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CORK WORLD
BOOK FEST
Mon 23 - Sat 28 April 2018
City Library - Grand Parade
Triskel Christchurch
AT I O N
IN G IN FORM
BOO K
Cork City Library Triskel Christchurch
Library events are free of charge In Person: Triskel Box Office
and tickets are not required.
By phone: 021 4272022
Where pre-booking is specified 24hr Online Booking:
you can do so, www.triskelartscentre.ie
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By Phone: 021-4924900
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Cork World Book Festival
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CORK WORLD BOOK FEST 2018
It is hard to believe that it is 13 years The Cork World Book Fest is a joint
since the first Cork World Book Fest. production of the City Libraries and Triskel
When we put ‘World’ in the title in Christchurch, with the active support of
2005, it was an aspiration. Now Cork the Munster Literature Centre.
is a vibrant intercultural city, and the
This year the Fest will take place in the
Intercultural City is one of the key
City Library, in the Grand Parade plaza
strands of this year’s Fest. outside the Library, in the adjoining
Bishop Lucey Park and Triskel
The 2018 Fest is the 14th edition of a Christchurch, and on the streets (and
festival which continues to grow in some of the cafés) of Cork (see Fired! on
range and breadth, and which, we page 14).
hope, gets more interesting by the
year. We hope you enjoy the 14th Cork World
Book Fest – it is you, the audience, who
ensure its continued success each year.
The Fest has always sought to combine
readings by world class writers in a variety
of settings with a cultural streetfair: book
stalls, music, street entertainment, the
The Cork World Book Fest
spoken word, and more. This year we
Programme Team
welcome international writers; Chang
Ying-Tai, Nicholas Shakespeare, Dušan
Šarotar, Luz Pichel, Olga Novo and many
more.
The Fest compliments other literary
events in the city and region, but is quite
different putting readings and books on
the street, for example. It is a participa- Ann Luttrell Patricia Looney
tive, inclusive event, connecting readers
with established and emerging Irish and
international authors. We also encourage
participation through the numerous
workshops that are held during the week.
The literature in translation sessions
showcase the role of literature in world
culture while new Irish writing is supported
by launching new work. Tina Darb Liam Ronayne
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MONDAY 23 APRIL
OFFICI
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NING
River lee hotel 13.00 FREE-booking rec.
23 April, the date on which both Cervantes and Shakespeare died,
has been recognized by UNESCO as World Book Day for many
decades.
The Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork will join the Cork World Book Fest
team to officially open this year’s Fest, in homage to the Catalan
tradition of the Book and the Rose.
A celebration of books and reading
uniting Cork and Barcelona!
(For booking email:
annluttrell@triskelartscentre.ie.)
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TUESDAY 24 APRIL
City Library 10.00 FREE-Booking REC.
A morning with Shane Hegarty
Shane Hegarty is the writer of the
Darkmouth series of fantasy adventure
books. With fun visuals, creative games
and lots of audience participation, this
event will reveal to local schoolchildren
where he finds his ideas for the
Darkmouth series, and how children can
unlock theirs. Shane even reveals the two
most important words behind any great
story.
Shane Hegarthy
City Library 19.00 FREE
Rainbow Writing
The opening night of this year’s festival Sarah Clancy, from Galway, is the author
celebrates LGBT+ writers and literature. of three collections of poetry, including
Join writers Brian Finnegan, Jamie The Truth and Other Stories, Stacey and
O’Connell, poet Sarah Clancy and Orla the Mechanical Bull Belfast, and Thanks
Egan for an evening of lively discussion for Nothing, Hippies.
and readings.
Her work has been published in the UK,
Brian Finnegan is editor of Ireland’s LGBT Canada and the United States. It has
magazine GCN. He edited the short story also been published in translation in Italy,
collection, Quare Fella. He is the author Poland, Slovenia and Mexico.
of Camp as Knickers and two novels,
The Forced Redundancy Film Club and
Knowing Me Knowing You. He has also
ghostwritten a number of celebrity
autobiographies.
