Dublin Book Festival is one of Ireland’s most successful and dynamic book festivals, running since 2006 in the heart of Ireland’s capital with its rich literary history. ​This annual public festival is a vibrant celebration of Ireland’s writers and publishers, working in Irish and English. It showcases, supports and develops Ireland’s writers and publishing sector by programming and promoting Irish books and their authors, editors and contributors, all in an entertaining, festive, friendly, and accessible environment. Both established and emerging writers from a wide variety of ge

The Public Service Transformation Delivery Team of the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (DPER) is delighted to announce that Public Service Transformation Week will take place this year from 9 to 13 November 2026. The week provides an opportunity to showcase the work taking place across the public service that is delivering better outcomes for the public, communities and businesses. This year, the central theme is Stronger Together: Delivering the Public Services of the Future, focusing on the people, partnerships and shared capab

Designing the News: The Changing World of Editorial Design brings together current practitioners and researchers to examine key issues affecting the dissemination and reception of factual information today and, crucially, in the future. In the current climate of disinformation and stark polarisation, the apparently transparent but deeply rhetorical field of creative direction for news and media is an often over-looked tool in the challenge for media literacy. Bringing together experts from related fields and providing a forum to interrogate the developing role of creative direction for new