When & Where: UL Creative Writing festival takes place over three evenings (Wednesday 9th April, Thursday 10th April, and Friday 11th April 2025) and one full day, Saturday 12th April, at UL.
How to book: Choose the Day or Days you wish to attend and book at uch.ie
There is no single ticket that covers all three evenings.
Day Three and Four - €35/€20
The only ticket offered for Days Three and Four is a combination ticket, covering all events on the evening of Friday 11th, and all-day Saturday 12th. Day 3 and 4 combination tickets cover admission to as many of the following as you wish.
Friday:
5.30pm - 6pm: Kerry Neville in Conversation with Eoin Devereux.
6.30pm - 7.30pm: Booker Prize-winner Paul Lynch and Sarah Gilmartin reading from their work.
Saturday:
11am - 12pm: An Island of Many Nations presented by the Irish Writers Centre: Afric McGlinchey, Cauvery Madhavan, and Suad Aldarra, MC’d by Tapasya Narang. With emerging writers in Ireland from various birthplaces and backgrounds, we celebrate our literary island of many nations.
12.30pm - 1.30pm: Poets Annemarie Ni Churreain, Nandi Jola , and Ciaran O’Rourke are presented by Emily Cullen
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2pm - 3pm: The Alumni Readings: UL Creative Writing MA graduates Sharon Guard, Neil Tully, Grainne O’Brien, Noelle Lynskey, June O’Sullivan, and family of the late Patrick Kelly, read from their debut published works, with Q-and-A on our Creative Writing MA and getting published.
3.30pm - 4.30pm: The Word on the Street presented by the Irish Writers Centre: Cormac Mac Gearailt, winner of the international UNESCO City of Literature Slamovision 2024), Sheila Ryder (winner of the Cúirt International Festival), Lauren McNamara (two-time Munster slam champion), Kev Kennedy (winner of 2024 Fingal Poetry Slam). From Electric Picnic to Kneecap, Spoken Word has moved into the spotlight. An exploration showcasing four performers, with Q&A.
5pm - 6pm: Former Poetry Editor of The New Yorker, Pulitzer prizewinning poet, Paul Muldoon in his first ever reading at UL Creative Writing.
6.30pm - 7.30pm: Closing event: International bestseller Liz Nugent
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- DAY 3-4: Weekend Festival – UL CREATIVE WRITING FESTIVAL 2025
- 11 Apr 2025
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