PLEASE NOTE
Due to the nature of this type of event, unfortunately this workshop is not open to the general public.
SCHOOLS WORKSHOP
in partnership with Dublin Book Festival and TU Dublin
As part of the Dublin Book Festival Sustainability Here and Now, we will hold a Schools Workshop with author Lucy Taylor and illustrator Linda Fährlin for teachers and children from the local Paradise Place Educate Together and Stanhope Street primary schools.
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Irish Seashore
WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2025 – 10:00 to 11:00 (Irish time)
Venue:
Room LH 231, Lower House, TU Dublin,
Grangegorman, Dublin, D07 N6R2.
GETTING THERE
Room LH 231, Lower House is situated in TU Dublin Grangegorman and here is a map to help you locate it. Please note that parking is limited. There is some on-street parking available but please use the excellent public transport links if possible.
About Our Guest Facilitators
LUCY TAYLOR
Lucy, who lives beside the sea in County Kerry, is deeply passionate about sharing her appreciation for the natural world. As a qualified marine biologist, she brings a wealth of experience from her work in education, research, SCUBA diving, and nature conservation. She is the author of Ireland’s Seashore: A Field Guide (The Collins Press, 2018).
LINDA FÄHRLIN
Linda is an artist and illustrator inspired by the wild Atlantic Ocean
and rugged the landscape of the north-west of Ireland, where she lives. Her previous illustration work includes The Great Irish Science Book
(Gill Books, 2019) and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Irish Lighthouses
(Gill Books, 2024).
As always at our events,
an important part will be the
Q&A session
which will allow full
participation by those attending.
THEME
As part of the Dublin Book Festival sustainability theme, author Lucy Taylor and illustrator Linda Fährlin of the newly published The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Irish Seashore (Gill Books, 2025) will hold an arts workshop with schoolchildren from two local DEIS schools.
The workshop will be hosted by Eileen McDermott of Green Foundation Ireland.
This event is part of Dublin Book Festival 2025.