Brian Finnegan Sarah Clancy
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TUESDAY 24 APRIL
Orla Egan is the author of Queer
Republic of Cork, Cork’s Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Communities, 1970s-1990s.
She created the Cork LGBT Archive
to preserve and share information on
Cork’s rich history of LGBT activism and
community formation.
Jamie O’Connell has been short-listed Orla Egan Jamie O’Connell
for the Maeve Binchy Award and the
Sky Arts Future’s Fund, and long-listed for
BBC Radio 4 Opening Lines Short Story
Competition.
O’Connell’s critically acclaimed debut
short story collection Some sort of beauty
was published by Bradshaw Books in
2012.
City Library 20.00 FREE short-story collections. Two of her novels,
The Bear Whispers to Me and As Flowers
Chang Ying-Tai & Billy O’Callaghan Bloom and Wither, have been translated
Chang Ying-Tai（張瀛太) is an award- into English. Zither Player of Angkor, is
winning Taiwanese novelist and short forthcoming in late 2018.
story writer. She holds the position of
Distinguished Professor at the National Chang Ying-Tai will be in conversation
Taiwan University of Science and with writer Billy O’Callaghan.
Technology, Taipei. Over the past two
decades, she has been the recipient
of numerous major awards, including
the Award for Literary Writing from the
Taiwanese Ministry of Education.
Her works include four novels and three
Chang Ying-Tai
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WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL
Teen Day - All Day
City Library 10.00 - 19.00
Teen Day
Cork City Library Teen Committee’s Teen Day 2018
includes writing workshops, quizzes, cardboard
cosplay, board games, an open mic and much
more.
Attend events throughout the day for your chance
to win a prize hamper! Events are free and open to
13 – 18 year olds.
City Library 10.35 FREE City Library 10.40 FREE
Launch - Graphic Novel by Short Story Competition
Eoin Coveney This year’s winners will be
announced by writer Kevin Doyle.
Alan Corbett is an illustrator and writer
with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration
from the Cambridge School of Art. His
City Library 10.50 FREE
graphic novel The Ghost of Shandon was
shortlisted for Cork’s Favourite Book.
Teen Committee Open Invite
Colin O’ Mahoney is a freelance editor to Teen Day events
and co-founder of Turncoat Press, The Library Teen Committee comprises
and the Cork Comic Creators group. of a group of teenagers ranging in age
He edited The Guards, which the Irish from 13- 17. The group plan World Book
Examiner rated “Graphic Novel of the Fest’s Teen Day, using the day to put a
Year”, and which is currently being spotlight on library services to teenagers
considered for publication by Dark Horse. in Cork city.
Together Alan and Colin are the art
and story editors for Cork City Libraries’
annual Teen Graphic Novel.
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WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL
City Library-children’s library 11.00 FREE City Library-THOMAS DAVIS ROOM 13.00 FREE
Speed Dating with Books LGBT Representation in Young Adult
Our book matchmakers will be on hand Fiction
to help you find the book of your dreams. E.R. Murray will lead a discussion on LGBT
Suitable for Teenagers 13+. representation and stereotype in Young
Adult Fiction. Author of the acclaimed
Nine Lives trilogy and Young Adult novel
City Library 11.15 FREE Caramel Hearts, E.R. Murray’s debut, The
Book of Learning – Nine Lives Trilogy 1
Unfinished Book Launch was chosen as the 2016 Dublin UNESCO
Citywide Read for Children.
The 14th edition of The Unfinished Book
of Poetry features brand new verse She has being shortlisted in major
from over 40 students from five Cork international writing competitions
secondary schools. including Francis MacManus , Penguin/
RTE Guide, Powers/Irish Times (flash
Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr Fergal Dennehy fiction), and Aesthetica Creative Works
will launch the book, followed by (poetry).
comments from the assisting writers and
readings from the contributors.
