Join us on Friday, 7 November, for First Fridays! The museum will be open late from 6pm until 9pm, with free admission and special events throughout the evening – this month in partnership with Dublin Book Festival.
6.00pm-9.00pm | Exhibition
Happy Ever After: Falling in Love with Irish Romance Fiction
Discover our brand-new exhibition, which explores the forgotten history of Irish romance fiction – from Lady Morgan and Kate O’Brien to Maeve Binchy and Marian Keyes.
6.30pm | Discussion
Dublin Book Festival: Shadows of Our Past
Exploring themes including family, grief, memory, migration and belonging, join us for an evening around three captivating debut novels. Patrick Holloway’s The Language of Remembering (Époque Press) asks how we connect to the people we love, moving on from the past to find meaning in the present. In Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin’s Ordinary Saints (Bonnier Books) questions of faith, legacy, family and identity collide. Soon Come (John Murray Press) by Kuba Shand-Baptiste is a story of friendship, community, and finding a place in the world. Join the authors in conversation with writer Tara McEvoy.
8pm | Discussion
Dublin Book Festival: Writing the Unspeakable
Can fiction allow writers and their readers to grapple with the worst of human behaviours? Through their writing, Gaea Schoeters and Audrey Magee have both explored historical and imagined instances of extreme cruelty and its devastating moral consequences. In today’s world, has the normalisation of violence and the assignation of colonization to the past inured us all to the most abject of behaviours? Join the authors in conversation with author and literary critic, Neil Hegarty.
First Friday’s is presented with the support of PwC and the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
