Book lovers, this one's for you - the Dalkey Book Festival is back for a three-day bonanza.
The event will run from June 16 to 19 with over 100 of the world's sharpest thinkers and writers descending upon the gorgeous seaside town.
Some of the big names that will take part in the festival include Simon Schama, Fiona Hill, Sally Rooney, Blindboy, and Fintan O’Toole.
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Festival director Sian Smyth said: ”We at Dalkey Book Festival strongly believe that the 21st century began for real in 2022; everything that went before was a sideshow.
"A hundred years ago, Lenin said that there are decades when nothing happens and weeks where decades happen. We are living through such weeks. In 1922, the year Joyce published Ulysses, Ezra Pound declared the modern world had just begun.
"Could this year, 2022, mark a similar rupture in our world? Join us this June as we explore the future with an exciting programme of events”.
Dalkey Book Festival has also announced the shortlists for this year’s Dalkey Literary Awards presented by Zurich.
The winners of the 2022 "Novel of the Year" and "Emerging Writer" Awards, with a prize fund of €30,000, will be announced at the festival on June 18.
The shortlisted titles in the 2022 Dalkey Literary Awards are:
Novel of the Year: April in Spain by John Banville, Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney, Nora by Nuala O’Connor, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, White City by Kevin Power
Emerging Writer: A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion, Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding, Eat Or We Both Starve by Victoria Kennefick, The End of the World is a Cul de Sac by Louise Kennedy, Unsettled by Rosaleen McDonagh.
Tickets to go on sale on Tuesday at 9am. You can find out more here.
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