By Writer 2021

Easily find the events each writer appeared in here.

You can opt to view our Full Programme, Booking Available page, Personal Development events, Children & YA festival and listings by Writer and by Type of event, by selecting the relevant links below. You can also Meet our Writers here.

Programme
Workshops
Children & YA
By Writer
By Type
7 – Luke Cassidy

7 – Luke Cassidy

24 – Cónal Creedon

24 – Cónal Creedon

3 – Ethel Rohan

3 – Ethel Rohan

4 – Jarlath Gregory

4 – Jarlath Gregory

1 – Lynn Buckle

1 – Lynn Buckle

2 – Matthew Rice

2 – Matthew Rice

13 – Rosaleen McDonagh

13 – Rosaleen McDonagh

5 – Alix O’Neill

5 – Alix O’Neill

21 – Declan O’Rourke

21 – Declan O’Rourke

22 – Sue Rainsford

22 – Sue Rainsford

14 – Freddie Alexander

14 – Freddie Alexander

Nektaria Anastasiadou

Nektaria Anastasiadou

Nektaria Anastasiadou: A Recipe for Daphne 3 July 2021 - 3:00 pm Details
Rachel Andrews

Rachel Andrews

Miek Zwamborn & Michele Hutchison 12 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
John Connell: The Running Book 12 July 2021 - 12:00 pm Details
Joanna Walsh: Seed 22 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Raymond Antrobus

Raymond Antrobus

Poetry workshop with Raymond Antrobus 19 July to 23 July 2021 - 2:00 pm Details
Aoife Barry

Aoife Barry

Billy O'Callaghan: Life Sentences 24 February 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Kevin Barry

Kevin Barry

Winter Papers 28 December 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Ellen Bass

Ellen Bass

Experiments in Empathy: Ellen Bass & Tom Moore 15 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
18 – Claire-Louise Bennett

18 – Claire-Louise Bennett

16 – Niall Bourke

16 – Niall Bourke

Paddy Bushe

Sarah Byrne

Sarah Byrne

Experiments in Empathy: Ellen Bass & Tom Moore 15 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Writer in Residence: Sarah Byrne 1 December to 28 February 2022 -  Details
Lucy Caldwell

Lucy Caldwell

Jan Carson, Lucy Caldwell, Adrian Duncan, Louise Kennedy & John Patrick McHugh 6 April 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Jan Carson

Jan Carson

Jan Carson, Lucy Caldwell, Adrian Duncan, Louise Kennedy & John Patrick McHugh 6 April 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Andrea Carter

Andrea Carter

Crime Writing workshop with Andrea Carter 15 June to 8 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Robert Caskie

Robert Caskie

Literary Agent: Robert Caskie 5 July 2021 - 5:00 pm Details
Ashwin Chacko

Ashwin Chacko

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Grainne Clear

Grainne Clear

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Tadhg Coakley

Tadhg Coakley

Madeleine D'Arcy: Liberty Terrace 21 October 2021 - 4:00 pm Details
Joseph Coelho

Joseph Coelho

Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Vita Coleman

Vita Coleman

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
John Connell

John Connell

John Connell: The Running Book 12 July 2021 - 12:00 pm Details
17 – Richie Conroy

17 – Richie Conroy

Emily Cooper

Emily Cooper

Emily Cooper & Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal 16 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Gavin Corbett

Gavin Corbett

Madeleine D’Arcy

Madeleine D’Arcy

Madeleine D'Arcy: Liberty Terrace 21 October 2021 - 4:00 pm Details
Oein DeBhairduin

Oein DeBhairduin

Why the Moon Travels – Oein DeBhairduin 2 July 2021 -  Details
Danny Denton

Danny Denton

Lisa McInerney & Eimear Ryan 11 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Martina Devlin

Martina Devlin

Nuala O'Connor & Connie Palmen 5 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Rachel Donohoe

Rachel Donohoe

Rachel Donohue & Anne Griffin 10 July 2021 - 3:00 pm Details
10 – Rob Doyle

10 – Rob Doyle

Adrian Duncan

Adrian Duncan

Jan Carson, Lucy Caldwell, Adrian Duncan, Louise Kennedy & John Patrick McHugh 6 April 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Martina Evans

