Kildare County Council is delighted to confirm that Kildare Readers Festival will return to venues across the county from Monday, 2nd October to Sunday, 8th October 2023.


The Pleasure is All Mine with Enda Wyley
 
Sat 30 Sep 2023 11:00 – 12:00 
McAuley Place, Naas, W91 D62E 

The poet Dennis O’Driscoll, who died on Christmas Eve 2012, is still a much missed force on the Irish and international poetry scene. In this talk, poet Enda Wyley, who knew Dennis and admired his poetry, will discuss the compassionate, knowing, quietly charismatic and often funny attributes of O’Driscoll’s work. 

Book your free ticket here.


This Is Not About You: Online Book Club with Rosemary Mac Cabe

 Mon 2 Oct 2023 20:30 – 21:30 
Online via MS Teams 

Author, podcaster and media personality Rosemary Mac Cabe will be chatting with journalist Roe McDermott about her #1 Irish bestseller debut This Is Not About You: A Menmoir, a “life story in a series of love stories”. Extra copies are available to borrow from selected Kildare branches for this book club. 

Book your free ticket here.


Full Programme and Social Media

The full programme of events and participating venues for Kildare Readers Festival 2023 is available on https://www.kildarereadersfestival.ie and I will do a more of these in-depth posts as we get closer to the festival.

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