West Cork Literary Festival
Claim This Podcastby West Cork Literary Festival
Podcast Overview
<blockquote>Welcome to the <strong>West Cork Literary Festival</strong> podcast, your chance to listen back to some of our events from the 2024 festival in our new podcast series.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote>Now an annual highlight in the Irish literary calendar, the West Cork Literary Festival is a week-long celebration of writing and reading for people of all ages and we support writers at all stages of their careers. From its humble beginnings as a series of casual poetry readings and fringe events around the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, it has expanded into a varied and extensive programme of readings, talks, workshops and family events growing more adventurous and imaginative with each year. The festival has an excellent national and international reputation and we are delighted to bring the finest Irish and international literary figures to West Cork every July - making exceptional talent accessible to local, regional and national audiences.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote>Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from <strong>11-18 July 2025</strong>. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can <a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sign up for our newsletter</a> to hear about it first.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support West Cork Literary Festival</a> </p><br><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/support-us/become-a-friend-of-our-festivals/#wclf-section" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival</a> to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets</p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://bantrybookshop.ie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Visit our festival bookshop Bantry Bookshop</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wcorklitfest.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us on BlueSky Social</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/westcorkliteraryfestival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;">Instagram</a></p><br><p><a href="https://x.com/wcorklitfest" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter/X</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/westcorkliteraryfestival/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/WCLFYouTube" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to our YouTube channel</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Language
🇺🇲
Publishing Since
11/26/2024
1 verified contact email on file for West Cork Literary Festival
Pitch yourself as a guest, propose sponsorships, or reach out directly to the host.
Recent Episodes
December 19, 2024
Colm Tóibín
<p><strong>Colm Tóibín</strong> is Ireland's Laureate for Irish Fiction and Long Island is the sequel to his prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn. This exquisite, exhilarating novel asks whether it is possible to truly return to the past and renew the great love that seemed gone forever. This podcast was recorded at West Cork Literary Festival on 19 July 2024 and Colm was in conversation with Sinéad Gleeson.</p><br><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><br><p><strong>Colm Tóibín</strong> was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of eleven novels, including, The Master, Brooklyn and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Colm was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024. His new novel Long Island is published by Picador in May 2024.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from <strong>11-18 July 2025</strong>. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can <a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sign up for our newsletter</a> to hear about it first.</p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support West Cork Literary Festival</a> </p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/support-us/become-a-friend-of-our-festivals/#wclf-section" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival</a> to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets. In particular, you will be supporting our free events for children and our outreach programmes to allow the festival to be accessible to everyone. </p><br><p><br></p><p>Visit our festival bookshop <a href="https://bantrybookshop.ie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bantry Bookshop</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wcorklitfest.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us on BlueSky Social</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/westcorkliteraryfestival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></p><br><p><a href="https://x.com/wcorklitfest" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter/X</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/westcorkliteraryfestival/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/WCLFYouTube" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to our YouTube channel</a></p><p> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
December 17, 2024
Miriam Margolyes
<p>Listen back to an unforgettable evening of stories, laughter and outspoken opinions with <strong>Miriam Margolyes</strong>. This podcast was recorded at West Cork Literary Festival on 15 July 2024 and Miriam was in conversation with Lynn Ruane.</p><br><p>‘My new book is called OH MIRIAM! – something that has been said to me a lot over the years, often in tones of strong disapproval. It contains lots more revelations and stories and discoveries and I can't wait to share it with you all!’ Miriam Margolyes</p><br><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><br><p>Born in Oxford, England in 1941 & educated at Newham College, Cambridge, <strong>Miriam Margolyes</strong> is an award-winning veteran of the stage and screen, and an internationally acclaimed voice-artist. Winner of the BAFTA Best Supporting Actress award for The Age of Innocence, she received an OBE in 2002 for Services to Drama. Her latest book Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life was published by John Murray Press in September 2023.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from <strong>11-18 July 2025</strong>. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can <a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sign up for our newsletter</a> to hear about it first.</p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support West Cork Literary Festival</a> </p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/support-us/become-a-friend-of-our-festivals/#wclf-section" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival</a> to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets. In particular, you will be supporting our free events for children and our outreach programmes to allow the festival to be accessible to everyone. </p><br><p><br></p><p>Visit our festival bookshop <a href="https://bantrybookshop.ie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bantry Bookshop</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wcorklitfest.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us on BlueSky Social</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/westcorkliteraryfestival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></p><br><p><a href="https://x.com/wcorklitfest" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter/X</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/westcorkliteraryfestival/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/WCLFYouTube" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to our YouTube channel</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
December 12, 2024
Hisham Matar & Priscilla Morris
