This year’s festival offers an exciting programme that will present new ideas, offer inspiration, and allow for conversation and reflection. Cúirt celebrates stories and ideas, with readings, discussions, workshops, and performances that bring writers and readers together. As ever, we’re thrilled to host a wide selection of world-class authors who are at the pinnacle of their writing careers, as well as introducing you to compelling new voices and debut authors.
Thank you to everyone who has helped to make this festival happen: our festival team and volunteers, the Galway Arts Centre, our funders, sponsors and partners, our venues and venue staff, our booksellers, everyone who has offered help and advice, and above all, to our wonderful authors, artists, and audience. We’re looking forward to celebrating 40 years of Cúirt with you in 2025.
For the complete listing and details for all events please see the Cúirt Website
| Sat 20th | |||
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| 14:00 | The Whole Wild World Bus Tour | An Taibhdhearc | FREE |
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| 13:00 | Poems for Patience Launch | Arts Corridor University Hospital Galway |
FREE |
| 14:30 | Alice Kinsella: The Fragmentary Self: On Form and Identity | O'Donoghue Theatre | BUY |
| 17:30 | New Writing Showcase | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 18:30 | Cúirt Book Club Online: Mary O'Donoghue | Online - Zoom | BUY |
| 19:30 | Nuala O'Connor: Seaborne Book Launch | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 21:00 | Jo Burns and Emily Cooper: The Conversation Launch | MacNeill's Pub, The Hardiman Hotel |
FREE |
| Weds 24th | |||
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| 10:00 | Daljit Nagra: Innovating the Lyric (Workshop) | Online - Faber Academy | BUY |
| 10:00 | Sacha White: Making Poems from History (Workshop) | O'Donoghue Centre | BUY |
| 10:30 | Frames of Refrence: Literary Journals | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 12:00 | Joey Connolly: Developing as a Writer (Workshop) | O'Donoghue Centre | BUY |
| 13:00 | Clemens Meyer: While We Were Dreaming | Bank of Ireland Theatre | |
| 13:30 | Compassionate Fiction: Jan Carson and Patrick deWitt | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 14:00 | Lucy Caldwell: Having Fun with Form (Workshop) | O'Donoghue Centre | BUY |
| 16:00 | A Deep Well of Want': Photographs and Archives of McGahern Country | University Library | FREE |
| 17:00 | Poetry Reading: Nick Laird, Brenda Shaughnessy, and Miriam Gamble | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 18:30 | Cúirt Book Club Online: Maggie Armstrong | Online - Zoom | BUY |
| 20:00 | An Evening with Colin Barret, Lucy Caldwell and Glenn Patterson | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 21:00 | Simon Costello and Miriam Gamble Book Launch | MacNeill's Pub, The Hardiman Hotel |
FREE |
| Thurs 25th | |||
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| 10:00 | Una Mannion: Editing Fiction Fiction: Improving Your Draft Scene by Scene (Workshop) (1/3) | O'Donoghue Centre | BUY |
| 10:30 | Frames of Reference: Translation | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 11:00 | Brenda Shaughnessy: Deflections, Deceptions and Misunderstandings Poetry (Workshop) | O'Donoghue Centre | BUY |
| 13:00 | Róise Ní Bhaoill: Imram | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 14:00 | Carrying Grief: Balsam Karam and Noel O'Regan | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 14:00 | University of Galway: Masters in Creative Writing Showcase | MacNeill's Pub, The Hardiman Hotel |
BUY |
| 17:30 | Lineage of Secrets: Molly Hennigan and Clair Wills | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 18:30 | Elaine Feeney: All Good Things You Deserve Launch | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 18:30 | Cinema Book Club X Cúirt: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Pálás | |
| 19:00 | Open Mic | MacNeill's Pub, The Hardiman Hotel |
FREE |
