National Library of Ireland

Guided tours of our magnificant reading room at 6pm, 8pm and 10pm. Guided tours of our Yeats exhibition at 7pm and 9pm. Visit tour children’s exhibition Tall Tales and Deadly Drawings and explore Library treasures in our Discover exhibition.

• Guided tours of our exhibition Yeats: the life and works of William Butler Yeats at 7.00pm and 9.00pm.
• Guided tours of our magnificent Reading Room at 6.00pm, 8.00pm and 10.00pm.
• Visit our multimedia exhibition Discover your National Library at 2/3 Kildare St. All welcome. Booking not required.
• Visit our children’s exhibition Tall Tales and Deadly Drawings located in the main hall.
• Visit the Small Lives exhibition at the National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar.

From 3pm – 11pm

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Brand new series of ‘Write in the City’ creative writing workshops and writing classes for   would-be writers of all ages to be launched on Culture Night Friday 23 September in the National Library’s Café Joly in Kildare Street.

Celebrate with free event programme comprising ‘taster readings’ from some of Dublin’ most exciting new writers, interspersed with performances by up-and-coming Irish musicians and singers.  Cups of stew, tagines, mini pizzas and plates of Irish cheese an charcuterie, plus wine at knockdown prices in the Library’s Cafe Joly from 8pm till 11 pm on Culture Night. The wearing of vintage glamour dresses (and hats!) for the occasion is optional.

Culture Night (Friday 23 September) sees the launch of ‘Write in the City’, a new series of Saturday creative writing workshops and writing classes aimed at would-be authors, poets and members of the public, to be held in the National Library of Ireland’s Café Joly this Autumn/Winter, given by well-known creative writing teacher Yvonne Cullen.

The first of the blend of creative writing workshops, writing classes and coaching sessions (ranging in duration from 2 to 12 weeks) begins on Saturday 22 October, and will continue on Saturday mornings, afternoons and evenings throughout the winter.

 To launch these classes, Yvonne Cullen has organised a free programme of entertainment including:

• ‘taster readings’ by some of Dublin’s finest new writers (‘graduates’ of her Writing Train Writing Workshops)
• Music by up-and-coming musicians including ‘The 9pm Project’ (featuring fiddle and concertina); and performances of Irish and Italian opera as well as songs by Sinead Flynn (soprano)
• Performances of vintage songs by Shane McGrath and ‘Ernie and Bert’.
• A gramophone DJ set from Yvonne Cullen and James Stafford (dressed ‘vintage,’ naturally)    

Members of the public are encouraged to wear a little something vintage to help the party go.  The “Write in the City” programme complements the National Library’s other Culture Night events, with staff members on hand on Kildare Street and in the National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar, to welcome visitors to the exhibitions and the magnificent reading room from 5 – 11pm.

Booking for the creative writing classes is essential as class sizes will be limited to 12 participants in order to enable best quality of interaction with Yvonne Cullen.

For bookings, contact writingcity@gmail.com or call 086 170 1418. Information on www.yvonnecullen.wordpress.com.

 Full details of the types of the range of exciting and reasonably priced writing courses, plus a series of special ‘Write in The City’ writing and cultural tourism events, will be announced on Friday 23 September at the Culture Night event.

National Library of Ireland
Kildare Street, Dublin 2
0 1 603 0213
www.nli.ie