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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 & Oisín 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
Nussaibah Younis: Fundamentally 14 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

Sally Hayden: This is Also a Love Story 13 July 2026 - 2:30 pm Details
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
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
Samuel Arnold Keane

Samuel Arnold Keane

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
Catherine Kirwan

Catherine Kirwan

Crime Fiction: Jane Casey, Andrea Mara & Catherine Ryan Howard 14 July 2026 - 6:30 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
Cristín Leach

Cristín Leach

An Evening with Maggie O'Farrell: Live At St Luke's Cork city 18 June 2026 - 8:00 pm Details
Shaunna Lee Lynch 

Shaunna Lee Lynch 

Shaunna Lee Lynch: The Goddess Complex 16 July 2026 - 11:30 am Details
Sue Leonard

Sue Leonard

Elaine Feeney & Kathleen MacMahon 13 July 2026 - 5:00 pm Details
Patrick Gale & Andrew Miller 14 July 2026 - 8:30 pm 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
Seán McNicholl

Seán McNicholl

From the Well  17 July 2026 - 1:00 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 & Oisín 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
Róisín Ní Chonaill

Róisín Ní Chonaill

From the Well  17 July 2026 - 1:00 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

Deirdre O’Shaughnessy

Jung Chang: Fly, Wild Swans. My Mother, Myself and China 15 July 2026 - 8:30 pm Details
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 & Oisín 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
Eimear Ryan

Eimear Ryan

Tales From the Quad: Readings from UCC's MA in Creative Writing 16 July 2026 - 3:00 pm Details
Catherine Ryan Howard

Catherine Ryan Howard

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

Mike Ryan

Poetry: Dean Browne, Billy Ramsell & Molly Twomey 11 July 2026 - 10:00 am 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
Alexandra Tyndale

Alexandra Tyndale

From the Well  17 July 2026 - 1:00 pm 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 & Oisín 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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