DABF24 Opening Talk | Fictions: The makings of other worlds

Booking is advised but not essential.

Part talk, part tour, DABF Guest Curator Adrian Duncan will explore this year’s theme, Fictions: The makings of other worlds, through a consideration of the selected books. Looking at the different ways stories can be told which emerge through text, images, spaces, objects, figures, and feelings, Adrian will explore the sorts of truths fictions can propose through his selected book titles and discuss why they were selected for DABF24.

Adrian Duncan is an Irish artist, writer and an editor with PVA Books. His latest novel The Geometer Lobachevsky was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2023. His next novel, The Gorgeous Inertia of the Earth will be published in January 2025 with Tuskar Rock Press. His films have screened at IFFR, Karlovy Vary IFF, HotDocs, and IDFA, among others. His forthcoming film on Fascist-era architecture in Italy is called Latina, Latina. This was an Arts Council Reel-Art-funded project and is due in early 2025.

Dublin Art Book Fair (DABF) is a centre for contemporary artist books offering unique artist publications and titles from creative, small and independent publishers, both Irish and international. Each year, DABF presents an extended programme of events and a curated selection of books nominated by the Guest Curator.

DABF24 is proudly sponsored by Henry J Lyons and supported by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and RTÉ Supporting The Arts.