We are currently accepting applications from authors/poets who would like to read at our next festival taking place Friday 28th – Sunday 30th September 2018. Applications will be accepted from May 1st – 31st. Applications sent outside this period will not be considered.
The 2018 programme will be uploaded here by the end of June.
Friday 22nd September (Culture night)
7.30-9.30 Town Hall
Prize-giving and readings from our competition winners!
Duelling Poets: Breda Wall Ryan & Kate Dempsey accompanied by harpist: Rachel Duffy.
Fighting Words Readers TBC
Saturday 23rd September
10.30- 11.15 1 Martello Terrace
FREE talk at the Joyce House with David Butler
11.30-12.30 Martello
Poetry and Landscape with Nessa O’ Mahony, Geraldine Mitchell & Jane Clarke
12.45-1.45 Martello
Children’s Event (Reading/Performance) with Alan Nolan
2.00-3.30 Town Hall
Lit Fix: Alan McMonagle & Nuala O’ Connor in conversation with Catherine Dunne
4.00-5.00 Harbour Bar
Poetry- Ones to Watch: Eamon McGuinness, Annemarie ní Churreáin & Paul Bregazzi
4.00-5.00 Martello
Words Ireland: Professional Development for Writers: Preparing for Your Launch
5.15-6.15 Harbour Bar
Short Stories Writers: Tanya Farrelly, Martin Malone & Orfhlaith Foyle
7.30-8.30 Town Hall
Writing Across the Genre: David Butler, Mary O’ Donnell, John MacKenna & Kelly Creighton
8.00-10.00 Royal Hotel
Readings from local Writers’ Groups: Abraxis and Little Bray
Launch of Bray Arts Journal, followed by Giant Open Mic with BeRn!
Sunday 24th September
11.00-12.00 Finnbees Kitchen
Poetry Cafe : Anne Tannam, Noel Duffy & Stephanie Conn
12.30-1.30 Harbour Bar
80:20: Educating for a Better World – Talk on human rights & development with Tony Daly
2.00-3.30 Town Hall
Lady Killers: Arlene Hunt, Louise Phillips & Sam Blake
4.00-5.00 Harbour Bar
Prose: Ones to Watch! Niall McArdle, Doreen Duffy & Adam Trodd
5.15-6.30 Harbour Bar
Songwriters Round with musicians: BeRn, Keith Burke, Mark Flynn & Rachael McCormick – hosted by BeRn.
7.30-8.30 Town Hall
Voices from the Edge: Liz Quirke, Lisa Harding, Arnold Thomas Fanning & Liz McManus