| 20:30 | Annie MacManus: The Mess We're In | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| Fri 26th | |||
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| 10:00 | Richard Skinner: Life-writing Masterclass (Workshop) | Online - Faber Academy | BUY |
| 10:30 | Frames of Reference: Editing Non-Fiction with Jacques Testard and Polly Barton | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 11:00 | Molly Hennigan: Finding your Voice: Essay-writing for Beginners (Workshop) | O'Donoghue Centre | BUY |
| 13:00 | Growing up in the Troubles: Máiría Cahill and Martin Doyle | Town Hall Theatre | BUY |
| 13:00 | Debut Novels: Ferdia Lennon and Colin Walsh | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 16:00 | Poetry Reading: Leontia Flynn, Erika Meitner and Scott McKendry | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 16:00 | Dinnseachas: The Lore of Places - Kerry | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 17:30 | Family Affair: Una Mannion and Paul Murray | Town Hall Theatre | BUY |
| 18:00 | ROPES launch | The Oyster Bar, The Hardiman Hotel |
FREE |
| 19:00 | Bryan Washington: Family Meal | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 19:00 | Jackie Uí Chionna: Queen of Codes | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 20:30 | Lemn Sissay: Let the Light Pour In | Town Hall Theatre | BUY |
| Sat 27th | |||
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| 10:00 | The Slug & the Snail / An Seilide agus an Seilide | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 10:30 | Frames of Reference: Poetry | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 11:00 | Leon Diop and Brianna Fitzsimmons: Black & Irish Workshop | O'Donoghue Centre | BUY |
| 11:00 | Kid's Storytime | Charlie Byrnes | FREE |
| 12:00 | Young Writer Delegates Showcase | MacNeill's Pub, The Hardiman Hotel |
FREE |
| 13:00 | Let it Be a Tale: Rafeef Ziadah | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 13:30 | Omnivore: Food, Writing and Art | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 14:00 | Thomas Morris: The Short Story: Editing and Revising Your Own Work (Workshop) | O'Donoghue Centre | BUY |
| 14:30 | Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heros | Town Hall Theatre | BUY |
| 16:00 | Obsessions with Violence: Susannah Dickey and Mark O'Connell | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 16:00 | Rafeef Ziadah: Poetry and Resistance (Workshop) | O'Donoghue Centre | BUY |
| 17:30 | Paul Lynch: Prophet Song | Town Hall Theatre | BUY |
| 17:30 | Katherine O'Donnell: Slant | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 19:00 | Sinéad Gleeson: Hagstone | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 20:30 | An Evening with John Banville and Mike McCormack | Town Hall Theatre | BUY |
| 21:00 | Poetry Reading: Joey Connolly, Abigail Parry and K Patrick | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| Sun 28th | |||
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| 11:00 | Palestinian Voices: Rafeef Ziadah and Amanie Issa | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 11:30 | Story Tellers: Oein DeBharduin & Richard O'Leary | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 12:00 | Kid's Storytime | Charlie Byrne's Bookshop | FREE |
| 13:00 | The Stinging Fly Podcast with Caoilinn Hughes | Town Hall Theatre | BUY |
| 14:00 | Into the Witchwood | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 14:30 | The Short Story: Mary Costello and Thomas Morris | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 16:00 | Edel Coffey: In Her Place | Town Hall Theatre | BUY |
| 14:00 | Softening Corners, a gathering at Cúirt with curator Cecelia Graham and artist Jennie Moran (Workshop) | Engage Studios | BUY |
| 17:00 | Debut Novels: Nicola Dinan and K Patrick | The Mick Lally Theatre | BUY |
| 18:00 | Homeplace: Katriona O'Sullivan and Kieran Yates | An Taibhdhearc | BUY |
| 19:30 | Poetry Reading: Susannah Dickey, Elaine Feeney, Rita Ann Higgins, Jackie Kay, | Town Hall Theatre | BUY |
For more details and the complete listing for all events please see the Cúirt Website