City Library-children’s library 12.00 FREE
Teen Quiz
Join the fun with our Teen Committee.
City Library-children’s library 13.00 FREE
Cardboard Cosplay Challenge
Do you have what it takes to win our
cardboard cosplay challenge?
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WEDNESDAY 25 APRIL
City Library-children’s library 14.00 FREE City Library 19.00 FREE
Mindfullness for Teens Matthew Sweeney My Life
Join Martyna Maciejowska who will
lead a discussion on stress and how to
as a Painter - Poetry Event
Matthew Sweeney’s palette in
manage it for teenagers, followed by My Life as a Painter, his twelfth
a guided meditation. collection, features a wild mix of birds
and animals: lizards, snakes, rats,
camels, donkeys, feral cats, dogs and
City Library-children’s library 17.45 fREE owls. One dog transmits telepathic
requests for the food he wants, and
Open Mic with Amy Snow there’s a parrot who speaks as
ambassador for the bird world.
Amy Snow began song writing as
a teen and has since performed Sweeney’s canvas here is the
in Ireland, Sweden, all over the UK transhuman: where boundaries
and the USA’s East Coast. She has between human and non-human
specialised in vocal performance and can’t be fixed, dreams turn into
music education. torments, secrets stay hidden, strange
communiqués remain unclear, and the
With a penchant for the nerdier things natural weirdness of his native Donegal
in life Amy takes inspiration from Harry verges on the surreal.
Potter, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Thor, Iron
This will be a special night of
Man and Avengers Assemble.
celebration as Matthew Sweeney is
joined by friends Jo Shapcott, Maurice
Riordan, Gerry Murphy, Mary Noonan,
Deane Brown and Patrick Cotter to
read from the book.
Patrick Cotter, Director of the Munster
Literature Centre, will introduce the
readers.
Photo: John Minihan
Matthew Sweeney
7THURSDAY 26 APRIL
City Library-children’s library 10.00 FREE City Library 11.30-12.30&15.30-16.30 FREE
Story Rhythm and Rhyme Poetry Surprises!
with Deidre Ryan Celebrating World Poetry Day.
Suitable for babies and toddlers A unique spoken word performance
accompanied by an adult. by Maria Wojdylo Kelly from poems by
Cork based poets. Maria will also be
performing her poem Safety, Sanctuary,
Set of Web. Themes include nature,
City Library 10.30 FREE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL inner inspection, inner exploration, social
analysis and health.
Ag Caint le Ré Ó Laighléis
Irish language author Ré Ó Laighléis will
talk to secondary school students about
what inspires him to write and will share
his enthusiasm for the Irish language.
Ré Ó Laighléis is a writer of children’s,
teenage and adult fiction in English
and Irish. He was presented with the
‘An Peann faoi Bhláth’ award by the
President of Ireland, Mary McAleese,
in recognition of his contribution to Irish
literature. His best known collections
include the multi-translated Ecstasy
and other stories, Heart of Burren Stone,
Goimh agus scéalta eile, Bolgchaint
agus scéalta eile, Punk and many others
Fáilte roimh chách.
Ré Ó Laighléis
8THURSDAY 26 APRIL
City Library 19.00 FREE
Bodies in the Library; Crime Fiction To Keep a bird singing is Kevin’s first
novel. It will be launched by Danielle
by Julie Parsons and Kevin Doyle McLaughlin. Danielle won the Saboteur
Julie Parsons was born in New Zealand Award for Best Short Story Collection 2016
but has lived in Ireland for most of and with Madeleine D’Arcy runs Fiction
her adult life. She was a radio and TV at the Friary.
producer with RTE until her first novel,
Mary. Mary was published in 1998. It was
a critical and commercial success and
translated into many languages. The
Therapy House won the Crime Fiction
Book of the Year Award at the Irish Book
Awards 2017.
