Dalkey Book Festival

Dalkey Book Festival A festival that celebrates and fosters literary talent in Ireland as well as hosting some of the world’s leading writers and thinkers since 2010.

07/07/2026

Can you spot yourself in this film?

What makes the Dalkey Book Festival so special? You!

As you will gather from watching this short film of the festival’s highlights, the writers who came to Dalkey are full of praise for you, the audience, who they describe as engaged, enthusiastic, curious and intelligent.

Until June. ✨

It was the hottest weekend of the year in Dalkey!
30/06/2026

It was the hottest weekend of the year in Dalkey!

We’ve developed a very specific condition: missing Dalkey Book Festival.A week ago we were racing between venues, listen...
27/06/2026

We’ve developed a very specific condition: missing Dalkey Book Festival.

A week ago we were racing between venues, listening to extraordinary conversations and watching strangers become friends over shared books.

Normal life has resumed. We’re not convinced we like it.

See you in 2027. 📚

The story is a “a kind of warning”, he said. “Writers have no power, we don’t have armies, most of us do not have any mo...
23/06/2026

The story is a “a kind of warning”, he said. “Writers have no power, we don’t have armies, most of us do not have any money but what we do is tell the future what the past is like, and so the history of the human race is in our hands”

The wonderful Salman Rushdie on Sunday of ✨

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22/06/2026

Salman’s second Dalkey Book Festival ✨

Salman Rushdie ✨Proudly supported by Cantor Fitzgerald 📸:
21/06/2026

Salman Rushdie ✨

Proudly supported by Cantor Fitzgerald

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Big thank you to for decorating our stages wonderfully ✨ 📸:
21/06/2026

Big thank you to for decorating our stages wonderfully ✨

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20/06/2026

66 events down! 23 to go, another incredible festival.

As we continue a weekend of brilliant conversations, unforgettable stories and packed venues, we’d like to thank Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the Arts Council for their support.

Their commitment to the arts helps make festivals like this possible, bringing writers, readers and ideas together in Dalkey year after year.
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Adapt or Die: Your Future in An AI World Proudly supported by Cantor Fitzgerald 📸:
20/06/2026

Adapt or Die: Your Future in An AI World

Proudly supported by Cantor Fitzgerald

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