Dublin City Libraries are using the J.C. Decaux advertising units (they’re the Dublin Bikes people) to promote library membership on behalf of all four Dublin authorities.http://www.jcdecaux.ie/

The poster is on display throughout the city and the message is clear and simple: congratulations to all involved.

A lecture by Professor Andrew Carpenter, from the School of English, Drama and Film in UCD, on Swift and Gulliver’s Travels, will take place in the Seminar Room of the National Library of Ireland as part of the events programme for the Dublin: One City One Book 2008 project. The lecture will take place on Thursday, April 17 at 1pm. All are welcome and no booking is required. Rare Swift material, translations and illustrated publications of Gulliver’s Travels will be on display in the National Library of Ireland during the month of April.

Now in its third year, Dublin: One City, One Book, an initiative of Dublin City Council Public Libraries, is a project designed to encourage everyone in the city to read the same book during the month of April each year. To celebrate Gulliver’s visit to Dublin, 15 events and exhibitions will be held throughout the capital in April for both adults and children. For more information, visit the project website.

Eight novels, including Winterwood by Irish author Patrick McCabe, have made the shortlist for the 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
The shortlist was selected from a total of 137 novels nominated this year. The Award is worth €100,000 and is the world’s most valuable literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English. The eight shortlisted novels are among 137 nominated by 162 public library systems in 122 cities worldwide.
 
The Lord Mayor and Patron of the Award, Cllr. Paddy Burke, today officially  confirmed the eight novels on this year’s shortlist:

The Speed of Light – Javier Cercas (Spanish) in translation.
The Sweet and Simple Kind – Yasmine Gooneraratne (Sri Lankan).
De Niro’s Game – Rawi Hage (Lebanese).
Dreams of Speaking – Gail Jones (Australian).
Let It Be Morning – Sayed Kashua (Israeli) in translation.
The Attack – Yasmina Khadra (Algerian) in translation.
The Woman Who Waited – Andrei Makine (Russian) in translation.
Winterwood – Patrick McCabe (Irish).

Dublin City Council invites applications for:

Librarian, City Library Service     
Salary Scale:  €40,607 – €49,129

Closing Date:  5.00p.m. on Thursday 27th March 2008

For more detailed information and to download an application form, log onto our website at www.dublincity.ie or contact Human Resources Department, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. Tel: (01) 2223041/2223042, Email:  human.resources@dublincity.ie 

Dublin City Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer

 Ireland’s leading writers, poets, journalists and thinkers will be descending on Dublin City Hall between 7 and 9 March 2008 for the first Dublin Book Festival.
The festival is organised by Irish Book Publishers’ Association (CLÉ) and supported by the Arts Council; the Department of Art, Sport and Tourism; Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge; Dublin City Council; Dublin City Libraries and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Readers will have a unique opportunity to interact with book publishing professionals and their favourite Irish authors during reading group sessions.

The preliminary festival programme is available at www.dublinbookfestival.com.
The official festival programme will be launched on Wednesday, 27 February. All events are open to the public and entry is free.
Festival dates and times: Friday 7 March, 10am to 6pm, Saturday 8 March, 10am to 6pm, Sunday 9 March, 10am to 6pm
Venue: Dublin’s City Hall on Dame Street
For further information please contact the festival’s press officer, Gert Ackermann
T: (046) 924 1951; M: 086 176 9287; E: gert.ackermann@gmail.com.