DR MARIE CASSIDY – in conversation with Catherine Kirwan

Methodist Church Market Quay, Town-Plots, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

During her 15-year career as Ireland’s State Pathologist, Marie Cassidy became known to the Irish public as a trusted figure whose expertise helped to solve murders and clarify unexplained deaths. […]

€15.00

BOOKBINDING – WORKSHOP HOSTED BY ARTIST AND BINDER ELIZE DEBEER

The Trident Hotel Trident Hotel Kinsale World's End, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

In this introductory bookbinding workshop, you will learn how to make your own A5 stab- bound book, a binding method developed in 17th century Japan that is still used throughout […]

€35.00

STORYTIME WITH NADINE HUGHES CAMPBELL & TRISH KELLEHER

Kinsale Library Church Square, Town-Plots, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

Nadine Hughes Campbell is the author behind Noah’s Cork Adventure. Born and raised in Montréal, Nadine traded in the busy streets of her Canadian hometown for the gorgeous landscapes of […]

Free

DR ETHEL CROWLEY PRESENTS A TRIBUTE TO DERVLA MURPHY

Methodist Church Market Quay, Town-Plots, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

Ethel Crowley PhD is an Irish sociologist. She is the author of Land Matters, Daring to Dream and Your Place or Mine?, as well as other journal articles, book chapters and newspaper articles. Over the years, she has combined university lecturing and academic writing with travels in Latin America, the Middle East and India. She […]

€10.00

SHEILA ARMSTRONG AND NOEL O’REGAN – in conversation with Mairéad Hearne

Methodist Church Market Quay, Town-Plots, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

Sheila Armstrong is a writer and editor from the north-west of Ireland. How to Gut a Fish, her first collection of short stories, was shortlisted for the Kate O’Brien Award and longlisted for the Edge Hill Prize. Falling Animals, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize 2024 and chosen for BBC2’s Between […]

€15.00

KINSALE STORIES: A WALKING TOUR FOR CHILDREN

Kinsale Tourist Office ier Rd, Town-Plots, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

Who was the Bellman? Where was World’s End? What was a bridge of boats? When did chocolate arrive? Why fight a battle at Christmas? Step into history with Barry to […]

Free

RÓNÁN HESSION – in conversation with Shane Coleman

Methodist Church Market Quay, Town-Plots, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

Rónán Hession is an Irish writer and musician based in Dublin. His debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul was published by Bluemoose Books in 2019. It was shortlisted for the […]

€15.00

AN EVENING WITH MARIAN KEYES AND TARA FLYNN

The Trident Hotel Trident Hotel Kinsale World's End, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

Marian Keyes is a phenomenon. The multimillion copy, internationally bestselling author of some of the most widely loved, genre-defying novels of the past thirty years – including Rachel’s Holiday, Anybody […]

€25.00

LOCAL VOICES

Prims Bookshop 43 Main St, Town-Plots, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

We are always very proud and supportive of our local writers and this event is a wonderful opportunity to showcase their talent and spotlight their voices. Michelle Dunne is a […]

€10.00

PAPERMAKING WORKSHOP WITH CAROLINE SMITH

The Friary Space Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

Have you ever wondered how paper was made? Come and learn the ancient technique of paper making using recycled denim, vegetable matter and recycled paper. In the class we will […]

€35.00