Cork World Book Fest 2025 Programme

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OPENING NIGHT Official Opening by Lord Mayor Cllr Dan Boyle

Friendship Crafts Laurie Legrand City Library | 11am | Free Writing for Children and Young Adults: An Introduction E.R. Murray City Library | 2pm | Free Book Launch: Writers Anonymous by William Wall With introduction by Liam Ronayne. City Library | 8.30pm | Free

Who We Are, At Home and Abroad Christine Dwyer Hickey, Catriona Shine and Kevin Curran. In conversation with Mary Morrissy. City Library | 7pm | Free

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The Art of the Chapbook With Lauren O'Donovan, Rafael Mendes and Jordan McCarthy. In conversation with Molly Twomey. City Library | 5pm | Free Diversity in the Arts Today With contemporary artist Jesse Jones, Nidhi Zak/ Aria Eipe (Skein Press) and Alanna Offield (Macha Press). In conversation with Sarah Harte. City Library | 6.30pm | Free Natasha Brown and Charles Lang In conversation with Rosa Rogers. City Library | 8pm | Free

TEEN DAY

Kel Menton on A Fix of Light , Writing and Cork City Library | 11am | Free Teen Graphic Novel Launch With Colin O'Mahoney and Mari Rolin City Library | 2pm | Free Graphic Workshop with Mari Rolin and Colin O'Mahoney City Library | 3pm | Free

FRINGE EVENT Wednesday 30 April Book Launch: The Unfinished Book of Poetry Paul Casey City Library | 1pm | Free

Scéalaíocht with Glór na Gael Elaine Dold City Library | 10am | Free

Doire Authors Showcase Claire Hennessy, Mary Morrissy and Linda McKenna. In conversation

with Madeline D'Arcy. City Library | 5pm | Free

Clever Little Handies ISL Sign and Rhyme with Claire Glynn City Library | 12pm | Free

Debut Poetry Collection Launch: Care by Jennifer Horgan With Thomas McCarthy. City Library | 6.30pm | Free The Style In Which It Departed Aifric Mac Aodha and Daniel Hahn. In conversation with Keith Payne. City Library | 8pm | Free Book Launch: Prisoner’s Bodies by Oisin Wall Launch by Professor Catherine Cox, Dr Elizabeth Kiely and Michael Donnelly. UCC | 5pm | Free Irish Food History: A Companion Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire and Grace Neville. In conversation with Joe McNamee. The Farmgate Café | 5pm | Free Fióruisce : The Myth and the Music John Spillane with James Furey. City Library | 6.30pm | Free Spoken Stories Nuala O'Connor, Paul McVeigh and Colm Ó Ceallacháin. In conversation with Cliodna Ní Anluain. Triskel | 8pm | €5

This Is How You Remember It UCC Translator in Residence Laetitia Devaux and Catherine Prasifka. In conversation with Mary Noonan. City Library | 3.30pm | Free

Intergenerational Poetry Film Launch Colm Scully City Library | 11am | Free Launch of Russian Collection of Children's Books City Library | 2pm | Free Workshop: Translation Dystopias II: Rodoreda's Journeys and Flowers The HUB, UCC | 2-5pm | Free Contact h.buffery@ucc.ie to book

Two for the Road Cónal Creedon and Mairéad Hearne. City Library | 3.30pm | Free

Get Published Day

Meet the Agents Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin with Simon Trewin and Nicky Lovick. City Library | 10am | Free

Getting into Print Sam Blake talks to Amy Jordan. City Library | 2pm | Free

First Page Pitch Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin City Library | 11.30am | Free

The Many Voices of Spain: 10,000 Miles by Bike Xabier Cid in conversation with Martín Veiga and Keith Payne. City Library | 4.45pm | Free Journeys and Flowers Gala Sicart Olavide with Nick Caistor. In conversation with Helena Buffery. City Library | 5.30pm | Free Beautiful, Wilful & Adrift Kathleen Murray and Lisa Harding. In conversation with Paul McVeigh. Triskel | 7pm | Free Buile Shuibhne: Sweeney's Madness A Multi-Media Performance of Spoken Word, Visuals and Live Music Rody Gorman, Seán MacErlaine, Diane Ní Channáin and Margaret Lonergan. Triskel | 8.30pm | €5 Presented in association with Poetry Ireland Book Fest by Night: Music & Poetry Paul Dunlea with Billy Ramsell and Damen O'Brien. MC Dean Browne Plugd Records & Café | 9.45pm | €5 Crime Time at the River Lee Catherine Kirwan and Catherine Ryan Howard. In conversation with Mairead Hearne. River Lee Hotel | 4.30pm | Free - booking essential In the good seats: Essays on film Cathy Sweeney and Francis Halsall. In conversation with Benjamin Rupprecht.

Book Market on the Grand Parade 10am-4pm | Free Arabic Storytelling Sanaa Khabbar and Meryem Idar City Library | 11am | Free Noah's Galway Adventure Nadine Hughes Campbell City Library | 2pm | Free One City One Book: Stone Mad by Seamus Murphy Book Launch by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Walking Tour with Eoghan Daltun. In association with Mercier Press. Cork Public Museum, Fitzgerald's Park | 2pm | Free Tales of Resilience Brighid ‘Biddy’ McLaughlin and Katriona O'Sullivan. In conversation with Elmarie Mawe. Triskel | 3.30pm | €5 The Holy Hour Cónal Creedon and Gerry Murphy. Callanan's Bar | 4.15pm | Free Designed for Life: Architecture and Design in Cork City 1900-90 Walking Tour with Tom Spalding. City Library (meeting point) | 11am | Free - booking essential Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story Triskel Cinema | 12pm | €7.50 The Best of Everything Kit de Waal in conversation with Paul McVeigh River Lee Hotel | 3pm | Free - booking essential

With Out of Frame, Cork. The Roundy | 6pm | Free

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