“You could all be in a pub right now,” Amanda Palmer marveled at the assembled crowd. We were notably a largely female, largely queer-presenting group in one of the smaller rooms at the RDS. It was lined with shelves of … Continue reading No Shame with Palmer & Penny Marking the referendum results with feminist discourse
Capping off the International Literature Festival Dublin’s 2018 lineup was the keynote discussion with author Neil Gaiman, known for over thirty years of award-winning work in comic books including The Sandman and Books of Magic, short stories, screenwriting, and novels … Continue reading Neil Gaiman Goes Back to His Roots // ILF Dublin 2018 On Norse myths, “The Sandman,” the upcoming “Good Omens” miniseries and his in-progress “Neverwhere” sequel.
District Magazine, in collaboration with International Literature Festival Dublin, hosted an evening of Spoken Word performances in the iconic GPO, launching the festival for 2018. District Magazine’s self-expressed intention for the evening was to “seek to blend the worlds of … Continue reading A Modern Proclamation District Magazine’s spoken word poetry event at the GPO proved that Irish voices still have lots to declare.
On Wednesday evening, Dublin’s Convention Centre was overrun by bookworms and feminists alike as hundreds of readers gathered to mark the beginning of the 2018 Dublin International Literature Festival. The festival’s first event was nothing short of extraordinary, as novelist … Continue reading We Should All Be Fans of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Bookworms & feminists celebrated the Nigerian author appearing at ILFD
‘I’m a lot tamer than Jack Kerouac – he did loads of drugs,’ replied author Sally Rooney when asked about her hours spent toiling at the writer’s desk. At Belvedere House for the Dublin International Literature Festival to promote her … Continue reading ILF Dublin Highlights: Sally Rooney in Conversation