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Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe

Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe

Margaret Busby: Part of the Story, Writings from Half a Century 12 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Claire Adam

Claire Adam

Workshop: Novel writing with Claire Adam 14 July 2026 - 9:30 am Details
Claire Adam & Ashley Hickson-Lovence 14 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Damien B. Donnelly

Damien B. Donnelly

An Irish Writers Centre Information Session 14 July 2026 - 3:30 pm Details
Beyond the Rainbow, an Irish Writers Centre panel discussion 15 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Tareq Baconi

Tareq Baconi

Tareq Baconi: Fire In Every Direction. A Memoir 15 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Niamh Bagnell

Niamh Bagnell

io – intentionally offline 15 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
John Banville

John Banville

The Sentence and the Self, John Banville and Victoria Kennefick in conversation, for the Irish Writers Centre 12 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Alice Barry

Alice Barry

Open Mic: Saturday 11 July 2026 - 10:00 pm Details
Open Mic: Sunday 12 July 2026 - 10:00 pm Details
Open Mic: Monday 13 July 2026 - 10:00 pm Details
Cáca Milis: A Play by Alice Barry as Gaeilge 16 July 2026 - 7:00 pm Details
Sara Baume

Sara Baume

Sara Baume & Marion Coutts 16 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Sarah Bowie

Sarah Bowie

Create a Comics Character with Sarah Bowie: Nina Peanut 11 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Niamh Boyce

Niamh Boyce

io – intentionally offline 15 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Rebecca Braun 

Rebecca Braun 

Ulrike Draesner & Rebecca Braun: Channel Swimmer 15 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Sarah Breen

Sarah Breen

Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen: Our Deadly Summer 12 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Ellen Brickley

Ellen Brickley

Demystifying the Personal Essay with Ellen Brickley 11 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Dean Browne

Dean Browne

Poetry: Dean Browne, Billy Ramsell & Molly Twomey 11 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Margaret Busby

Margaret Busby

Margaret Busby: Part of the Story, Writings from Half a Century 12 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Jen Calleja

Jen Calleja

Jen Calleja & Caitríona Lally 11 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Jane Casey

Jane Casey

Crime Fiction: Jane Casey, Andrea Mara & Catherine Ryan Howard 14 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Jung Chang

Jung Chang

Jung Chang: Fly, Wild Swans. My Mother, Myself and China 15 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Jonathan Coe

Jonathan Coe

Jonathan Coe: The Proof of My Innocence 16 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Imasha Costa

Imasha Costa

Everyone Started Singing: A Poetry Showcase with Jenny Mitchell, Imasha Costa, Daragh Fleming & Gerry Murphy 16 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Marion Coutts

Marion Coutts

Sara Baume & Marion Coutts 16 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Sacha Coward

Sacha Coward

Sacha Coward: Queer as Folklore. The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters 13 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Andrew Cunning

Andrew Cunning

Beyond the Rainbow, an Irish Writers Centre panel discussion 15 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Gerry Daly

Gerry Daly

Puffling and the Stormy Sea & What’s That Spooky Sound?: Gerry Daly 14 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Raoul De Jong

Raoul De Jong

New Dutch Writing. Jaguarman: Raoul de Jong 13 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Evelien De Vlieger 

Evelien De Vlieger 

Cluck, The Eggstraordinary Story of Chickens: Evelien De Vlieger 13 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Paddy Donnelly

Paddy Donnelly

The Upside-Down Lighthouse with Paddy Donnelly 12 July 2026 - 11:30 am Details
Children’s Books Ireland ProperBook: Writing for Children Masterclass 12 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Ulrike Draesner

Ulrike Draesner

Ulrike Draesner & Rebecca Braun: Channel Swimmer 15 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Daisy Fancourt

Daisy Fancourt

Daisy Fancourt: Art Cure. The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health 16 July 2026 - 2:30 pm Details
Elaine Feeney

Elaine Feeney

Elaine Feeney & Kathleen MacMahon 13 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
John FitzGerald

