Welcome to the West Cork Literary Festival podcast, your chance to listen back to some of our events from the 2024 festival in our new podcast series.
Now an annual highlight in the Irish literary calendar, the West Cork Literary Festival is a week-long celebration of writing and reading for people of all ages and we support writers at all stages of their careers. From its humble beginnings as a series of casual poetry readings and fringe events around the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, it has expanded into a varied and extensive programme of readings, talks, workshops and family events growing more adventurous and imaginative with each year. The festival has an excellent national and international reputation and we are delighted to bring the finest Irish and international literary figures to West Cork every July - making exceptional talent accessible to local, regional and national audiences.
Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from 11-18 July 2025. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can sign up for our newsletter to hear about it first.
Support West Cork Literary Festival
Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets
Visit our festival bookshop Bantry Bookshop
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
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Welcome to the West Cork Literary Festival podcast, your chance to listen back to some of our events from the 2024 festival in our new podcast series.
Now an annual highlight in the Irish literary calendar, the West Cork Literary Festival is a week-long celebration of writing and reading for people of all ages and we support writers at all stages of their careers. From its humble beginnings as a series of casual poetry readings and fringe events around the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, it has expanded into a varied and extensive programme of readings, talks, workshops and family events growing more adventurous and imaginative with each year. The festival has an excellent national and international reputation and we are delighted to bring the finest Irish and international literary figures to West Cork every July - making exceptional talent accessible to local, regional and national audiences.
Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from 11-18 July 2025. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can sign up for our newsletter to hear about it first.
Support West Cork Literary Festival
Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets
Visit our festival bookshop Bantry Bookshop
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Colm Tóibín is Ireland's Laureate for Irish Fiction and Long Island is the sequel to his prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn. This exquisite, exhilarating novel asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever. This podcast was recorded at West Cork Literary Festival on 19 July 2024 and Colm was in conversation with Sinéad Gleeson.
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Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of eleven novels, including, The Master, Brooklyn and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Colm was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024. His new novel Long Island is published by Picador in May 2024.
Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from 11-18 July 2025. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can sign up for our newsletter to hear about it first.
Support West Cork Literary Festival
Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets. In particular, you will be supporting our free events for children and our outreach programmes to allow the festival to be accessible to everyone.
Visit our festival bookshop Bantry Bookshop
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.