Annual Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Lecture Series

Crime in the City: The 5th Annual Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Lecture 2023

This talk ranges widely through the dark alleys and wet laneways of Dublin crime writing, asking what it means for us to imagine our city as the home of its fictional criminals and detectives.

Dublin Hidden Literary Neighbourhoods: The 4th Annual Dublin UNESCO City of Literature 2022

There are places in Dublin where the city’s literary heritage is obvious: Joyce’s Martello tower, for instance, or in any of the famous literary pubs. However, there are also hidden literary neighbourhoods, streets rich with literary associations that may not be quite so obvious. This year’s UNESCO City of Literature Lecture explores two of the quieter parts of the city – one on the north side, one on the south side – to discover the literary stories that hide in plain sight.

Knocking Nelson Off His Pillar – The 3rd Annual Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Lecture 2021

From 1809 until early in the morning of March 8, 1966 – when his statue was blown up – Admiral Nelson surveyed the city of Dublin from atop his pillar on O’Connell Street: “The grandest thing we have in Dublin”, according to Joyce’s friend, the writer Oliver St. John Gogarty.