Children & Teens Literary Festival

Within the West Cork Literary Festival, the Children and Young Adult’s Festival has developed into a rich and varied programme of events for young people, from age four up to teens.  

PJ Lynch Laureate na nOg and The Big Picture

Readings and workshops are given and led by award-winning writers and Workshop topics include comic books, illustration, picture storybooks, writing and reading poetry, devising plots and inventing characters.  

For more information on our West Cork Literary Festival click here.

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2023 Literary Festival Events for Children & YA

Past Events

Saturday 8 July 2023

Sir Adam The Brave & The Moody Monsters: David & Adam King

8 July 202311:00 am
St. Brendan’s Hall
Free but ticketed. Age 3+
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Poetry As Commemoration: Teen workshop

8 July 202311:00 am
Marino (Old Methodist) Church, Bantry
Free but ticketed. Max 15 people. Age: 14-17
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Clara Kumagai: Catfish Rolling

8 July 202311:30 am
Bantry Bookshop
Free. Age 14+ (also loved by adults!)
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Yeva Skalietska: You Don't Know What War Is: The diary of a young girl from Ukraine

8 July 20235:00 pm
Bantry Library
Free
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Sunday 9 July 2023

Leona Forde: Milly McCarthy is a Complete Catastrophe

9 July 20233:00 pm
St. Brendan’s Hall
Free but ticketed
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Monday 10 July 2023

IWC/WCLF Young Writer Delegates Programme 2023

10 July 2023
Apply by 17 May. Ages 18-26
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Wednesday 12 July 2023

Elephant Island: Leo Timmers

12 July 202311:00 am
St. Brendan’s Hall
Free but ticketed. Age: 4-11
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The Summer I Robbed a Bank: Family Theatre

12 July 20233:00 pm
St. Brendan’s Hall
Free but ticketed. Age 8+
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Thursday 13 July 2023

Can Bears Ski? Raymond Antrobus

13 July 202311:00 am
St. Brendan’s Hall
Free but ticketed. Age 3+. ISL Interpreter
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The Rainbow Library with Kip Alizadeh

13 July 20232:15 pm
St. Brendan’s Hall
Free
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