright and director Peter Sheridan based on his memoir, Break A Leg, which tells the story of his life in the theatre, and touches on so much more delving deeply into Sheridan’s life, as well as the wider culture and politics of Dublin in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Sheridan’s story is in gutsy fresh prose that captures your attention from the first moment he speaks.
Meet with the Author: Catherine Dunne 7.00pm, Lucan Library Booking @ 01 621 6422; Lucan@sdublincoco.ie
Admission Free Join best-selling author Catherine Dunne to discuss her work. Like all good novels, Catherine’s latest book The Things We Know Now is about many things – love, loss, guilt, parenthood, adolescence – but the real beating heart of the story is a family in crisis.
CRIME WRITING WORKSHOP With Louise Phillips
6.30pm – 8.30pm, County Library Tallaght Booking @ 01 462 0073; talib@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free Best-selling author Louise Phillips takes participants through all the essential elements of crime writing from developing plot and characters, getting to grips with dialogues and making your story visual. Louise’s debut crime novel, Red Ribbons, was published in 2012 and nominated for Best Irish Crime Novel of the Year. Her latest book, The Doll’s House, was published this year to great acclaim. Places limited; book early to avoid disappointment!
Friday
18 October
HOME AND ABROAD: HOLIDAYS ON A BUDGET With Julianne Mooney and Fionn Davenport 1.00pm – 1.50pm, Loose End Studio, Civic Theatre Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie
Admission €5 Escaping for a holiday is often foremost in people’s minds, but how do you decide where to go and what to do? Join travel experts Fionn Davenport (Lonely Planet Guides, Newstalk and RTÉ) and Julianne Mooney (TV3 Travel, Time Out Guide to Ireland) to get inspiration for your next holiday … you are sure to walk away with some inspiring holiday ideas!
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP With Catherine Dunne
2.30pm, Ballyroan Library Booking @ 494 1900; ballyroan@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free Have you always wanted to write, but were never quite sure how to begin – or, once started, where to go to next? Or have you always loved language, and longed to express yourself better in poem or story? If so, come along and join us for this informal writing session. We will look at exercises to unblock your creativity, examine how to build characters from scratch. We’ll see how eavesdropping on the bus is the perfect preparation for writing dialogue! Places limited; book early to avoid disappointment!
Friday
18 October
A Workshop with The Poetry Divas
6.30pm, RUA RED Booking @ 01 451 5860; boxoffice@ruared.ie Admission €12/€8 concessions Would you like to build up confidence in reading your poems aloud onstage? Are you looking for advice and tips on how to improve? This workshop with The Poetry Divas, who are well versed at reading their poetry aloud, is not about strictly performance poetry and or reciting poems; it’s about poetry in performance, for an audience. Please bring along some poems which you would like to work on, or poems by another poet which you would like to perform. Places limited, book early to avoid disappointment!
CELEBRATING THE WORK OF SEáN KEATING A talk by Éimear O’Connor 7.00pm, Ballyroan Library Booking @ 494 1900; ballyroan@sdublincoco.ie
Admission Free
Join art expert Dr. Éimear O’Connor as she discusses renowned local artist, Seán Keating’s 70-year working life as an artist, art teacher, broadcaster, and public commentator. Based on extensive research and previously unavailable archival material, her book is the first-ever, full-scale work on the artist and offers a complete, thematically-based, well-balanced portrait.
GET GRAPHIC: STEPHEN MOONEY, LEEANN HAMILTON AND NICK ROCHE 8.15pm, Loose End Studio, Civic Theatre Tallaght Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie
Admission €8
What qualities define a successful graphic novel? How do you go about creating one that really works? Join three leading Irish writers and artists Stephen Mooney Half Past Danger, Nick Roche Transformers and Leeann Hamilton Finn and Fish as they guide you through the creation and execution of a typical graphic novel. Stephen, Nick and Leeann will have actual original artwork from various comic books and graphic novels on hand to display, and will answer any questions about working in this exciting field. An event not to be missed for graphic novel fans!
Friday
LADY KILLERS: IRELAND’S LEADING FEMALE CRIME WRITERS
8.00pm, Civic Theatre Tallaght, Main Auditorium Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission €12 / €10 concession A killer evening not to be missed! Popular crime writers Alex Barclay, Arlene Hunt and Louise Phillips share their insights into creating a gripping thriller. Special guest Joanne Richardson, former County Coroner of Summit Colorado, brings an interesting element to the evening as she shares her experiences of this challenging role. Writer Susan Condon chairs this lively panel discussion.
