Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2021
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Mountains to sea dlr Book Festival is back and online for 2021!
Sat 27 & Sun 28 March
Booking via mountainstosea.ie
All events available for playback to ticket-holders for 48 hrs after the event time.
Join us as we welcome our usual mix of fiction, non-fiction and poetry writers to #M2C2021 and contemplate being Of the Moment. Last March, we had to cancel the Festival at the eleventh hour, so we're delighted to invite Rebecca Solnit back for those of you who didn't have the opportunity of seeing her. She'll be chatting to Kathy Sheridan to discuss her latest book Recollections of my Non-existence.
Polly Samson and her husband, musician Dave Gilmour, and their daughter Romany, will join us for some chat and original music in the company of Maia Dunphy. Polly's latest novel, A Theatre For Dreamers, set in 1960 on Hydra, centres around a circle of poets, painters and musicians, including a young Canadian poet named Leonard Cohen, and their tangled lives.
For the full festival line-up and to book tickets, please visit mountainstosea.ie.
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The magic of spring & summer Birds with Eric Dempsey
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Thurs 8 April, 7.00pm
Sat 10 April, 10.30am (family session)
Booking essential via eventbrite
Discover the magic of birdsong in Ireland and explore our native bird life at this busy time of year with expert Eric Dempsey. In this very informative, relaxed and entertaining talk, Eric introduces us to the magic of Ireland’s bird life in Spring and Summer. We will explore why birds sing, the wonder of spring migration and the variety of nesting options. With May and the Dawn Chorus just around the corner, what better time to learn a little more about our feathered friends?
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dlr Libraries’ Young Writers’ Day
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Webinar with Sarah Webb, Joseph Coelho, Alan Nolan, Eve McDonnell & Helen Carr
Wed 31 March, 11.30am-1.00pm
Suitable for young writers aged 9yrs+
Booking essential via eventbrite
Are you a young writer? Do you love creating characters and imagining new worlds? Would you like to find out more about writing and publishing from the experts? Then this is the event for you!
At our Easter Holidays Webinar for Young Writers, you'll hear from award-winning writers, experienced editors and you'll also do some writing and drawing of your own at one of our specially-designed workshops. Sign up now for a brilliant action-packed few hours of imagination and creativity with award-winning children’s writer Sarah Webb and her writer friends Alan Nolan, Eve McDonnell, Helen Carr and Joseph Coelho!
(Photo credit: Ger Holland)
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Pedal Power: 130 years of Women's cycling in the County
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dlr Libraries are delighted to present a very special video entitled Pedal Power: 130 Years of Women’s Cycling in the County.
This delightful 10-minute video gives a whirlwind history of cycling in the County, with a special focus on how these ‘freedom machines’ became both a symbolic and practical means of achieving emancipation and self-reliance for women.
A particular highlight in the video is the footage from the 1950s when the County Dublin Road Club hosted the phenomenally successful annual Dún Laoghaire Cycling Week. Did you know that time trials for men and women were held on roller bikes in the Assembly Hall in the Old Town Hall in Dún Laoghaire?
The video finishes with a short sequence on the Coastal Mobility Route, the award-winning two-way segregated cycle-lane along the coast. For more information on the video visit our website.
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Library Development Plan Survey
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We want you to #HaveYourSay and fill out our Library Development Plan Survey. You can fill it out online by clicking the button below, or if you would like a hardcopy, please email libraries@dlrcoco.ie or phone (01) 236 2700.
Anyone who completes the survey will be entered into a draw to win a €50 National Book Token. Closing date for returned surveys is Sunday 28 March.
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Keep well with dlr Libraries
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Remaing a positive parent with Dr. David Coleman
Tues 30 March, 7.30pm
Booking essential via Eventbrite
Join Dr. David Coleman in discussing positive parenting and how best to respond to our children to support their emotional development.
David is well-known for his common sense advice and guidance, and through this session will aim to equip participants with the tools they need to continuing parenting in a positive way. #KeepWell
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Furry friends & Feathery friends with Alan Nolan
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Live draw-alongs with Alan Nolan
Thursday 1 April, 3.00-4.00pm
Friday 9 April, 3.00-4.00pm
Most suitable for children aged 5-8 yrs
Booking essential via eventbrite.
Join author and illustrator Alan Nolan as he talks about feathery friends from his last book, Sam Hannigan and the Last Dodo, and furry friends from his new book (with Sarah Webb) Animal Crackers. Learn how to draw a dodo and play along with Alan's hot new quiz show Alive, Extinct or Just Plain Stinky!
#SpringIntoStorytime
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Blackrock Junior Bookclub
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New members wanted for Blackrock Online Junior Bookclub!
We meet up on the last Thursday of every month at 4.30pm on Zoom.
This month we are reading Gargantis by Thomas Taylor.
Suitable for children 9-12yrs.
You can borrow a copy from our ebooks here
If you are interested in joining our Junior Online Book Club, or if you have any questions, please email blackrocklib@dlrcoco.ie.
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Feeding your Family with Neven Maguire
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Thurs 25 March, 11.00am-12.00pm
Booking essential via eventbrite
dlr Libraries are delighted to have award-winning chef Neven Maguire host a cookery demonstration as part of our Keep Well campaign.
Join Neven as he creates 3 dishes the whole family can enjoy together. All the recipes are very family-friendly, easy to prepare for busy Mums and Dads and also great for batch cooking.
Perhaps most importantly of all, all are favourites in the Maguire household!
Recipes for the dishes demonstrated will be emailed to participants after the event. #KeepWell #EatingWell
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Growing up in Late Twentieth-Century Ireland
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Last few weeks to see this brilliant talk on growing up in Ireland in the 1960s & 1970s. Available until 1 April 2021.
Our thanks to Dr Carole Holohan (TCD) who explored Irish youth in the long 1960s while Dr Ruth McManus (DCU) discussed housing families in suburban Dublin. Dr Marnie Hay (DCU) considered how the novel Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey, last year’s One Dublin, One Book choice, provides insight into Irish childhood in the late twentieth century. Hosted by Dr Beatrice Scutaru (MU), the session was an initiative of the Museum of Childhood Ireland and was produced by dlr Libraries.
(Photo: Courtesy of the Museum of Childhood Ireland)
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Learn a new language today/inniú/oggi!
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Did you know that as a library member you have access to free language courses with our Transparent Language Online resource?
Maybe our quizzes during Seachtain na Gaeilge inspired you to brush up on your cúpla focal? Or maybe you would like to pick up a few lines for when we can travel again? Whatever the reason, there are 110+ languages to choose from, you can learn at your own pace, and you can choose your starting level. All you need is your library card! Bonne chance!
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