Julie will be in conversation with Mary
Morrissy, award winning Irish novelist and
associate Director of Creative Writing at
University College, Cork.
City Library 20.00 FREE
Book Launch: To Keep a Bird
Singing
Kevin Doyle holds a Masters in Organic
Synthesis from NUI (Cork), and now works
as a writer and creative writing teacher.
He is the winner of and has been short
listed for many awards including the
Tipperary Short Story Award, Over The
Edge New Writer Of The Year, Hennessy
Literary Awards, Seán Ó Faoláin Prize and
the McLaverty Short Story Award.
ISL Interpreted Event By Ray Greene
Julie Parsons Kevin Doyle
9THURSDAY 26 APRIL
TRISKEL CHRISTCHURCH 20.30 5/6
In Tasmania
Nicholas Shakespeare
Few authors have been so in love with
the Australian landscape as Nicholas
Shakespeare. The award-winning author
has devoted years to writing about
Australia, including a non-fiction work, In
Tasmania, as well as his novel Secrets of
the Sea, which is set in the island state.
Nicholas Shakespeare first went to
Tasmania, having heard of the island’s
exceptional beauty, because it was
famously remote. He soon decided that
this was where he wanted to live. Only
later did he discover a cache of letters
written by an ancestor as corrupt as he Nicholas Shakespeare
was colourful: Anthony Fenn Kemp, the
so-called Father of Tasmania. On his
mother’s side, too, Shakespeare found
he had unknown Tasmanian relations; a
pair of spinsters who had never left their
farm except once, in 1947, to buy shoes.
In this fascinating history of two turbulent
centuries in an apparently idyllic place,
Shakespeare weaves the history of the
island with his multiple stories.
Nicholas Shakespeare’s latest book
Six Minutes in May will be published in
paperback in April. It was selected as
a 2017 Book of the Year in The Guardian,
Daily Telegraph, Observer and The
Economist.
In conversation with former Australian
resident, writer Denyse Woods.
10FRIDAY 27 APRIL
City Library 12.00 FREE-BOOKING REC.
A Morning with Nigel Quinlan
Limerick born writer Nigel Quinlan’s
first novel, The Maloneys’ Magical
Weatherbox is based on a short story he
wrote as a teenager while minding his
parents’ petrol pumps. The sequel Cloak
of Feathers was published in January
2018.
Nigel will meet with young readers to
talk about the inspiration behind his
new book The Cloak of Feathers.
Suitable for 8 – 12 year olds.
Nigel Quinlan
TRISKEL CHRISTCHURCH 13.00-14.00 FREE-
BOOKING REC. City Library 16.00 FREE-BOOKING REC.
Student Book Launch Discussion with Anna McQuinn,
Launch of books written by transition
year students from St. Angela’s College Writer and Publisher
featuring works under several genres Anna McQuinn has worked as an editor,
produced by the students themselves. writer and publisher of children’s books in
the UK for almost 30 years. She has been
Special guest is the Dublin writer of a champion of inclusion since she began
several young adult fiction novels, working in the area and is on the board
Claire Hennessy. of the Working Group Against Racism in
Children’s Resources and the board
of IBBY UK.
Suitable for those in the childcare sector.
Claire Hennessy Anna McQuinn
11FRIDAY 27 APRIL
City Library 19.00 FREE
Poetry and Discussion with
Jo Shapcott and Maurice Riordan
Jo Shapcott was born in London. She has
won a number of literary prizes including
the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for
Best First Collection, the Forward Prize for
Diana Darke Dušan Šarotar
Best Collection and the National Poetry
Competition (twice). Tender Taxes, her
versions of Rilke, was published in 2001. TRISKEL CHRISTCHURCH 20.30-21.30 5/6
Her most recent collection, Of Mutability,
was published in 2010 and won the Home - From Syria and Slovenia
Costa Book Award. She was awarded
the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in
Diana Darke and Dušan Šarotar
A Syrian specialist and middle east
2011.
