What’s On

Cúirt is turning forty! With the history of Cúirt only as rich as the lives that wander in and out each April, it is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 40th Cúirt International Festival of Literature.
This year’s edition of Cúirt Festival will showcase a range of stellar writing talent, alongside a special programme of commemorative events. As ever, we’re delighted 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.

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All #Cúirt40 Cinema Book Club Cúirt Book Club Online Exhibition Family Fiction Free Event In Conversation Irish Language Launch Non-Fiction Panel Performance Podcast Poetry Short Story Showcase Workshop

8- 13 APRIL 2025

Poetry | Workshop |

Rachel Long: Advanced Poetry Workshop: Family, Kin, and the Apparently Personal

Faber Academy Online

Tue 8 Apr, 2:00pm
Fiction | Panel | Poetry |

The Opening Chapter: Sally Rooney and Paul Muldoon

Town Hall Theatre

Tue 8 Apr, 8:00pm
Fiction | Workshop |

Susannah Dickey: The Craft of Fiction: Dialogue

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Wed 9 Apr, 10:00am
Workshop |

Kayo Chingonyi: You Are Here: Writing and Walking

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Wed 9 Apr, 1:00pm
Free Event | Showcase |

New Writing Showcase

Nuns Island Theatre

Wed 9 Apr, 1:00pm
Fiction | Launch |

Debut Fiction: Garrett Carr and Roisín O’Donnell

The Mick Lally Theatre

Wed 9 Apr, 2:30pm
#Cúirt40 | Performance |

Wednesday | Capturing Cúirt: 40 Years of Stories

Nuns Island Theatre

Wed 9 Apr, 4:00pm
Fiction | Launch |

Seán Hewitt: Open, Heaven

Kennys Bookshop

Wed 9 Apr, 5:00pm
Poetry |

The Cúirt Poetry Sessions, in association with Poetry Ireland

Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

Wed 9 Apr, 6:00pm
In Conversation | Launch | Non-Fiction |

Maurice J. Casey: Hotel Lux

The Mick Lally Theatre

Wed 9 Apr, 7:00pm
Fiction | Panel |

Sally Rooney and John Patrick McHugh in Conversation

Town Hall Theatre

Wed 9 Apr, 8:30pm
Poetry | Workshop |

Joey Connolly: Developing as a Poet

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Thu 10 Apr, 10:00am
Free Event | Poetry | Showcase |

Poems for Patience

University Hospital Galway

Thu 10 Apr, 11:00am
Non-Fiction | Workshop |

Ali Watkins: Writing What’s Real: Responsible Non-Fiction

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Thu 10 Apr, 11:00am
Free Event | Irish Language | Poetry |

Arts in Action: Poetry Reading with Áine Ní Ghlinn and Moya Roddy

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Thu 10 Apr, 1:00pm
Free Event | Showcase |

University of Galway MA Showcase

Nuns Island Theatre

Thu 10 Apr, 1:00pm
Poetry |

Kayo Chingonyi: Prodigal

The Mick Lally Theatre

Thu 10 Apr, 2:30pm
#Cúirt40 | Performance |

Thursday | Capturing Cúirt: 40 Years of Stories

Nuns Island Theatre

Thu 10 Apr, 4:00pm
Free Event | Panel |

Folding Rock: A New Welsh Literary Journal

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Thu 10 Apr, 4:00pm
In Conversation | Panel |

Samuel Beckett’s Legacies

Town Hall Theatre

Thu 10 Apr, 5:30pm
Free Event | Poetry |

The Cúirt Poetry Sessions, in association with Poetry Ireland

Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

Thu 10 Apr, 6:00pm
Poetry |

Poetry Reading: Kayo Chingonyi, Dane Holt, Gustav Parker Hibbett

The Mick Lally Theatre

Thu 10 Apr, 7:00pm
Free Event | Performance | Showcase |

Open Mic Night with The Oil Slick

Nuns Island Theatre

Thu 10 Apr, 8:00pm
Fiction | In Conversation |

Donal Ryan in Conversation

Town Hall Theatre

Thu 10 Apr, 8:30pm
Non-Fiction | Workshop |

Eimear Ryan: Approaching Your Memoir

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Fri 11 Apr, 10:00am
Fiction | Short Story | Workshop |

John Patrick McHugh: The Craft of Fiction: the Short Story

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Fri 11 Apr, 11:00am
Panel |

Arts in Action: On Translation with Keith Payne and the University Translator in Residence, Astrid Huisman

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Fri 11 Apr, 1:00pm
Free Event | Launch |

ROPES Launch

Nuns Island Theatre

Fri 11 Apr, 1:00pm
In Conversation | Launch | Non-Fiction |

Ali Watkins: The Next One Is for You

The Mick Lally Theatre

Fri 11 Apr, 2:30pm
#Cúirt40 | Performance |

Friday | Capturing Cúirt: 40 Years of Stories

Nuns Island Theatre

Fri 11 Apr, 4:00pm
Free Event | Panel |

Threshold Journal and Literary Periodicals: Archives and Futures

James Hardiman Library, University of Galway

Fri 11 Apr, 4:00pm
Free Event | Non-Fiction | Panel |

University of Galway Writer in Residence: Visual and Literary Histories of Incarceration

