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Cork Cultural Companions is an Age & Opportunity Arts initiative, delivered by Muintir Cork and supported by the HSE and Cork City and County Councils. Cork Cultural Companions has local networks of members who attend events together regularly in Cork City, Mallow, Bantry and East Cork.

Tuesday, 1 April 2025

West Cork Literary Festival 2025

 

Hello,

It is almost time to announce the line-up for this year’s West Cork Literary Festival. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes since last July to bring you the best possible festival and we can’t wait to share it with you.


We are so excited about this year’s programme and we hope that you will find loads to inspire and entertain you this summer. Richard E. Grant, Eimear McBride, Graham Norton, Ruth Padel, Neil Jordan, Katherine May, Alan Hollinghurst, Carol Drinkwater, Sarah Moss, Seán Ronayne, Patricia Forde, John Creedon, Claire Kilroy, Ferdia Lennon, Vona Groarke, Rafael Olympio, Salena Godden and Wendy Erskine are just some of the high profile writers making the trip to West Cork for the Festival.


We will also present works in translation from Dutch, Flemish, Swedish, French and German as well as events for children and families and a series of professional development sessions for emerging writers in partnership with Irish Writers Centre and Children’s Books Ireland amongst others.


We are delighted to announce that the programme for this year's West Cork Literary Festival will be online this Thursday 3 April. To view the full programme on Thursday, please go to www.westcorkmusic.ie/LFProgramme.


General Booking will open at 10am the following Thursday, 10 April via our website and our Festival office on +353 (0) 27 52788.


If you don’t want to wait until next week for your tickets, why not become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival. Our Festival Friends can avail of one week’s Priority Booking from 10am this Thursday as well as enjoying benefits like reserved seating, invitations and discounted tickets. Find out more about our Friends here


We can’t wait to see you all in Bantry from 11 to 18 July.


Best Wishes,

Eimear and the West Cork Literary Festival team

Clockwise from top left: Richard E. Grant, Eimear McBride, Graham Norton, Katherine May, Neil Jordan and Salena Godden.

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