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📚 The Dublin Literary Award 2026 Longlist has been revealed!
This year’s longlist features 20 titles nominated by 26 libraries from around the world and includes novels by two Irish authors.

Explore the longlist here: https://dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/prize-years/2026/

Reflections - Cathy Sweeney | Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

Author Cathy Sweeney reflected on her workshop for the Island of Many Voices initiative.

Island of Many Voices is a joint project between Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and The Linen Hall (Belfast), facilitated by Fiona O'Rourke

Reflections - Anthony J. Quinn | Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

Memoir and crime fiction author Anthony J. Quinn reflected on the first workshop of the Island of Many Voices initiative.

Island of Many Voices is a joint project between Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and The Linen Hall (Belfast), facilitated by Fiona O'Rourke.

Tartu UNESCO City of Literature Residency Programme for Writers and Translators | Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

📢UNESCO City of Literature Opportunity📢

Tartu UNESCO City of Literature is open to submissions for it's spring residency programme. This residency will be two months long with an opportunity to attend the Tartu International Literary Festival Prima Vista. ✍📖

Click the link to find out more. 🔗

René Leynaud Creative Writing Residency in Lyon UNESCO City of Literature - FRENCH SPEAKING | Dublin UNESCO City of literature Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

📢Creative Writing Residency Opportunity 📢

Espace Pandora situation in Lyon UNESCO City of Literature have opened calls for their René Leynaud residency.

Please note this opportunity is for French speaking authors.

Find out more here:

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The 8th Annual UNESCO City of Literature Lecture | Dublin UNESCO City of literature Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

🎭The 8th Annual Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Lecture with Professor Chris Morash 🎭

2026 marks 100 years since the first staging of Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars. To mark the occasion this years Annual Lecture will look at one of Dublin’s most admired playwrights

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Island of Many Voices - 20 Participants Announced | Dublin UNESCO City of literature Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and The Linen Hall (Belfast) are pleased to announce the 20 writers who have been selected to participate in six online workshops, curated and facilitated by writer-facilitator Fiona O’Rourke.

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Dublin, One City, Many Stories celebrates 15 years of Dublin as a City of Literature and is a promotion of the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social and their work as an all-island resource for writers at all stages of their careers

Also featured in this episode is @dublinlitaward.bsky.social Winner Mike McCormack, talking to Damien B Donnelly (@eatthestorms.com )about his winning novel, Solar Bones.

The episode features Rick O’Shea @rickoshea.bsky.social interviewing Andrew Hughes, Christine Dwyer Hickey, @nualaoconnor.bsky.social and Peter Sirr.

YouTube video by DublinCityLiterature Dublin, One City, Many Stories - Video Five, One Dublin One Book

🎥Episode Five of Dublin, One City, Many Stories is out now! 🎥

One Dublin One Book, this next episode in Dublin, One City, Many Stories features writers whose work has been apart of the One Dublin One Book campaign.

Climate Writing Session with Alice Kinsella, Salena Godden and Catherine Cleary | Dublin UNESCO City of literature Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

Don't forget the check out the final @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social Climate Writing Session of 2025 this evening. 🌍

There is no fee for attending these sessions; they are a gift to all writers to take away and use with the goal of exploring climate action through their creative writing.

Come find your new favourite literary magazines, small publishers, writers, bookmakers, and zinesters, and explore the richness and variety of contemporary small and independent publishing.

🗓️Event this Week 🗓️

The Dublin Small Press Fair will be celebrating small-scale publishing in Ireland and welcome small presses from abroad.

📍Pearse Street Library, Dublin
📆Friday 28th and Saturday 29th of November

Check out the 2026 Dublin Literary Award Nominated Titles!

Cover of Crying Wolf with text: CITYWIDE THEN READ 2025

We are really pleased that CRYING WOLF by James Butler has been selected as CITYWIDE TEEN READ 2025 by Dublin City Libraries!

Check out the displays at any library in Dublin!

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We're thrilled that Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026, twenty years on since it was first published and now under his own name in our new edition. Find out more from @dublincityoflit.bsky.social 👇

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Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026. | Dublin UNESCO City of literature Dublin is known worldwide for its writers, poets and playwrights, a place with a rich literary past and a vibrant literary present.

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Dublin City Council is delighted to announce that Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026, following on from Dublin Written in Our Hearts, an anthology, chosen for 2025.

Each workshop will feature a guest writer from the island of Ireland who will share their work and talk about their own creative process. Island of Many Voices will culminate in an in-person showcase event at The Linen Hall.

This programme is free to selected participants.

As its title suggests, this initiative seeks to celebrate and amplify the varied and diverse voices from across this island.

Up to twenty writers will have the opportunity to benefit from six online workshops, curated and facilitated by writer-facilitator Fiona O’Rourke

✍️Writing Opportunity ✍️

Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and The Linen Hall (Belfast) are delighted to announce an exciting new initiative aimed at bringing together writers from across the island of Ireland to share their experiences and develop their artistic practice.

SLAMOVISION Winner 🏆

This year's competition was won by Henry Morray of @iowacityoflit.bsky.social

YouTube video by DublinCityLiterature SLAMOVISION 2025 - Live from DUBLIN

Can't be with us live in Dublin tonight?

Well you can watch the SLAMOVISION livestream on our YouTube Channel!

We are going live at 7pm (Irish Time)

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YouTube video by DublinCityLiterature SLAMOVISION 2025 - Live from DUBLIN

Slamovision is happening on the 6th November in TownHall, 1 Windmill Lane, Dublin at 7pm.

The event will also be livestreamed through the Dublin UNESCO City of Literature YouTube channel.

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Michał has been performing for ten years now on various slam stages in Wroclaw and beyond. Creator of theatre plays, stand-up comedian and improviser, he draws on all this experiences in his performances. He experiments with form. While performing, he jumps between genres, styles and moods