Posts Tagged ‘2nd dalkey book festival’
Dalkey Book Festival Writers Corner Fringe Events 2011
I Love Dalkey Merchandise
Great review on store by Dubhliving.com
We got a great write up on this Dublin Restaurant and Cafe Blog with the likes of the Mega Avocas and Patrick Guilbaud
Dubhliving.com Write up :
The Fiction:
This old-school corner store situated right in the heart of Dalkey village is easy to overlook and somewhat intimidating to enter but you would be making a big mistake to do so. Offering four varieties of veggie burger patties, various falafel wraps and daily specials, all cheap, filling, and adaptable with your choice of breads, dips and sauces and salads provided by the Blazing Salads Food Company. Select Stores…
Flann O’Brien Centenary

Dalkey is the original home town of two well-known Irish writers, novelist Maeve Binchy and late playwright Hugh Leonard. It is also the setting for Flann O’Brien’s novel ‘The Dalkey Archive’.
This years Dalkey Book Festival is in honour of Flann who is celebrating the Centenary of his birth.
Flann O Brien (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966) was an Irish novelist and satirist. A key feature of O’Briens personal situation was his status as an Irish government civil servant, who, as a result of his father’s relatively early death, was obliged to support ten siblings,…
Maeve Binchy Dalkey Book Festival 2011
Author Maeve Binchy, one of our loveliest customer and friend, will be appearing at this years Dalkey Book festival 2011 on Sunday June 19th 11.30am at Finnegans Pub, then pop down to Writers Corner to see the lovely Clodagh McKenna after at 1pm demonstrating recipes from her book ‘Homemade’.




