Alison is participating in the 2013 Dublin Book Festival and will be reading and discussing her works (as will several other authors) in an event to be held at the Smock Alley Theatre (Lower Exchange St) on Saturday, 16 November from 10am to 12:50pm. Tickets are €10. More information here. Alison has also written a short piece about "Writing and a Sense of Place," which can be found here.