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A festival (13-16 June 2024) celebrating literary talent & hosting some of the world’s leading writers & thinkers since 2010. Tweets by Sian #DBF2023
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See you next year!
Special thanks to the
@artscouncil_ie
@dlrcc
and all our sponsors who made our favourite weekend of the year possible ✨🎨
#DBF2024
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27 years ago today on
27 December when I was
27 yrs old, I met this fella
@davidmcw
who looks 13 in this photo but I promise he was about 30
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14 yrs old today and still the centre of the family
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Bono,
@acatherwoodnews
, and
@tomhanks
relaxing after joyous interview- performance last night . A true joy and privilege to host them w
@davidmcw
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Wedding Day 1999!
21 yrs hitched to this kind and happy man would make you smile like that all the time.
On this anniversary we should have been opening the 11th
#DalkeyBookFest
but we have the new
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
in its place.
Watch who wins at:
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Anybody else’s dog do this?
Labrador licks dishwasher plates.
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Just when you thought we'd announced everything...
@U2
's The Edge will be joining the
#DalkeyFestival
line-up to talk to
@ProfBrianCox
on music, creativity & quantum physics. Only one week to go - if you haven't got your ticket yet, get one now!
@zurich_irl
@DeptIRL
@davidmcw
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Wouldn’t we all love to be taught ‘How Not to be Wrong’?
@mrjamesob
, with
@MiriamOCal
, is giving us the masterclass down by the Seafront ✨
#DBF2022
#JamesOBrien
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Cause for celebration: as of today, we co-founders of
@dalkeybookfest
are both doubly vaccinated & 22 years married. (Photo taken at a festival with millions, yes millions, of people
@JLFLitfest
2020)
🥼
#BelieveInScience
🥼
❤️
#BelieveInLove
❤️💕🌈
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This remarkable individual retained so much detailed knowledge at the tip of his tongue, I was in awe of him. He relentlessly sought to expose the reality & savagery of war:
"If you saw what I saw, you'd never support a war again". RIP Robert Fisk.
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Look@ the stunning venue for this June’s festival with
@Elif_Safak
@isabelallende
@ProfBrianCox
@MkBlyth
@StephanieKelton
@Marladukharan
@Zurich_Irl
@roisiningle
@robertshrimsley
& more tba
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We are delighted to announce that Tom Hanks will be coming to Dalkey Book Festival 2023 ✨
Tickets go on sale Wednesday 3rd of May at 10am.
#DBF2023
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And just like that, Dalkey Book Festival 2023 comes to a close.
Bono and Fintan O’Toole bringing it home here in Dalkey Church ✨
#DBF2023
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So sorry to hear of the sudden loss of Robert Fisk, a brilliant journalist & author of immense intellect. Appearing at the first
@dalkeybookfest
, he became a staple when he was “home”. Always generous with his time & insights, he will be missed.
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Edge
@u2
and
@ProfBrianCox
chatting music, quantum physics and creativity with
@davidmcw
- where else would you get it? Tune in now!
#DalkeyBookFestival
@Zurich_Irl
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March 2020 was quite a month, not only globally, but locally… as it was when actor
#MattDamon
arrived in Dalkey. This year Matt will join our line-up of guests + talk to
@davidmcw
about lockdown in fairy-tale Dalkey, and his love of Ireland.
#DalkeyBookFestival
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We are also delighted to announce that Bono is coming back to Dalkey Book Festival for an evening with Fintan O’Toole ✨
Get your tickets this Wednesday at 10am.
#DBF2023
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We are so delighted to announce
@elainefeeney16
as winner in the Emerging Writer category at
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
2021. Huge congratulations to you, and thanks to our sponsor
@Zurich_Irl
!
#DalkeyBookFestival
@PenguinIEBooks
@penguinrandom
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Drumroll: I’m very excited to announce this! Dalkey Book Festival launches €30,000 literary awards for Irish writing. For details
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Facts & home truths by Ivan Rogers: “No deal is not so much about taking back control as forfeiting control completely”. After no deal ”red lines will fade to pale pink” . A must read -full of facts about trade deals & geopolitical implications of no deal
@mrjamesob
@davidmcw
The central problem with ‘no deal’ is that it is being heavily (mis)sold as providing certainty, finality – a ‘clean break’ – when it would manifestly do nothing of the sort, says Ivan Rogers
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“Ireland spent months discussing pubs but not arts venues.”
“The arts are seen in Ireland as a luxury,” whereas in Germany they’re seen as a necessity.”
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Our Emerging Writer winner
@elainefeeney16
the moment she found out she won. Huge congratulations Elaine! Everyone must read As You Were… We can’t wait for what you write next.
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
#DalkeyBookFestival
@Zurich_Irl
@davidmcw
@PenguinIEBooks
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And here it is…
The 2023 Dalkey Book Festival lineup!
