Maija Mäkelä has released two albums under the name Maija Sofia; Bath Time, which was nominated for the Choice Music Prize, and True Love. She has toured extensively, both on her own and as support for artists including Sharon Van Etten, Julian Baker and Mega Bog. She also composes music for film and sound-art installations in collaboration with visual artists. Her poetry has appeared in The Stinging Fly, Banshee, Poetry Ireland Review, Berlin Lit and elsewhere, and she writes essays a...| International Literature Festival Dublin
“An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfillment.” David Attenborough| International Literature Festival Dublin
“By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” Eliezer Yudkowsky| International Literature Festival Dublin
“Nobody is ever going to forget his intimate vision of Palestine, seen through unbridled, brand new eyes.” L’Humanité| International Literature Festival Dublin
We’re proud to welcome Roxane Gay, trailblazing US writer, cultural critic, and commentator back to ILFD. Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle issues affecting contemporary society with radical honesty. Her new anthology, Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business has an all-new introduction in which she reflects on the past decade in America. She sees this “age of inelasticity” as ...| International Literature Festival Dublin
