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Please keep an eye on our website, join our enewsletter or follow us on social media for further news about more West Cork Literary Festival activities coming soon.

Following the inevitable cancellation of this summer’s Festival, we were delighted to be in a position to offer online writing workshops, an online session with a literary agent and online one-to-one sessions with an editor.

We would like to thank Cork County Council for their support of the 2020 online programme.

Many thanks to all of our funders and supporters but most especially the Arts Council of Ireland, Cork County Council, Cork County Library and Arts Services, Failte Ireland and the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union for their support of our festival this year and every year.

We are still here for our festival audience! And we’re already planning our Festivals for 2021.

See our latest COVID-19 updates here.

 

 

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Programme

Join us for #VirtualWCLF events this autumn. October events include Poetry Writing workshop with Jane Clarke and Book Clinic with Children’s Books Ireland. We’re still here!

Online: Poetry Writing with Jane Clarke

Online: Poetry Writing with Jane Clarke

28th October to 16th December 2020 Read More

Meet the Writers

Biographies and images of writers who appear online at our 2020 festival

Jane Clarke

Jane Clarke

Just one of the fabulous authors contributing to our online festival. Read More

Professional Development

Find out how to develop your literary skills

Online: Poetry Writing with Jane Clarke

Online: Poetry Writing with Jane Clarke

Just one of many events to hone your skills Read More

Children & YA

Find out all about our Children and Young Adult’s Festival here

Online: Children's Books Ireland Book Clinic

Online: Children's Books Ireland Book Clinic

Please join the Book Doctor for this special online event on Saturday 24th October Read More

News

Keep up to date with our latest news and announcements here

Booking

All you need to know to book tickets for our latest West Cork Literary Festival

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