The Cloud Kingdom

Schedule

Sun Nov 09 2025 at 01:00 pm to 01:45 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Irish Museum of Modern Art | Dublin 8, DN

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With Maire Zepf.
About this Event

This event takes place in the Creativity Hub by the main reception of IMMA.

The Cloud Kingdom (Little Island) by Máire Zepf is an enchanting collection of interconnecting stories and fables, filled with the fantastical and a love of the craft of storytelling. With Faery people, ghost dragons, a dream-weaving giantess, and more, readers will be whisked away to worlds filled with magic and wonder. Join Máire for a reading, followed by cloud-themed activity!

Age: 7+ yrs

This is a free event. Alternatively, by choosing a donation ticket to any amount, you would be contributing towards keeping DBF events accessible for all.

Please book 1 ticket per person attending.

Please note we may be capturing candid imagery at this event for use on our social media and website.

Máire Zepf has written 16 books for children, from picture books to a YA verse novel. Winner of the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Award, 5 LAI Children’s Book Awards and 2 international White Ravens among many others, her books appear in 10 languages worldwide. Her ‘Rita’ series of picture books with illustrator Mr. Ando has recently been adapted for television. She is writer and co-creator of the celtic anime series ‘Lí Ban’. The Co. Down author was the first Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland, based at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at QUB.

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Irish Museum of Modern Art, Military Road, Dublin 8, Ireland

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