DCU Library
@dculibrary.bsky.social
Dublin City University Library based in three locations in Dublin, Ireland: O'Reilly Library (Glasnevin Campus), Cregan Library (St Patrick's Campus) and Woodlock Hall (All Hallows Campus)
DCU Library invites primary school students aged 4–6, 7–9 and 10–12 to enter the My Original Book Character Competition.
Prizes include €25 book tokens, with an exhibition of finalists in Cregan library.
Deadline: 12 Feb 2026.
Full details here:https://bit.ly/4a1U8k5
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Prizes include €25 book tokens, with an exhibition of finalists in Cregan library.
Deadline: 12 Feb 2026.
Full details here:https://bit.ly/4a1U8k5
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 11:14 AM
DCU Library invites primary school students aged 4–6, 7–9 and 10–12 to enter the My Original Book Character Competition.
Prizes include €25 book tokens, with an exhibition of finalists in Cregan library.
Deadline: 12 Feb 2026.
Full details here:https://bit.ly/4a1U8k5
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Prizes include €25 book tokens, with an exhibition of finalists in Cregan library.
Deadline: 12 Feb 2026.
Full details here:https://bit.ly/4a1U8k5
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
I mean, we do think Brigid was some woman, so maybe 2 bank holidays honouring her isn't such a bad idea?
This image is taken from 'The Life of St. Brigid' by Rev. John O'Hanlon.
Thanks to our colleagues in Special Collections & Archives for yet another gem!
📚 #stbrigid
This image is taken from 'The Life of St. Brigid' by Rev. John O'Hanlon.
Thanks to our colleagues in Special Collections & Archives for yet another gem!
📚 #stbrigid
February 3, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I mean, we do think Brigid was some woman, so maybe 2 bank holidays honouring her isn't such a bad idea?
This image is taken from 'The Life of St. Brigid' by Rev. John O'Hanlon.
Thanks to our colleagues in Special Collections & Archives for yet another gem!
📚 #stbrigid
This image is taken from 'The Life of St. Brigid' by Rev. John O'Hanlon.
Thanks to our colleagues in Special Collections & Archives for yet another gem!
📚 #stbrigid
Our long awaited submission for this month's Explore Your Archive theme!
It's important to take the time to clean Early Printed Books thoroughly and safely, leaving little MARGIN for error.
Not for the faint of heart (though certainly weirdly satisfying!)
#EYADustbusters
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
It's important to take the time to clean Early Printed Books thoroughly and safely, leaving little MARGIN for error.
Not for the faint of heart (though certainly weirdly satisfying!)
#EYADustbusters
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Our long awaited submission for this month's Explore Your Archive theme!
It's important to take the time to clean Early Printed Books thoroughly and safely, leaving little MARGIN for error.
Not for the faint of heart (though certainly weirdly satisfying!)
#EYADustbusters
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
It's important to take the time to clean Early Printed Books thoroughly and safely, leaving little MARGIN for error.
Not for the faint of heart (though certainly weirdly satisfying!)
#EYADustbusters
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Huge thanks to DCU Arts & Culture, @kitdewaal.com & Ellen Howley for another successful DCU Book Club proudly supported by DCU Library. Shout out to Daire Hall for the fab pictures! Join us with @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social & her novel The Benefactors in February - all welcome tinyurl.com/2djvvyd4
January 23, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Huge thanks to DCU Arts & Culture, @kitdewaal.com & Ellen Howley for another successful DCU Book Club proudly supported by DCU Library. Shout out to Daire Hall for the fab pictures! Join us with @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social & her novel The Benefactors in February - all welcome tinyurl.com/2djvvyd4
Author of The Best of Everything @kitdewaal.com tells the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club audience that Madame Bovary helped her become an avid reader. She recommends audiobooks as another way to enjoy literature, praising Little Dorrit read by Anton Lesser #DCUBookClub
January 23, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Author of The Best of Everything @kitdewaal.com tells the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club audience that Madame Bovary helped her become an avid reader. She recommends audiobooks as another way to enjoy literature, praising Little Dorrit read by Anton Lesser #DCUBookClub
In The Best of Everything @kitdewaal.com explores the immigrant experience and she talks about her life growing up in Birmingham with an Irish mother and a father from the West Indies at the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club
January 22, 2026 at 7:33 PM
In The Best of Everything @kitdewaal.com explores the immigrant experience and she talks about her life growing up in Birmingham with an Irish mother and a father from the West Indies at the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club
Bestselling author @kitdewaal.com talks about her experience of writing at the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club:You have to commit to the page, be moved yourself, be hurt yourself. I'm feeling the love and the laughter to get it down in the page.
January 22, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Bestselling author @kitdewaal.com talks about her experience of writing at the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club:You have to commit to the page, be moved yourself, be hurt yourself. I'm feeling the love and the laughter to get it down in the page.
