Music Books + Fanzine Festival

Join us for a vibrant one-day festival celebrating the intersection of music, books, and independent publishing. Set in the beautiful Carnegie Library and hosted by Institute of Art, Design and Technology, this event brings together musicians, authors, designers, and zine-makers for a series of panel discussions on creativity and inspiration.

From underground fanzines to iconic album design, the festival explores how music culture is documented, shared, and reimagined.

Info: Launch of Pop Music Management: Lessons from the Managers of Number One Albums by Michael Mary Murphy

Info: Members of Ireland’s vibrant fanzine community discuss how, and why, to make ‘zines featuring Niall McGuirk (React Fanzine), Cian Hynes (Riot 77 Fanzine), Rita Hynes (Drogheda Fanzine), Ciarán Ryan (Irish ‘zine historian) and DJ HAL (Punc Fanzine)

Info: Dublin musicians and members of the music scene discuss their music memories, their writing process and their love of storytelling. With Bitzy Fitzgerald of The Stougers, and The Lee Harveys, and author of Past the Point of Rescue, and Peter Jones of Paranoid Visions and author of Too Old To Die Young.

Info: Dublin musicians and members of the music scene discuss their music memories, their writing process and their love of storytelling. With Michael McCaughan , author of Coming Home: One man’s return to the Irish Language and The Battle of Venezuela, alongside John Fleming of the Prongs and author of The Now Now Express.

Info: A chat with Garry O’Neill, author of Where Were You?: Dublin Youth Culture & Street Style 1950-2000, and Niall McCormack, author of Grand Stuff: Label Art from Ireland.

Info: Music, Writing, Art, Life: One-on-one in-depth interviews with Paul Charles, booking agent for artists including Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, The Undertones, The Kinks, Van Morrison and author of Hi Love, You Just Dropped Your Glove – A McCusker Mystery. He is joined by Canadian singer/songwriter and best-selling author, Tara MacLean, author of The Song of the Sparrow.

Info: The Golden Age of Album Design: Joolz Denby, graphic designer for New Model Army, and Steve Averill, graphic designer for U2.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

IADT Carnegie Library, 19/23 George's Street Lower, Dublin, Ireland

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