Tickets go on sale Wednesday 26th of April at 10AM.
See you all in June 😉
#DBF2023
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Roger Casement statue, Sandycove.
With waves, with sea …
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Good morning ☀️🕶
@davidmcw
arriving on day 3
@dalkeybookfest
Not Italian riviera but not raining
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Delighted to announce this year’s Dalkey Literary Awards shortlist for Emerging Writer of the Year.
Congratulations to all!
@Zurich_Irl
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards2022
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TODAY IS THE DAY!
Winners revealed this evening
at 20.00 hrs
on 20 June 2020
Emerging Writer winner €10,000
Novel of the Year winner €20,000
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
In this poxy year for litfests, let's celebrate writers with these new awards. (Shortlisted books pictured.)
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So close and so far from sectarian violence. Mixed emotions today visiting my mother in the house where I grew up in Belfast - but the overall feeling is just sadness.
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The man can write !
Just finished reading
#SurrenderMemoir
Inventive, funny, moving, raw .
A love letter to music,the band & Ali, Bono’s writing is extraordinarily good . But then we knew that.
@U2
@penguinrandom
💛
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@SenSanders
condemned "Hypocrisy of conservatives who argue for small government but want control over a woman's body"
@AnaCosgrave
#repeal
@SenSanders
for Repeal. I trust my sister, wife, daughter, mother, don't you?
#repealthe8th
- it's a woman's choice!
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Last night, on his birthday, I found this photo of me & Seamus Heaney taken on a June day in 2012 - a precious day that I will never forget
@SHHomePlace
@HeaneyCentre
@seamusheaneyest
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Good morning Dublin.
Only a few more sleeps until the days are longer.
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And that’s a wrap on Dalkey Book Festival 2022 ❤️
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Thank you to the authors, the gracious volunteers, our heroic staff, our festival partners and all of YOU who came to the festival. So long ! See you in June 2023, your grateful hosts, David & Sian 💜❤️
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Such an honour to welcome President Michael D. Higgins to the Martello Tower in Dalkey with
@davidmcw
broadcasting now
@PresidentIRL
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I go to better beds but I sleep less well - Brendan Behan
#OnThisDay
1959: Irish writer Brendan Behan definitely wasn’t letting success go to his head.
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20 years ago at daybreak ☀️this little ✨ray of light was born. She has been shining brightly, singing and making her parents laugh for most of the 20 years. Happy lockdown birthday Lucy!
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Great news for Irish writers. A €30,000 award. The shortlist for the new
#dalkeyliteraryawards
announced here . Winners revealed 20th June. We are not going to let this virus beat us. Creativity never stops! We will be back next year stronger than ever.
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Congratulations Sally Rooney for winning Novel of the Year 2022! ✨🎉
#DLA2022
@Zurich_Irl
@FaberBooks
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Summer evening
Boat between Dun Laoghaire piers
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The 2021 shortlist for Emerging Writer at
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
@CaoilinnHughes
#DaraMcAnulty
@elainefeeney16
@NaoiseDolan
@PatrickFreyne1
@seanehewitt
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Dalkey Literary Award shortlists
Emerging Writer €10,000
@EleanorFitz
@sineadgleeson
@nicoleflattery
@MumblinDeafRo
@adrian_duncan_
@bansheelit
Novel of the Year €20,000
@WinterPapers
@JanCarson7280
@FaberBooks
@canongatebooks
@PenguinBooks
@AtlanticBooks
Winners: 8pm Sat
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We are back! This year Dalkey Book Festival is coming to you in a slightly different format but by no means lacking in the global talent, the community feel and the good fun for which the festival is known. More info here:
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When I moved to ROI, I couldn’t get over the nationwide & media obsession about The Leaving. I’m still uneasy hearing parents say “we have a leaving cert in the house”. The learning by rote system surely turns most children against “education”?
People have asked me in the lock down have I "Leaving Cert" in the house. No I don't. I've a funny, gregarious young lad who happens to have some exam in the summer but who is (with all his mates) so much more than a points machine! Stop this nonsense, it's driving the kids mad.
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There will be a tent going up in this beauty spot tomorrow as we kick off the festival on Bloomsday!
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David & Sian welcome Matt Damon back (virtually) to Dalkey for
#DalkeyBookFestival
at 7.10pm
With a wknd ticket from you can watch back all 22 events-from Dante to Damon, Booker prizewinners to Bernie Sanders & Brian Cox, The Edge to IsabelAllende, & more
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A new dawn. A new day. Watch this.
@JoeBiden
is overcome with emotion quoting
#jamesjoyce
#InaugurationDay
"My colleagues in the Senate used to kid me for quoting Irish poets all the time. They thought I did it because I'm Irish. I didn't do it for that reason. I did it because they're the best poets in the world." On this, as on many things
@JoeBiden
, we agree!