A writer writes a book but it's a thousand books - it's the reader who interprets it based on their own lives and experiences- @kitdewaal.com at the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
A writer writes a book but it's a thousand books - it's the reader who interprets it based on their own lives and experiences- @kitdewaal.com at the @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club
Kit de Waal talks about the moments of sunshine and heartbreak in The Best of Everything that make up the main character Paulette's life and the disruptions that get in the way of her wish for normality. #DCUBookClub
January 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Kit de Waal talks about the moments of sunshine and heartbreak in The Best of Everything that make up the main character Paulette's life and the disruptions that get in the way of her wish for normality. #DCUBookClub
We have a full house at the first @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club of 2026! @kitdewaal.com discusses her bestelling novel The Best of Everything with Dr Ellen Howley from the DCU School of English.
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
We have a full house at the first @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club of 2026! @kitdewaal.com discusses her bestelling novel The Best of Everything with Dr Ellen Howley from the DCU School of English.
Coming down with books after a big ol' January spring cleaning? Share them with DCU Library's Book Swap & do your bit towards sustainable reading practices!
For more info: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuclimate.bsky.social
For more info: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuclimate.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Coming down with books after a big ol' January spring cleaning? Share them with DCU Library's Book Swap & do your bit towards sustainable reading practices!
For more info: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuclimate.bsky.social
For more info: www.dcu.ie/library/dcu-...
@dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @dcuclimate.bsky.social
Feeling blue this Monday? There's a book for that!
Our Live Wise Book Therapy collection is full of supportive material to enhance wellbeing and resilience.
This collection is curated and managed by the Counselling and Personsl Development service and DCU Library.
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Our Live Wise Book Therapy collection is full of supportive material to enhance wellbeing and resilience.
This collection is curated and managed by the Counselling and Personsl Development service and DCU Library.
shorturl.at/Z0hzo
January 19, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Feeling blue this Monday? There's a book for that!
Our Live Wise Book Therapy collection is full of supportive material to enhance wellbeing and resilience.
This collection is curated and managed by the Counselling and Personsl Development service and DCU Library.
shorturl.at/Z0hzo
Our Live Wise Book Therapy collection is full of supportive material to enhance wellbeing and resilience.
This collection is curated and managed by the Counselling and Personsl Development service and DCU Library.
shorturl.at/Z0hzo
The DCU Book Club is back for 2026 with Kit de Waal’s 'The Best of Everything.'
This is a free, community event and open to all. You don’t need to be a DCU student or staff member to attend, but registration is required: bit.ly/44W82kY
This is a free, community event and open to all. You don’t need to be a DCU student or staff member to attend, but registration is required: bit.ly/44W82kY
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The DCU Book Club is back for 2026 with Kit de Waal’s 'The Best of Everything.'
This is a free, community event and open to all. You don’t need to be a DCU student or staff member to attend, but registration is required: bit.ly/44W82kY
This is a free, community event and open to all. You don’t need to be a DCU student or staff member to attend, but registration is required: bit.ly/44W82kY
Wishing all our library users a very happy and safe Christmas
We’ll be finishing up today at 5pm, are and looking forward to a wee staff party in Cregan Library 💃🪩🕺
We reopen on 5 January and can’t wait to welcome you back in the New Year!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
We’ll be finishing up today at 5pm, are and looking forward to a wee staff party in Cregan Library 💃🪩🕺
We reopen on 5 January and can’t wait to welcome you back in the New Year!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Wishing all our library users a very happy and safe Christmas
We’ll be finishing up today at 5pm, are and looking forward to a wee staff party in Cregan Library 💃🪩🕺
We reopen on 5 January and can’t wait to welcome you back in the New Year!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
We’ll be finishing up today at 5pm, are and looking forward to a wee staff party in Cregan Library 💃🪩🕺
We reopen on 5 January and can’t wait to welcome you back in the New Year!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Congratulations to Colette, Audrey and Áine for winning the celebratory 35th DCU Book Club competition!! 🥳✨
Run by DCU Library and DCU Arts and Culture, our lucky winners have received all three of the books featuring on the programme for 2026!! 📚
Run by DCU Library and DCU Arts and Culture, our lucky winners have received all three of the books featuring on the programme for 2026!! 📚
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Congratulations to Colette, Audrey and Áine for winning the celebratory 35th DCU Book Club competition!! 🥳✨
Run by DCU Library and DCU Arts and Culture, our lucky winners have received all three of the books featuring on the programme for 2026!! 📚
Run by DCU Library and DCU Arts and Culture, our lucky winners have received all three of the books featuring on the programme for 2026!! 📚
The library stats are in! We had another busy year in 2024-2025 with over 800,000 visits to our libraries, over 2 million views on our social media accounts, millions of downloads of our e-resources and more! Huge thanks to everyone who engaged with us in-person and online in the last academic year.
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The library stats are in! We had another busy year in 2024-2025 with over 800,000 visits to our libraries, over 2 million views on our social media accounts, millions of downloads of our e-resources and more! Huge thanks to everyone who engaged with us in-person and online in the last academic year.