<p>The novels of <strong>Hisham Matar</strong> and <strong>Priscilla Morris</strong> speak to us now more than ever. ‘My Friends’, the new novel by Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author Hisham Matar, is a masterful, intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide from the of ‘The Return’. Priscilla Morris’ Women’s Prize-shortlisted novel ‘Black Butterflies’ is set in Sarajevo in the spring of 1992, where each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city into ethnic enclaves and each morning, the residents — whether Muslim, Croat or Serb - push the makeshift barriers aside. This podcast was recorded at West Cork Literary Festival on 16 July 2024 and Hisham and Priscilla were in conversation with Maeve Higgins.</p><br><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><br><p><strong>Hisham Matar</strong> was born in New York to Libyan parents, spent his childhood in Tripoli and Cairo and has lived most of his life in London. His memoir The Return was the recipient of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the PEN/Jean Stein Award, the Rathbones Folio Prize, the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize, Frances Prix du Livre Etranger Inter & Le Journal du Dimanche and Germany’s Geschwister Scholl Prize. Hisham is a Professor at Barnard College, Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts. His latest novel My Friends was published by Viking in January 2024.</p><br><p><strong>Priscilla Morris</strong> is a British author of Bosnian-Cornish parentage. She grew up in London, spending summers in Sarajevo, and studied at Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia, where she gained her PhD in Creative Writing. She teaches creative writing, most recently at UCD, and divides her time between Ireland and Spain. Her Sarajevo-set debut novel Black Butterflies was short-listed for the Women’s Prize 2023 and several other notable awards.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from <strong>11-18 July 2025</strong>. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can <a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sign up for our newsletter</a> to hear about it first.</p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support West Cork Literary Festival</a> </p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/support-us/become-a-friend-of-our-festivals/#wclf-section" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival</a> to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets. In particular, you will be supporting our free events for children and our outreach programmes to allow the festival to be accessible to everyone. </p><br><p><br></p><p>Visit our festival bookshop <a href="https://bantrybookshop.ie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bantry Bookshop</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wcorklitfest.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us on BlueSky Social</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/westcorkliteraryfestival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></p><br><p><a href="https://x.com/wcorklitfest" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter/X</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/westcorkliteraryfestival/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/WCLFYouTube" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to our YouTube channel</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
8 total episodes available
Deep-dive analytics for West Cork Literary Festival
Frequently asked questions
Have a different question and can't find the answer you're looking for? Reach out to our support team by sending us an email and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
- What is West Cork Literary Festival?
<blockquote>Welcome to the <strong>West Cork Literary Festival</strong> podcast, your chance to listen back to some of our events from the 2024 festival in our new podcast series.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote>Now an annual highlight in the Irish literary calendar, the West Cork Literary Festival is a week-long celebration of writing and reading for people of all ages and we support writers at all stages of their careers. From its humble beginnings as a series of casual poetry readings and fringe events around the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, it has expanded into a varied and extensive programme of readings, talks, workshops and family events growing more adventurous and imaginative with each year. The festival has an excellent national and international reputation and we are delighted to bring the finest Irish and international literary figures to West Cork every July - making exceptional talent accessible to local, regional and national audiences.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote>Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from <strong>11-18 July 2025</strong>. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can <a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sign up for our newsletter</a> to hear about it first.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support West Cork Literary Festival</a> </p><br><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/support-us/become-a-friend-of-our-festivals/#wclf-section" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival</a> to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets</p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://bantrybookshop.ie/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Visit our festival bookshop Bantry Bookshop</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wcorklitfest.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us on BlueSky Social</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/westcorkliteraryfestival" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px;">Instagram</a></p><br><p><a href="https://x.com/wcorklitfest" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter/X</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/westcorkliteraryfestival/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/WCLFYouTube" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to our YouTube channel</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
- Does this podcast accept guests?
Information about guest appearances is not available.
Legal Disclaimer
Pod Engine is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected with any of the podcasts displayed on this platform. We operate independently as a podcast discovery and analytics service.
All podcast artwork, thumbnails, and content displayed on this page are the property of their respective owners and are protected by applicable copyright laws. This includes, but is not limited to, podcast cover art, episode artwork, show descriptions, episode titles, transcripts, audio snippets, and any other content originating from the podcast creators or their licensors.
We display this content under fair use principles and/or implied license for the purpose of podcast discovery, information, and commentary. We make no claim of ownership over any podcast content, artwork, or related materials shown on this platform. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are the property of their respective owners.
While we strive to ensure all content usage is properly authorized, if you are a rights holder and believe your content is being used inappropriately or without proper authorization, please contact us immediately at hey@podengine.ai for prompt review and appropriate action, which may include content removal or proper attribution.
By accessing and using this platform, you acknowledge and agree to respect all applicable copyright laws and intellectual property rights of content owners. Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or commercial use of the content displayed on this platform is strictly prohibited.