While translating his father’s and grandfather’s diaries from the two World Wars, Joachim was drawn into conversation and arguments with his forefathers that never happened when they were alive. Joachim grew up in Hamburg, Germany and studied at the Universities of Freiburg and Hamburg, then Cambridge and Chicago. He came to Ireland in 1971 and […]

Come and join us for an evening of readings, curated by poet Matthew Geden. We will be showcasing work by new and established writers. This will be a relaxed and intimate event and everyone is welcome. Matthew Geden was born and brought up in England and moved to Kinsale in 1990. He is a poet […]

Diarmuid Ferriter and Peadar Thompson in conversation with JJ Hurley Diarmuid Ferriter is Full Professor and Chair of Modern Irish History at UCD, as well as the author of numerous books, including The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000 (2004), Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s (2012), The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics […]

In the Celtic calendar, Samhain is a time for honouring those who have gone before us, when the veils of the world are at their thinnest and our ancestors can come close to blend with us their love and wisdom. Paddy Doyle, poet and storyteller, will create a sacred space in which participants are invited […]

Niall’s newest novel, Time of the Child was published in 2024 to wide critical acclaim and won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award in 2025.  It centres Dr Jack Troy, who lives with his eldest daughter Ronnie in the small village of Faha in West Clare, and whose responsibilities for the sick […]

Harriet Wistrich in conversation with Vanessa Conneely Harriet Wistrich is the Founder and Director of the UK's Centre for Women’s Justice. A trained solicitor, with decades of experience, Harriet won the Liberty Human Rights Lawyer of the Year award 2014, Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year 2018 for public law, and Law Society Gazette personality […]

Join us for a celebration of exciting new voices from Cork, as four outstanding debut novelists share their journeys into fiction. Catherine Airey grew up in England in a family of mixed English-Irish descent and studied at the University of Cambridge. She is one of the Observer’s Best New Novelists for 2025 and shortlisted for […]

Moderated by Shane Coleman. Two acclaimed authors come together to discuss writing, memory, love, loss, and the powerful role of fiction in shaping how we see the world. Kit de Waal, born to an Irish mother and Caribbean father, was brought up among the Irish community of Birmingham in the 1960s and 70s. Her debut […]

Aoife Barry is a Dublin-based freelance arts journalist and broadcaster. She is the author of the bestselling non-fiction book Social Capital (HarperCollins Ireland) about the impact of social media on our lives, which was nominated for an Irish Book Award in 2023. Her essays and fiction have been published by ROPES journal, Banshee, ThiWurd, and […]

Described as ‘specialists in sorcery’ (Irish Times), GAITKRASH Theatre Company presents an exciting montage of Samuel Beckett’s later plays, Footfalls (Bernadette Cronin, Máirín Prendergast) and Not I (Regina Crowley), wrapped in an experimental soundscape (Mick O’Shea). Beckett’s work goes to the heart of the core existential questions that we all face in our lives and […]

Sharing is caring and what better thing to share than a love of books! Bring your fiction, non-fiction and children’s books to our bookswap and exchange them for something new to you.

Matthew Geden was born and brought up in England, moving to Kinsale in 1990. He is a poet with numerous publications throughout Ireland and abroad. His most recent collections include Fruit (SurVision Books, 2020) and The Cloud Architect (Doire Press, 2022). He was Writer-in-Residence for Cork County Library and Arts Service 2020-2022. Originally from Princeton, […]