Feeling the exam pressure? Pop by our exam destress stations for chocolate, tea, jigsaws, playlists & earplugs.
Whether you need to chill out or lock-in, we’ve got you covered!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Whether you need to chill out or lock-in, we’ve got you covered!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Feeling the exam pressure? Pop by our exam destress stations for chocolate, tea, jigsaws, playlists & earplugs.
Whether you need to chill out or lock-in, we’ve got you covered!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Whether you need to chill out or lock-in, we’ve got you covered!
@dublincityuni.bsky.social
Today at #UKSGForum: Don’t miss DCU Library’s Amanda Halpin & former colleague Claire Mason on the Print Journal Review. Hear how policy development and collaboration on retention, relegation & disposal are helping unify collections and shape research library spaces. bit.ly/4izDMSt
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Today at #UKSGForum: Don’t miss DCU Library’s Amanda Halpin & former colleague Claire Mason on the Print Journal Review. Hear how policy development and collaboration on retention, relegation & disposal are helping unify collections and shape research library spaces. bit.ly/4izDMSt
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini etc. can be helpful research tools, but only when used responsibly.
Our new GenAI Library Guide will help you spot bias and inaccuracies, cite AI correctly, and maintain academic integrity in your assignments.
dcu.libguides.com/GenAI
Our new GenAI Library Guide will help you spot bias and inaccuracies, cite AI correctly, and maintain academic integrity in your assignments.
dcu.libguides.com/GenAI
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini etc. can be helpful research tools, but only when used responsibly.
Our new GenAI Library Guide will help you spot bias and inaccuracies, cite AI correctly, and maintain academic integrity in your assignments.
dcu.libguides.com/GenAI
Our new GenAI Library Guide will help you spot bias and inaccuracies, cite AI correctly, and maintain academic integrity in your assignments.
dcu.libguides.com/GenAI
It's competition time!
To celebrate a milestone 35 book club gatherings, DCU library, with DCU Arts & Culture, are running a fantastic competition where you can win all 3 of the books that will feature in the book club programme for 2026
Check out how you can win on the webpage:
bit.ly/4ohAWCE
To celebrate a milestone 35 book club gatherings, DCU library, with DCU Arts & Culture, are running a fantastic competition where you can win all 3 of the books that will feature in the book club programme for 2026
Check out how you can win on the webpage:
bit.ly/4ohAWCE
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It's competition time!
To celebrate a milestone 35 book club gatherings, DCU library, with DCU Arts & Culture, are running a fantastic competition where you can win all 3 of the books that will feature in the book club programme for 2026
Check out how you can win on the webpage:
bit.ly/4ohAWCE
To celebrate a milestone 35 book club gatherings, DCU library, with DCU Arts & Culture, are running a fantastic competition where you can win all 3 of the books that will feature in the book club programme for 2026
Check out how you can win on the webpage:
bit.ly/4ohAWCE
Thanks to DCU Arts and Culture for another superb DCU Book Club session. Join us in January for @kitdewaal.com's discussion of her novel 'The Best of Everything'. Tickets are free but spaces are limited so book your ticket now! www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thanks to DCU Arts and Culture for another superb DCU Book Club session. Join us in January for @kitdewaal.com's discussion of her novel 'The Best of Everything'. Tickets are free but spaces are limited so book your ticket now! www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
Here are the all important reading recommendations from this month's DCU Book Club author! John Patrick McHugh recommends Brian Friel's Stories of Ireland, Dante's Divine Comedy and Sabbath's Theatre by Philip Roth.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Here are the all important reading recommendations from this month's DCU Book Club author! John Patrick McHugh recommends Brian Friel's Stories of Ireland, Dante's Divine Comedy and Sabbath's Theatre by Philip Roth.
The island setting in Fun and Games allowed John Patrick McHugh to examine the good and bad of living in a small town and the Gaelic football scenes captured the beauty and prose of the sport. We do love the author readings at the DCU Book Club!
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The island setting in Fun and Games allowed John Patrick McHugh to examine the good and bad of living in a small town and the Gaelic football scenes captured the beauty and prose of the sport. We do love the author readings at the DCU Book Club!
John Patrick McHugh talks about how great it was to spend time with the characters when he was writing Fun and Games. The novel gets into the main character's head - fiction should explore the complexity and grey areas in people in a way that feels real.
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
John Patrick McHugh talks about how great it was to spend time with the characters when he was writing Fun and Games. The novel gets into the main character's head - fiction should explore the complexity and grey areas in people in a way that feels real.
John Patrick McHugh talks about the influences and supports that encouraged his creative writing. His novel Fun and Games, shortlisted for novel of the year in the Irish Book Awards, is a character study of someone on the cusp of becoming.
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
John Patrick McHugh talks about the influences and supports that encouraged his creative writing. His novel Fun and Games, shortlisted for novel of the year in the Irish Book Awards, is a character study of someone on the cusp of becoming.