podcasts

You may well ask - what podcasts are available from Dublin City Public Libraries, and how can you access them? Well, let's answer those questions and hopefully put you on the road to many hours of gainful listening!

While we organise and host many talks in our branch libraries throughout the year, only a handful of you are in a position to attend, plus our venues can only accommodate so many. So while you may wish to attend and listen to a speaker on a topic of interest, it can often be the case that you are unable to, or that we cannot accommodate the demand for places. And isn't it often the case that you only learn of a talk after it has taken place? But don't despair! We endeavour to record a good selection of our talks, readings and workshops as they happen and make them available online soon after. Read more »

'Sir John T. Gilbert (1829-1898): Life, Works and Context' by Brendan Twomey.

On 23 January 2012 the fifteenth annual Sir John T. Gilbert Commemorative Lecture was held at Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street. The lecture was given by Brendan Twomey, who has published many books on the history of Dublin including 'Dublin in 1707: A year in the life of the city' (2009) and 'Smithfield and the Parish of St Paul, Dublin 1698-1750' (2005).

Follow the lecture in its entirety here (duration 51 minutes, also Transcript):

(Available too on dublinheritage.ie, where you can also access previous lectures and other recordings. )

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In September of 2011 we had our first series of ‘Crime and the City’ where over the course of five weeks we had talks from five different authors of fiction, non-fiction and social research - all on the broad topics of crime and drugs.

The idea was to bring a cross section of people together to deliver a series of talks that would be relevant as well as entertaining. From the feedback and comments people passed on we seem to have achieved what we set out to and we hope to be able to do it all again in 2012. In the meantime if you want to be reminded of what went on, or if you missed out we have some of the talks and presentations below for your enjoyment. Read more »

Dublin City Public Libraries and Ireland Literature Exchange presented a series of talks and readings, 'Dublin Revealed' in the Central Library in May 2011. Three of these talks and readings are available to listen to here.

Right: Paul Murray, Carlo Gébler, Kevin Barry Read more »

Dublin City Public Libraries and Ireland Literature Exchange presented a series of talks and readings, 'In Other Words . . .Irish Literature in Translation in Your Library' in the Central Library in November 2010.

Right: John Boyne, Hugo Hamilton, Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin

Margaret Hayes, Dublin City Librarian says:

This initiative, organised by Ireland Literature Exchange and Dublin’s Central Library, offers an opportunity to showcase the impressive range of Ireland’s literature in translation. It is particularly apt in the year that Dublin achieved recognition as a UNESCO City of Literature that members of the public can meet with some of the writers who made this designation possible. Read more »