Wednesday 15th – Saturday 18th May 2024

Cork International Poetry Festival

The Cork International Poetry Festival is Ireland’s biggest annual poetry festival. It celebrates Cork as a vibrant poetry scene with international connections. Every year major Irish and international poets gather for four days of readings, discussions, workshops and film.

The programme of readings taking place this year at the Cork Arts Theatre is as follows:

Wednesday 15th May @ 7pm
Majella Kelly and David McLoghlin
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Wednesday 15th May @ 8.30pm
Patrick Deeley and John Ennis
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Wednesday 15th May @ 10pm
Katie Donovan and Kerry Hardie
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Thursday 16th May @ 7pm
Jenny Mitchell and Gustav Parker Hibbett
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Thursday 16th May @ 8.30pm
John F. Deane and Aidan Mathews
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Thursday 16th May @ 10pm
Victoria Kennefick and Heather Treseler
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Friday 17th May @ 7pm
André Naffis-Sahely & Tom Sleigh
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Friday 17th May @ 8.30pm
Donika Kelly and Dante Micheaux
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Friday 17th May @ 10pm
David Harsent and Sarah Holland-Batt
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Saturday 18th May @ 3pm
Fool for Poetry & Gregory O’Donoghue Prize Readings
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Saturday 18th May @ 4.30pm
Simon Ó Faoláin and Gabriel Rosenstock
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Saturday 18th May @ 7pm
Fatimah Asghar and Sally Wen Mao
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Saturday 18th May @ 8.30pm
Paul Muldoon
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Saturday 18th May @ 10pm
Simon Armitage
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