What’s On

Discover the best Irish and international artists in this year’s programme, catch up with an old favourite, or find a new one. If you’d prefer, you can also download a digital copy of our brochure to browse here.

Events in the 2021 programme use a Pay-What-You-Can ticketing model.  For more information on how to decide what to contribute, please see our Frequently Asked Questions.

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Our prerecorded events have closed captions. Our live events will have captions on demand. If you would like to request captions for an event, please email info@cuirt.ie.

21 - 25 April 2021

All Ages | Art |

Inland Radius

Outdoors

19 Apr - 25 Apr 2021
Fiction |

Brandon Taylor: Real Life

Online (YouTube)

Thu 22 Apr, 2:30pm
Fiction | Panel |

Doomsday Books

Online (YouTube)

Thu 22 Apr, 4:00pm
Fiction |

Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Committed

Online (YouTube)

Thu 22 Apr, 5:30pm
Non-Fiction |

Emma Dabiri: ‘What White People Can Do Next’ with Blindboy Boatclub

Online (YouTube)

Thu 22 Apr, 7:00pm
Fiction | Non-Fiction |

The Disconnect: Róisín Kiberd with Mary McGill

Online (YouTube)

Fri 23 Apr, 1:00pm
Fiction | Music | Poetry |

Reic le Ciara Ní É

Online (YouTube)

Fri 23 Apr, 4:00pm
Fiction |

Nora: Nuala O’Connor

Online (YouTube)

Fri 23 Apr, 5:30pm
Fiction |

Sarah Moss and Danielle McLaughlin

Online (YouTube)

Fri 23 Apr, 7:00pm
Fiction | Non-Fiction |

Alexander Chee and Carmen Maria Machado

Online (YouTube)

Fri 23 Apr, 8:30pm
Fiction |

Billy O´Callaghan

Online (YouTube)

Sat 24 Apr, 11:00am
Fiction |

Bryan Washington: Memorial

Online (YouTube)

Sat 24 Apr, 12:30pm
Fiction | Panel | Poetry |

Finding Ourselves: Writing through the Queer Archive

Online (YouTube)

Sat 24 Apr, 2:00pm
Art | Non-Fiction | Panel |

Disability Visibility

Online (YouTube)

Sat 24 Apr, 3:30pm
Poetry |

Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe and Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal

Online (YouTube)

Sat 24 Apr, 5:00pm
Fiction | Non-Fiction |

Necessary Sins: Mona Eltahawy and Leila Slimani

Online (YouTube)

Sat 24 Apr, 6:30pm
Fiction |

Marian Keyes: Voice of a Nation

Online (YouTube)

Sat 24 Apr, 8:00pm
Fiction |

Derek Owusu, Abi Daré, Okechukwu Nzelu

Online (YouTube)

Sun 25 Apr, 11:00am
Art | Music | Non-Fiction |

The Alphabet of Birds

Online (YouTube)

Sun 25 Apr, 12:30pm
Fiction | Music | Poetry |

Dinnseanchas/ Tautitotito Whenua

Online (YouTube)

Sun 25 Apr, 2:00pm
Poetry |

Nithy Kasa, Raquel McKee, Kimberley Reyes

Online (YouTube)

Sun 25 Apr, 3:30pm
Fiction |

Douglas Stuart in conversation with Colm Tóibín

Online (YouTube)

Sun 25 Apr, 8:00pm

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Watch & Listen

Missed an event and want to catch up later?  Explore a selection of highlights from the festival, featuring conversations on art, literature and the world with some of the world’s best-living writers.

Watch & Listen

Visit Galway

Recently voted the friendliest city in Europe, Condé Nast Traveller have only confirmed what we’ve always known about Galway. The cultural gem in the heart of the West, Galway is the perfect base for exploring the environments immortalised by artists through the centuries, like the wilds of Connemara and the Burren in Co. Clare. See for yourself what has fascinated writers for generations, and make Galway the start of your adventure into the West.