18 October
Saturday
19 October
START WRITING WORKSHOP With Vanessa O’Loughlin
10.30am – 1.30pm, Lucan Library Booking 01-621 6422; Lucan@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free Always wanted to write but don’t know where to start? Vanessa O’Loughlin is the Director of Inkwell Writers’ Workshops. She is PRO and Newsletter editor for Irish PEN and the founder of the Irish national writing resources website www.writing.ie. This three hour workshop will be an inspiration to those who have already begun the journey of writing and to those who feel they might have a story in them and want to get it out there. A truly motivating lady! Places limited; book early to avoid disappointment!
Saturday
Readers Day
19 October
Main Auditorium, Civic Theatre Tallaght
Presented by the novelist and poet, Dermot Bolger – who has presented Reader’s Day since 2002 – this is an opportunity for the public to listen to and converse with a broad range of writers during a relaxed and intimate day of readings and public conversations. This year’s Reader’s Day will take place in two sessions, Chapter One in the morning and Chapter Two in the afternoon. Each chapter is bookable separately.
Readers Day: Chapter One
10.30am Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission: €6 Chapter One of Readers Day will be an engaging and interactive morning of conversations and readings with Dermot Bolger, best-selling author Deirdre Purcell, acclaimed poet Harry Clifton and award-winning writer Colm Tóibín. This is the first time at Reader’s Day that Dermot becomes the interviewee rather than the interviewer, and we are sure it is an event our stalwart audience will not want to miss.
Readers Day: Chapter Two
2.30pm Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission: €6 Chapter Two of Reader’s Day will see Dermot Bolger in conversation with Fintan O’Toole, one of Ireland’s leading political, social and cultural commentators and journalist Mary Kenny, who recalls with humour and charm her life experiences as told in her new memoir.
Sunday
20 October
The Human Child Presented by Collapsing Horse Theatre Company 5.00pm, Main Auditorium, Civic Theatre Tallaght Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 462 7477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie
Admission €10 Adult/€5 Child From Collapsing Horse, the creators of Monster/Clock, Human Child is a new play for children 8+ and their families. Lelia is a bold child. She doesn’t eat her dinner. She never goes to bed when she’s told. Her parents say she’ a worry. Her teacher says she’s a pain. She’s the kid who stands on the table, she’s the kid who won’t wash her hands, she’s the kid who has lots of friends but every one is in her head. She’s the kid who hears a song that takes her on a wondrous journey to a place where she’s understood. Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand. For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand. Inspired by changeling myths from Irish mythology and the poetry of WB Yeats, Human Child combines storytelling, with literature puppetry and live music to take us on a blazing adventure and back again. “ executed with wit and skill...there’s no shortage of emotion, intricacy or craft in this beautifully-told story” Irish Times “enchanting, aesthetically beautiful and highly entertaining” Irish Theatre Magazine
Fringe Events Great Book Bake Off
1 October 6.30pm County Library Tallaght Phone 01 462 0073 for more details Baking has become increasingly popular and fashionable in the last few years, in no small part due to the increase in home entertaining. From this came the “Great British Bake Off” television series which in turn inspired the staff of County Library to organise the first “Great Tallaght Bake Off” in May of 2012. This proved to be a massive and tasty success with the public. In October of 2013, as part of South Dublin Libraries Red Line Book Festival, County Library Tallaght will hold another “Great Book Bake Off”. Contestants must bake a cake, cupcake or cookie inspired by their favourite book! In association with The Square Towncentre Tallaght
Writers Groups . . . Writing Together 12 October 10.00am – 4.30pm RUA RED Booking via Carolann Copland 086 192 3613
Admission €10 A unique opportunity for your writers’ group to get together and network for a day to… • Gather together to network with other writers’ groups. • Participate in informal workshops. • Hear talks from other writers, authors and publishers. • Set further objectives for your own writers’ group. • Start an online Writers’ Group Forum to continue networking with other groups.
Think Emu Ink!
Monday 14th October County Library Tallaght at 7.30pm Booking @ 01-4620073; talib@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free First-time published authors present and talk self-publishing – the professional route. MC’d by Emu Ink founder Emer Cleary, a selection of authors will present their newly published works ranging from crime novels, to a short story anthology, general fiction and autobiography. After readings the authors will talk about their experience of self-publishing through a professional company and take questions from the floor. If you have a story in you, this might be for you!
