Carnegie Event: Music, Book + Fanzine Festival
Join us for a vibrant one-day festival celebrating the intersection of music, books, and independent publishing. Set in the beautiful Carnegie Library and hosted by Institute of Art, Design and Technology, this event brings together musicians, authors, designers, and zine-makers for a series of panel discussions on creativity and inspiration.
From underground fanzines to iconic album design, the festival explores how music culture is documented, shared, and reimagined.
Music, Book + Fanzine Festival
Saturday 25th April 2026
10.30am-5.30pm
Carnegie Library, Dún Laoghaire, A96 X2AA
Tickets: €25
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Programme
10:30 – 11:00 Opening Remarks
Launch of Pop Music Management: Lessons from the Managers of Number One Albums by Michael Mary Murphy.
11:00 – 12:00 Fanzine Panel
Members of Ireland’s vibrant fanzine community discuss how, and why, to make ‘zines.
Featuring:
- Niall McGuirk (React fanzine)
- Cian Hynes (Riot 77 fanzine)
- Ciarán Ryan (Irish ‘zine historian)
- Rita Hynes (Drogheda fanzine archive)
- DJ MAL (Punc Fanzine)
12:00 – 12:30 Dublin Punk Authors Panel
Dublin musicians and members of the music scene discuss their music memories, their writing process and their love of storytelling.
- Bitzy Fitzgerald, The Strougers, The Lee Harveys, and author of Past the Point of Rescue
- Peter Jones, Paranoid Visions and author of Too Old To Die Young
12:30 – 13:15 Dublin Post-Punk Authors Panel
Dublin musicians and members of the music scene discuss their music memories, their writing process and their love of storytelling.
- Michael McCaughan, author of Coming Home: One man’s return to the Irish Language, The Battle of Venezuela
- John Fleming, The Prongs and author of The Now Now Express
13:15 – 14:15 Break
14:15 – 15:15 Art, Music and Culture Panel
A chat with Garry O’Neill, author of Where Were You?: Dublin Youth Culture & Street Style 1950-2000) and Niall McCormack, author of Grand Stuff: Label Art from Ireland.
15:15 – 16:15 Music, Writing, Art, Life
One-on-one in-depth interviews with
Paul Charles, booking agent for artists including Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, The Undertones, The Kinks, Van Morrison and author of Hi Love, You Just Dropped Your Glove – A McCusker Mystery. He is joined by Canadian singer/songwriter and best- selling author, Tara MacLean, author of The Song of the Sparrow.
16:15 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:30 The Golden Age of Album Design
A talk with Joolz Denby, graphic designer for New Model Army, and Steve Averill, graphic designer for U2.