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We are live!
Take a look at this year’s fantastic lineup.
Make sure to sign up to our newsletter via the link in bio to be the first to get your hands on tickets!
#DBF2022
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🔥Exciting news, Dublin! Brace yourselves for an early treat! 🎉
@BernieSanders
is set to headline a special Dalkey Book Festival Event in early 2024! 📚 Don’t miss this rare event - sign up to our mailing list at
#berniesanders
#dalkeybookfestival
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"Hopefully the audible sound of too many jet skis doesn't ruin my literary event. The most Dalkey thing I've ever said"
#DalkeyBookfest
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The Edge asks
@ProfBrianCox
about the beauty in the mystery of the universe
#DBF2023
(The musician gives good interview.)
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Now it’s time to get ready for day 2!
#AnneEnright
will be opening the day’s events, and we will be jam-packed with content featuring guests such as The Edge
@U2
@ProfBrianCox
@PresidentIRL
+ more. Streaming until 8pm. Get ready!
#DalkeyBookFestival
@Zurich_Irl
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THE SECRETS OUT!
Our 2024 line-up has been revealed..
Find out more at our website - where you can also subscribe for pre-sale access!
Tickets on pre-sale 10AM Thursday April 25th
General Sale 10AM April 26th
#dalkeybookfestival2024
#DBF2024
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Our Novel of the Year winner Maggie O’Farrell the moment she found out she won. Hamnet was such a beautiful book - Looking forward to what novel comes next!
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
#DalkeyBookFestival
@Zurich_Irl
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What an absolutely honour it was to hear international treasure
@stephenfry
yesterday at two sold out events at
#dalkeybookfestival
. A very special way to mark our 10th anniversary ✨
@davidmcw
👏
#DBFis10
#GlobalNamesLocalVibe
🙌
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Congratulations to our
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
Novel of the Year winner Maggie O’Farrell for her novel Hamnet. And thank you to
@Zurich_Irl
for making these prestigious awards for Irish writers possible.
#DalkeyBookFestival
@HachetteIre
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Why will the trial pedestrianisation end next week? Removing cars from George’s St is the best improvement Dún Laoghaire has seen in years.
The trial pedestrianisation of St. George's Street in Dún Laoghaire will be coming to an end on 30/09. The gradual unwinding over the next few days will see some changes to the street and its layout. Find out what's changing:
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If the pubs were open, we’d be taking this boy for his first legal pint today. 18 today . Happy birthday sunshine!
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Take us back to a sunny day in Dalkey to hear
@SalmanRushdie
explore the notion of “the global novel” & his conclusion that it was really James Joyce who was the master of turning the provincial into the into the universal!
#DalkeyBookFestival
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
@Zurich_Irl
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My top 10 books by Irish writers from 2020
@HilaryFannin
@CaoilinnHughes
@DoireannNiG
@wordsofhelen
@elainefeeney16
@PatrickFreyne1
Colum McCann, Anne Enright & Maggie O’Farrell
@Will_Sutcliffe8
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I blame
@MattDamon
Breaking News:
@dlrcc
confirm Dalkey street hole caused by “excessive and aggressive continual name dropping over decades”. Investigators believe had this years Dalkey Book Festival gone ahead the entire town could have sunk in the ground and disappeared forever. More later...
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The 2021 shortlist for Novel of the Year at
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
#AnneEnright
#ColumMcCann
#DonalRyan
@HilaryFannin
#MaggieOFarrell
#RoddyDoyle
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It should have been Day 2 of the festival but thrilled to launch the inaugural
#DalkeyLiteraryAwards
with the biggest prize fund for Irish writing.
Meanwhile some memories: Dillons Pk, Castle St, Blindboy
@Rubberbandits
@davidmcw
@stephenfry
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Lovely to get some sunshine. Swapped the desk for a park bench as my afternoon office! Feeling very lucky today . Spring is sprung☀️
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Unionists feared Irish nationalism but English nationalism looks to be the real threat to N Ireland
Brexit is now the ‘irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable decision of the British people’ says
@BorisJohnson
which is a problem for N Ireland who said something very different and elected more MPs who would prefer a united Ireland to the U.K.
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Happy Father’s Day.
A pic of my father listening to me. He died over 10 years ago and I still think of talking to him every single day.
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Some of our amazing guests for this year… who’s excited? We know we are!
@Zurich_Irl
@ProfBrianCox
@Elif_Safak
@PresidentIRL
@KateRaworth
@MarlonJames5
@acatherwoodnews
@MkBlyth
@marklittlenews
@isabelallende
@StephanieKelton
@ericlonners
@ihrobertson
@davidmcw
+ many more!
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‘The Irish revenge has been Irish writers’ response to colonialism. They have crafted the English language imposed upon us.’ John Banville .
@FaberBooks
@frederick65
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