Limerick Literary Festival
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The Festival will run in Limerick February 21st, 22nd and 23rd 2025 at the Belltable, O’Connell Street. The event continues to honour the life and works of the Limerick author, Kate O’Brien while attracting prominent writers from all over the world.
We delighted to announce the prize fund for The Kate O’Brien Award, presented to the best debut novel/short story collection by an Irish female writer is now €5000&kindly sponsored by Bill & Denise Whelan. The winner will be announced at the festival on 01/03/26 www.limerickliteraryfestival.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We delighted to announce the prize fund for The Kate O’Brien Award, presented to the best debut novel/short story collection by an Irish female writer is now €5000&kindly sponsored by Bill & Denise Whelan. The winner will be announced at the festival on 01/03/26 www.limerickliteraryfestival.com
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Maeve Kelly: novelist, poet, writer & activist. She co-founded ADAPT House.
Maeve will be remembered as a gifted writer but also for her kindness, conviction & heart. Her absence will be deeply felt by her family, friends & all who were moved by her work
Maeve will be remembered as a gifted writer but also for her kindness, conviction & heart. Her absence will be deeply felt by her family, friends & all who were moved by her work
August 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Maeve Kelly: novelist, poet, writer & activist. She co-founded ADAPT House.
Maeve will be remembered as a gifted writer but also for her kindness, conviction & heart. Her absence will be deeply felt by her family, friends & all who were moved by her work
Maeve will be remembered as a gifted writer but also for her kindness, conviction & heart. Her absence will be deeply felt by her family, friends & all who were moved by her work
Poetry Day Ire is a celebration of poetry taking place today with the theme May Day!
Rich with poetic inspiration, May Day is rooted in the ancient fire festival of Bealtaine which celebrates renewal, hope & abundance.
To celebrate we share this beautiful poem Begin by Brendan Kennelly
Rich with poetic inspiration, May Day is rooted in the ancient fire festival of Bealtaine which celebrates renewal, hope & abundance.
To celebrate we share this beautiful poem Begin by Brendan Kennelly
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Poetry Day Ire is a celebration of poetry taking place today with the theme May Day!
Rich with poetic inspiration, May Day is rooted in the ancient fire festival of Bealtaine which celebrates renewal, hope & abundance.
To celebrate we share this beautiful poem Begin by Brendan Kennelly
Rich with poetic inspiration, May Day is rooted in the ancient fire festival of Bealtaine which celebrates renewal, hope & abundance.
To celebrate we share this beautiful poem Begin by Brendan Kennelly
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025
Day 29: A book about faithfulness or betrayal- Old Romantics by Maggie Armstrong
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 29: A book about faithfulness or betrayal- Old Romantics by Maggie Armstrong
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025
Day 29: A book about faithfulness or betrayal- Old Romantics by Maggie Armstrong
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 29: A book about faithfulness or betrayal- Old Romantics by Maggie Armstrong
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 2025 is Poetry month in Limerick. For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature. Our last of 4 readings is Gustav Parker Hibbett reading Inis Meáin from the collection High Jump as Icarus Story. Watch here: youtube.com/shorts/5xl82... @gphibbett.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
April 2025 is Poetry month in Limerick. For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature. Our last of 4 readings is Gustav Parker Hibbett reading Inis Meáin from the collection High Jump as Icarus Story. Watch here: youtube.com/shorts/5xl82... @gphibbett.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 28: A book that features friendship - Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 28: A book that features friendship - Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 28: A book that features friendship - Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 28: A book that features friendship - Fia and the Last Snow Deer by Eilish Fisher
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 27: A book with a mystery- The World’s End by Karen Fitzgibbon
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 27: A book with a mystery- The World’s End by Karen Fitzgibbon
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 27: A book with a mystery- The World’s End by Karen Fitzgibbon
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 27: A book with a mystery- The World’s End by Karen Fitzgibbon
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 26: A book with LGBTQ+ themes - Mary Lavelle by Kate O’Brien
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 26: A book with LGBTQ+ themes - Mary Lavelle by Kate O’Brien
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 26: A book with LGBTQ+ themes - Mary Lavelle by Kate O’Brien
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 26: A book with LGBTQ+ themes - Mary Lavelle by Kate O’Brien
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 24: A book about resisting oppression- Bodies by Christine Anne Foley