John FitzGerald

Gallery Goes to WCLF: John FitzGerald, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin & Annemarie Ní Churreáin 13 July 2026 - 7:00 pm Details
Daragh Fleming

Daragh Fleming

Everyone Started Singing: A Poetry Showcase with Jenny Mitchell, Imasha Costa, Daragh Fleming & Gerry Murphy 16 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Erin Fornoff

Erin Fornoff

We Are An Archipelago: Erin Fornoff, Patrick O’Laoghaire, Dominic Mullan & Oisin Walsh-Peelo 12 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Oona Frawley

Oona Frawley

Oona Frawley & Katie Goh 17 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale & Andrew Miller 14 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Matthew Geden

Matthew Geden

BlowInk: Zine launch by immigrant writers in Clonakilty, hosted by Matthew Geden 15 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Nikita Gill

Nikita Gill

Nikita Gill: Hekate, The Witch 17 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Katie Goh

Katie Goh

Workshop: Creative Non-Fiction with Katie Goh 15 July 2026 - 9:30 am Details
Oona Frawley & Katie Goh 17 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Elizabeth Goldrick

Elizabeth Goldrick

Anton Hur: Korean Literature & Translation 14 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Julie Goo

Julie Goo

Word on the Street, an Irish Writers Centre Spoken Word Showcase 15 July 2026 - 8:00 pm Details
Tim Hannigan 

Tim Hannigan 

Tim Hannigan: The Pathless Land 17 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Sally Hayden

Sally Hayden

Sally Hayden: This is Also a Love Story 13 July 2026 - 2:30 pm Details
Karl Henry

Karl Henry

Karl Henry: The Walking Effect: The Magic of Walking for Wellness and the Best Places in Ireland to do it 10 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Claire Adam & Ashley Hickson-Lovence 14 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Maeve Higgins

Maeve Higgins

Tareq Baconi: Fire In Every Direction. A Memoir 15 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
io – intentionally offline 15 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Liz Nugent & Louise O’Neill 17 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Patrick Holloway

Patrick Holloway

From the Well  17 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Olivia Hope

Olivia Hope

Do the Dino Dance! with Olivia Hope 17 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Holly Hughes

Holly Hughes

Word on the Street, an Irish Writers Centre Spoken Word Showcase 15 July 2026 - 8:00 pm Details
Anton Hur

Anton Hur

Anton Hur: Korean Literature & Translation 14 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Karen J. McDonnell

Karen J. McDonnell

Doire Press: Karen J McDonnell & John O’Donnell 10 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Adiba Jaigirdar

Adiba Jaigirdar

Beyond the Rainbow, an Irish Writers Centre panel discussion 15 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Cynan Jones

Cynan Jones

Workshop: Raise Your Short Story Game with Cynan Jones 15 July 2026 - 9:30 am Details
Cynan Jones: Pulse 16 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Nithy Kasa

Nithy Kasa

Poetry Ireland: Nithy Kasa, Mícheál McCann & Jessica Traynor 15 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Victoria Kennefick

Victoria Kennefick

The Sentence and the Self, John Banville and Victoria Kennefick in conversation, for the Irish Writers Centre 12 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Irish Writers Centre: Writers in the Regions poetry masterclass with Victoria Kennefick 13 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Caitríona Lally

Caitríona Lally

Jen Calleja & Caitríona Lally 11 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Nolwenn Le Blevennec

Nolwenn Le Blevennec

Nolwenn Le Blevennec: Friends and Lovers 16 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Shaunna Lee Lynch 

Shaunna Lee Lynch 

Shaunna Lee Lynch: The Goddess Complex 16 July 2026 - 11:30 am Details
Justine Lepage

Justine Lepage

Cork Zine Fest: Pop Up Zine Library 17 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Agnes Lidbeck

Agnes Lidbeck

Stories From Sweden: Agnes Lidbeck & Nichola Smalley 15 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Morgan Lyons 

Morgan Lyons 

Rainbow Library Workshop 15 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Rainbow Library Anthology Launch 15 July 2026 - 4:30 pm Details
Kathleen MacMahon

