Join us in dlr LexIcon on Saturday 30 September from 10am-4pm for our Hooked on Books Readers' Day as we explore the books that gave wings to our imagination and cheered up our childhoods in a day of workshops, storytelling, quizzes and creativity for all the family!

What were your favourite childhood books?

Was Paddington sitting on your bookshelf?

Were you a fan of Artemis Fowl?

Did you secretly want to be the sixth member of The Famous Five?

Guests:

Gary Northfield (Julius Zebra, Leif the Unlucky Viking)

Eve McDonnell (Elsetime, The Chestnut Roaster)

Alan Nolan (The Sackville

dlr Libraries, Arts and Community are delighted to partner once again with GBHI (Global Brain Health Initiative) for a series of engaging and uplifting talks that will examine and explore the very real connection between creative arts and brain health.

Where: 

dlr LexIcon

Haigh Terrace, Moran Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin A96 H283

(LexIcon Studio theatre for each event except Wed 8 Nov which takes place in Project room, next to the gallery)

When: 

Wednesdays

11 Oct 11am-1pm

18 October, 11am-1pm

25 October 6.30-8.30pm

1 November 11pm-1pm

8 November 6.30-8.30pm

There will be refreshments provided at each

dlr LexIcon Studio
Saturday 21 October
10am-4pm

Bookings for Studio events via Eventbrite

Workshop bookings will open on 10 October at 10am.

We are very excited to announce our next Reader's Day will be on the subject of Climate Change and is programmed and curated by Kerri Ní Dochtaraigh.

Kerri Ní Dochartaigh is a mother, writer and grower. She has written for The Guardian, The BBC, RTE, The Irish Times and others. Kerri teaches and mentors worldwide, her work currently explores ideas of emergency, interconnectedness and ecologies of care.

Her first book, Thin Places, was published by