Every year, exciting authors from around the world visit to read and discuss books in Cork City Library, Triskel and more venues around Cork city. Cork World Book Festival, a unique celebration of books and readings, is run annually every April by Cork City Libraries. The first festival was held in Cork in 2005, when the city was European Capital of Culture. The 2022 Fest will be the 18th edition;
it starts on 19 April, and runs until Sunday 24, featuring discussions, workshops, pitches and more. Featured writers over the past decade include John Banville, Amiri Baraka, Claire Keegan, Edna O’Brien, Bernard O'Donoghue, Carol Ann Duffy, Derek Mahon, Colm Toibin, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Pawel Huelle, Drago Jančar, Tracy K. Cork World Book Fest 2022 will be a vibrant celebration of the book in all its aspects: combining readings by world class writers. It is an inclusive and participative event, attracting audiences who would not normally attend literary events, and enabling them to experience readings by leading international and Irish writers. We will celebrate the books that has gone unsung throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This year will see writers from Galicia, Ireland and Northern Ireland read from their work in events taking place in the City Library, Triskel and St Peter’s. The programme also includes events with partners UCC and Fiction at the Friary in bringing writers and readers together.
