Ringsend Library

🌍✨ Join our new International Language Exchange at Sandymount Community Centre!

We’re delighted to welcome the community to a friendly and relaxed 6-week language exchange programme, running from June 5th to July 10th. This welcoming international group is a wonderful opportunity to practise and enjoy conversation in four languages:

🇮🇹 Italian • 🇪🇸 Spanish • ☘️ Irish • 🇬🇧 English

Whether you are a beginner, fluent speaker, or simply looking to meet new people and build confidence in conversation, everyone is welcome.

🗓️ Fridays | June 5th – July 10th
🕕 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
📍 Sandymount Community Centre, D04 CP80
🎟️ FREE to attend

📩 For inquiries:
[email protected]
[email protected]

The July Book Club will meet on Wed 1 at 3pm sharp.

We’re reading Knife by Salman Rushdie.

On August 12, 2022, a horrific terrorist attack took place in Chautauqua, New York, igniting discussion about one of the most debated issues in the Western world: freedom of speech. Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born author internationally known for his distinctive oeuvre interlacing the political and historical with the subjective and magical, was stabbed multiple times by a radicalized Islamist while on stage at the Chautauqua Institution.

Knife is Rushdie’s second autobiography. The first, Joseph Anton, published in 2012, takes its title from Rushdie’s alias during his banishment. It was an amalgamation of the names of two renowned authors: Conrad and Chekhov. The book recounted the turbulence that marked Rushdie’s first years after Khomeini’s death sentence and was distinguished by its candidness, captivating narrative voice, and intermittent humour.

Dublin City Libraries offer a free home delivery service for borrowers who are housebound. For more information please email [email protected] or phone 01 222 4770 and leave a message with your phone number.

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