Kathleen MacMahon

Elaine Feeney & Kathleen MacMahon 13 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Charlie Mackesy

Charlie Mackesy

Charlie Mackesy: Always Remember. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm 11 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Annie Mar

Annie Mar

Irish Writers Centre: Zine Workshop with Annie Mar 16 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Andrea Mara

Andrea Mara

Crime Fiction: Jane Casey, Andrea Mara & Catherine Ryan Howard 14 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Mícheál McCann

Mícheál McCann

Poetry Ireland: Nithy Kasa, Mícheál McCann & Jessica Traynor 15 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Charlotte McConaghy –

Charlotte McConaghy –

Eco-Fiction on Whiddy Island: Charlotte McConaghy & Eva Meijer 17 July 2026 - 2:15 pm Details
Rosaleen McDonagh

Rosaleen McDonagh

Rosaleen McDonagh: Contentious Spaces‌ 12 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Afric McGlinchey

Afric McGlinchey

Afric McGlinchey: À la Belle Étoile. The Odyssey of Jeanne Baré 17 July 2026 - 11:30 am Details
Danielle McLaughlin

Danielle McLaughlin

The Island of Imagination: A Literary Tour of Ireland with Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne 12 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Emer McLysaght

Emer McLysaght

Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen: Our Deadly Summer 12 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Eva Meijer

Eva Meijer

Eco-Fiction on Whiddy Island: Charlotte McConaghy & Eva Meijer 17 July 2026 - 2:15 pm Details
Dearbhla Mescal

Dearbhla Mescal

Dearbhla Mescal: Finding Joy 11 July 2026 - 4:00 pm Details
Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Patrick Gale & Andrew Miller 14 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Jenny Mitchell

Jenny Mitchell

Poetry Happening about Community with Jenny Mitchell 16 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Everyone Started Singing: A Poetry Showcase with Jenny Mitchell, Imasha Costa, Daragh Fleming & Gerry Murphy 16 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Mary Morrissy

Mary Morrissy

The Island of Imagination: A Literary Tour of Ireland with Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne 12 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Dominic Mullan

Dominic Mullan

We Are An Archipelago: Erin Fornoff, Patrick O’Laoghaire, Dominic Mullan & Oisin Walsh-Peelo 12 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Gerry Murphy

Gerry Murphy

Everyone Started Singing: A Poetry Showcase with Jenny Mitchell, Imasha Costa, Daragh Fleming & Gerry Murphy 16 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Aoife Murray

Aoife Murray

Children’s Books Ireland ProperBook: Writing for Children Masterclass 12 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
E. R. Murray

E. R. Murray

Daisy Fancourt: Art Cure. The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health 16 July 2026 - 2:30 pm Details
Arts For Health: West Cork with E.R. Murray 16 July 2026 -  Details
Liz Nugent

Liz Nugent

Liz Nugent & Louise O’Neill 17 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin

Gallery Goes to WCLF: John FitzGerald, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin & Annemarie Ní Churreáin 13 July 2026 - 7:00 pm Details
Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Gallery Goes to WCLF: John FitzGerald, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin & Annemarie Ní Churreáin 13 July 2026 - 7:00 pm Details
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne

The Island of Imagination: A Literary Tour of Ireland with Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne 12 July 2026 - 12:00 pm Details
Billy O’Callaghan

Billy O’Callaghan

io – intentionally offline 15 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Annmarie O’Connor

Annmarie O’Connor

Annmarie O'Connor: Twitch. My Life with Parkinson's 14 July 2026 - 11:30 am Details
Maggie O’Farrell

Maggie O’Farrell

An Evening with Maggie O'Farrell: Live At St Luke's Cork city 18 June 2026 - 8:00 pm Details
Louise O’Neill

Louise O’Neill

Liz Nugent & Louise O’Neill 17 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Deirdre O’Shaughnessy – Bio/photo

