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Panel Discussion: Bitter-Sweet, Tastes and Sensations

Saturday 23 March 2024 at 10.30am – Castle Hall, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2


The focus of this panel will be a discussion of the five senses (sight, hearing, smell touch and taste) and their relationship with and impact on both the writing process and the readerly encounter with the text. The panel will examine the representation of different sensorial experiences with specific reference to the gustative and the physical. It will also explore the various links between the senses and intensity of feeling, culture and memory and the range of techniques employed by writers with the purpose of stimulating the senses.

Guests:   Pascale Pujol, Eimear Ryan, Kim Thuy
Moderator: Julie Rodgers

All Festival Events

22-24 March 2024


Opening Night:
"INCIPIT"
Reading

Friday 22 March – 7pm

Alliance Française Dublin

Panel Discussion:
Bitter-Sweet: Tastes &  Sensation

Saturday 23 March – 10.30am

Dublin Castle

Interview:
Pierre
Assouline

Saturday 23 March – 12pm

Dublin Castle

Screening: 
Les Carnets de Julie: A la table de Colette

Saturday 23 March – 1pm

Dublin Castle

Panel Discussion:
Bad Taste?
Mauvais Goût?

Saturday 23 March – 2pm

Dublin Castle

Panel Discussion:
A Matter of
Taste…

Saturday 23 March – 3.30pm

Dublin Castle

Slam Performance:
Stephen James
Smith

Saturday 23 March – 5pm

Dublin Castle

Interview:
Marina
Carr

Saturday 23 March – 5.45pm

Dublin Castle

Panel Discussion:
Emerging
Tastes

Sunday 24 March – 11am

Alliance Française Dublin

Interview:
Amanda
Bankert

Sunday 24 March – 12.45pm

Alliance Française Dublin

Events in English, Irish and French. Simultaneous interpreting is provided in English and French.
Admission free for all events on a first come/first served basis. To avoid disappointment, we advise people to come early.
No advance booking required, except for the reading performance on Friday evening.
Please note this programme subject to change.

Other events

throughout the Festival


Book Sales

Saturday 23 March
9.45am - 7pm
(Dublin Castle)

International Books pop-up shop
will feature books by writers
participating in the Festival and
other titles for all ages on the
theme of “Taste”

Book Signings

Saturday 23 March
11.30 pm – 12 pm
3pm – 3.30 pm
4.3 pm – 4.45pm
(Dublin Castle)

Sunday 24 March
1.15 pm – 1.45 pm
(Alliance Française Dublin)

Exhibitors

Saturday 23 March
9.45am - 7pm
(Dublin Castle)

Exhibitors this year include
the Alliance Française French Library
the grocery store Le Goudalier
and Silk Road Café will be providing beverages & pastries in between events

Presented by

Alliance Française Dublin
French Embassy in Ireland
Dublin Unesco

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Many thanks to their continuing support


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