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.
Events
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.
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.
DABF25 Book Launch | Of Peras and Apeiron: ends and infinity
11 December 2025, 5pm
Francis Halsall and Belinda Quirke will discuss their book and the recent exhibition they curated at Solstice Arts Centre.
DABF25 X Queer Book Club | Robert Glück, ‘About Ed’
10 December 2025, 6pm
Queer Book Club are hosting their December book club at DABF25 where they will discuss About Ed by Robert Glück, one of the Fair’s nominated titles which responds to this year’s theme: Flock.
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.
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.
DABF25 Book Launch | Sarah Pierce: Scene of the Myth
07 December 2025, 5-6pm
Nathan O'Donnell and Sarah Pierce will reflect on the affinities, migrations, communities, and legacies that shape and thread through the newly published Sarah Pierce: Scene of the Myth
DABF25 Publisher's Talk | Beyond Caring: Para-hosting as Curatorial Escape
07 December 2025, 2-3pm
Curator, artist and writer and Artistic Director of PUBLICS Dr. Paul O’Neill and educator and editor Dr. Gerrie van Noord discuss and read from their collaborative publishing practice.
DABF25 Publisher's Talk | Adania Shibli and Tamara Sampey-Jawad, Fitzcarraldo Editions
06 December 2025, 4-5pm
Join Palestinian author Adania Shibli and Fitzcarraldo Editions Associate Publisher Tamara Sampey-Jawad in conversation with DABF Guest Curator Dr. Selina Guinness.