Martina Evans

FELISPEAKS

FELISPEAKS

Passports 2021 events - FELISPEAKS 15 May 2021 -  Details
The Tolü and Feli Show 10 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Amanda Feery

Amanda Feery

A Thing I Cannot Name: Amanda Feery & Megan Nolan 27 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Aimée Felone

Aimée Felone

Diversity in Children's and YA Literature 8 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Finn

Finn

Jaap Robben & Lize Spit 19 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick

On Midnight Beach - Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick 29 September 2021 -  Details
Patricia Forde

Patricia Forde

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Matthew Geden

Matthew Geden

Alannah Hopkin: A Very Strange Man 11 July 2021 - 12:00 pm Details
Kristen Gehrman

Kristen Gehrman

Jaap Robben & Lize Spit 19 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Sinéad Gleeson

Sinéad Gleeson

Women On Nature 10 June 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Anne Griffin

Anne Griffin

Rachel Donohue & Anne Griffin 10 July 2021 - 3:00 pm Details
Lisa Harding

Lisa Harding

Lisa Harding & Fíona Scarlett 13 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Carmel Harrington

Carmel Harrington

Popular Fiction workshop with Carmel Harrington 15 November to 19 November 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Colin Hassard

Colin Hassard

Colin Hassard & Dimitra Xidous 13 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Shane Hegarty

Shane Hegarty

Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Alexandra Heminsley

Alexandra Heminsley

Memoir & Life-writing workshop with Alexandra Heminsley 17 June to 15 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Alexandra Heminsley: Some Body To Love 14 July 2021 - 5:00 pm Details
Rónán Hession

Rónán Hession

Seán Hewitt

Seán Hewitt

Jodie Hodges

Jodie Hodges

Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Katie Holten

Katie Holten

Women On Nature 10 June 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
6 – Eleanor Hooker

6 – Eleanor Hooker

Alannah Hopkin

Alannah Hopkin

Alannah Hopkin: A Very Strange Man 11 July 2021 - 12:00 pm Details
James Hudson

James Hudson

Queer Love: Paul McVeigh, James Hudson, Emer Lyons & Shannon Yee 20 April 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Michele Hutchison

Michele Hutchison

Miek Zwamborn & Michele Hutchison 12 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Jaap Robben & Lize Spit 19 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Carol Isaacs / The Surreal McCoy

Carol Isaacs / The Surreal McCoy

Carol Isaacs: The Wolf of Baghdad 15 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Burhana Islam

Burhana Islam

Diversity in Children's and YA Literature 8 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Adiba Jaigirdar

Adiba Jaigirdar

Diversity in Children's and YA Literature 8 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Adiba Jaigirdar

Adiba Jaigirdar

Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar 9 July 2021 -  Details
8 – Adiba Jaigirdar

8 – Adiba Jaigirdar

Riley Johnston

Riley Johnston

The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices 29 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal

Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal

Emily Cooper & Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal 16 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Julie Kelleher

Julie Kelleher

Bonnie Tsui: Why We Swim 14 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
A Thing I Cannot Name: Amanda Feery & Megan Nolan 27 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Louise Kennedy

Louise Kennedy

Jan Carson, Lucy Caldwell, Adrian Duncan, Louise Kennedy & John Patrick McHugh 6 April 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Short Story workshop with Louise Kennedy 14 June to 18 June 2021 - 10:30 am Details
Louise Kennedy & Stephen Walsh 12 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Victoria Kennefick

Victoria Kennefick

Hannah Lee

Hannah Lee

Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Christy Lefteri

Christy Lefteri

Christy Lefteri: Songbirds 16 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Sue Leonard

Sue Leonard

Danielle McLaughlin: The Art of Falling Book Launch 4 February 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Rachel Donohue & Anne Griffin 10 July 2021 - 3:00 pm Details
Lisa Harding & Fíona Scarlett 13 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Christy Lefteri: Songbirds 16 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Lorraine Levis

Lorraine Levis

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Becky Long

Becky Long

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Diversity in Children's and YA Literature 8 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Dave Lordan

Dave Lordan

Words Allowed: Teenage Writers workshop with Dave Lordan and E.R. Murray 11 June to 16 July 2021 - 10:00 am Details
The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices 29 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Aoife Lyall

