Insight, Ideas, People....

May 23-29 2011

VIDEO: Episode three of DCTV's We're At

Poets at the Dublin Writers Festival

Day 3 of the Dublin Writers Festival – children, poets, volunteers and more.

Have a look here.

VIDEO: Meet some of our brilliant volunteers

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The DCTV team have interviewed some of our volunteers about their involvement in the Festival.

Have a look here.

PODCAST: Jon Ronson and Shane Hegarty at Liberty Hall

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You can hear Jon Ronson talk to Shane Hegarty in an Irish Times Culture podcast.

See photos and find out more here.

Episode 2 of DCTV's We're At The Dublin Writers Festival

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Have a look at how DCTV got on with Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.

You can watch the episode here.

A special offer from Brooks Hotel, our official Hotel partner

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Our partner Brooks Hotel has a special Summer offer for all fans of the Festival.

Check it out here.

REVIEW: The Sky Arts Book Shows

Roddy Doyle, Mariella Frostrup, John Boyne and Anne Enright

Tweets, photos and videos from the Sky Arts Book Show events.

You can see it all here.

DCTV We're At - bringing you videos from the Festival

Donny O'Rourke and Dave Whyte on DCTV

REVIEW: The Jekyll and Hyde Inheritance, Monday 23 May

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Catch up on what happened at The Jekyll and Hyde Inheritance at the Samuel Beckett Theatre last night, with videos, music and photos.

Read, watch and listen here.

A competition for our Facebook and Twitter followers

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Would you like to win tickets to a Dublin Writers Festival event?

Here’s a competition for you.

Dear President Obama, fancy joining us Monday evening?

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If the President of the USA can’t join us for our Monday evening event, maybe you can?

Get an overview of who is speaking here.

SPOTTED: The Dublin Writers Festival in the media

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A round up of mentions, posts, articles, interviews and stories relating to the Dublin Writers Festival.

See what’s being said about us here.

Music and more at the Sky Arts Den today - get down there.

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Get involved at the Sky Arts Den at Filmbase this weekend.

Here’s the schedule for Sunday.

Music at the Dublin Writers Festival - The Sky Arts Den and more

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Music? At a Writers Festival? Absolutely! You’ll hear everything from Alternative and Indie to Baritone Opera to Jazz and Blues!

Find out what’s on here.

Plan out your Festival shows by time and day

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Having difficulty choosing what to go and see? I’ve broken all the shows down to times which should help.

Have a look here.

Which of our writers is best at Scrabble, do you think?

The final 2010 Scrabble board - image from the Irish Times

Who would you love to play a game of Scrabble with? Which author do you think you could beat? Which one do you think would defeat you easily?

Read about Fiona McCann’s 2010 game and see my choices here.

Volunteer for the Dublin Writers Festival

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We’re looking for volunteers – but don’t worry, while we like flexible people, we don’t expect you to bend over backwards too much!

Get more details here.

INSIGHT, IDEAS, PEOPLE - the 2011 Festival is launched!

Liam Browne launches the Dublin Writers Festival 2011

In Dublin’s Odessa Club on Tuesday evening, April 26, authors, journalists, bloggers, friends, sponsors and supporters joined Liam Browne, Programme Director and the Festival team in launching the 2011 programme.

Read the full post here.

Dublin Writers Festival

Dublin City Council Arts Office

The Lab, Foley Street, Dublin 1

Tel. +353 (0) 1 222 5455

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