Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 7 November 2026
Dublin, Ireland and the Inspiration for Dracula We have talked already in our blog about Dublin as a city of literature and the wide variety of speculative and fantastical fiction that this city has produced and inspired. In this context, the most familiar Dublin name
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Max
/ 4 November 2026
For our second post on Hallowe’en reads, we will give you some alternatives to the hefty Gothic novels we discussed back in October. Sometimes you want something that can be read in an evening; a ghost story before bed, a creepy tale over a cup
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Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 28 October 2026
Dublin’s Contribution to Early SFF Today is the 300th anniversary of one of the most important books in English literature – Gulliver’s Travels. One of the earliest books that can be considered a modern novel, a library’s worth of literary and political analysis has been
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Max
/ 24 October 2026
The novel Dracula is without a doubt one of the two or three foundational vampire novels in the English language; many would call it the greatest. No doubt you know that its author was a Dubliner. But this is far from our only contribution to
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Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 14 October 2026
The Cloud of Desolation by Sam Baneham Over the course of the next year, as we anticipate the vote on the site of the 2029 WorldCon, and in the following two years as we (hopefully) prepare for the 87th WorldCon in our City, we will
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Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 5 October 2026
The purpose of this blog, indeed of our website, is to highlight the links between Speculative Fiction and Fantasy and the city of Dublin. To this end, every once in a while, we will talk to you about SFF writers, creatives and such of their
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Damian Mac Choiligh
/ 10 September 2026
The purpose of this blog, indeed of our website, is to bring Speculative Fiction and Fantasy to Dublin and to bring Dublin to SFF. To this end, every once in a while, we will talk to you about writers, artists and other creatives and such
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