News

Keep up to date with our latest West Cork Literary Festival news and announcements here.

Our news is organised in categories to help you focus on what you are interested in. Simply select a category to get a listing of articles in that area – for example, all our Literary Festival news items are listed both here, and under our Literary Festival category.

Call for YA Writers & Artists
Wednesday 20 January 2021

Call for YA Writers & Artists

Following the success of the previous My Life In Strips activity and recent publication of the comic, West Cork Music is delighted to invite young people to join in the final year of these workshops.

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December Literary Events
Friday 4 December 2020

December Literary Events

Kevin Barry in conversation with Una Mannion, John Patrick McHugh and Oonagh Montague, three of the contributors to Winter Papers 6.

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Literary Advent Calendar
Tuesday 24 November 2020

Literary Advent Calendar

So many incredible books by Irish authors and authors living in Ireland were released this year, without the usual fanfare of festivals and launches. We’re delighted to celebrate a small selection of these authors here and we’ve invited twenty-four writers to submit a short video reading from their new books.

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November Round-Up
Friday 20 November 2020

November Round-Up

Ireland might be in the middle of a second lockdown and staff might be working remotely but West Cork Music is as busy as ever with a programme of online events organised for these final months of 2020 and planning underway for our 2021 Festivals.

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Crime-Writing Workshop
Wednesday 18 November 2020

Crime-Writing Workshop

Online Crime-Writing Workshop with Catherine Ryan Howard

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