Following the recent success of the 20th edition of the Franco-Irish Literary Festival, we are encouraged to continue mining the rich seam of Franco-Irish collaborations. For that reason we cordially invite you to join us on 14-18 May as we celebrate the 5th edition of the Alliance Française’s Comic Book Festival where we will host two stars in the field, Eoin Coverney (Ireland) and Jacques Ferrandez (France).
The French Library will host a series of special events including masterclass, live reading performances,  talks, live sketching, signings, screening, creative workshop, pop-up book fair, and  an exhibition at La Cocotte Café! Admission is free for all events but booking is essential.

Christine Weld, Festival Manager, cweld@alliance-francaise.ie

After last month's success of the "Nuit de la Lecture / Prix des Incorruptibles", the Lycée Français d'Irlande and Alliance Française Dublin would like to welcome you again to an exceptional evening of reading aloud with children from CM1 and CM2 (4th and 5th class in primary school).

The pupils will present the books they have written and illustrated in class. They will read short extracts from both their work and the books they enjoyed reading this year.

If parents wish to share books that they enjoyed reading as a child, they are very welcome to participate.

Illustrators Ireland & The Comics Lab brings together the most promising indie comics makers from throughout the island of Ireland to perform live readings of their short comics.

The experience is a fully immersive story-telling event that combines music, sound design, projected illustration and live performance in what feels like a cross between theatre and animation.

Featuring: Sarah Bowie, Alan Dunne, Philip Elliott, Claire Foley, Debbie Jenkinson, Julien Laloy, Paddy Lynch, Elida Maiques (featuring dancer Jessica Cottee) & Orchimy

Children from 8 years old are invited to discover how an artist creates a comic strip!

French cartoonist Melody Ung, AKA Orchimy, will explain the basics of comics-making by drawing a strip (short story in 4 to 6 boxes) live on screen.
Everyone will get a chance to create their very own comic strip with the assistance of the artist and the Library team!

The theme this year is Adapt your favourite book or film into a comic strip.

Saturday 18 May – from 6.30pm
€10 at the door / Win tickets on Twitter

To celebrate Brittany day, BreizhÉire, with the support of Région Bretagne, presents a Fest Noz with exciting talents from the Brittany, Irish & World Folk Music.

A Fest Noz is a traditional Breton festival with group dancing and live acoustic music. It was added in 2012 by UNESCO into the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The craic will be ninety with these 4 bands: Sterenn le Guillou & Enora Jegou (voices of Brittany), Clément Le Goff & Titouan Gautier (traditional Breton music), The Klandestins (fusion / balfolk) and Tamm Tan Daouad (traditional Breton music). Traditional Crêpes will be served on our special billigs from Brittany!

The Cobblestone, Smithfield, Dublin 7

Wednesday 22 May – 7.30pm
€12 / €10  

We are delighted to host, in association with the French Embassy, one of the highlights of the International Literature Festival Dublin 2019, "Speak Up, Speak Out", a panel interview of Adélaïde Bon and Louise O’Neill chaired by journalist and broadcaster Edel Coffey.

French actress, voiceover artist and writer, Adélaïde Bon is a new and important voice in the #MeToo conversation. At nine, she was sexually assaulted by a stranger. It was twenty-three years before anyone was charged with her assault. Written with poise and passion, her debut novel The Little Girl on the Ice Floe shares her shame, rage, and fear - and offers hope for healing. Award-winning Irish author Louise O’Neill’s most recent novel, The Surface Breaks, is a feminist re-imagining of The Little Mermaid. The New York Times called her 2015 novel Asking For It ‘riveting and essential’.

This bring-your-own-device workshop is designed to simplify the user's experience of our digital and online resources and offer technical support.

Our team of librarians will explain and install everything you need to get started.

They will also showcase the revolutionary platform Culturethèque and a wide selection of apps and digital services for learning, playing and entertaining!

Booking is advised as places are limited!

Starting as the quintessential independent singer/songwriter of the early 1990's Dominique A gained national and international recognition, critical acclaim and many prestigious awards over the past 20 years. He has collaborated with many artists such as Françoiz Breut, Jeanne Balibar, Jane Birkin, and Étienne Daho, and has influenced many others. His movement away from the constraints of chanson paved the way for a whole new generation of musicians and showed how it was possible to use the French language in the alternative pop/rock genre. Albums such as  La Fossette (1992) and La mémoire neuve (1995) are today regarded as classics.
Organised by AMOPA Irlande (Association des Membres de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques) in partnership with Alliance Française Dublin and with the support of the French Embassy.

Join us every month for a subtitled screening of one of the most popular box-office hits in French cinema history, preceded by an informal presentation with a free glass of wine!
This month, (re)discover the 1974 road/buddy movie Les Valseuses starring Miou-Miou, Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere. Although it has become a much quoted cult classic, Bertrand Blier's comedy Les Valseuses ("testicles" in French slang) is still one the most controversial films in French history. Due to its language and graphic content, the screening is strictly over 18.

The Cinéclub is free for AF Premium Members. Win tickets on our Twitter!