cultural expert, Diana Darke’s My House
in Damascus, details her love affair with
Maurice Riordan was born in Lisgoold,
Syria, a relationship that goes so deep
Co. Cork and is a graduate of UCC.
that she bought a house in the Old city
His most recent collection of poems is
in 2005. Her new book, The Merchant of
The Water Stealer. Among his previous
Syria will be published in April.
collections are The Holy Land, Floods
and A Word from the Loki. He edited
Nominated for the Dublin Literary Award
The Finest Music an anthology of early
2018 for Panorama, Slovenian writer
Irish poetry in translation. He is a former
Dušan Šarotar takes the reader on a
editor of The Poetry Review and is
deeply reflective journey from northern
Professor of Poetry at Sheffield Hallam
to southern Europe – by way of Ireland
University.
- deftly blending fiction, history and
journalism as he and a group of travellers
Leanne O’Sullivan poet and lecturer in
relate their unique stories and common
creative writing at University College
quest for somewhere they might call
Cork will introduce the poets.
home.
Both writers will give short readings from
their work and will be in a conversation
with writer and critic, Eileen Battersby.
Jo Shapcott Maurice Riordan
12SATURDAY 28 APRIL
GRAND PARADE ALL DAY FREE City Library 13.00-14.00 FREE
Art Installation Galician Readings and Translation
In April Cork Community Art Link and Luz Pichel is a Galician poet and
Cork City Libraries worked with children professor of literature and language
from St Maries of the Isle Primary School in Madrid. She won the prestigious
to explore the story of migration to International poetry prize ‘Premio
Cork City. Participants took part in a Internacional de Poesía Ramón Jiménez’
series of workshops during which they in 2004 and the ‘PremioEsquío’ for
considered what it means to be part of Galician poetry for the collection ‘Casa
an intercultural city and the benefits of a Pechada in 2006. She has published
diverse population. many collections and is the director of
the poetry seminar Euraca.
Come and see the art installation
representing migration from the Keith Payne was the Ireland Chair of
perspective of the children. Poetry Bursary Award winner for 2015-
2016. His collection Broken Hill (Lapwing
Publications, 2015), was followed by
City Library 12.00&15.00 FREE Six Galician Poets (Arc Publications,
2016). He is director of The La Malinche
Tallest Smallest Circus, Readings Ireland/Galicia and the
PoemaRia Poetry festival in Vigo.
Indian Puppet and Magic Show
Arran Towers is the founder of Tallest Olga Novo is a Galician poet and
Smallest Theatre, an exciting new essayist. She studied Galcian Philology at
performance company for children. the University of Santiago de Compostela
Based on a decade of experience, the and was Galician literature professor
Tallest Smallest concept is to create at the University of Southern Brittany.
highly adaptable, dynamic storytelling Olga’s works and essays feature in
shows for young people, based around several publications (Festa da Palabra
their participation and interaction. Silenciada, Dorna, Xistral, El País, ABC…).
Luz Pichel Olga Nova
13SATURDAY 28 APRIL
City Library 14.00-15.00 FREE
Here There and In-Between
- Words of Home and Migration
Launch by Senator Collette Kelleher and
introduced by Paul Casey.
Celebrating migration and
interculturalism, these works are a
culmination of creative writing workshops
with the residents of the Kinsale Road
Robyn Rowland Amanda Bell
Accommodation Centre, held in The
City Library with writers Kathy D’Arcy and
Paul Casey. These emerging writers will Grand parade 15.30-17.00 FREE
read from their works and will be joined
by Cédric Bikond and award winning Fired! Poetry Trail
Doire Press authors Robyn Rowland and – starts at Three Fools Coffee Shop
Amanda Bell.
