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The lift at Cregan Library is currently Out Of Order
Apologies for any inconvenience caused as we work on fixing it as quickly as possible!
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for the #DCUBookClub last night where Colin Barrett discussed his novel Wild Houses. Thanks also to @kobpix.bsky.social for the brilliant photos. Tickets to the DCU Book Club events are free and open to all - more info and registration at www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
Thomas Mann The Magic Mountain
Colm Tóibín The Magician
The visiting privilege by Joy Williams
Another brilliant #DCUBookClub thanks to DCU Arts and Culture proudly supported by DCU Library!See below for Colin Barrett's recommended reads and join us with Christine Dwyer Hickey on 21st May www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
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Colin Barrett discusses the craft of writing at the #DCUBookClub - the challenge of writing novels vs short stories, the importance of putting a limit on what you reveal about your characters and the reason his stories focus on characters who live in the margins.
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Mayo is the backdrop of many of Colin Barrett's stories - as the author explains: "It's a core part of my identity...when I open a document or a new blank page it's where my imagination takes me." #DCUBookClub
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Colin Barrett reads a passage from Wild Houses that he describes as 'the heart of the book.' Gentle giant Dev and the abducted hostage Doll converse in a scene that captures the lyrical and darkly comic thread that runs through the novel. #DCUBookClub
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We welcome DCU Writer-in-Residence Colin Barrett to the DCU Book Club in Belvedere Library this evening. The award-winning author is discussing his novel Wild Houses with Darran McCann from @dublincityuni.bsky.social's School of English.
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The DCU Library Leaving Certificate study Scheme is back!
Come and study for the big exams in one of our beautiful libraries from 11th May to 23rd June.
Spots are free and open to all Leaving Certificate students but you must register in advance: tinyurl.com/4j5kckas
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Leaving Certificate Masterclasss
HL English with Dave Rudden 06/05 10am-12.30
H.L. Maths with Eoin O'Mahony 07/05 10am-12.30
H.L. irish with aisling sheerin 08/05 10am-12.30
CALLING ALL LEAVING CERT STUDENTS!
Looking for a masterclass in H.L. English, Irish or Maths to give you the tips, tricks, tactics and the confidence you need to sit the big three this summer?
We've got you covered!
6/7/8 May
Register for FREE: tinyurl.com/3rrnpn6c
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Just 1 week to go until we welcome Booker prize-nominated author Colin Barrett to DCU Book Club!
This is a free event, but you must register to attend: tinyurl.com/3j6wvtex
Wonderful launch for our new IBBY
2024 Hans Christian Andersen collection. Thanks to all who came to celebrate! The exhibition can be viewed at Cregan library until April 15th.
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View the library guide for the exhibition created by DCU's MA students: dcu.libguides.com/HCAA
The Dublin Literary Award 2026 Shortlist is here! 🎉
Congratulations to Ali Smith, Magdalena Blažević, Brigitte Giraud, Laurent Binet, Ocean Vuong and Éric Chacour!
👉 Visit dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/prize-years/... to explore these six outstanding novels.
A four‑panel black‑and‑white comic. 1. A wagon labelled “FORTUNE TELLING $5” sits under a starry sky. A voice says, “I see a small apartment…” 2.Inside, a fortune teller looks into a crystal ball while a person sits across the table. The fortune teller says, “I see you… alone…” 3.The fortune teller continues, “…and a lot of DCU Library books.” 4.The person sweats nervously as the fortune teller continues, “Jesus, that’s a lot of DCU Library books.”
Feeling stressed about all those overdue library books? Just drop them back to us, you won't be fined, no matter how late they are!
#finefreeforever #overduebooks 📚
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An image of a medieval child who has the most gigantic open mouth.
Here we see staff from our Special Collections & Archives preparing for Easter Sunday.
(Just kidding! Its just a Roman child-eating goblin, we think, from Decimus Junius Juvenalis and Aulus Persius Flaccus; Oxford 1673.)
Happy Easter!
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Ahead of our launch of the IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Collection @dculibrary.bsky.social on International Children's Book Day tomorrow, read about what it is and how it started in my blog post share.google/KRpkkFOvrkkM...
Want to know more about Dublin's One City One Book initiative, and where to find books from years gone by in our lovely libraries?
You're in luck: we made a libguide for that! tinyurl.com/3kz4us9b
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Happy One Dublin One Book month to all who celebrate!
We can't wait to get reading Christine Falls by John Banville, and have put together a display of our collection of chosen books from years past downstairs at Cregan Library
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Policeman's Helmet Soup - a new undergraduate journal containing the final year research of students in BA Joint Honours and Bachelor of Religious Education programmes - is out now!
A joint venture between the School of English and DCU Library Read issue 1: phsjournal.ie
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Image is a portrait of the author, Colin Barret, in a shirt and a navy knit jumper, and the front cover of his book, Wild Houses
The decorated DCU Writer in residence Colin Barrett will join us for a Book Club event hosted by Dr Darren McCann to discuss his Booker Prize Longlisted novel 'Wild Houses' on Thursday 16th April.
RSVP for free: tinyurl.com/3j6wvtex
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Poster with colourful text in the background. overliad text reads: Easter Cregan and O'Reilly library open 8am - 8pm Friday 3rd - monday 6th april
From Friday, April 3rd to Monday, Cregan & O'Reilly libraries are open for study only.
This means there is no Library Help Desk service. Books can be borrowed and returned using self-service machines. Access with DCU ID card ONLY. Daily Access Cards will not be issued.
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Applications are open for the cross-disciplinary MA in Gender and Sexuality Studies in DCU. This is a postgraduate programme drawing on the latest research in the fields of literary and cultural studies, communications, politics, law, history, and philosophy.
Colin Barrett @colinbarrett.bsky.social, DCU Writer in Residence 2026, will join us for a Book Club event to discuss his debut novel 'Wild Houses' on Thursday, the 16th of April. To register, please go to: launch.dcu.ie/4rPWqs6 @dculibrary.bsky.social
Well done to our social media superstars Grace O'Connor and Áine Brennan who showed everyone that there's life after Twitter at the Academic & Special Libraries Conference in the @ria.ie today #ASL2026
Always a highlight on the conference calendar, we're at #ASL2026 today in @ria.ie, looking forward to being inspired by some fantastic speakers!
The cover of The Sea by John Banville
The cover of A swim in a pond in the rain by George Saunders
Kevin Curran's recommended reads are A swim in the pond in the rain by George Saunders and The Sea by John Banville. Sign up for Christine Dwyer Hickey who'll be discussing London Lives on 21st May - all welcome www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
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Thanks to Arts and Culture for another fantastic #DCUBookClub with Kevin Curran. DCU Library's Alana Mahon O'Neill was our very well prepared facilitator today - just look at the colour coded tabs in that copy of Youth!
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Writing is the most democratic form of expression you'll ever have. All you need to fill a page is a bic pen and a 50 cent foolscap from the cornershop. Kevin Curran talks about his novel Youth and the process of writing at the #DCUBookClub
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Kevin Curran discusses the language and slang used by the teenagers in his novel Youth. "It was published in 2023, by 2026 the language has slipped away...if you're not listening to it in a sentence and what's being said, you're in trouble."
Book cover of Youth by Kevin Curran. Shows a teenage boy sitting on railings
I wanted to write a book that genuinely represented what it was like to walk the streets of Balbriggan as a 17 year old kid - Kevin Curran on writing his novel Youth at the #DCUBookClub
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Kevin Curran discusses his novel Youth at this month's #DCUBookClub in Belvedere Library @dublincityuni.bsky.social
