The Dublin Book Festival is one of Ireland’s most successful and vibrant book festivals, running since June 2006.
As part of the festival The National Botanic Gardens are delighted to host three fantastic events:
These Are My People Poetry Walking Tour Breda Wall Ryan
In Partnership with Science Foundation Ireland
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 11:00 – 11:50
In this collection Breda explores themes of family ties, relationships and one’s connection to the natural world, ultimately coming to the conclusion that she belongs to the Earth and that the Earth belongs to her, that all living things are her people.
This event is supported by Science Foundation Ireland as part of Science Week 2023.
Tickets €11.70. Booking at https://dublinbookfestival.com/event/these-are-my-people-poetry-walking-tour/
Dublin Book Festival: Wildlife Photography Walking Tour Carsten Krieger
In Partnership with Science Foundation Ireland
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 12:00 – 13:00
In Wild Ireland (The O’Brien Press), author and photographer Carsten Kriegertakes us on a journey across Ireland to explore the nature we pass by every day, flying with our ocean birds to experience their ever-more challenging search for food, hearing the dawn chorus in Killarney, and looking closely at our hedgerows, home to countless animals.Join Carsten for this unique walking tour of the beautiful Botanic Gardens where he will be sharing his expertise in wildlife photography.
This event is supported by Science Foundation Ireland as part of Science Week 2023.
Tickets €11.70. Booking https://dublinbookfestival.com/event/wildlife-photography-walking-tour/
The Naturalist’s Bookshelf – The ‘wild’ word in nature writing: shifting meanings, clashing responses Lisa Fingleton, Anja Murray, Gwen Wilkinson and Paddy Woodworth in conversation with Luke Clancy.
In Partnership with RTÉ lyric fm’s Culture File.
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 2:00 – 3:00
The idea of ‘the wild’ has great power both to attract us, and to repel us – sometimes both at once. Before the Romantic movement, the term was mainly repellent in European literature, referring to ‘uncivilised’ lands and peoples, savage, dangerous and frightening places. The Romantics inverted this stereotype, seeing untamed and uncrowded nature as a lost Eden, a blessed refuge for souls fleeing the constraints and oppression of industrialised cities, even as a synonym for the sublime. Today, it’s a powerful and frequently used word in book titles, whether offering a more authentic version of something familiar, or responding to the degradation that has generated the climate and biodiversity crises. But for all its popularity, it remains a problematic word, not least in discussions of ‘rewilding’ or when used to evoke a counterfactual world in which human intervention never happened. Four nature writers, Lisa Fingleton, Anja Murray, Gwen Wilkinson, and Paddy Woodworth, discuss how we can better resolve the complicated promises and threats of “wild”. Chaired by Luke Clancy of RTÉ lyric fm’s Culture File.
The event will be recorded for broadcast.
Tickets €6.34. Booking at https://dublinbookfestival.com/event/the-naturalists-bookshelf-the-wild-word-in-nature-writing-shifting-meanings-clashing-responses/