Family Events

Saturday September 3rd
11.00am	Great Big Mountains to Sea Book Swap	Pavilion Theatre	Free
Sunday September 4th
12.00pm	Picture Book Picnic for Toddlers	People’s Park	Free
3.00pm	An Audience with Darren Shan	Pavilion Theatre	€4
Tuesday September 6th
10.30am	Schools Event: Eoin Colfer	Pavilion Theatre	€3
Wednesday September 7th
10.30am	Schools Event: Patrick Ness & Meg Rosoff	Mill Theatre, Dundrum	€3
Thursday September 8th
10.30am	Schools Event: Roddy Doyle	Mill Theatre, Dundrum	€3
Friday September 9th
10.30am	Schools Event: Guy Bass & Brianóg Brady Dawson	Pavilion Theatre	€3
Saturday September 10th
12.00 noon	Mountains to Sea Monster Book Lunch	RSG Yacht Club	€15 child/€25 adult
3.00pm – 5.00pm	Writing Masterclass for Teens	County Hall	€10
Sunday September 11th
10.30am – 11.00am	The Great Pet Shop Escape	County Hall	€3
11.00am	Animation Workshop 1 – Cartoon Saloon	County Hall	€10
11.30am	Oliver Jeffers: Stuck on Books	County Hall	€4 & €2
12.30pm	Animation Workshop 2 – Cartoon Saloon	County Hall	€10
1.00pm	Cathy Cassidy	County Hall	€4
2.00pm	Animal Madness with Mavis & Marge (workshop)	County Hall	€5
2.30pm	Mountains to Sea Monster Family Book Quiz	County Hall	€10 per team
4.00pm	Derek Landy: Mr Skullduggery Himself ...	County Hall	€4

Sarah Webb and Tom Donegan announced as Curator/Programmer of School and Family Events at Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2012

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce that Sarah Webb and Tom Donegan have been appointed as Curator/Programmer of the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2012 which will take place from 4^th-9^th September 2012. This will be the 4th year of this festival which honours the unique literary landscape of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and features the very best of Irish and international writers.

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Maureen Kennelly announced as new Curator of Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2012

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to announce that Maureen Kennelly has been appointed as the curator of Mountains to Sea, dlr Book Festival which will take place in September 2012.

Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival honours the unique literary landscape of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown by providing opportunities for the public to hear the very best of Irish and international writers read from their work. Literary fiction is at the heart of Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival but events cover an array of genres.

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Paul Perry announced as new Curator of Poetry Now

Poetry Now at Mountains to Sea, dlr Book Festival

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Office are delighted to announce that poet Paul Perry has been appointed as the curator of Poetry Now at Mountains to Sea, dlr Book Festival.

The dlr Poetry Now International Poetry Festival has been a core strand of the Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Arts Office programme for the last sixteen years. It is highly regarded for its artistic excellence and has become the most anticipated event on the annual poetry calendar in Ireland. Previous curators have included Patrick Galvin, Conor O’Callaghan and John McAuliffe. The outgoing curator is Belinda McKeon, who curated the festival from 2008 to 2011.