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Thanks for joining us and making this year our biggest, buzziest festival yet. Save the dates: 9-16 July 2027

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Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on September 16, 2026. May be an image of ‎wrist watch, poster, book, magazine, night and ‎text that says '‎CULTURE NIGHT KILGRATES MYSTERY Atmospherice.adoetes peetic! Atmospherica KIREUS EVIEWS ALL THE OLD CLOCKS ك R. O'DONNELL RP O'Donnell- Reading Reading& & Conversation Friday 18th September, 6:30pm Bantry Bookshop westcorkmusic.ie/culture-night‎'‎‎.

Join us on Friday evening for Culture Night 2026! Follow a vibrant culture trail across Bantry to find free…

Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on September 11, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, makeup, magazine, book and text that says 'LOUISE O'NEILL Ά groundbreaking shift in how owwe talk about aboutwomen, women, love, love,andrelationships and relationships' Marian Keyes a Bigger er life A Memoir of Dating, Desire and the Radical Act of Wanting More'.

There are some tickets still available for An Evening with Louise O' Neill at Live At St. Luke's on Thursday…

Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on September 10, 2026. May be an image of ‎grass and ‎text that says '‎LAUNCHING Through the Long Grass by Eoin Warner Through the 交番 Long Gras's ماا TV LOVE, LOVE.LOSS LOSS AND BELONGING IN NATURE Eoin Warner Saturday 19th September, 7pm| Bantry Library‎'‎‎.

Eoin Warner's new book Through the Long Grass will be launched in Bantry Library on Saturday 19th September…

Culture Night with West Cork Literary Festival and author R.P. O'Donnell. Friday 18 September, 6.30pm in Bantry Bookshop. Free event. Images are: photo of the author, photo of the cover of his book All the Old Clocks and the Culture Night logo

Join us on Culture Night for a free event with West Cork author R.P. O’Donnell to hear all about his debut…

Photo by Deirdre O'Shaughnessy on August 25, 2026. 4 items, carousel

Today’s episode of the podcast is the interview I recorded with Wild Swans author Jung Chang at the…

Photo of Louise O'Neill and the front cover of her new memoir A Bigger Life. The text reads WCLF presents an Evening with Louise O’Neill in conversation with Maeve Higgins. Thursday 8 October. Live At St Luke’s Tickets on sale now at link in our bio.

Join us on 8 October at 8pm for an evening with bestselling author Louise O’Neill, as we celebrate the…

Photo by West Cork Music on August 20, 2026. 2 items, carousel

We are delighted that Cork County Council has granted planning permission for West Cork Music's landmark…

Photo by West Cork Music presents on August 12, 2026. May be an image of magazine, poster, banjo and text that says 'ATTEALH singer singer-songwriter songwriter weekend 23rd-25th 23rd- -25 October. Bantry, West WestCork Cork Tickets on n sale now'.

Aiteall Singer-Songwriter Weekend is on sale now at westcorkmusic.ie/aiteall (link in bio) ☁️☀️☁️ Just added…

Photo by Jody Hartkopp on August 01, 2026. May be an image of magazine and text that says 'West Cork iteraryFe iterary 2 o 0 2 6 Fish Anthology Fish FishAnthologyLaunc Anthology Launch 2026'.

So proud to be part of the Fish Anthology launch at the West Cork Literary Festival in July.

Photo by Arts for Health West Cork on July 30, 2026. May be an image of text that says 'N Bantry Day Care BANTRY DAYCARECENTRE DAY CARE CENTRE ARTIST 027-52455 Khes'.

On Thursday 16 July 2026 writer E.R. Murray, and poet/spoken word artist, Holly Hughes, visited Bantry Day…

Photo of author Djamel White on stage in Bantry Library. Author Keith Ridgway is seated to his left and interviewer Eoghan O'Sullivan to his right. They are mid conversation and Djamel is laughing

Congratulations to Djamel White on being longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel All Them Dogs.…

Photo by West Cork Music presents on July 29, 2026. May be an image of poster and text that says 'west west/cor cork music presents'.

A new @westcorkmusic page specifically for our Concert Series events outside of our summer festivals! Follow…

Video by Aine Gallagher on July 24, 2026. May be an image of coffee cup, chinaware, parasol, saucer, teacup, umbrella, tea and text.Video

Thanks @westcorkliteraryfestival for welcoming me to the streets of Bantry for a Cup of Focals. I met the…

Photo by Morgan on July 23, 2026. May be an image of text that says 'detai In my own work, I refer to finding refuge fro of my favourite birds appearon these pages, inspire for me. Our participants are what special. Several ofour members do nothave but they all contribute Library's welcoming gspace, extraordinary young people. an so grateful To our members, youare amazing. To Toour our staff to parentsandguardians parentsand thank youf audience, welcome. Wehopeyou enjoy MorganLyons RainbowLibrary Library facilitator Rainbow'. 6 items, carousel

Bantry! Thank you for coming and supporting both Rainbow Library’s zine workshop and book launch, it means…

Bundle of books sitting on a stone pathway in front of a large flowering daisy plant. The books are We Go Way Back by Niamh Connolly. Gjak by Dimosthenis Papamarkos (translated by Siân Valvis). Few and Far Between by Jan Carson. Death by Noir by Olly Smith. Whale Harbour by Mary Beth Keane. The Refugee Chronicles by Evgeny Shtorn (translated by Alexandra Novitskaya). Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa. The Lock-Keeper's Wife by John McKenna. CTRL edited by Dean Fee. The Most Normal Woman by Róisín Kiberd. Hungry Eyes by Dawn O'Porter. The Fourth Wall by Sorj Chalandon (translated by Cheney Crow). Experts in a Dying Field by Patrick Freyne. A Bigger Life by Louise O'Neill. Stations by Louise Kennedy.

Let the 2027 reading begin! A lovely perk of the job is getting to read and consider all of these fabulous…

Video by West Cork Literary Festival on July 20, 2026. May be an image of poster, magazine and text that says 'West Cork Literary Festival Friday 10 10-17 - 17 July 2026 Bantry, Co. Cork'.Video

And that's a wrap on the 2026 West Cork Literary Festival. THANK YOU to everyone who played a part in making…

Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on July 17, 2026. 15 items, carousel

Day 7 at WCLF26. Such a great day. 🌞📚 Photos: @karlisdphoto #WCLF26

Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on July 19, 2026. 13 items, carousel

Day 8, the final day of the 28th edition of the West Cork Literary Festival. It was an amazing day from…

Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on July 16, 2026. 16 items, carousel

Day 6 of WCLF26 Another brilliant day of the festival. Thank You all for coming out. 🌞📚 Photos…

Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on July 15, 2026. 16 items, carousel

Day 5 of WCLF26. Thank you all for coming out and supporting the events and the festival. It's great to see…

Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on July 14, 2026. 13 items, carousel

Day 4 at WCLF26. Fantastic conversations and readings throughout the day, we were thrilled to close the day…

Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on July 12, 2026. 14 items, carousel

Day 02 at WCLF26 ❤️ We found joy throughout the day. 📚🌞 Photos: @karlisdphoto #WCLF26

Photo by West Cork Literary Festival on July 11, 2026. 11 items, carousel

Day 01 ❤️ What a start to the 28th West Cork Literary Festival. Thank you all for coming and supporting the…