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T-Shirt Yarn Workshop for adults * Fully Booked*

Join textile artist Lynn Haughton for a fun, creative workshop where you will learn how to turn old t-shirts into t-shirt yarn. This yarn can then be used for such things as crocheting, knitting, weaving, rope making etc. In this workshop, Lynn will teach you how to make t-shirt yarn, as well as how to make rope from the yarn. Each participant will also create a keychain to take home.

This event is funded by the Skills For Life Initiative 

 

One Dublin, One Book 2026 - Setting the Scene: Ireland in the 1950s - Fintan O’Toole in conversation with Catriona Crowe 

dlr Libraries were delighted to partner again with Dublin UNESCO City of Literature for this One Dublin, One Book event in the Studio Theatre, dlr LexIcon. Listen back now to author and journalist Fintan O’Toole speaking to author and archivist Catriona Crowe as they discussed the social, historical and economic landscape of 1950s Ireland, exploring the broader context in which Banville’s chosen title Christine Falls unfolds. The novel vividly conjures the society, politics and atmosphere of 1950s Dublin, from the power of the Church and social conservatism, to the treatment of women and emigration to America.

 

One Dublin, One Book is an annual Dublin City Council initiative, led by Dublin City Libraries and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature, where everyone is encouraged to read a designated book connected with the capital city during the month of April every year.

 

Note: Strong language - Use of expletive at 47:47 and 54:45
 

Cruinniú na nÓg dlr: Popcorn – a project by Ballyowen Meadows Special School

We warmly invite families to join us for a one-hour art workshop that is specially designed for children with Autism. This engaging, sensory-rich visual art experience has been informed by a collaboration between the students of Ballyowen Meadows Special School and visual artist Jane Cummins. The mixed media workshop is tailored to embrace and celebrate each child's unique interests, creating a welcoming space for creativity and self-expression for the whole family. In order to support your child at the session, once a place is booked, we will share a short survey to understand the needs of

Smartphone Filmmaking Workshop with the Dublin Smartphone Film Festival

Participants will join filmmaker Robert Fitzhugh to create short captivating films with their smartphones in this hands-on workshop designed for beginners. They'll learn the essentials of shooting and editing with accessible technology. At the end of this workshop you’ll have a completed film made by you and your fellow group members.

You will learn:
• Shoot cinematic footage from a short script using simple techniques
• Edit your film directly on your smartphone using user-friendly apps like CapCut

Materials: Participants just need to bring their smartphone

Robert is a filmmaker and festival

Turtles all the way down

The first novel from sensationally popular YA author and youtube personality John Green in five years, Turtles All The Way Down follows Aza Holmes. She is 16 years old, living in Indianapolis. The book follows Aza as she interacts with her friend Daisy, becomes involved in the mystery of what happened to the billionaire father of a childhood friend and through it all wrestles mentally with her anxiety.

Whilst Green as a web personality is one that I acknowledge can seem grating to some because of his boundless enthusiasm and particular presenting style "Turtles All The Way Down" demonstrates

Inherent Vice

After attempting to read "Gravity's Rainbow" some years back, I'd given up on Thomas Pynchon.He'd fallen into that "difficult" category of authors whose work seemed to sail too far overhead to really enjoy. However, since I liked Paul Thomas Andersons' film adaptation of "Inherent Vice" so much, I tracked down the novel and was pleasantly surprised  - yet totally flummoxed -  by what I read. There's not so much a "plot" here as much as a determinedly surreal noir-esque labyrinth of faux-conspiracies,scams,trysts and coincidences that morph into an ineffable, highly enjoyable shaggy dog story

All That is Solid Melts into Air

What happens when the sky explodes in your small corner of the World? What if the desperate rescue operation turns into a state cover up with your home, family and community at the heart of it? The tragedy of Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in April 1986 is depicted through the fate of a small number of intertwined lives. This book is harrowing and often read with a sense of dread. However McKeon does not leave us without hope entirely and in the darkest of moments there’s a thread for the reader to hang on to.What happens when the sky explodes in your small corner of the World? What if the

Brand New Retro

The Brand New Retro book is a uniquely Irish compendium of over 700 images, adverts and articles. "This book is one for the memories of the 1960s and 1970s. It is wonderfully presented into different sections under different headings, such as: Fashion, lifestyle etc...Towards the end of the book I thought the section on “Reader’s Lives” was interesting as it reflects the topics that were relevant at that time. Such as a “Pleased to meet you section” “Social Know-how” and letters to the Editor.

Today Will Be Different

This week I asked myself the question; what book would I love to give to all my friends to make their life, or at least their day, a little better? Immediately "Today will be Different" popped into my head. This is a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, a wife and mother who’s been living in Seattle for the last 10 years, and who describes her existence thus in the first few lines of the book; “The ghost-walking, the short-tempered distraction, the hurried fog” – Oh Lord, I thought, as I gave a guilty little start, how does she know? This week I asked myself the question; what book would I love

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