This compelling account of dissent, creativity, and the personal cost of political engagement asks what can you do when your country is seized by all-powerful men waging war against another country and their own citizens?

The News from Dublin comes to Dublin… A master of understated emotions, the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island returns to ILFD with a beautiful new collection of short stories. 

Actor and author Richard Armitage talks about his career, the highwire act of writing thrillers, and The Cut, his brilliantly crafted psychological page-turner. 

The crime writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” according to The New Yorker, and was called “incandescent” by Stephen King, comes to ILFD with the third and final book in the million-copy-bestselling Cal Hooper trilogy.

The award-winning author of A Ghost in the Throat discusses Said the Dead, her unforgettable polyphonic history of an institution that is both history and ghost story. 

Get your chance to pitch your writing in person at International Literature Festival Dublin 2026! Date with an Agent is now open for submissions