Deirdre O’Shaughnessy – Bio/photo

Katriona O’Sullivan

Katriona O’Sullivan

Katriona O’Sullivan: Hungry. A Biography of my Body 11 July 2026 - 2:30 pm Details
Geraldine Osborne

Geraldine Osborne

Geraldine Osborne: Somewhere Cold. A Year Living in the High Arctic 14 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Miriam O’Callaghan

Miriam O’Callaghan

Miriam O’Callaghan: Miriam. Life, Work, Everything 10 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
John O’Donnell

John O’Donnell

Doire Press: Karen J McDonnell & John O’Donnell 10 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Katherine O’Donnell

Katherine O’Donnell

Beyond the Rainbow, an Irish Writers Centre panel discussion 15 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Tim O’Driscoll

Tim O’Driscoll

Word on the Street, an Irish Writers Centre Spoken Word Showcase 15 July 2026 - 8:00 pm Details
Patrick O’Laoghaire

Patrick O’Laoghaire

We Are An Archipelago: Erin Fornoff, Patrick O’Laoghaire, Dominic Mullan & Oisin Walsh-Peelo 12 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Conor Power

Conor Power

Conor Power: Hurling 1810 13 July 2026 - 11:30 am Details
Billy Ramsell

Billy Ramsell

Poetry: Dean Browne, Billy Ramsell & Molly Twomey 11 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin: Midnight and Blue 13 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
Keith Ridgway

Keith Ridgway

Keith Ridgway & Djamel White 11 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Catherine Ronan

Catherine Ronan

Word on the Street, an Irish Writers Centre Spoken Word Showcase 15 July 2026 - 8:00 pm Details
Catherine Ryan Howard

Catherine Ryan Howard

Crime Fiction: Jane Casey, Andrea Mara & Catherine Ryan Howard 14 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Nichola Smalley

Nichola Smalley

Stories From Sweden: Agnes Lidbeck & Nichola Smalley 15 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Mats Strandberg

Mats Strandberg

Frank & The Monster: Mats Strandberg 16 July 2026 - 2:00 pm Details
John Suchet

John Suchet

John Suchet: In Search of Beethoven 17 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Adrian Tinniswood

Adrian Tinniswood

Adrian Tinniswood: The Houses of Guinness 15 July 2026 - 2:30 pm Details
Jessica Traynor

Jessica Traynor

Workshop: Poetry with Jessica Traynor 13 July 2026 - 9:30 am Details
Poetry Ireland: Nithy Kasa, Mícheál McCann & Jessica Traynor 15 July 2026 - 6:30 pm Details
Neil Tully

Neil Tully

Neil Tully: The Visit 11 July 2026 - 11:30 am Details
Molly Twomey

Molly Twomey

Poetry: Dean Browne, Billy Ramsell & Molly Twomey 11 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Michael Waldron

Michael Waldron

Sacha Coward: Queer as Folklore. The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters 13 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
Oisín Walsh-Peelo

Oisín Walsh-Peelo

We Are An Archipelago: Erin Fornoff, Patrick O’Laoghaire, Dominic Mullan & Oisin Walsh-Peelo 12 July 2026 - 1:00 pm Details
Sarah Webb

Sarah Webb

Children’s Authors and Illustrators Meet-Up 12 July 2026 - 5:30 pm Details
Children’s Books Ireland ProperBook: Writing for Children Masterclass 12 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
The Bookshop Sisters: Discover How to be a Brilliant Young Bookseller with Sarah Webb 15 July 2026 - 11:30 am Details
Djamel White

Djamel White

Keith Ridgway & Djamel White 11 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Nussaibah Younis

Nussaibah Younis

Nussaibah Younis: Fundamentally 14 July 2026 - 2:30 pm Details
Mícheál Ó hAodha

Mícheál Ó hAodha

Mícheál Ó hAodha: Máirtín Ó Direáin and the Poetry of Silence and Stone 12 July 2026 - 10:00 am Details
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Fáilte Ireland
Wild Atlantic Way
CCC Library & Arts Service
Cork County Council
Pure Cork
Creative Places West Cork Islands
Irish Examiner
Maritime Hotel