Led by poet Kathy D’Arcy this event
is part of a nationwide network of
Cedric Bikond Nkoma is a 36 years old
Irish women poets staging readings,
French citizen. He has been living in
discussions and events, reminding the
Ireland since 2013. Most of his writing
Irish literary world about the beautiful
experience spans his stay in Cork and
work and talented female poets who
Cédric reads his work regularly at the
have been erased from the canon of
open-mic poetry sessions at Ó Bhéal.
Irish literature. their words in venues
around the city!
Robyn Rowland is an Irish-Australian dual-
citizen. She has written twelve books of
poetry, including her most recent Line
of Drift (Doire Press). Her work has been City Library-children’s library 13.30 FREE
awarded a number of prizes and has
been featured on Australian and Irish Story Time with Anna McQuinn
national radio programs. Anna is a best selling author of over 30
picture books including the successful
Amanda Bell is the winner of the 2015 Lulu series which is sold widely around
William Allingham Prize and was highly the world. Championing inclusion and
commended for the Patrick Kavanagh diversity in stories for children, Anna’s
Award in 2015 and 2016 and is currently books have also been translated
shortlisted for the Shine Strong award. into Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Brazilian
Amanda’s debut full-length poetry Portuguese, French, Italian, Mandarin,
collection is forthcoming from Doire Press. Chinese and Korean. Family fun and
some free books!
14SATURDAY 28 APRIL
City Library 19.00 FREE TRISKEL CHRISTCHURCH 16.00 8
Home by the Lee From Facebook to Fiction
An intercultural city, Cork embraces
all those choosing to make this city
Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen
a home. New citizens celebrate their Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling
place in Cork through a staging of their published by Gill Books, started life as
poetry, prose and visual art. a Facebook page depicting a very
particular type of Irish girl. The authors
of this publishing phenomenon, Emer
McLysaght and Sarah Breen, have signed
City Library 17.15 FREE a two-book deal – and there’s talk of a
film - to continue the story of country girl
Celebrating Catalan Women Writers; Aisling as she makes her way in the world.
Caterina Albert & Maria-Mercè Marçal In conversation with Deirdre
Kathleen McNerney is Professor Emerita O’Shaughnessy, Editor, Cork’s 96fm
of Hispanic Studies and Women’s Opinion Line
Studies at West Virginia University. Her
publications include Latin American,
Castilian, and French literature, but most
focus on Catalan women writers.
Co-editor of Double Minorities of Spain
has also edited collections of articles on
Mercè Rodoreda and compiled a critical
bibliography of Rodoreda’s work. She has
translated four novels and many stories,
essays, and poems. She has recently
Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen
translated the stories and a monologue
by Caterina Albert, Silent Souls.
Caterina Albert Maria - Mercè Marçal
15saturday 28 april
TRISKEL CHRISTCHURCH 20.00 FREE-TICKETED
A Celebration of New Fiction
Denyse Woods and William Wall
Of Sea and Sand will be Denyse Woods’
sixth novel. Set largely against the
rugged, stunning landscapes of Oman,
it will complete a trilogy of novels, with
Overnight to Innsbruck and Like Nowhere
Else set in the Arab world.
Introduced by Alannah Hopkin
William Wall will read from his ‘experiment
in form’ – one story told in two forms, a
collection of short stories and a novel.
The short stories appear as The Islands
and the novel form as Grace’s Day.
Introduced by Professor Lee Jenkins,
Head of the School of English, UCC.
Denyse Woods William Wall
16wworkshops
TUESDAY 24TH
City Library 12.00 FREE-BOOKING REC.
Story Ideas with Shane Hegarty
Author Shane Hegarty will facilitate
a workshop exploring story ideas with local
school children.
Shane Hegarty
WEDNESDAY 25TH
TRISKEL CHRISTCHURCH 10.30-12.30 FREE-BOOKING REC.
Manifestos: Poetry Workshop
Sarah Clancy will introduce participants
to writing some powerful pieces
of spoken word poetry where the
performers are saying something
that matters deeply to them. Suitable
for people new to poetry and for Sarah Clancy
experienced writers who want to
experiment.
