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Kareem James Abu-Zeid

Kareem James Abu-Zeid

Majed Mujad & Kareem James Abu-Zeid: The Book of Trivialities 13 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
Rehan Ali

Rehan Ali

Young Writer Delegates Showcase 13 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Kip Alizadeh

Kip Alizadeh

The Rainbow Library with Kip Alizadeh 13 July 2023 - 2:15 pm Details
Darina Allen

Darina Allen

Darina Allen & Rory O'Connell 13 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
Rachel Andrews

Rachel Andrews

Cal Flyn & Katie Holten 10 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
Sarah Byrne & Jente Posthuma 11 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Raymond Antrobus

Raymond Antrobus

Raymond Antrobus & Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh 12 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Can Bears Ski? Raymond Antrobus 13 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
Aisling Arundel

Aisling Arundel

Open Mic 8 July 2023 - 10:00 pm Details
Inga Balchaites

Inga Balchaites

Kathleen Balgley

Kathleen Balgley

Kathleen Balgley: Letters To My Father 11 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
John Banville

John Banville

John Banville: The Singularities 12 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Alex Barclay

Alex Barclay

From The Well: hosted by Alex Barclay 8 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Sara Baume

Sara Baume

Running Feet, Sharp Noses with Sara Baume & Jessica Traynor 14 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
Anya Bergman

Anya Bergman

Anya Bergman & Sophie White 10 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Gerda Blees

Gerda Blees

Gerda Blees: We Are Light 12 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Disha Bose

Disha Bose

Disha Bose: Dirty Laundry 13 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Dylan Brennan

Dylan Brennan

Dylan Brennan & Jane Clarke 10 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Easkey Britton

Easkey Britton

Easkey Britton: Ebb and Flow 9 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Festival Swim 9 July 2023 - 11:20 am Details
Sarah Byrne

Sarah Byrne

Sarah Byrne & Jente Posthuma 11 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
CANCELLED: Writing workshop & garden tour with Sarah Byrne 12 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Maitiú Charleton

Maitiú Charleton

Young Writer Delegates Showcase 13 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Alex Clark

Alex Clark

India Knight: Darling 11 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Jane Clarke

Jane Clarke

Poetry SOS: Vital Signs with Jane Clarke 9 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
Dylan Brennan & Jane Clarke 10 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Martin Colthorpe

Martin Colthorpe

Gerda Blees: We Are Light 12 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Claire Connolly

Claire Connolly

Jon Gower: A Biography of the Irish Sea 14 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Cónal Creedon

Cónal Creedon

Cónal Creedon: Art Imitating Life Imitating Death 9 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Madeleine D’Arcy

Madeleine D’Arcy

Daragh Fleming: Lonely Boy 11 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Sara O'Donovan: Within You Without You 12 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Eoghan Daltun

Eoghan Daltun

Eoghan Daltun: An Irish Atlantic Rainforest 8 July 2023 - 2:15 pm Details
Ann Davoren

Ann Davoren

John David Ratajkowski: Cow Tuesday 14 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Danny Denton

Danny Denton

Clara Kumagai: Catfish Rolling 8 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Nicole Flattery & Megan Nolan 9 July 2023 - 12:30 pm Details
Writing the Crisis: Creative Responses to Climate Change 11 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Maurice Devitt

Maurice Devitt

Maurice Devitt & Matthew Geden 12 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Brian Dillon

Brian Dillon

Workshop: Essay Writing with Brian Dillon 10 July 2023 - 9:30 am Details
Brian Dillon: Affinities 13 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Soula Emmanuel

Soula Emmanuel

Soula Emmanuel & Ann-Marie MacDonald 14 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Dr Rosie Everett

Dr Rosie Everett

Writing the Crisis: Creative Responses to Climate Change 11 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Arnold Thomas Fanning

Arnold Thomas Fanning

The Simple Act of Walking: Writing Workshop with Arnold Thomas Fanning 9 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Elaine Feeney

Elaine Feeney

Elaine Feeney & Jarred McGinnis 11 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Finola Finlay

Finola Finlay

Seaweed & Sealing Wax 3: Ellen Hutchins & Dawson Turner. Featuring Marianne Lee 14 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
Nicole Flattery

Nicole Flattery

Holy Show's Sunday Sermon 9 July 2023 - 4:30 pm Details
Nicole Flattery & Megan Nolan 9 July 2023 - 12:30 pm Details
Daragh Fleming

Daragh Fleming

Daragh Fleming: Lonely Boy 11 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Cal Flyn

Cal Flyn

Workshop: Place Writing with Cal Flyn 10 July 2023 - 9:30 am Details
Cal Flyn & Katie Holten 10 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
Leona Forde