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 24: A book about resisting oppression- Bodies by Christine Anne Foley
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 24: A book about resisting oppression- Bodies by Christine Anne Foley
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 24: A book about resisting oppression- Bodies by Christine Anne Foley
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 23: A book by an author who writes for different audiences - When The Stammer Came To Stay by Maggie O’Farrell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Day 23: A book by an author who writes for different audiences - When The Stammer Came To Stay by Maggie O’Farrell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 23: A book by an author who writes for different audiences - When The Stammer Came To Stay by Maggie O’Farrell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Day 23: A book by an author who writes for different audiences - When The Stammer Came To Stay by Maggie O’Farrell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 22: A book with a spring setting - Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 22: A book with a spring setting - Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 22: A book with a spring setting - Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 22: A book with a spring setting - Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 22: A book with a spring setting - Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 22: A book with a spring setting - Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 22: A book with a spring setting - Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 22: A book with a spring setting - Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 21: A book with maps, illustrations or photographs-
Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara by Vona Groarke
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 21: A book with maps, illustrations or photographs-
Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara by Vona Groarke
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 21: A book with maps, illustrations or photographs-
Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara by Vona Groarke
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 21: A book with maps, illustrations or photographs-
Hereafter: The Telling Life of Ellen O’Hara by Vona Groarke
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks
@bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 2025 is Poetry month in Limerick.
For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature.
Our third of four readings is Grace Wells from Clare reading The Orchid Lovers, enjoy!
Watch here: youtu.be/_wV2ny-wR3A?...
@poetryireland.bsky.social
For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature.
Our third of four readings is Grace Wells from Clare reading The Orchid Lovers, enjoy!
Watch here: youtu.be/_wV2ny-wR3A?...
@poetryireland.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
April 2025 is Poetry month in Limerick.
For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature.
Our third of four readings is Grace Wells from Clare reading The Orchid Lovers, enjoy!
Watch here: youtu.be/_wV2ny-wR3A?...
@poetryireland.bsky.social
For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature.
Our third of four readings is Grace Wells from Clare reading The Orchid Lovers, enjoy!
Watch here: youtu.be/_wV2ny-wR3A?...
@poetryireland.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 20: A book about a figure lost to history - A Quiet Tide by Marianne Lee
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 20: A book about a figure lost to history - A Quiet Tide by Marianne Lee
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 20: A book about a figure lost to history - A Quiet Tide by Marianne Lee
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 20: A book about a figure lost to history - A Quiet Tide by Marianne Lee
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 19: A book that is an anthology- Windfall: Irish Nature Poems to Inspire and Collect.
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 19: A book that is an anthology- Windfall: Irish Nature Poems to Inspire and Collect.
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 19: A book that is an anthology- Windfall: Irish Nature Poems to Inspire and Collect.
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 19: A book that is an anthology- Windfall: Irish Nature Poems to Inspire and Collect.
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 18: A book linked to your locality - Solo by Gráinne O’Brien
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 18: A book linked to your locality - Solo by Gráinne O’Brien
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 18: A book linked to your locality - Solo by Gráinne O’Brien
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 18: A book linked to your locality - Solo by Gráinne O’Brien
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 17- A book that features separation ~ Girl in the Making by Laura McKenna
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 17- A book that features separation ~ Girl in the Making by Laura McKenna
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 17- A book that features separation ~ Girl in the Making by Laura McKenna
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 17- A book that features separation ~ Girl in the Making by Laura McKenna
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 2025 is Poetry month in Limerick.
