See our Full Programme of 2019 events below.
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And don’t miss the Special Events we’ve highlighted for you!
Opening Reception of the 21st West Cork Literary Festival
Thomas McCarthy & Mary Noonan
Teenage Workshop: Stephen James Smith
Claire Adam & Jing-Jing Lee
Stephen James Smith
Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
Teenage Reading: John Boyne
Tracey Thorn *** CANCELLED ***
Catherine Kirwan & Catherine Ryan Howard
John Boyne & Patrick Gale
Editor-in-Residence with Kishani Widyaratna
Spotlight on UCC's MA in Creative Writing
Kit de Waal & Anjali Joseph
Ellen Hutchins’ Letters: Plants, Landscape & Literature
Open Mic Matinee
Charlotte Collins
Sebastian Barry & Sarah Crossan
Craig Davidson & Cherie Dimaline
Editor-in-Residence with Kishani Widyaratna
Caramel Hearts: E.R. Murray
Lavinia Greacen: J.G. Farrell
Launch of the 2019 Fish Anthology
Sinéad Gleeson & Emilie Pine
Tadhg Coakley & Mary White
Editor-in-Residence with Kishani Widyaratna
Independent Press: No Alibis Press
Arnold Thomas Fanning
Teenage Reading: Cethan Leahy
Wendy Erskine & Elske Rahill
Esi Edugyan & Steven Price
Liz Berry, Doireann Ní Ghríofa & Jessica Traynor
Denyse Woods: Cork County Council Writer-in-Residence
Editor-in-Residence with Kishani Widyaratna
Rosita Boland & Adam Weymouth
Gráinne Fox: Literary Agent
Teenage Workshop: Fighting Words
Tessa Hadley & Hugo Hamilton
Free Market: Exhibition
Angela Fewer: Eternal Sea
Coffee & Chat with Eva Bourke
James Harpur: W.B. Yeats
Editor-in-Residence with Kishani Widyaratna
Publicity Masterclass with PR Director Elaine Egan
Joseph O’Connor & Paraic O’Donnell