The duration of the Fest has also expanded thanks to the network of partners and collaborators that have been built over the years
Liam Ronayne and Ann Luttrell, founders of Cork World Book Festival, with Gillian Hennessy, the marketing manager, and Patricia Looney, acting city librarian and director of Cork World Book Fest. Photograph: Clare Keogh Cork World Book Fest celebrates its 20th edition from April 23rd to 28th. The festival started back in 2005 when Cork was European Capital of Culture.
The duration of the Fest has also expanded thanks to the network of partners and collaborators we have built over the years. And thanks also to our funders, the Arts Council of Ireland, Cork City Council and our loyal hotel partner, the River Lee Hotel. While most events take place at Cork City Library or at Triskel Arts Centre, we continue to programme events in other locations.
A wealth of international voices from Germany, Galicia, Italy, Catalonia, Chile, Japan, Palestine, Syria, India, Egypt and the UK are putting the “world” into our Book Fest. Writers Suad Aldarra and Sree Sen, who straddle being Irish and their home countries of Syria and India respectively, will take part in a discussion on the topic of home.
Sam Blake will debut her YA novel; there will be a YA session titled Thinking Outside the Box; teens celebrating their literary achievements with launches of The Unfinished Book of Poetry and the Teen Graphic Novel; a baby sign and rhyme story time with Leona Forde; events with children’s authors Nadine Hughes Campbell, Ellen Ryan, Pádraig Kenny and illustrators Conor Merriman and Karen Harte; the launch of a French collection for children; and author Rónán Hession meeting his...
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