Cork World Book Fest will be returning Tuesday 20 – Sunday 25 April 2027 for another extravaganza of books, writers, and readers.
Events
The Wonderful World of Milly McCarthy
Leona Forde
Tuesday 21 April 2026
City Library | 10am | Schools Only
Book Launch: The Goddess Complex
Shaunna Lee Lynch
Tuesday 21 April 2026
City Library | 12pm | Free
Official Opening by Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Fergal Dennehy
Danielle McLaughlin in conversation with Siobhán Rea. Moderated by Declan Meade
Tuesday 21 April 2026
City Library | 7pm | Free
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All Roads Lead To Where You Are
Joe Philpott in conversation with John Breen
Tuesday 21 April 2026
City Library | 8.30pm | Free
Poetry & The Love of Reading
Jenny Mitchell
Wednesday 22 April 2026
City Library | 11am | Schools Only
Book Launch: The Unfinished Book of Poetry 2026
TY Student Writers from Cork City Schools with Ó Bhéal
Wednesday 22 April 2026
City Library | 1pm | Free
Witty Wicklow Writers Workshop
Presented by Vítor Vicente (Portugal), Maria Stavropoulou (Greece), and Jeroen Vandommele (Belgium)
Wednesday 22 April 2026
City Library | 2pm | Free | Booking required
Teen Graphic Novel Launch 2026
Colin O’Mahoney and Mariana Rolin
Wednesday 22 April 2026
City Library | 2.30pm | Free
Pitching Comics like a Pro
Gary Moloney
Wednesday 22 April 2026
City Library | 3pm | Free | Booking required
Launch of Everyone Started Singing
Community Poetry Anthology edited by Jenny Mitchell
Wednesday 22 April 2026
City Library | 5pm | Free
Odyssey, Flight & Time
Afric McGlinchey, Paul Perry and Nithy Kasa, in conversation with Molly Twomey
Wednesday 22 April 2026
City Library | 6.30pm | Free
Somewhere Cold: A Year Living in the High Arctic
Geraldine Osborne in conversation with Mairead Hearne
Wednesday 22 April 2026
City Library | 8pm | Free
Story Song & Play Session for Children Under 5
Deirdre Ryan
Thursday 23 April 2026
City Library | 10am | Free
What Makes You Brave?
Sal Sawler
Thursday 23 April 2026
City Library | 12pm | Schools Only
The Art of Reading
UCC Translator in Residence Tânia Ganho in Conversation with Billy O’Callaghan
Thursday 23 April 2026
City Library | 2.30pm | Free
The Rarest Fruit
Republic of Consciousness Award Winner 2025 Gaëlle Bélem in conversation with one of her translators Laëtitia Saint-Loubert
Thursday 23 April 2026
City Library | 4pm | Free
The New Arcana from the Factory Floor
Jessica Traynor and Matthew Rice in conversation with Keith Payne
Thursday 23 April 2026
City Library | 5.30pm | Free
CWBF Debut Author Showcase
Barbara Leahy and Djamel White in conversation with Sarah Harte
Thursday 23 April 2026
City Library | 7pm | Free
ANNOUNCEMENT One City One Book: Filly by Rosamund Taylor
Rosamund Taylor in conversation with Mary Morrissy
Thursday 23 April 2026
City Library | 8.30pm | Free
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The Boogies and The Magic of Reading
Christina Neary
Friday 24 April 2026
City Library | 10am | Schools Only
Are You A Good Character Witness?
Sam Blake
Friday 24 April 2026
Cork City Library | 12pm | Schools Only
This Is Not a Cookbook
Roxana Manouchehri in conversation with Grace Neville
Friday 24 April 2026
Paperboys Café at Triskel | 3pm | Free
How The Sea Might Speak, If Only We Could Listen
Eva Meijer in conversation with Keith Payne
Friday 24 April 2026
City Library | 5pm | Free
Spoken Stories
Cathy Sweeney and Danielle McLaughlin in conversation with Clíodhna Ní Anluain
Friday 24 April 2026
Triskel | 6.30pm | Free
Continental Riffs
Louis de Paor and Halyna Kruk
Friday 24 April 2026
Triskel | 8pm | Free
Book Market on the Grand Parade
Saturday 25 April 2026
Grand Parade | 10am-4pm | Free
Paper Crafts and Poetry
Laurie Legrand
Saturday 25 April 2026
City Library | 10am | Free | Booking required
Get Published: Meet the Agents
Literary Agent Jade Kavanagh in conversation with Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin
Saturday 25 April 2026
City Library | 10am | Free
Story Slam Cork Fighting Words
Saturday 25 April 2026
Triskel | 10.30am – 12pm | Free | Booking required
Get Published: First Page Pitch
Moderated by Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin
Saturday 25 April 2026
City Library | 11.30am | Free
Arabic Stories for Little Listeners
Dr Sanaa Khabbar
Saturday 25 April 2026
City Library | 12pm | Free
Quite Simply, How Do We Live?
Dr Harry Barry and Oona Frawley in conversation with PJ Coogan
Saturday 25 April 2026
Triskel | 12.30pm | €10
Get Published: Getting Into Print
Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin in conversation with Neil Tully
Saturday 25 April 2026
City Library | 2pm | Free
Roddy Doyle in Conversation
Roddy Doyle with Paul McVeigh
Saturday 25 April 2026
Triskel | 2pm | €15
Event Horizon
Balsam Karam in conversation with Saskia Vogel
Saturday 25 April 2026
City Library | 3pm | Free
The Holy Hour
Cónal Creedon and John Spillane
Saturday 25 April 2026
Callanan’s Bar | 3.30pm | Free
Many Voices of Spain: Steel Glaciers
Cynthia Menéndez in conversation with Martín Veiga and Keith Payne
Saturday 25 April 2026
City Library | 3.45pm | Free
A Subterranean Light
Xavier Mas Craviotto in conversation with Helena Buffery
Saturday 25 April 2026
City Library | 4.30pm | Free
Dán na Caillí: Song of the Hagwitch
Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Dairena Ní Chinnéide, Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair, Síle Denvir, Margaret Lonergan with MC Liam Carson
Saturday 25 April 2026
Triskel | 7.30pm | €10
Book Fest by Night: Is it about a bike?
Fionn Rogan and Mick O’Shea. MC Mike Ryan
Saturday 25 April 2026
Plugd | 9pm | €5
Hungry: Katriona O’Sullivan in conversation with Deirdre O’Shaughnessy
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan in conversation with Deirdre O’Shaughnessy
Sunday 26 April 2026
St. Luke’s | 2.30pm | €15
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First Page Pitch
First Page Pitch has become such a popular and important part of Cork World Book Fest over the last few years – 10 authors get picked to read their work aloud and get feedback from literary agents.
