Saturday 19 November

All Along the Echo Danny Denton

An Díseart

12.00 – 13.00

Fierce Appetites Elizabeth Boyle

An Díseart

13.30 – 14.30

Writers and Readers with Niamh Campbell 

An Díseart

13.30 – 14.30

All this happened, more or less
Jayne A. Quan

An Díseart

13.30 – 14.30

Faith and Fury Bryan MacMahon

An Díseart

15.00 – 16.00

Wise Up: Power, Wisdom and the Older Woman. Barbara Scully

An Díseart

15.00 – 16.00

An File, Mícheál Ó Gaoithín – The Blasket Painter

Ionad an Bhlascaoid

15.00 – 16.00

Female protagonists and big dreams with Michelle Gallen and Olivia Fitzsimons

An Díseart

15.00 – 16.00

Darach Ó Scolaí i gcomhrá le Cathal Póirtéir 

Café Liteartha

15.00 – 16.00

Seán Hewitt

An Diseart

16.30 – 17.30

Ficsean bleachtaireachta as Gaeilge le Anna Heussaff and Proinsias Mac A Bhaird

An Diseart

16.30 – 17.30

History Through Fiction

An Diseart

16.30 – 17.30

What makes us writers, what makes us readers? Kevin Power & Rob Doyle

An Diseart

18.00 – 19.00

Máirín Nic Con Iomaire Faoi agallamh ag Jamie Flannery

An Diseart

18.00 – 19.00

Living in My Century Eda Sagarra interviewed by Éilis Ní Dhuibhne

Dingle Bookshop

18.00 – 19.00

Threads by Paul Galvin

An Diseart

18.00 – 19.00

John Banville

An Diseart

20.00 – 21.00

Muireann Ní Chíobháin – Maidin spraoi agus Sceálaíocht do pháistí aois 0-5 bliana.

Ionad an Bhlascaoid

11.00 – 12.00

Máire Zepf – Maidin spraoi agus Scéalaíocht do pháistí aois 4-8 bliana.

Ionad an Bhlascaoid

11.00 – 12.00

Festival Club @ McCarthy’s Bar

McCarthy’s Bar

21.00 ’til late

The Dingle Literary Festival was established in 2019 to create an annual book festival to bring readers and authors together in West Kerry.

It’s a literary festival that celebrates living writers as well as honouring the literary heritage of the area. Festival events happen in both Irish and English and range across all genres and age groups. We present both author events and writers’ workshops. Our vision is of a festival where literature, language and landscape converge to create moments to share stories, to connect minds and allow magic to blossom. It’s a place that sparks discussion, fosters innovation and collaboration in the arts and creates a multigenerational community of readers and writers.

The Dingle Literary Festival is a book festival that elevates and celebrates the richness of Irish language and literature in contemporary life. We encourage a vibrant, relevant literary community to support both established and emerging writers.