Leona Forde

Leona Forde: Milly McCarthy is a Complete Catastrophe 9 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
Benjamin Gearey

Benjamin Gearey

Writing the Crisis: Creative Responses to Climate Change 11 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Matthew Geden

Matthew Geden

Maurice Devitt & Matthew Geden 12 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Library Writing Groups Showcase 13 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Jon Gower

Jon Gower

Jon Gower: A Biography of the Irish Sea 14 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
James Harpur

James Harpur

Workshop: Making Poetry with James Harpur 10 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
James Harpur & Billy O'Callaghan 13 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Sally Hayden

Sally Hayden

Sally Hayden: My Fourth Time, We Drowned 10 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Mahito Indi Henderson

Mahito Indi Henderson

Holy Show's Sunday Sermon 9 July 2023 - 4:30 pm Details
Maeve Higgins

Maeve Higgins

Graham Norton 7 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
WCLF Opening Reception 7 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Young Writer Delegates Showcase 13 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Patrick Holloway

Patrick Holloway

From The Well: hosted by Alex Barclay 8 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Katie Holten

Katie Holten

Cal Flyn & Katie Holten 10 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
Oonagh Hurley

Oonagh Hurley

Seaweed & Sealing Wax 3: Ellen Hutchins & Dawson Turner. Featuring Marianne Lee 14 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
Madeline Hutchins

Madeline Hutchins

Seaweed & Sealing Wax 3: Ellen Hutchins & Dawson Turner. Featuring Marianne Lee 14 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
Richard Kearney

Richard Kearney

Richard Kearney: Salvage 7 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
Terry Kerins

Terry Kerins

From The Well: hosted by Alex Barclay 8 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Mustafa Keshkeia

Mustafa Keshkeia

Majed Mujad & Kareem James Abu-Zeid: The Book of Trivialities 13 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
Beth Kilkenny

Beth Kilkenny

From The Well: hosted by Alex Barclay 8 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
David & Adam King

David & Adam King

Sir Adam The Brave & The Moody Monsters: David & Adam King 8 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
India Knight

India Knight

India Knight: Darling 11 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Clara Kumagai

Clara Kumagai

Clara Kumagai: Catfish Rolling 8 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Cristín Leach

Cristín Leach

John Banville: The Singularities 12 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Marianne Lee

Marianne Lee

Seaweed & Sealing Wax 3: Ellen Hutchins & Dawson Turner. Featuring Marianne Lee 14 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
Sue Leonard

Sue Leonard

Kathleen Balgley: Letters To My Father 11 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Elaine Feeney & Jarred McGinnis 11 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
William Wall: Empty Bed Blues 12 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Winnie M Li & Catherine Ryan Howard 12 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
James Harpur & Billy O'Callaghan 13 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Winnie M Li

Winnie M Li

Winnie M Li & Catherine Ryan Howard 12 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
Loah

Loah

Loah: Public Interview 14 July 2023 - 7:30 pm Details
Flor MacCarthy

Flor MacCarthy

Richard Kearney: Salvage 7 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
The Presidents' Letters: Flor MacCarthy 10 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Ann-Marie MacDonald

Ann-Marie MacDonald

Soula Emmanuel & Ann-Marie MacDonald 14 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Thomas McCarthy

Thomas McCarthy

Poetry As Commemoration: Workshop 11 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
Raymond Antrobus & Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh 12 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Jarred McGinnis

Jarred McGinnis

Elaine Feeney & Jarred McGinnis 11 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Belinda McKeon

Belinda McKeon

Workshop: Intensive Fiction Writing with Belinda McKeon 10 July 2023 - 9:30 am Details
Danielle McLaughlin

Danielle McLaughlin

Daragh Fleming: Lonely Boy 11 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Sara O'Donovan: Within You Without You 12 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
David McLoghlin

David McLoghlin

Poetry As Commemoration: Teen workshop 8 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara

Holy Show's Sunday Sermon 9 July 2023 - 4:30 pm Details
Joe McNamee

Joe McNamee

Darina Allen & Rory O'Connell 13 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
Karen Minihan

Karen Minihan

Seaweed & Sealing Wax 3: Ellen Hutchins & Dawson Turner. Featuring Marianne Lee 14 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
Oonagh Montague

Oonagh Montague

Running Feet, Sharp Noses with Sara Baume & Jessica Traynor 14 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
Majed Mujed

Majed Mujed

Majed Mujad & Kareem James Abu-Zeid: The Book of Trivialities 13 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
Gráinne Murphy

Gráinne Murphy

Gráinne Murphy: Winter People 10 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Elizabeth Rose Murray