Aoife Lyall

Ava Lynch

Ava Lynch

Young Writer Delegates showcase 23 July 2021 - 1:00 pm Details
Emer Lyons

Emer Lyons

Queer Love: Paul McVeigh, James Hudson, Emer Lyons & Shannon Yee 20 April 2021 - 7:00 pm Details

Aifric Mac Aodha

Cauvery Madhavan

Cauvery Madhavan

Cauvery Madhavan: The Tainted 10 July 2021 - 12:00 pm Details
Tolü Makay

Tolü Makay

The Tolü and Feli Show 10 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Aoife Martin

Aoife Martin

Torrey Peters: Detransition, Baby 9 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
11 – Jess Mc Kinney

11 – Jess Mc Kinney

John McAuliffe

John McAuliffe

Mary McGill

Mary McGill

Mary McGill: The Visibility Trap 2 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
20 – Afric McGlinchey

20 – Afric McGlinchey

John Patrick McHugh

John Patrick McHugh

Jan Carson, Lucy Caldwell, Adrian Duncan, Louise Kennedy & John Patrick McHugh 6 April 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Lisa McInerney

Lisa McInerney

Lisa McInerney & Eimear Ryan 11 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
9 – Laura McKenna

9 – Laura McKenna

Danielle McLaughlin

Danielle McLaughlin

Danielle McLaughlin: The Art of Falling Book Launch 4 February 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Alan McMonagle

Alan McMonagle

Winter Papers 28 December 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Paul McVeigh

Paul McVeigh

Queer Love: Paul McVeigh, James Hudson, Emer Lyons & Shannon Yee 20 April 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices 29 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Philippa Milnes-Smith

Philippa Milnes-Smith

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Jelmer Mommers

Jelmer Mommers

Jelmer Mommers: How Are We Going To Explain This? 26 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Oonagh Montague

Oonagh Montague

Mary McGill: The Visibility Trap 2 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Tom Moore

Tom Moore

Experiments in Empathy: Ellen Bass & Tom Moore 15 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Mary Murphy

Mary Murphy

Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Shane Murphy

Shane Murphy

Young Writer Delegates showcase 23 July 2021 - 1:00 pm Details
Aoife Murray

Aoife Murray

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Elizabeth Rose Murray

Elizabeth Rose Murray

Women On Nature 10 June 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Words Allowed: Teenage Writers workshop with Dave Lordan and E.R. Murray 11 June to 16 July 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Cauvery Madhavan: The Tainted 10 July 2021 - 12:00 pm Details
Ann Murtagh

Ann Murtagh

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Deirdre Nolan

Deirdre Nolan

Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Megan Nolan

Megan Nolan

A Thing I Cannot Name: Amanda Feery & Megan Nolan 27 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Katharine Norbury

Katharine Norbury

Women On Nature 10 June 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Graham Norton

Graham Norton

Graham Norton: Home Stretch 12 July 2021 - 3:00 pm Details
Liz Nugent

Liz Nugent

Kate O'Riordan: Smother 11 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Graham Norton: Home Stretch 12 July 2021 - 3:00 pm Details
Muireann Ní Chíobháin

Muireann Ní Chíobháin

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Billy O’Callaghan

Billy O’Callaghan

Billy O'Callaghan: Life Sentences 24 February 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Departures Volume III: Co. Cork with Billy O'Callaghan, Jack O'Rourke and Alice Taylor 20 July 2021 - 6:30 pm Details
19 – Conor O’Callaghan

19 – Conor O’Callaghan

Niamh O’Connell

Niamh O’Connell

Young Writer Delegates showcase 23 July 2021 - 1:00 pm Details
Nuala O’Connor

Nuala O’Connor

Nuala O'Connor & Connie Palmen 5 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Caroline O’Doherty

Caroline O’Doherty

Jelmer Mommers: How Are We Going To Explain This? 26 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Mel O’Doherty

Mel O’Doherty

Mel O'Doherty: Fallen 24 June 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Don O’Mahony

Don O’Mahony

Rónán Hession: Panenka 10 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Louise O’Neill

Louise O’Neill

Nadine O’Regan

Nadine O’Regan

J.R. Thorp: Learwife 13 November 2021 - 7:30 pm Details
Kate O’Riordan

Kate O’Riordan

Kate O'Riordan: Smother 11 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Jack O’Rourke

Jack O’Rourke

Departures Volume III: Co. Cork with Billy O'Callaghan, Jack O'Rourke and Alice Taylor 20 July 2021 - 6:30 pm Details
Deirdre O’Shaughnessy

