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DABF26 graphic including a portraits of Ellen Dillon and JR Carpenter.

DABF26 Curator's Talk: Understructures

12 December 2026, 2pm

DABF26 Guest Curator Nathan O’Donnell discusses experimental approaches to authorship, the politics of acknowledgement and citation, plagiarism, and documentary poetics with artist and writer JR Carpenter and poet Ellen Dillon.

DABF26 graphic including a portraits of Erica van Horne, Susan Thomaselli and Suzanne Walsh.

DABF26 Curator's Talk: Unshelving

10 December 2026, 5pm

DABF26 Guest Curator Nathan O’Donnell and writer Susan Tomosalli discuss 'unshelving' creative projects with writer Erica Van Horn and artist Suzanne Walsh.

DABF26 graphic including an image of a letterpress workshop at the National Print Museum. South Dublin County Council. Photo: Kasia Kaminska

DABF26 Curator's Workshop: Lettertexts

05 December 2026, 10am–4pm

Visit the National Print Museum for a hands-on workshop hosted by DABF26 Guest Curator Nathan O’Donnell, exploring ideas around his theme Colophon.

DABF26 graphic including a portrait of Nathan O'Donnell. Photo: Rich Gilligan.

DABF26 Curator's Opening Talk: Colophon

03 December 2026, 5pm

Part talk, part tour, Join DABF26 Guest Curator Nathan O'Donnell as he introduces his theme for this year’s Fair: Colophon.

DABF25 Book Launch | State, in Relation

14 December 2025, 4pm

A panel discussion and readings to mark the launch of State, in Relation, a collaborative publication exploring encounters with the state in an Irish context.

A portrait of Eva Fotiadi (left) and Renata Pekowska (right).

DABF25 Publisher's Talk | Exhibiting for Multiple Senses

13 December 2025, 4-5pm

Join author and editor Eva Fotiadi and contributing author Renata Pękowska to discuss multisensory encounters with art and the publication Exhibiting for Multiple Senses: Art and Curating for Sensory-Diverse Bodies.

DABF25 Talk | Cut and Paste: Community, Collaboration and Zine Festivals in Ireland Today

13 December 2025, 2–3pm

A chance to hear from zine fair organisers from across Ireland as they come together for a round table discussion hosted by Rita Hynes.

DABF25 Workshop | Zine Formats

13 December 2025, 11.30am-1pm

Expand your knowledge of zine-making practices and experiment with formats with visual artist, bookbinder and arts facilitator Elize de Beer.

Clockwise from top left: Isabel Nolan, Cathy Sweeney, Darran Anderson, and Selina Guinness.

DABF25 Curator’s Talk | Of Human Flocks & Other Species

12 December 2025, 5-6pm

Writers Darran Anderson and Cathy Sweeney and artist Isabel Nolan discuss the theme flock with DABF25 Guest Curator Dr. Selina Guinness.

Installation view, Of Peras and Apeiron: ends and infinity at Solstice Arts Centre. Photography: Denis Mortell

DABF25 Book Launch | Of Peras and Apeiron: ends and infinity

11 December 2025, 5pm

Artist John Beattie in conversation with Francis Halsall and Belinda Quirke to discuss their book and the recent exhibition they curated at Solstice Arts Centre.

Dublin Art Book Fair Artist Spotlight Tour 2024

DABF25 Tour | Artist Book Spotlight

10 December 2025, 5-6pm

The last of two tours spotlighting a selection of the artist books at this year's Dublin Art Book Fair.

Traditional Fish & Chips, 2008. Franticham, Red Fox Press. Photograph by Clare Lymer. Artists Book Collection, National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL), NCAD, Dublin.

DABF25 Talk | NIVAL, Collective Artist Books

09 December 2025, 5-6pm

Join Ruth Hallinan from the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) to explore collaborative Artist Books from their collection.

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