Elizabeth Rose Murray

Arts For Health: West Cork with E.R. Murray 7 July 2023 -  Details
Eoghan Daltun: An Irish Atlantic Rainforest 8 July 2023 - 2:15 pm Details
Easkey Britton: Ebb and Flow 9 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan

Maurice Devitt & Matthew Geden 12 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Disha Bose: Dirty Laundry 13 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Megan Nolan

Megan Nolan

Nicole Flattery & Megan Nolan 9 July 2023 - 12:30 pm Details
Graham Norton

Graham Norton

Graham Norton 7 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Annemarie Ní Churreáin

Writing the Crisis: Creative Responses to Climate Change 11 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh

Writing the Crisis: Creative Responses to Climate Change 11 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Raymond Antrobus & Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh 12 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Billy O’Callaghan

Billy O’Callaghan

James Harpur & Billy O'Callaghan 13 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Keira O’Connell

Keira O’Connell

Raymond Antrobus & Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh 12 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Can Bears Ski? Raymond Antrobus 13 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
Rory O’Connell

Rory O’Connell

Darina Allen & Rory O'Connell 13 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
Maureen O’Connor

Maureen O’Connor

Writing the Crisis: Creative Responses to Climate Change 11 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Paul O’Donoghue

Paul O’Donoghue

Open Mic 8 July 2023 - 10:00 pm Details
Open Mic 9 July 2023 - 10:00 pm Details
Thomas O’Donovan

Thomas O’Donovan

Young Writer Delegates Showcase 13 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Owen O’Neill

Owen O’Neill

Owen O'Neill: The Whole Nine Yarns 8 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Deirdre O’Shaughnessy

Deirdre O’Shaughnessy

Sally Hayden: My Fourth Time, We Drowned 10 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Anya Bergman & Sophie White 10 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Sara O’Donovan

Sara O’Donovan

Sara O'Donovan: Within You Without You 12 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
Ashlin O’Sullivan

Ashlin O’Sullivan

Young Writer Delegates Showcase 13 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Keith Payne

Keith Payne

Dylan Brennan & Jane Clarke 10 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Jente Posthuma

Jente Posthuma

Sarah Byrne & Jente Posthuma 11 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
John David Ratajkowski 

John David Ratajkowski 

John David Ratajkowski: Cow Tuesday 14 July 2023 - 10:00 am Details
Dave Rudden

Dave Rudden

Mic Drop: Author Event Masterclass with Dave Rudden 11 July 2023 - 2:00 pm Details
Donal Ryan

Donal Ryan

Donal Ryan: The Queen of Dirt Island 9 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Catherine Ryan Howard

Catherine Ryan Howard

Workshop: Crime Writing with Catherine Ryan Howard 10 July 2023 - 9:30 am Details
Winnie M Li & Catherine Ryan Howard 12 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
Yeva Skalietska

Yeva Skalietska

Yeva Skalietska: You Don't Know What War Is: The diary of a young girl from Ukraine 8 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Hannah Sullivan

Hannah Sullivan

Hannah Sullivan & Molly Twomey 13 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Sallyanne Sweeney

Sallyanne Sweeney

Literary Agent: Sallyanne Sweeney - online 7 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Leo Timmers

Leo Timmers

Elephant Island: Leo Timmers 12 July 2023 - 11:00 am Details
David Toms

David Toms

David Toms: Pacemaker 10 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Jessica Traynor

Jessica Traynor

Majed Mujad & Kareem James Abu-Zeid: The Book of Trivialities 13 July 2023 - 6:30 pm Details
Running Feet, Sharp Noses with Sara Baume & Jessica Traynor 14 July 2023 - 3:00 pm Details
Molly Twomey

Molly Twomey

Hannah Sullivan & Molly Twomey 13 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
Morgan L. Ventura

Morgan L. Ventura

Writing the Crisis: Creative Responses to Climate Change 11 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
William Wall

William Wall

William Wall: Empty Bed Blues 12 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Sarah Webb

Sarah Webb

Yeva Skalietska: You Don't Know What War Is: The diary of a young girl from Ukraine 8 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Sophie White

Sophie White

Anya Bergman & Sophie White 10 July 2023 - 2:30 pm Details
Denyse Woods

Denyse Woods

Gráinne Murphy: Winter People 10 July 2023 - 11:30 am Details
The Presidents' Letters: Flor MacCarthy 10 July 2023 - 5:00 pm Details
Alice Zeniter

Alice Zeniter

Cancelled: Alice Zeniter 9 July 2023 -  Details
Sasha de Buyl

Sasha de Buyl

Donal Ryan: The Queen of Dirt Island 9 July 2023 - 8:30 pm Details
David Toms: Pacemaker 10 July 2023 - 1:00 pm Details
Soula Emmanuel & Ann-Marie MacDonald 14 July 2023 - 1:00 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