January
Classics Now
21–23 January, Dublin
@ClassicsNowFest
February
North Belfast Festival
25–27 February
@northbelfast100
March
Ennis Book Club Festival
4–6 March, Ennis, Co Clare
@ebcf
Belfast Children’s Festival
4–13 March, Belfast
@Young_at_Art
NOIRELAND International Crime Fiction Festival
8–10 March*, Belfast
@NOIRELANDfest
Kanturk Arts Festival
15–19 March*, Kanturk, Co Cork
@KanturkArts
Ballydonoghue Bardic Festival
24–27 March, Ballydonoghue/Lisselton, Co Kerry
Facebook/BallydonoghueBardicFestival
April
Dublin: One City One Book
1–30 April, Dublin
@1dublin1book
Cúirt International Festival of Literature 4–10 April, Galway @CuirtFestival
Franco-Irish Literary Festival
8–10 April, Dublin
@afdublin
Cork World Book Fest
20–25 April*, Cork
@WorldBookFest
Brewery Lane Writers’ Weekend
22–24 April, Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary
@BrewerLaneT
Towers and Tales Lismore Story Festival
29–30 April, Lismore, Co Waterford
@TowersandTales
Féile na Bealtaine
28 April–2 May, Dingle, Co. Kerry
@feilebealtaine
Annual Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend
30 April–2 May*, Achill Island, Co Mayo
@BollAchill
May
Féile na Bealtaine 28 April–2 May, Dingle, Co. Kerry
@feilebealtaine
Annual Heinrich Böll Memorial Weekend
30 April–2 May*, Achill Island, Co Mayo
@BollAchill
Strokestown International Poetry Festival
1–3 May*, Strokestown, Co Roscommon
@Strokestownpoem
Marie Edgeworth Literary Festival
6–8 May, Edgeworthstown, Longford
@edgeworthsoc
Padraic Colum International Literary Festival
15 May*, Longford
@CreativeLongfd
Cork International Poetry Festival
18–21 May, Cork
@MunLitCentre
International Literature Festival Dublin
19–29 May, Dublin
@ILFDublin
June
Listowel Writers’ Week
1–5 June, Listowel, Co Kerry
@Writersweek
Goldsmith International Literary Festival
3–5 June, various locations in Co Longford
@Goldsmithfest
Festival of Writing and Ideas
10–12 June, Borris, Co Carlow
@Writingandideas
Belfast Book Festival
10–19 June, Belfast
@BelfastBookFest
Bloomsday Festival
11–16 June*, Dublin
@bloomsdayfest
Dalkey Book Festival
16–19 June, Dalkey, Co Dublin
@dalkeybookfest
Immrama – Lismore Festival of Travel Writing
17–19 June, Lismore, Co Waterford
@lismoreimmrama
Limerick Literary Festival
18–19 June, Limerick
@kobweekend
Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts
23–26 June, Kells, Co Meath
@HinterlandKells
July
Wexford Literary Festival
1–4 July*, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford
@WexfordLitFest
West Cork Literary Festival
8–15 July, Bantry, Co Cork
@wcorklitfest
John Hewitt Society International Summer School
25–30 July, Armagh
@The_JHS
August
Blueway Poetry Festival
30 July–1 August, Lismore, Co Waterford
@BluewayPoetry
TitanCon, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature Festival
5–7 August, Belfast
@TitanConBelfast
Ennistymon Book Town Festival
28–29 August*, Ennistymon, Co Clare
@BooksEnnistymon
September
The Write Time Festival 1–30 September*, Dublin @fingallibraries
International Dublin Writers Festival
16–18 September, Dublin
facebook.com/internationaldublinwritersfestival
Shaking Bog Nature Writing Festival
10–12 September*, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow
@theshakingbog
Cashel Arts Festival
15–18 September, Cashel, Co. Tipperary
@Cashelartsfest
C.S. Lewis Festival
15–18 September, Belfast
@CSLewsisFest
Children’s Books Ireland International Conference
22 September, Dublin
@KidsBooksIrel
Write By The Sea Festival
23–25 September, Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford
@write_KQ
Aspects Festival
24 September–3 October*, Bangor, Co Down
@aspectsfestival
