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Echoes is a literary festival celebrating the work of Maeve Binchy & other renowned Writers. 2nd - 4th October 2026 at Dalkey Castle echoes.ie

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MoLI Book Club chooses 'Tara Road' for its December discussion. This month, in the company of Professor Paige Reynolds, curator of MoLI’s current Happy Ever After exhibition, (moli.ie/exhibitions/happy-ev…), explore 'Tara Road' with other Maeve aficionados. moli.ie/events/the-moli-book…
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Special mention when voting for this beloved anthology. Featured in the @thejournal_ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year category, the @RTESunMisc collection features some of the best broadcasts of the past three years Get your vote in now: irishbookawards.ie/vote
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Every vote counts! The 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlists are In! Great to see so many Echoes panellists' in the running, congratulations to all nominees👏 Voting is free & open until Sunday (16th Nov): irishbookawards.ie/vote Support the authors, cast your vote(s)
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One of our favourites times of year begins again tomorrow! Featuring many Echoes participants across the year, there are still a number of events available to attend Full programme details dublinbookfestival.com/event… #echoesdalkey #dublinbookfestival #maevebinchy #irishbookstagram
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Echoes Maeve Binchy Literary Festival Highlights Reel 2025 #echoesdalkey #maevebinchy #dalkey #Dublin #dublinireland #ireland #irishbookstagram #bookstagram #bookfestival #literaryfestival #literaturefestival #bookfestival2025 #visitdublin #dlrtourism @DLRTourism @VisitDublin
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A very special thanks to the generous Gordon Snell for recording this message, thanking you all for attending this festival in Maeve's honour. The audience truly makes this festival & its atmosphere so special. #echoesdalkey #gordonsnell #maevebinchy
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Giving voice to people who have been silenced. Claire Keegan (@CKeeganFiction) may consider herself, "more still water than fizzy" but still waters run deep. Speaking alongside Oliver Callan (@olivercallan) we got fascinating insights into her personal passions & writing process
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Anne-Marie Casey, Colin Murphy & Jessica Dromgoole discussed with Sarah Binchy the opportunities & difficulties with adapting written work for stage, screen and audio. As ever, keeping the flawed humanity of the character at the heart is key. 📷 Conor McCabe #echoesdalkey
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Lisa Harding, Gerard Stembridge & Anna Carey, hung out with Niall MacMonagle, discussing why a college campus makes such an interesting setting for fiction Full of personal anecdotes of their own times on campus, they also kindly read us excerpts from their respective novels
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The Keyes to great writing - Marian in discussion with Roisin Ingle ⁦@echoesdalkey⁩
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"If something is written from a place of authenticity, it's enough" In an open, humorous & human conversation with Róisín Ingle, Marian Keyes brought warmth, wit & charm to the Echoes festival. 📷 Conor McCabe #echoesdalkey @VisitDublin @DLRTourism
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"There's something in the water" Some green room candid photos of why we love the authors we are privileged to have grace our Echoes panels. #echoesdalkey @DLRTourism @VisitDublin
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"Just read, read the hell out of everything" Solid advice from Sinead Moriarty, Andrew Meehan & Sophie White as they discussed the messiness & complexity of life & friendship in contemporary Irish fiction. 📷 Conor McCabe #echoesdalkey @VisitDublin @DLRTourism
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If books furnish a room it turns out friendships furnish your mind. Brilliant talk by Ian Robertson ⁦@tcddublin⁩ ⁦@echoesdalkey⁩
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Lise-Ann McLaughlin gave us an extract from "Circle of Friends" which places Benny Hogan and Jack Foley here walking the sweep of Dublin Bay. 📷 Conor McCabe #echoesdalkey
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Catherine Dunne (@DunneCatherine), Michael Harding & Donal Ryan delved into their personal stories, alongside their literary stories, as they shared with Caroline Erskine how family, town & community influenced their work & themselves as people. 📷 Conor McCabe #echoesdalkey
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Professor Ian Robertson (@ihrobertson), whose soothing tones got many of us through the Covid years, gave us such an intriguing insight into the supportive qualities of friendship & connection and how they truly influence us at our core 📸Conor McCabe #echoesdalkey @VisitDublin
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Delighted to welcome Cathaoirleach of DLR County Council, Cllr. Jim Gildea (@JimGildea2014), here to Dalkey Castle. We thank Cllr. Gildea & Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for standing with us & supporting us to hold successful events. #echoesdalkey @DLRTourism @dlrcc
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The great Margaret Dunne opens ⁦@echoesdalkey⁩ ⁦@dalkeycastle⁩
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Good Morning & Welcome to Maeve's beloved home town of Dalkey. ''I thought everyone came from a place like this, until I went to see the world and discovered we were spoilt rotten.'' Echoes Maeve Binchy Literary Festival 2025 #echoesdalkey @DLRTourism @VisitDublin
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