Exhibitions Still Institute of Technology, Tallaght Photographic exhibition “Still” by Paul Butler will be on view in ITT Dublin library from October 2013 with the official launch on Tuesday 15th October at 6.30pm in the institute. The exhibition by Paul Butler visualizes passages from the writings of John McGahern and the evocation of time and place. This photographic exhibition revolves around the raw beauty and observations of a Leitrim countryside much loved by the writer. All Welcome
The Mythical and the Mundane: A Cork Printmakers Touring Exhibition County Library Tallaght The Mythical and the Mundane is an exhibition initiated by Cork Printmakers. Aoife Barrett, Conall Cary, Gary Dempsey, Valerie Gleeson, Debbie Godsell, Marcelle Hanselaar, Heike Helig Finn, Marianne Keating, Jo Kelley, Fiona Kelly, Paul La Rocque, Brian Lalor, Aoife Layton, Dermot McCarthy, Linda McConville, Monika Meler, Brid Moynahan, Antonia O’Mahony, Shane O’Driscoll , Sylvia Taylor and Scott Travis. The Cork Printmakers invited artist members to develop a print work based on Ireland’s rich folklore tradition. Artists were encouraged to develop their own interpretation or depict the narrative of a story precisely. The works submitted for selection to show in The Mythical and the Mundane are executed in a range of printmaking techniques and each artist has tackled the theme from their own individual experience and expression, resulting in an exhibition that is rich and varied. All Welcome
T.J. Byrne: Architect Ballyroan Library T.J. Byrne (1876-1939) played a significant part in the building of modern Ireland. As clerk and architect to the South Dublin Rural District Council, his innovative ideas led to considerable advances in the standard of local authority housing, and as Principle Architect at the Office of Public Works, he was responsible for the rebuilding of the major public buildings in Dublin city centre which had been destroyed between 1916 and 1922. His work still stands out today, 100 years later. Two of his most notable buildings are the Carnegie Libraries at Clondalkin and Whitechurch, fine but modest public buildings in the Arts and Crafts tradition. A wonderfully put together and thought provoking exhibition. All Welcome
Children’s & School’s Programme
Yee Haw It’s Showtime! with Gillian Perdue
Monday 14th October Lucan Library: 10.00am and 11.15am Class Visit: Booking: 01 621 6422; Lucan@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free, Booking Essential Dance, drama, fun and cowboy hats are all on offer in workshops facilitated by author Gillian Perdue. Gillian is a full-time children’s writer. She previously worked as a primary school teacher for over fifteen years and has always had a deep love for children’s books. 1st and 2nd class will love this event which will last for about 50 minutes. Gillian will also visit a school with our Mobile Library Services librarian on Tuesday 15th. Booking at 01 4597834; mobiles@sdublincoco.ie
Soctastic Math-O-Matix Show Ballyroan Library
Monday 14th October at 9.45am, 11.00am and 12.15pm Class Visit: Booking: 01 494 1900; Ballyroan@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free, Booking Essential This was a huge hit in our libraries last year and we couldn’t wait to have it back again. Little Big Top theatre group invite children into a sumptuous environment full of colour, shapes and fun! A mischievous Peg-a-saurours, an urgent shape hunt and a bubbly finale all add up to make this the most engaging maths lesson you will ever see. Each show lasts for about 45 minutes and is most suitable for Junior and Senior Infants. Book in advance for a morning of fun and laughter and a brilliant learning experience.
Admission free for all school events
*Refundable booking deposit required for Civic Theatre events.
Children’s & School’s Programme MAD GRANDAD AND OTHER ODD THINGS
Monday 14th October 10am and 11.15am Castletymon Library Class Visit: Booking: 01 452 4888 Admission Free, Booking Essential Author and illustrator Oisin McGann needs little or no introduction. He has written and illustrated numerous titles including the Mad Grandad series and the Forbidden Files series for younger children and many novels for the older reader. Oisín visits our library in Castletymon to read one or two of his shorter books. Using an easel and display pages, Oisin will bring the pages of these books to life for 1st to 3rd class children.
TAll Tales
Tuesday 15th October Civic Theatre, Tallaght - Loose End Studio at 10.30am Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 4627477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Ballyroan Library at 12.15pm Booking: 01 494 1900; Ballyroan@sdublincoco.ie Lucan Library at 3.15pm Booking: 01 621 6422; Lucan@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free, Booking Essential This lively session with storyteller Patrick Ryan is something we are really looking forward to. Patrick Ryan has a wealth of experience in storytelling, having told at festivals worldwide. Patrick has worked as a teacher and professional storyteller for over thirty years. He regularly tours Britain, Europe and the US performing, lecturing and conducting a variety of workshops. This event is suitable for 2nd to 5th class.
PICTURE THAT!
