Cúirt International Festival of Literature
Galway
24-29 April 2012

From the 2011 festival brochure:

In a time when we have struggled with our identity as a nation, we try now for the new. It is perhaps fitting then that Cúirt is very new this year. Many of our guest authors have never been to Cúirt before. Some are even coming with debut collections or novels. I am delighted to be hosting them in Galway when they are just emerging onto the world stage. This year, we also celebrate a lot of Irish writers; our bread and butter, great minds who have been recognised nationally and internationally for their literary talent. We have also expanded beyond the city limits and are hosting events in the county.

www.cuirt.ie

 

 

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Eigse Michael Hartnett Festival
Newcastle West, Co. Limerick
26-28 April 2012

 

Leading Irish and International poets, writers and thinkers jostle with musicians, dancers, singers and storytellers, what Michael Hartnett termed ‘the harp side of the Irish coin’. Events that are bound to enthuse, stimulate, inspire, and occasionally bemuse, celebrate the literary and oral legacy of Michael Hartnett, the poet and man. Hosted throughout the town of Newcastle West, in the library, schools, the courthouse, church, hospital and pubs, the breadth of the programme creates an ambience of warmth and conviviality that lends itself to lively gatherings and easy conversation.

 

Visit www.eigsemichaelhartnett.ie for more information.

 

 

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Cork World Book Festival
Central Library
19 - 23 April 2012

 

 

Cork World Book Fest combines readings by world class writers in a variety of settings – Claire Keegan, Alistair MacLeod, John Banville, Derek Mahon, Carol Ann Duffy, Bernard O'Donoghue, Moya Cannon have all featured at previous Fests, 2005-2011 - with a cultural street fair with book stalls, music, street entertainment, the spoken word and more. It is a participative, inclusive event, involving members of book clubs based in the City's libraries and other readers groups, giving audiences who would not normally attend literary events a chance to experience readings by leading Irish and international writers.

Telephone:+353 (0)21 492 4900, Fax:+353 (0)21 427 5684, Email: liam_ronayne@corkcity.ie

Website: www.corkcitylibraries.ie

 

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Dublin Writers' Festival
4-10 June 2012

 

 

Dublin Writers Festival, Ireland’s premier literary event, gathers the finest writers in the world to debate, provoke , delight and enthral. Described by the press as “boasting a stunning array of top international literary talent” and “the country’s most successful and easily the best annual literary event”, Dublin Writers Festival line-up is sure to impress. With readings, discussions, debates,workshops, performance and screenings, the festival creates a hotbed of ideas. Whether it’s the mix poets, writers of fiction and non-fiction, lyricists, playwrights and screenwriters, Dublin Writers Festival brings new faces and house-hold names together in ways that suprise and inspire. Children’s fiction is well represented and we are spoilt for choice with the calibre of Irish language writers. Come celebrate many specially commissioned events in the City of Words.

 

http://www.dublinwritersfestival.com/

 

 

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Listowel Writers' Week
Listowel, Co. Kerry
30 May - 3 June 2011

 

 

In recent years Writers’ week has become an international event, welcoming writers from the pan-European and other traditions in order to enhance our appreciation of mutual cultures. The event takes place in a unique atmosphere of learning and celebration which gives new and established writers an opportunity to discuss their work before a national and international audience.

http://writersweek.ie/

 

 

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West Cork Literary Festival
Bantry, Co. Cork
8 - 14 July 2012

 

The programme for the 2012 West Cork Literary Festival will be announced by mid-February. 

About the 2011 festival:

John Banville, Lynn Truss, Michael Holroyd, David Mitchell and Michael Morpurgo are just some of the many literary luminaries lined up to appear at this year’s West Cork Literary Festival which features some of the finest writers, playwrights, poets and musicians, from Ireland and abroad – living and dead. The West Cork Literary Festival takes place in Bantry, Co. Cork from July 3rd to 9th.

The Festival, once again supported by RTÉ lyric fm, will host an eclectic range of writers and disciplines. Speakers include Dermot Healy, who will read from his new novel “Long Time No See”; Carlo Gébler will give the writer’s perspective on “How To Keep the Wolf From the Door”, and Paul Murray will read from “Skippy Dies” which was a recent finalist in the US National Book Critics Circle Awards. Salley Vickers will talk of the supernatural and her work, while another programme highlight will be a special live recording of Sunday Miscellany Live in Bantry, hosted by the programme's producer Clíodhna Ní Anluain, for an inimitable hour of words and music.

 

Further details at www.westcorkliteraryfestival.ie or ring +353 27 55987

 

 

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Kinsale Arts Week
7-15 July 2012

 

 

Kinsale Arts Week is a multi-discinplinary Arts Festival. It commissions new work in all genres and supports both established and emerging artists.Nine electric days and nights packed full of tantalizing cultural events in extraordinary locations!

The programme features local, national, and international work including Visual Art, Theatre, Music, Literature, Film, Dance, Architecture, and Family Entertainment. There is a keen emphasis on community involvement in the Festival with many Users of the community engaged in year-round Festival projects. Local artists also have the oppertunity to showcase their work. The Festival seeks to use all possible performance spaces in the historic town including the harbour, the streets, boats, churches and unusual spaces. The audience at home and from abroad are invited to experience the festival and celebreate creativity.

For more information visit www.kinsaleartsweek.com or phone 021 4700877.