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Fri 11 Apr, 4:00pm
#Cúirt40 | Poetry |

Diachronic Bonhomie: A Cúirt Poetry Commission

The Mick Lally Theatre

Fri 11 Apr, 4:30pm
Fiction | In Conversation |

Roddy Doyle in Conversation

Town Hall Theatre

Fri 11 Apr, 5:30pm
Free Event | Poetry |

The Cúirt Poetry Sessions, in association with Poetry Ireland

Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

Fri 11 Apr, 6:00pm
Poetry |

Poetry Reading: Mary O’Malley, Claudine Toutoungi and Charles Lang

The Mick Lally Theatre

Fri 11 Apr, 7:00pm
Fiction | In Conversation |

Kevin Barry and Eimear McBride in Conversation

Town Hall Theatre

Fri 11 Apr, 8:30pm
Fiction | Workshop |

Eimear McBride: Fiction Masterclass

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Sat 12 Apr, 10:00am
Family | Free Event |

The Fairy Queen (Children’s Event)

Nuns Island Theatre

Sat 12 Apr, 10:00am
Poetry | Workshop |

Richard Scott: Advanced Poetry Workshop: Hauntings and Intertextuality

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Sat 12 Apr, 11:00am
Family | Fiction | Free Event |

Kids’ Storytime

Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

Sat 12 Apr, 12:00pm
Fiction | In Conversation | Panel |

Shirley-Anne McMillan and Clara Kumagai in conversation with Patricia Forde

Town Hall Theatre

Sat 12 Apr, 1:00pm
Free Event | Showcase |

Young Writer’s Delegates Showcase

Nuns Island Theatre

Sat 12 Apr, 1:00pm
Fiction | In Conversation |

Salim Bachi in Conversation

The Mick Lally Theatre

Sat 12 Apr, 2:30pm
#Cúirt40 | Performance |

Saturday | Capturing Cúirt: 40 Years of Stories

Nuns Island Theatre

Sat 12 Apr, 4:00pm
Fiction |

The Irish Writers Centre presents: Writing Fiction for Beginners – a Creative Writing Seminar with Alan McMonagle

Bank of Ireland Theatre, O’Donoghue Centre, University of Galway

Sat 12 Apr, 4:00pm
#Cúirt40 |

The Cúirt Lecture with Ahmed Masoud: The Literature of Sumud

Town Hall Theatre

Sat 12 Apr, 5:30pm
Free Event | Non-Fiction | Panel |

Tolka Journal: Irish non-fiction

Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

Sat 12 Apr, 6:00pm
Performance | Poetry |

Poetry Reading : Denise Riley, Richard Scott and Oluwaseun Olayiwola

The Mick Lally Theatre

Sat 12 Apr, 7:00pm
Fiction | In Conversation |

Anne Enright in Conversation

Town Hall Theatre

Sat 12 Apr, 8:30pm
Fiction | Workshop |

Sarah May: Novel Openings: Where to Begin?

Faber Academy Online

Sun 13 Apr, 10:00am
Family | Free Event | Poetry |

Time to Rhyme: Gráinne O’Brien and Serena Molloy

Nuns Island Theatre

Sun 13 Apr, 10:00am
Family | Fiction | Free Event |

Kids’ Storytime

Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

Sun 13 Apr, 12:00pm
Free Event | Showcase |

Ragaire Showcase

Nuns Island Theatre

Sun 13 Apr, 1:00pm
Non-Fiction | Workshop |

Helen Jukes: Creative Non-Fiction

Faber Academy Online

Sun 13 Apr, 2:00pm
Irish Language | Panel |

Dinnseanchas

An Taibhdhearc

Sun 13 Apr, 2:00pm
Panel |

Wired Your Own Way with Nuala O’Connor, Naoise Dolan and Niamh Garvey

The Mick Lally Theatre

Sun 13 Apr, 2:30pm
#Cúirt40 | Performance |

Sunday | Capturing Cúirt: 40 Years of Stories

Nuns Island Theatre

Sun 13 Apr, 4:00pm
Fiction | In Conversation | Launch |

Stuart Murdoch: Nobody’s Empire

The Mick Lally Theatre

Sun 13 Apr, 4:30pm
Fiction | Irish Language | Performance |

Ar Thóir Bhríd Ní Mháille | In Search of Bríd Ní Mháille

An Taibhdhearc

Sun 13 Apr, 5:00pm
Fiction | In Conversation |

The Short Story: Rebecca Ivory and Clare-Lise Kieffer

Charlie Byrne's Bookshop

Sun 13 Apr, 6:00pm
In Conversation | Panel | Poetry |

Whales and Whales: Poetry in Translation

The Mick Lally Theatre

Sun 13 Apr, 7:00pm
Irish Language | Performance | Poetry |

Ceiliúradh ceoil agus filíochta

An Taibhdhearc

Sun 13 Apr, 8:00pm
#Cúirt40 | Performance | Poetry | Showcase |

Turning Skies Showcase with The Oil Slick

Nuns Island Theatre

Sun 13 Apr, 8:30pm

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