THURSDAY 26TH
City Library 16.00 FREE
Maistir-rang le Ré Ó Laighléis
Máistir-Rang sa scríbhneoireacht i nGaeilge
le Ré Ó Laighléis agus baill de chuid Peann
& Pár, grúpa scríobhnoirí lonnaithe sa
Leabharlann.
Fáilte roimh chách. Ré Ó Laighléis
CORK WORLD BOOK FEST 2018
17workshops
SATURDAY 28TH
TRISKEL CHRISTCHURCH 10.00-14.00 30
That killer First Chapter
Have an idea for a novel and don’t
know where to start? Have you
finished your novel and want to make
sure you avoid the rejection pile?
With lots of no-nonsense advice
and practical exercises writer Paul
McVeigh will help you write a first
chapter that grabs the attention of
agents, editors and readers.
Paul McVeigh Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin
Sam Copeland is an agent at
City Library 10.00-15.30 FREE Rogers, Coleridge & White. He is
building an extremely diverse list,
The Not so secret agents! representing writers of both literary
The Agents: and commercial fiction, science
Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin is the founder fiction, children’s (11+), serious and
of The Inkwell Group publishing not-so-serious non-fiction. In fact, he
consultancy and the award winning is happy to look at anything but self-
national writing resources website help and business books.
Writing.ie.
Polly Nolan works at the
Vanessa has placed many award Greenhouse Literary Agency, a
winning and bestselling authors with trans-Atlantic agency specialising
agents and publishers both in Ireland in writers for children and young
and London. adults. She has vast experience
of the world of children’s books,
Chair of Irish PEN and a partner in The having commissioned and edited
Rights Bureau Literary Agency Vanessa for Egmont, Orion, Oxford University
writes crime as the No 1 bestselling Press, Scholastic and Macmillan
author Sam Blake. Children’s Books.
18wworkshops
Simon Trewin is a partner at WME City Library 10.00-11.30 FREE-BOOKING REC.
literary and talent agency. Simon
has worked with authors who have Meet the Agents:
been shortlisted for, or who have
Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin will chat to
won the Man Booker, the Costa Simon Trewain, Polly Nolan and Sam
Book Of The Year, The Irish Book Of Copeland about their role, the current
The Year, the IMPAC, the Bailey’s market and what everyone
Prize for Women’s Fiction, the is looking for at the moment.
Whitbread, the T S Eliot Poetry Prize,
the British Children’s Book Of The
Year and the Irish Short Story Prize. City Library 12.00-13.00 FREE-BOOKING REC.
He has twice been nominated as First Page Pitch:
Agent Of The Year and once as Most 10 selected authors will read their first
Inspiring Person In Digital Publishing. page (approx 300 words) to the agents
His Irish writers include John Boyne, and the room. Our agents
Claire Kilroy, Paul Lynch, John will give their feedback; the winner will
Connell, Mary Costello and Sam receive a selection of books.
Blake.
To enter, email your firstpage by
Saturday 21 April to:
patricia_looney@corkcity.ie.
The top 10 writers will be notified
ahead of the day.
City Library 14.00-15.30 FREE-BOOKING REC.
Sam Copeland Simon Trewin From Blank Page to Bookshelf:
How to Get Published.
Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin will find out from
the room what everyone is working on
and tailor a workshop to their needs. As
Ireland’s leading literary scout she has
placed bestselling and award winning
authors and can helps writers at every
stage of their career.
Polly Nolan
19World Book Festival Market
GRAND PARADE 10.00 - 17.00 FREE
A special treat at this year’s World Book
At this year’s World Book Festival, Stanzas from Limerick bring you
the Feast of Words! Come to their stall
Festival Market on the Grand and choose from a delectable menu
Parade expect a showcase of nouns, verbs, and descriptor words,
of some of the best booksellers and they’ll cook up a poem or a story
right there on the spot with our vintage
from the city and surrounds! typewriter.
