Book Signing and Q&A with Professor Maura McAdam at Hodges Figgis

Hodges Figgis on Dawson Street is one of Dublin’s great bookshops - five floors, an extraordinary range, and a history going back to 1768. An evening event here has a particular quality that a signing at a hotel conference room doesn’t.

Professor Maura McAdam’s book Permission Granted: A Call-to-Action Playbook for Women Entrepreneurs is the occasion. McAdam is an academic whose research focuses on entrepreneurship, gender, and the structural barriers that shape who gets to build businesses and under what conditions. The book is pitched as practical rather than theoretical - a playbook for action, not a study of the problem.

What to Expect

A book signing with a Q&A element. These events at Hodges Figgis tend to be a conversation rather than a formal presentation - the author in front of a small audience, questions coming from people who have already read the work or are invested in the subject.

The subject is relevant to a wide audience. Entrepreneurship, access to funding, the gap between ambition and permission - these are live issues for women building businesses in Ireland right now, and an academic who has spent a career researching them has useful things to say.

Good to Know

• 6:30pm Wednesday evening at Hodges Figgis
• Books available to buy and get signed on the night
• Dawson Street location makes it easy to combine with dinner
• Check the Eventbrite page for ticketing - these events are sometimes free with registration

Getting There

Hodges Figgis is at 56-58 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. Luas Green Line at St Stephen’s Green is a 2-minute walk. Pearse DART is about 10 minutes on foot. Multiple bus routes serve Nassau Street and Kildare Street nearby.