Éigse Michael Hartnett Festival
30 September–2 October*, Newcastle West, Co Limerick
@EigseMHartnett
Bray Literary Festival
30 September–2 October, Bray, Co Wicklow
@braylitfest
October
Éigse Michael Hartnett Festival
30 September–2 October*, Newcastle West, Co Limerick
@EigseMHartnett
Bray Literary Festival 30 September–2 October, Bray, Co Wicklow @braylitfest
Dromineer Literary Festival
1–3 October*, Dromineer, Nenagh, Co Tipperary
@DromineerLit
Echoes: Maeve Binchy and Irish Writers Festival
1–3 October*, Dalkey, Co Dublin
@echoesdalkey
Children’s Book Festival
1–31 October, Libraries countrywide
Kildare Readers Festival
1–17 October*, throughout Co Kildare
@KildareReaders
Words by Water
2–5 October, Kinsale, Co Cork
@WordsByWater
Iron Mountain Literature Festival
5–7 October*, Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim
Wild Atlantic Words Literary Festival
5–10 October*, Mayo
@WildWordsMayo
Cork International Short Story Festival
6–10 October, Cork
@MunLitCentre
Bookville Festival Kilkenny
7–12 October, Kilkenny
@bookvillekilkenny
Gerard Manley Hopkins International Literary Festival
8–10 October*, Newbridge, Co Kildare
Dalkey Creates Festival
11–14 October*, Dalkey, Co Dublin
@DalkeyCreates
Red Line Book Festival
11–17 October*, Dublin
@RedLineBookFest
ISLA (Irish, Spanish and Latin American) Literary Festival
14–16 October*, Dublin
@ICDublin
Octocon, the National Irish Science Fiction Convention
15–16 October, Croke Park, Dublin
@Octocon
Waterford Writers’ Weekend (part of theImagine Arts Festival)
21–23 October, Waterford
@Wwritersweekend
@Imagine_Fest
Omagh Literary Festival: Honouring Benedict Kiely
23 October*, Omagh, Co Tyrone
@kiely_weekend
November
Leaves Festival of Writing & Music
2–7 November*, Portlaoise, Co Laois
@leavesfestival
Allingham Festival
3–7 November*, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal
@AllinghamArts
An Fhéile Beag Filíochta
5–7 November*, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, Co Chiarraí
@Féilebeagfillíochta
Murder One International Crime Writing Festival
6–29 November*, Dublin
@MurderOneFest
Dublin Book Festival
9–13 November, Dublin
@DublinBookFest
Imram Irish Language Literature Festival
11 November–15 December* , Dublin
@Feile_IMRAM
Festival of Reading and Writing for Young Adults
17–20 November*, Waterford
@TheLitYWF
Rolling Sun Book Festival
15–18 November*, Westport, Co Mayo
Facebook/RollingSunBookFestival
The Lit: Festival of Reading and Writing for Young Adults
17–20 November*, Waterford
@TheLitYWF
Dingle Literary Festival
18–20 November, Dingle, Co Kerry
@DingleLit
Did not run in 2021 but due to return in 2022
Bram Stoker Festival
Dublin
@bramstokerdub
Allihies Inspires Festival
Allihies village, Beara, Co Cork
@Allihiesinspire
Cancelled for 2022
Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival
Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
@mountainstosea
Féile Fidelma Mystery Fiction Weekend
6–8 September, Cashel, Co Tipperary
@Cashelartsfest
No information available as yet for 2022
Doolin Writers’ Weekend
Usually held last weekend in January, Doolin, Co Clare
@HotelDoolin
UL/Frank McCourt Creative Writing Festival
Limerick City
Howth Literary Arts Festival Howth
Co Dublin
@howthlitfest
Graiguenamanagh Town of Books Festival
Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny
Facebook/IrelandsBooktown
Something Wicked Crime Fiction Festival
Malahide, Co Dublin
@somethingwicket
Hillsborough Festival of Literature & Ideas
Hillsborough, Co Down
@The_JHS (Did not take place in 2021)
John O’Connor Writing School Literary Arts Festival
Armagh
@johnoconnorws
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