For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature.
Our second of four readings is Jo Slade from Limerick reading Estuary from her new collection Once enjoy!
Watch here: youtube.com/shorts/WmoDu...
#poetry @poetryireland.bsky.social
For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature.
Our second of four readings is Jo Slade from Limerick reading Estuary from her new collection Once enjoy!
Watch here: youtube.com/shorts/WmoDu...
#poetry @poetryireland.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
April 2025 is Poetry month in Limerick.
For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature.
Our second of four readings is Jo Slade from Limerick reading Estuary from her new collection Once enjoy!
Watch here: youtube.com/shorts/WmoDu...
#poetry @poetryireland.bsky.social
For Poetry month we will have a reading each week celebrating Nature.
Our second of four readings is Jo Slade from Limerick reading Estuary from her new collection Once enjoy!
Watch here: youtube.com/shorts/WmoDu...
#poetry @poetryireland.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 15: A picture of your TBR pile
Solider Sailer by Claire Kilroy
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Writing Man by Frances Flannery
My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes
#readirishwomen #books #irish #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @mariankeyes.bsky.social
Day 15: A picture of your TBR pile
Solider Sailer by Claire Kilroy
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Writing Man by Frances Flannery
My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes
#readirishwomen #books #irish #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @mariankeyes.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 15: A picture of your TBR pile
Solider Sailer by Claire Kilroy
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Writing Man by Frances Flannery
My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes
#readirishwomen #books #irish #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @mariankeyes.bsky.social
Day 15: A picture of your TBR pile
Solider Sailer by Claire Kilroy
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Writing Man by Frances Flannery
My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes
#readirishwomen #books #irish #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @mariankeyes.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 14: A book with a protagonist under 18 - A Very Good Chance: Choose How You See The World by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 14: A book with a protagonist under 18 - A Very Good Chance: Choose How You See The World by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 14: A book with a protagonist under 18 - A Very Good Chance: Choose How You See The World by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 14: A book with a protagonist under 18 - A Very Good Chance: Choose How You See The World by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 13: A book by a women of colour/ ethnic minority/ diaspora - The Last Days of Joy by Anne Tiernan
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 13: A book by a women of colour/ ethnic minority/ diaspora - The Last Days of Joy by Anne Tiernan
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 13: A book by a women of colour/ ethnic minority/ diaspora - The Last Days of Joy by Anne Tiernan
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 13: A book by a women of colour/ ethnic minority/ diaspora - The Last Days of Joy by Anne Tiernan
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 12: A book that is a cosy read - All Through the Night: Night Poems and Lullabies edited by Marie Heaney
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
Day 12: A book that is a cosy read - All Through the Night: Night Poems and Lullabies edited by Marie Heaney
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025:
Day 12: A book that is a cosy read - All Through the Night: Night Poems and Lullabies edited by Marie Heaney
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
Day 12: A book that is a cosy read - All Through the Night: Night Poems and Lullabies edited by Marie Heaney
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @bookaneer808.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025
Day 11: A book that deals with fashion or beauty - Reality Check by Vicki Notaro
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @vickinotaro.com @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 11: A book that deals with fashion or beauty - Reality Check by Vicki Notaro
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @vickinotaro.com @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025
Day 11: A book that deals with fashion or beauty - Reality Check by Vicki Notaro
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @vickinotaro.com @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 11: A book that deals with fashion or beauty - Reality Check by Vicki Notaro
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebooks @vickinotaro.com @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025
Day 10: A book to do with the sea - Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebook @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 10: A book to do with the sea - Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebook @bookaneer808.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Read Irish Women Challenge 2025
Day 10: A book to do with the sea - Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebook @bookaneer808.bsky.social
Day 10: A book to do with the sea - Night Swimmers by Roisin Maguire
#readirishwomen #books #irish #womenwriters #authors #readmorebook @bookaneer808.bsky.social