Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
September
16:30 - 18:45 fri27sep16:30fri18:45Festival Opening & ReceptionThis year’s Festival is officially opened by celebrated poet Patrick Cotter. Winners of the 2024 Writing Competition will read their work and receive their prizes. This event is followed by a drinks reception.Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
19:00 - 20:00 fri27sep19:00fri20:00In Conversation - Tessa Hadley & Lucy CaldwellJoin acclaimed author Tessa Hadley (After The Funeral, Free Love, Late in the Day, The Past) and award-winning writer and editor Lucy Caldwell (Openings, Intimacies, These Days, Being Various: New Irish Short Stories) in conversation about the writer's forensic compulsion to capture the essence of all that makes us human.Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
09:00 - 11:00 sat28sep09:00sat11:00Workshop - Working with sound to make your poem more publishablePatrick Cotter will examine poems which exploit the possibilities of assonance, consonance, alliteration, internal rhyme, pararhyme. He will attend to the integrity of the line and strategies for eliminating clichés. Poets can submit a poem in advance that they believe requires further work and can benefit from the constructive, critical attention of the group on the day.Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
11:30 - 12:30 sat28sep11:30sat12:30Interview - Elaine Feeney & Aoife BarryBooker-nominated novelist, playwright and poet Elaine Feeney (All The Good Things You Deserve, How to Build a Boat, As You Were) will sit down for a warm and intimate conversation with journalist, writer, and broadcaster Aoife Barry (Social Capital).Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
14:30 - 15:30 sat28sep14:30sat15:30Crime Fiction - Colin Walsh, Colin Barrett & Cat HoganWexford crime writer Cat Hogan (They All Fall Down, There Was A Crooked Man) will talk to Colin Walsh (Kala) and Colin Barrett (Wild Houses, Homesickness, Young Skins) about their critically acclaimed literary crime novels and about why crime and criminality are such fertile territory for powerful and insightful storytelling.Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
16:30 - 17:30 sat28sep16:30sat17:30In Conversation - Andrew O’Hagan & Matt CooperMulti-award-winning writer Andrew O'Hagan (Mayflies, The Illuminations, Our Fathers) returns to Write By The Sea to discuss his sprawling, Dickensian and piercingly funny state-of-a-nation novel, Caledonian Road, with Matt Cooper of The Last Word on Today FM.Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
09:00 - 11:00 sun29sep09:00sun11:00Workshop - Memoir & LifewritingAre you thinking about writing your life story? Exploring and sharing your personal experience can be daunting - but it can also be cathartic and lead to unexpected discoveries. This hands-on workshop with memoirist, Liz Jensen, will offer practical exercises and discussions on narrative structure, ethics, voice, intention, silencing the inner critic and more. Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
11:00 - 12:00 sun29sep11:00sun12:00Panel - Cathy Sweeney & Niamh Mulvey in conversation with Olivia FitzsimonsNiamh Mulvey (The Amendments) and Cathy Sweeney (Breakdown) explore raw and complex emotional territory in their extraordinary debut novels. Olivia Fitzsimons (The Quiet Whispers Never Stop) chairs a conversation with two of Ireland’s rising literary stars about belonging and rebellion, rage and reckoning, joy and transformation.Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
15:00 - 16:00 sun29sep15:00sun16:00Kevin Barry in conversation with Peter MurphyPlaywright, screenwriter and Booker-longlisted author Kevin Barry (Night Boat to Tangier, That Old Country Music, City of Bohane) will talk to Peter Murphy (Shall We Gather at the River, John the Revelator) and read from his latest novel, The Heart In Winter. Set in Montana in the winter of 1891, The Heart in Winter is a savagely funny and achingly romantic tale of young lovers on the run. Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
17:00 - 18:15 sun29sep17:00sun18:15Discussion - Caoilinn Hughes & Liz Jensen with Hilary Adam WhiteCaoilinn Hughes (The Alternatives, The Wild Laughter, Orchid & The Wasp) and Liz Jensen (Your Wild and Precious Life, The Ninth Life of Louis Drax, The Uninvited) are joined by writer, journalist and conservationist Hilary Adam White for a conversation about grief, hope and rebellion, and what it means to be writing in the midst of the climate crisis.Stella Maris Centre, Crossfarnoge, Kilmore Quay, Co. Wexford
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