DABF23 Opening Talk: Polyphonic

Join Dublin Art Book Fair’s Guest Curator Wendy Erskine to explore this year’s theme, Polyphonic, through a consideration of the selected books in all their myriad diversity. Part talk, part tour, Wendy will explore what we mean by polyphonic texts and the constituent pleasures and challenges of reading and writing. She will talk about why these publications were selected for DABF. Everyone is welcome to come along to this celebration of polyphonic writing. It will be thought-provoking and, most importantly, fun.

Wendy Erskine is Guest Curator of Dublin Art Book Fair 23: Polyphonic. She is the author of two prize-winning short story collections published by The Stinging Fly Press. She edited well I just kind of like it, an anthology of writing about art in the home, published by PVA Books. She is a frequent broadcaster and interviewer, and her non-fiction is widely published. In 2022, she was Seamus Heaney Fellow at Queen’s University and she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is also a full-time secondary school teacher.

This event takes place as part of Dublin Art Book Fair 2023: Polyphonic, sponsored by Henry J Lyons and supported by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.

Image description: Wendy Erskine stands semi-profile, facing right and is looking directly at the camera. The image is cropped so only her head and shoulders are in the frame. She has shoulder length blonde hair, a fringe and blue eyes. She wears a blue woven cardigan with a folder collar. In the background and out of focus are some residential buildings in bright sunlight.