West Cork Literary Festival
@wcorklitfest
Thanks for making WCLF2025 so wonderful! Save the dates and join us in Bantry 10-17 July 2026. Sign up for our e-newsletter for programme alerts
We were honoured to host the launch of volume 2 of @Corkcoco's Come Sit Awhile. It's a dementia friendly collection of stories, images and memories. Copies available through the network of @corkcolibrary branches & Nursing Homes and Day Care Centres 96fm.ie/news/96fm-news…
Not to be missed 📆 #PureCork
Mark your calendars, book your annual leave and come and see us in #Bantry next summer ☀️ ❤️#SaveTheDate 10-17 July 2026
Listen back to Elaina from Children's Books Ireland @KidsBooksIrel and young reviewers giving book recommendations for ages 8-16 on @OliverCallanRTE @RTERadio1 share.google/lXjzonfMTPk0hf…
Great interview with Mary Hickson, the brains and heart behind Sounds From A Safe Harbour festival, in @image_magazine. The festival takes place across Cork city from 11-14 September 🎟 soundsfromasafeharbour.com image.ie/living/mary-hi…
Always a pleasure to be featured in The Echo ❤️ #PureCork Thanks @cronin_siobhan echolive.ie/corknews/arid-…
Indeed, Roll on 2026. You are all so special. As a writer, to be welcomed to Bantry by the @wcorklitfest is one of the highlights of any year. Thank you, as always.
"A literary triumph for festival" ❤️ We're blushing with all the praise but also delighted with the way that audiences and artists alike embraced the festival and made Bantry the place to be last week. Roll on 2026 @SouthernStarIRL southernstar.ie/news/a-literar…
I’m delighted that ‘Kin’ an anthology that celebrates Romany, Traveller & Nomadic culture is on the WCLF’s reading pile. Both co-editor @fionapoetry & myself hope you enjoy it. @TravellersTimes @GypsyTravellerM @Moving4ChangeUK @mobileandlearn #Poetry #Story #Roma
The WCLF 2025 wrap up has just started but the 2026 reading pile is growing and ready to go #PerkOfTheJob #AmReading ❤️📚🤓
The WCLF 2025 wrap up has just started but the 2026 reading pile is growing and ready to go #PerkOfTheJob #AmReading ❤️📚🤓
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Applications for Poetry Ireland's Introductions / Céadlínte programme will remain open until Monday, July 28th! More info on how to apply here: poetryireland.ie/writers/introd…
Mark your calendars, book your annual leave and come and see us in #Bantry next summer ☀️ ❤️#SaveTheDate 10-17 July 2026
Wednesday 6.30pm in #BantryLibrary #FreeEvent with Australian anthropologist Chris Eipper
"A literary triumph for festival" ❤️ We're blushing with all the praise but also delighted with the way that audiences and artists alike embraced the festival and made Bantry the place to be last week. Roll on 2026 @SouthernStarIRL southernstar.ie/news/a-literar…
Bhí Antain Mac Lochlainn ag Féile Liteartha Iarthar Chorcaí an tseachtain seo caite ag caint le Sarah Ardizzone faoi cheird an aistriúcháin agus a bpróiseas scríbhneoireachta ag aistriú Petit Pays go Gaeilge. Míle buíochas @wcorklitfest 📚
If you were lucky enough to attend our @IrishWritersCtr zine workshop with Annie Mar last week, you'll know how amazing she is. Check out her residency and workshops at @TriskelCork this week triskelartscentre.ie/events/annie-m…
Visit BAntry House & Gardens @pure_cork @PortofCork @Corkcoco @corkbeo @wildatlanticway @TourismIreland @GoToIreland
Last week at WCLF we celebrated the publication of a collection of essays Nothing Compares To You: What Sinéad O'Connor Means To Us, with 3 contributors Martha Bayne, Mieke Eerkens & @allysonpmccabe. Delighted to see a double-page spread in @ST_Culture thetimes.com/world/ireland-…
Running until 20 September in Skibbereen @westcorkarts @CrawfordArtGall 🩷
The exhibition Grá opens this Saturday at 2pm at Uillinn, West Cork. Crawford Art Gallery has partnered up with Uillinn and Salt & Pepper, West Cork’s elder LGBTQI+ arts collective, to celebrate love in all its forms. Admission is free. @CrawfordArtGall @westcorkarts
This amazing @CrawfordArtGall @westcorkarts collaboration with Salt & Pepper LGBTQI+ Art Collective & Toma McCullim runs until 20 September westcorkartscentre.com/event/gra/
Love is all you need as exhibition of Crawford work opens in Skibbereen: The Cork city gallery may be closed, but Uillinn is hosting some of the best pieces in its collection in an exhibition entitled Grá @CrawfordArtGall @westcorkarts irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts…
Beautiful work, supported by @Corkcoco and @artscouncil_ie as part of Creative Places West Cork Islands. Carina is a superb writer with a sensitive & fresh approach to heritage & storytelling #cumasceantar #creativeplaces #beara #WestCork
My play goes on tour #Beara #IrishMythology…so far….if you’re near Listowel, Electric Picnic, Kenmare or Bere Island, described as ‘a moving work’ please come along and see The Crow’s Old Gold #irishtheatre
Maximum star-power in Bantry as Graham Norton and Ryan Tubridy join forces for fun evening, for the West Cork Literary Festival finale. @wcorklitfest irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arts…