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Sat 05 May 2007Festival for our timesLoose Leaves Caroline WalshA celebration of the work of poet Thomas Kinsella, who will be conferred with the Freedom of Dublin this month, and a rare opportunity to hear Adrienne Rich, one of the great American poets of the past 50 years, are among the highlights of this year's Dublin Writers Festival, which will run from Wednesday, June 13th to Sunday, June 17th. Some 30 Irish and international writers and journalists will take part.The fact that non-fiction will feature this year, as well as fiction and poetry, provides the opportunity for public debates on pressing issues - an appropriate new dimension given the volatile times we live in.