There will be some great Cork Stanzas is a group based in Limerick City
food to go and some tasty for emerging writers to come and express
themselves, develop their craft, met like-
produce as well so be sure minded individuals or simply sit and listen.
to drop down to the Grand
parade and be entertained
by words and rhyme.
For more information about participating
in this event you can find us as Goldiefish
on Facebook or email:
roseanne@goldiefish.ie
The Cork World Book Festival Market is
produced by Goldiefish Markets, who
gather some of the country’s finest food
and craft producers together to create
the perfect festival markets.
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CORK WORLD BOOK FEST
Monday 23 April
14.00
Mindfulness for teens
AT A GLANCE
13.00 17.45
River lee hotel City Library-Children’s Library
Official Opening Open mic with Amy Snow 20.30
Triskel Christchurch
19.00
HOME - FROM SYRIA AND
tuesday 24 April City Library
SLOVENIA - Diana Darke and
10.00 Matthew Sweeney - My Life as a Painter
City Library Dušan Šarotar
A morning with Shane Hegarty
THURSDAY 26 April saturday 28 April
19.00 10.00 All Day
City Library City Library-Children’s Library Grand Parade
Rainbow Writing Story, Rhythm and Rhyme with Deidre Art installation
20.00 Ryan 12.00-15.00
City Library 10.30 City Library
Chang Ying-Tai and City Library Tallest Smallest Circus, Indian Puppet
Billy O’Callaghan Ag Caint le Ré Ó Laighléis and Magic Show
11.30-12.30 & 15.30-16.30 13.00-14.00
wednesday 25 April City Library City Library
10.00-19.00 Galician readings and
Poetry Surprises! Celebrating
City Library translation
Poetry Ireland Day
Teen Day 14.00-15.00
19.00 City Library
10.35
City Library Here There and In-Between -
City Library
Bodies in the library; Crime fiction Words of Home and Migration.
Launch: Graphic novel by
by Julie Parsons and Kevin Doyle
Eoin Coveney 15.30-17.00
20.00 Grand Parade
10.40
City Library Fired! The Three fools
City Library
Book Launch-To Keep a bird
Short Story Competition 13.30
Singing
City Library-Childen’s Library
10.50
20.30 Story time with Anna McQuinn
City Library
Triskel Christchurch
Teen Committee Open invite 17.00
In Tasmania
City Library
11.15 Nicholas Shakespeare
Home by the Lee
City Library
Unfinished Book launch 17.15
Friday 27 April City Library
11.00 12.00 Celebrating Catalan women writers;
City Library-Childen’s Library City Library Caterina Albert and
Speed Dating with books A Morning with Nigel Quinlan Maria-Mercè Marçal
12.00 13.00-14.00 16.00
City Library-Children’s Library Triskel Christchurch Triskel Christchurch
Teen Quiz Student Book Launch From Facebook to Fiction
13.00 16.00 20.00
City Library-Children’s Library City Library Triskel Christchurch
Cardboard Cosplay Challenge Discussion with Anna McQuinn A Celebration of new fiction
13.00 19.00 Denyse Woods and William Wall
City Library-Thomas Davis Room City Library
LGBT Representation in Young Poetry and discussion with Jo Shapcott
Adult Fiction and Maurice Riordan
WORKSHOPS
10.00-15.30 12.00-13.00
tuesday 24 April thursday 26 April City Library City Library
12.00 16.00 The Not so secret First page pitch
City Library City Library agents!
Story ideas with Shane Hegarty Maistir-rang le Ré Ó Laighléis 14.00-15.30
10.00-11.30 City Library
City Library From blank page to
wednesday 25 April SATURDAY 28 April Meet the agents! bookshelf:How to get
10.30-12.30 10.00-14.00 published
Triskel Christchurch Triskel Christchurch
Manifesto: Poetry Workshop That killer first chapterYou can also read