Wednesday 16th October Ballyroan Library 10.00am - 11.00am 2nd to 4th class pupils 11.30am - 12.30pm 4th and 5th class pupils Class Visit: Booking: 01 494 1900; Ballyroan@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free, Booking Essential Irish artist and book illustrator, Jonathan Barry visits us to chat to children about art and illustration of books. He has illustrated many famous children’s books, including The Narnia series, The Wind in The Willows, Alice in Wonderland, and The Secret Garden. Jonathan has a keen interest in both the Titanic story and Dracula so these sessions promise to be very entertaining.
Children’s & School’s Programme Booked! Reading Sport with Alan Nolan, Joe O’Brien & Gerard Siggins
Wednesday 16th October at 10.30am Civic Theatre, Tallaght - Main Auditorium Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 4627477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission Free, Booking Essential Reading Sport brings together three fantastic Irish authors for children, Alan Nolan, Joe O’Brien and Gerard Siggins who will discuss and chat with the children about their books and writing. The event, will appeal particularly to boys but as we all know….girls do sport too! Great for 3rd to 6th classes. Joe O’Brien needs little or no introduction. This event will focus on his trilogy of sports books. Little Croker, Féile Fever and Tiger Boots all feature Danny Wilde and the adventures of his GAA team Littlestown Crokes. Alan Nolan is well known for his comic books and graphic novels. Alan turns his hand to sport in his new book due out in early 2014. Fintan’s Fifteen features a school hurling team and will be a mix of text and Alan’s famous graphics. Gerard Siggins is a Dublin based journalist with a keen interest in many sports. His book for children Rugby Spirit features a young Eoin who has just started secondary school in a famous rugby school not far from Lansdowne Road. The exciting sequel to Rugby Spirit is due out in Spring 2014. In association with Dublin Book Festival
The Beast Quest Show
Thursday 17th October at 10.30am Civic Theatre, Tallaght - Main Auditorium Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 4627477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie
Admission Free, Booking Essential
Calling all valiant Beast Quest fans! Help the good wizard Aduro, in this interactive event, to solve cryptic puzzles and free the beasts from Malvel’s evil spell and participate in a Beast Quest Tournament . . . Also get a sneak peek of Adam Blade’s new series, Sea Quest! Deep in the water lurks a new breed of Beast . . . This promises to be a fantastic event for 3rd to 6th classes.
Children’s & School’s Programme
Butterfly hearts and Sleeping Baobabs
Clondalkin Library Wednesday 16th October 10am and 11.15am Class Visit: Booking: 01 459 3315; Clondalkin@sdublincoco.ie Admission Free, Booking Essential We’re delighted to welcome Paula Leydon on her first visit to South Dublin. Paula is an award winning author of The Butterfly Heart and The Sleeping Baobab Tree. Both of these wonderful titles have been endorsed by Amnesty International. Suitable for children from 4th and 5th class.
Tá Spidey Anseo
Thursday 17th October 10am Palmerston Library at Stewarts, Palmerston Booking: 01 651 8129 Admission Free, Booking Essential; Class Visit - Suitable for Pre-Schoolers Author/Illustrator Carmel Ui Cheallaigh brings her Irish picture book Spidey to life in this interactive bi-lingual author visit.
Alex Barclay: The Curse of the Kings Talking Fantasy Fiction
Friday 18th October at 10.30am The Civic Theatre, Tallaght - Loose End Studio Booking at Civic Theatre Box Office: Tel 01 4627477; boxoffice@civictheatre.ie Admission Free, Booking Essential The Curse of the Kings is a book filled with adventure, bravery, mystery, riddles, quests, hybrid beasts, and secrets. Come along and meet Alex Barclay, the mind behind this wonderful fantasy world which has been likened to Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Suitable for second level students - 1st-3rd years.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Festival Director Georgina Byrne Festival Co-ordinators Domitilla Fagan Patricia Fitzgerald Caroline Higgins Schools Events Programmers Laura Joyce Maria O’Sullivan
Festival PR Rosemary DAWSON PR 086 827 9380 Graphic Design Silverbark Creative Bookseller Alan Hanna’s Bookshop Photographer Rob O’Connor @Rocshot
Readers Day MC Dermot Bolger
Supporting Team Mairead Brady, Bridget Cribbin, Catherine Gallagher, Coleesa Humphreys, Helen McMahon, Paula Murphy, Ronan Murphy, Emma Perry, Tony Reid, Breid Ryan, Kieran Swords, Alison Yates
Partners African Cultural Project Arts Council Arts Office, South Dublin County Council Carousel Creates Civic Theatre Tallaght Dublin Book Festival EmuInk Gill & Macmillan InTallaght Institute of Technology, Tallaght Liberties Press LUAS
Mary Mullan O’Brien Press Padraig Hyland Penny Black Pub, Tallaght Poetry Ireland RUA RED Tallaght Hospital The Collins Press The Echo Newspaper The Lilliput Press The Square Towncentre Tallaght
Special thanks to the staff of the venues and libraries involved, and all the authors and facilitators of this year’s programme. South Dublin Libraries would like to thank South Dublin County Council and County Councillors for their support of the Festival.
