West Cork Literary Festival
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 Follow us on BlueSky Social Instagram Twitter/X Facebook Subscribe to our YouTube channel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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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Listen back to an unforgettable evening of stories, laughter and outspoken opinions with Miriam Margolyes. This podcast was recorded at West Cork Literary Festival on 15 July 2024 and Miriam was in conversation with Lynn Ruane.
‘My new book is called OH MIRIAM! – something that has been said to me a lot over the years, often in tones of strong disapproval. It contains lots more revelations and stories and discoveries a...
The novels of Hisham Matar and Priscilla Morris speak to us now more than ever. ‘My Friends’, the new novel by Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author Hisham Matar, is a masterful, intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide from the of ‘The Return’. Priscilla Morris’ Women’s Prize-shortlisted novel ‘Black Butterflies’ is set in Sarajevo...
The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust Survival, Music and Hope is Roxanne de Bastion's story of her grandfather, Stephen, and it was named 'one of 2024's most anticipated books' by BBC Culture. It is a story about a piano and its most prodigious player – how it, along with him, survived WWII. Some of Stephen's music is performed during the event with Roxanne singing live alongside recordings of his piano play...
'The Teacher’s Pet' is a true-crime podcast by Hedley Thomas, The Australian newspaper's award-winning national chief correspondent, and it has had more than 52 million downloads worldwide. Hedley’s book of the same name now brings us behind the scenes of this incredible true story of the disappearance of Lynette Simms from Sydney's idyllic northern beaches in 1982. Lyn's husband Chris D...
Jan Carson is a master of the short story form and she released a dazzling new collection of stories in 2024. Jan’s collection Quickly, While They Still Have Horses contains bold, tender, surprising stories of youth and innocence, age and experience - and all the spaces in between. Fellow short story writer Thomas Morris was scheduled to be part of this event but was unable to ...
Tobi Lakmaker's The History of My Sexuality is an irreverent and charmingly chaotic debut about queer sexuality and the highs and lows of your 20s caused a sensation in Europe on first publication. Tobi was named as the new literary talent of 2021 in Vogue magazine in the Netherlands. The novel was published in English in 2024 and his visit to West Cork was supported by the Dutch Fo...
2024 saw the publication of two highly anticipated debut novels by acclaimed Irish writers. Hagstone is the debut novel from award-winning essayist and editor of short story anthologies, Sinéad Gleeson, and Breakdown is written by Cathy Sweeney, an author best-known for her short stories. This podcast was recorded at West Cork Literary Festival on 18 July 2024 and Sinéad and Cathy were in conversation with fellow author Colin Barre...
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