Readings, festivals, launches, and other events relating to Irish speculative fiction authors.
Subscribe to this list in your calendarA six-week evening course (Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm) on book illustration, tutored by OisĂn McGann. Covers character design, composition and staging, and sequential art, alongside the practice and business of illustration in publishing.
More info at irishwriterscentre.ie →Darren Shan appears at Chapters Bookstore, Dublin, at midday on Halloween - his first Irish event of 2026 - giving a talk, answering questions, then signing books. Tickets are €10 and include a book: your choice of one of the new editions of Cirque du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant or Tunnels of Blood. His last event here sold out, so book early. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999782257565?aff=oddtdtcreator
Join Sarah Rees Brennan, Holly Race and Dave Rudden to celebrate the launch of The God of Bronze by Ruth Frances Long, the final book in the Feral Gods trilogy. Eason O’Connell St Dublin, 7pm