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Tuesday 15th October 1:00pm Arise and Go! Poetry & Music with Stephen James Smith and Enda Reilly 1:00pm The Charismatic Edge with Owen Fitzpatrick 3:15pm Tall Tales: Storytelling for Children with Patrick Ryan 6:30pm Evocating time and places of John McGahern – Opening of Still 8:00pm Publishing: The inside track with Lilliput Press
Tallaght Hospital Civic Theatre, Loose End Lucan Library Institute of Technology, Tallaght Civic Theatre, Main Auditorium
Wednesday 16th October 10:00am Butterfly Hearts & Sleeping Baobabs with Paula Leydon 10:30am Booked! Reading Sport with Alan Nolan, Joe O’Brien and Gerard Siggins 11:30am Jonathan Barry Children’s Illustrator 1:00pm A fit and fabulous new you! with Karl Henry 1:15pm Sue Hassett: Acquittances 123 6:00pm Rhythm and Slam - Migrant Writers and Performing Artists Ireland 6:30pm The Irish Quest for Alpine Peaks with Frank Nugent 7:00pm Everest Calling: The Irish Journey with Lorna Siggins & Dermot Somers 7:00pm Put on the Kettle: Ireland’s Love Affair with Tea with Juanita Browne 8:00pm Three Men Talking about Things they Kinda Know About 8:15pm Queen of Flowers and Pearls with Gabriella Ghermandi
Clondalkin Library Civic Theatre, Main Auditorium Ballyroan Library Civic Theatre, Loose End Rua Red Rua Red County Library Tallaght Ballyroan Library Clondalkin Library Civic Theatre, Main Auditorium Rua Red
Thursday 17th October 10:30am The Beast Quest Show 1:00pm Overcoming bullying with Dr John McSharry 1:00pm Check-out Poetry with Colm Keegan 6:30pm Crime Writing Workshop with Louise Phillips 6:00pm RLBF Poetry Competition Prize giving ceremony and readings 7:30pm Against the Black Sky, We Listen with Michael J. Whelan 7:00pm Break a Leg with Peter Sheridan 7:00pm Meet the Author: Catherine Dunne 7:00pm TEDxTallaght: The Atelier of Ideas
Civic Theatre, Main Auditorium Civic Theatre, Loose End Superquinn, Lucan SC County Library Tallaght Rua Red Café Rua Red Penny Black Pub, Castletymon Lucan Library Civic Theatre, Main Auditorium
Friday 18th October 10:30am Curse of Kings: Talking fantasy with Alex Barclay 1:00pm Home & Abroad: Holidays on a Budget with Julianne Mooney & Fionn Davenport 2:30pm Creative Writing Workshop with Catherine Dunne 6:30pm Poetry Performance Workshop with The Poetry Divas 7:00pm Celebrating the work of Sean Keating with Dr Eimear O’Connor 8:00pm Lady Killers: Ireland’s leading female crime fiction writers 8:15pm Get Graphic with Stephen Mooney, Nick Roche & Leann Hamilton Saturday 19th October 10:30am Start writing workshop with Vanessa O’Loughlin 10:30am Readers Day: Chapter One 2:30pm Readers Day: Chapter Two Sunday 20th October 5:00pm The Human Child, Collapsing Horse Theatre Company
Civic Theatre, Loose End Civic Theatre, Loose End Ballyroan Library Rua Red Ballyroan Library Civic Theatre, Main Auditorium Civic Theatre, Loose End Lucan Library Civic Theatre, Main Auditorium Civic Theatre, Main Auditorium Civic Theatre, Main Auditorium
On Going Events The Mythical and the Mundane: A Cork Printmakers Touring Exhibition T.J. Byrne Architect: An Exhibition Still: Photographic exhibition on John McGahem by Paul Butler
County Library Tallaght Ballyroan Library Institute of Technology, Tallaght
Fringe Events Great Book Bake Off: 1st October, 6.30pm Writing Groups . . . Writing Together:12th October, 10.00am Think Emu Ink! 14th October, 7.30pm
County Library Tallaght Rua Red County Library Tallaght
Booking details
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