Cork Cultural Companions: West Cork Literary Festival

Hello,

We are delighted to be able to announce that booking will open for the 2022 West Cork Literary Festival tomorrow ( Friday 20 May) at 10am. This year, the Festival runs from 8 - 15 July 2022.

You can book online here or by ringing +353 (0) 27 52788.

Laureate na nÓg Áine Ní Ghlinn, Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Tóibín, Zadie Smith, Nick Laird, Sara Baume, Ruth Padel, Niamh Campbell, Paul Muldoon, Martina Devlin and Louise O’Neill are just some of the high profile writers making the trip to West Cork for the Festival.

There is so much going on in Bantry for those eight special days - you'll find our main Programme online here.

Best Wishes,

The West Cork Literary Festival team

Zadie Smith

Colm Tóibín

Áine Ní Ghlinn

Louise O'Neill

Paul Muldoon

Sara Baume

The 2022 Festival line-up includes:

Áine Ní Ghlinn: Laureate na nÓg, Colm Tóibín: Laureate for Irish Fiction, Zadie Smith, Nick Laird, Sara Baume, Ruth Padel, Niamh Campbell, Paul Muldoon, Martina Devlin, Louise O’Neill, Lucy Caldwell, Shane Hegarty, Seán Hewitt, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Caroline O’Donoghue, Fiona Mozley, Lisa McInerney, Danny Denton, Geoff Dyer, Maeve Higgins, New Dutch Writing, Rosaleen McDonagh, Mary Lawson, Marijke Schermer, Tramp Press, J.R. Thorp, Marianne Lee, Cristín Leach, Jane Casey, Jessica Traynor, Catherine Kirwan, Wayne Miller, Stephen Sexton, Tice Cin, Mícheál Ó hAodha, Rita Kelly, Lynn Buckle, Nina Mingya Powles, Tadhg Coakley, Tina Pisco, Sarah Byrne, Jennifer deBie, Mícheál McCann, Kerri ní Dochartaigh, Deirdre Sullivan, Yan Ge, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Michele Hutchison, Madeleine D’Arcy, Nithy Kasa, Mary Watson, Kathy Fisher, Suad Aldarra, Alex Barclay and more.

The 2022 Festival takes place in venues throughout Bantry including Bantry House, The Maritime Hotel, Whiddy Island, Bantry Library, Ma Murphy's & Future Forests.