Deirdre O’Shaughnessy

Mel O'Doherty: Fallen 24 June 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Rick O’Shea

Rick O’Shea

The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices 29 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Princess Okonkwo

Princess Okonkwo

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Abby Oliveira

Abby Oliveira

The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Voices 29 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details

Jamie O’Connell

Connie Palmen

Connie Palmen

Nuala O'Connor & Connie Palmen 5 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Matthew Parkinson-Bennett

Matthew Parkinson-Bennett

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Torrey Peters

Torrey Peters

Torrey Peters: Detransition, Baby 9 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak

Carol Isaacs: The Wolf of Baghdad 15 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
12 – Kevin Power

12 – Kevin Power

Jess Raymon

Jess Raymon

Winter Papers 28 December 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Jaap Robben

Jaap Robben

Jaap Robben & Lize Spit 19 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Tanya Rosie

Tanya Rosie

Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Eimear Ryan

Eimear Ryan

Lisa McInerney & Eimear Ryan 11 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Young Writer Delegates showcase 23 July 2021 - 1:00 pm Details
15 – Rachel Ryan

15 – Rachel Ryan

23 – Ian Sansom

23 – Ian Sansom

Fíona Scarlett

Fíona Scarlett

Lisa Harding & Fíona Scarlett 13 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
Lize Spit

Lize Spit

Jaap Robben & Lize Spit 19 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
David Stevens

David Stevens

Diversity in Children's and YA Literature 8 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Susanne Stich

Susanne Stich

Winter Papers 28 December 2021 - 7:00 pm Details

Deirdre Sullivan

Caitriona Sweeney

Caitriona Sweeney

Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details
Alice Taylor

Alice Taylor

Departures Volume III: Co. Cork with Billy O'Callaghan, Jack O'Rourke and Alice Taylor 20 July 2021 - 6:30 pm Details
J.R. Thorp

J.R. Thorp

J.R. Thorp: Learwife 13 November 2021 - 7:30 pm Details
Jessica Traynor

Jessica Traynor

Women On Nature 10 June 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Emily Cooper & Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal 16 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Carol Ann Treacy

Carol Ann Treacy

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Bonnie Tsui

Bonnie Tsui

Bonnie Tsui: Why We Swim 14 July 2021 - 8:00 pm Details
William Wall

William Wall

Colin Hassard & Dimitra Xidous 13 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Aoife K. Walsh

Aoife K. Walsh

Editor-in-Residence: Aoife K. Walsh 5 July to 30 July 2021 - 5:00 pm Details
Editor in Residence: Aoife K. Walsh 5 July to 30 July 2021 -  Details
Joanna Walsh

Joanna Walsh

Joanna Walsh: Seed 22 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Ross Walsh

Ross Walsh

Young Writer Delegates showcase 23 July 2021 - 1:00 pm Details
Stephen Walsh

Stephen Walsh

Louise Kennedy & Stephen Walsh 12 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Sarah Webb

Sarah Webb

Start Your Story 30 January 2021 - 10:00 am Details
Picture This with Children's Books Ireland 9 July 2021 - 10:25 am Details

Sophie White

Denyse Woods

Denyse Woods

Nektaria Anastasiadou: A Recipe for Daphne 3 July 2021 - 3:00 pm Details
Dimitra Xidous

Dimitra Xidous

Colin Hassard & Dimitra Xidous 13 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Shannon Yee

Shannon Yee

Queer Love: Paul McVeigh, James Hudson, Emer Lyons & Shannon Yee 20 April 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe

Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe

Seán Hewitt & Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe 11 July 2021 - 3:00 pm Details
Miek Zwamborn

Miek Zwamborn

Miek Zwamborn & Michele Hutchison 12 July 2021 - 7:00 pm Details
Sasha deBuyl

Sasha deBuyl

Louise Kennedy & Stephen Walsh 12 July 2021 - 6:00 pm Details
Alexandra Heminsley: Some Body To Love 14 July 2021 - 5:00 pm Details
Arts Council - funding literature
Fáilte Ireland
Wild Atlantic Way
CCC Library & Arts Service
Cork County Council
Pure Cork
Creative Places West Cork Islands
RTÉ Supporting The Arts
Maritime Hotel