The Grand Central Cinema Club

Sat Nov 08 2025 at 12:15 pm to 01:00 pm UTC+00:00

Irish Museum of Modern Art | Dublin 8

Dublin Book Festival
Publisher/HostDublin Book Festival
The Grand Central Cinema Club
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Workshop with Alan Nolan.
About this Event

This event takes place in the Creativity Hub by the main reception of IMMA.

Fond of films? Have a major grá for motion pictures? Join Alan Nolan as he talks about the inspirations behind his new children’s book The Grand Central Cinema Club (The O’Brien Press), set in the cinemas of 1930s Dublin. Learn how to draw fictional movie idol Tripp Hazzard, the Lonesome Yodelling Cowboy™, and devise your very own comic strip movie stunt scene! YIP-YIP-YEEEE-HAAWWW!

Age: 8 - 12 yrs

This is a free event. Alternatively, by choosing a donation ticket to any amount, you would be contributing towards keeping DBF events accessible for all.

Please book 1 ticket per person attending.

Please note we may be capturing candid imagery at this event for use on our social media and website.

Alan Nolan is the best-selling author of the Molly Malone & Bram Stoker series of children’s books (The Sackville Street Caper, Double Trouble at the Dead Zoo, The Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens). His new book The Grand Central Cinema Club is published by The O'Brien Press in September!

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Irish Museum of Modern Art, Military Road, Dublin 8, Ireland

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