 

 

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SoundEye Festival

July 2012

 

 

More about the festival:

 

 

More information at soundeye.wordpress.com.

 

 

 

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CORK INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY FESTIVAL

(Formerly the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival)

 

September 2012

 

Dedicated websites: http://www.corkshortstory.net.
http://www.frankoconnor-shortstory-award.net/

Previous readers have included Edna O'Brien, Colm Tóibín, Tess Gallagher, Louis de Bernieres, Richard Ford, Julia Ó Faoláin, James Lasdun, Eugene McCabe, Bernard MacLaverty, Anne Enright, Etgar Keret, Eilis Ní Dhuibhne, Cónal Creedon, Philip Ó Ceallaigh, David Marcus, William Wall, Bret Anthony Johnston, David Means, Claire Keegan, Miranda July, Rick Moody, Jhumpa Lahiri, Yiyun Li, Julie Orringer, ZZ Packer, Simon Van Booy, Wells Tower, Charlotte Grimshaw, Kevin Barry and many others.

In 2000, the Munster Literature Centre organised the first Frank O'Connor International Short Story Festival, an event dedicated to the celebration of the short story and named for one of Cork's most beloved authors. The festival showcases readings, literary forums and workshops. Following continued growth and additional funding, the Cork City - Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award was introduced in 2005, coinciding with Cork's designation as that year's European Capital of Culture. The award is now recognised as the single biggest prize for a short story collection in the world and is presented at the end of the festival.

In 2002, the Munster Literature Centre introduced the Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Prize, an annual short story competition dedicated to one of Ireland's most accomplished story writers and theorists. This too is presented during the FOC festival.

 

 

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Dromineer Literary Festival

 

 

Autumn 2012
www.dromineerliteraryfestival.ie

 

The Dromineer Literary Festival in North Tipperary, was founded in November 2004.  The festival is managed by a small volunteer committee, with invaluable assistance and support from Melanie Scott, Arts Officer for North Tipperary County Council.  Over the years the festival has grown a reputation for the warmth and welcome it extends to artists and audiences. The festival has poetry and prose readings, competitions and workshops.  In 2010, entries to the poetry and prose competitions had submissions from the UK, USA, Spain and France as well as from home.  The Meet the Authors event attracts huge audiences each year, and a performance by the renowned Nenagh Players to close the weekend, is now an established feature on the festival programme.  An event afloat on Lough Derg, aboard the passenger vessel The Spirit of Killaloe, is entirely weather dependant, but to date we have been fortunate with the weather.  This year, for the first time, the festival will feature film.  A short movie written, directed and produced by students at DIT, will be premiered on Saturday afternoon October 2.  In addition, the committee are finalising arrangements for the screening of a documentary on traditional boat building, more details to follow.  Dromineer Literary Festival is funded by North Tipperary County Council, the Arts Council and by generous local contributions.  Our aim is to maintain the intimate, accessible and friendly nature of the festival with which we first set out and to continue our reputation for quality and fun.

 

 

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Cuisle Limerick City International Poetry Festival

 

 

October 2012

The Cuisle Limerick City International Poetry Festival will take place in mid-October with lunchtime and evening readings by international, national and local poets, as well as a varied programme for schools and a Young Poet of the Year Award. Last year’s festival included performances by British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and the hugely popular Paul Durcan; Catalan poet Joan Margarit i Consarnau; a night of Slovenian poetry with Iztok Osojnik and others; Dubliner Paula Meehan and Mary O’Malley from Galway; Lee Harwood and Clare Best from Sussex; Limerick poet Mark Whelan reading from his new book Brighton Suite.
There will be discussions, socializing and crack, open mic sessions, book launches, including The Stony Thursday Book edited this year by Mary Coll, and the much-loved Cuisle Poetry Slam.

If you’re within a pigeon’s flight of Limerick, or need some poetry in your life, pay us a visit for Cuisle.

Full details of readings and festival timetable are available from http://www.cuisle.limerick.ie/

 

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Feile Bheag Filiochta

 

 

Samhain 2012

2011: Tionólfar an 5ú Féile Bheag Filíochta i mBaile an Fheirtéaraigh ar 11,12,13 Mí na Samhna. Bíonn ana-éileamh ar an bhFéile seo ag tosach an Gheimhridh; Reacaireacht agus Ceardlanna ag filí aitheanta, léacht na Féile, scannán agus ceol agus an Mhíc Oscailte, mar a léann cumadóirí áitiúla agus cuairteoirí a gcuid filíochta.

 

http://www.feilebheagfiliochta.com/

 

 

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Dublin Book Festival

 

16 - 18 November 2012

 

Publishing Ireland is delighted to announce the dates for the 2012 Dublin Book Festival. This year’s festival will take place from the 16th to the 18th of November in venues throughout the city, including Dublin’s iconic City Hall. Although this year’s festival is scheduled closer to the end of the year, you can be sure that the programme will be jam packed with plenty of readings, workshops, children’s events, guest appearances and plenty of other exciting events. So make sure to check back often for the latest developments.

You can also follow Dublin Book Festival and Publishing Ireland on Twitter for the latest news.

Further details at http://www.dublinbookfestival.com/.

 

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In Sight of Raftery Festival

Kiltimagh, Co Mayo

 

November 2012

 

http://www.rafteryfestival.com/en/

 

 

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