Going to the festival
Tickets and programme
Festival dates, venues, line-ups and ticket releases change each year. Use the official links below for current availability and booking details.
Ireland literary festival
Cork World Book Fest
Cork festival celebrating books, reading and international literature.
Cork, IrelandApril
What it is about
Cork festival celebrating books, reading and international literature.
Organisers
Cork City Libraries and partners
Attendance notes
Useful Irish reader and library-facing festival.
Check the official site for current dates, accessibility, venue maps, ticket rules, waiting lists and livestream options.
Book Bag connection
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1:03:10
After Hans Holbein arrived in England, painting would never be the same again. Elizabeth Goldring...
Hans Holbein's masterpieces are world-renowned, but who was the man behind those brilliantly observed portraits of the Tudor court? Elizabeth Goldring drops into the Book Bag to discuss her marvellous new biography.
1:08:50
Suzi chats with historian Kathryn Hughes. The history of cats and so much more.
Historian Kathryn Hughes joins Suzi in the Book Bag to discuss 'Catland', a vastly entertaining glimpse into the bizarre world of Victorian artist Louis Wain and his anthropomorphic felines. Think Richard Dadd with cats instead of fairies.
1:23:22
Suzi chats with Fabio Barry
No one decodes the esoteric meanings behind churches, temples and palaces like architectural historian Fabio Barry. He joins Suzi in the Book Bag to discuss his prizewinning book 'Painting in Stone', a brilliant survey of marble decoration from the ancient world to the Enlightenment.
1:05:38
Suzi chats with historian Daisy Dunn
Historian Daisy Dunn joins Suzi in the Book Bag to discuss 'The Missing Thread', her scintillating account of the classical world from the Minoans to the Romans, giving women their proper place in the story. Finally!
1:15:29
Suzi chats with renowned poet John McCullough
Polari-prizewinning poet John McCullough drops into the Book Bag to explain why each of his four collections builds on the one before, how the poetry world has changed for the better, and why he'll never forget his old science teacher. Plus: some nifty writing tips!
1:18:12
Suzi chats with author Henry Jeffreys
Henry Jeffreys is an award-winning drinks writer and former literary publicist. His book 'Empire of Booze' looks at the influence of the British on classic drinks around the world, from port and sherry to claret and champagne.
1:03:51
Suzi Feay chats with author and editor John Walsh
The former literary editor of the Sunday Times and the Independent, John Walsh is the author of the novel 'Sunday at the Cross Bones' and two previous memoirs, 'The Falling Angels' and 'Are You Talking to Me?: A life in the movies'. His latest book is 'Circus of Dreams: Adventures in the 1980s literary world'.
1:28:57
Suzi chats with author Tom Cox
Tom Cox, the man behind the Twitter sensation 'My Sad Cat', is the author of non-fiction titles '21st Century Yokel', 'Notebook', 'Nice Jumper' about the world of golf, and 'Close Encounters of the Furred Kind'. He chats to Suzi about his move into fiction with short stories 'Help the Witch' and new novel 'Villager', the accompanying artwork and soundtracks,
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