Date: Friday 29th May 2026

Venue:TBA

Time: 10:00 AM

From developing the first idea to submitting the final draft – all aspects of the novel will be covered. Bring your concerns and questions to the table; Christine Dwyer Hickey will bring her long years of experience. As this is an intense session, designed to give individual attention, numbers are limited.

Christine Dwyer Hickey is a renowned novelist and short story writer. Her novels have won The Kerry Group Novel of the Year, The Walter Scott Prize, The Dalkey Literary Award and been chosen as The UNESCO One City One Book.

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Date: Friday 29th May 2026

Venue: Venues:Mike the Pies

Time: 8 PM

I Could Write A Book About It details the trials and tribulations of writing Tom Joad And Me a book inspired by John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath a story of a teenage North of Ireland immigrant in 1970’s London. An hilarious, honest, no-holds barred dramatic retelling by Owen of a life lived by a boy who wanted to escape from his roots, who changed his name to Tom Joad but even when he ran to the other ends of the earth, he still could not break free from his past.

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Date: Friday 29th May 2026

Venue: St John’s Theatre & Arts Centre

Time: 8 PM

Following the sellout success of The Man In The Woman’s Shoes, Mikel Murfi returns with a sequel one-man show. Late in his life, Pat Farnon, a cobbler and all-round contented man, embarks on a journey he had not quite planned and finds that every twist in the road can bring its own surprises.

“This is pure distilled 100 per cent theatrical magic’” London Evening Standard ?????

” A masterclass in the art of the monologue ” Time Out

“It’s impossible to resist the gale theatrical force as Mr. Murfi presents his heroine through a multi-angled prism, with body language as precise, condensed and evocative as Morse code.” Ben Brantley (The New York Times )

“Murfi is a magical performer” The Times

“This is a show that abounds with love” WhatsOnStage

“Once in a lifetime, a woman the likes of Kitsy comes along and when she does, the universe has to expand to accommodate her.”

From the football field to the chapel floor, Kitsy always has the final word. By turns moving and hilarious, her friends and neighbours celebrate the impact Kitsy has made on her community.

“It’s impossible to resist the gale theatrical force as Mr. Murfi presents his heroine through a multi-angled prism, with body language as precise, condensed and evocative as Morse code.” NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC’S PICK

I Hear You And Rejoice is the second collaboration between Sligo County Council Arts Services, The Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo and Mikel Murfi.

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Date: Friday 29th May 2026

Venue: Listowel Arms Hotel Main Room

Time: 8 PM

Hungry: A Biography of my Body

Join Katriona O’Sullivan for a captivating conversation with Edel Coffey
Hungry is the 2026 memoir by Dr. Katriona O’Sullivan, following her bestselling book Poor. The book delves into themes of body image, trauma, self-acceptance, and the societal pressures women face. Katriona focuses on her life after escaping poverty, focusing on her relationship with her body and her struggle to feel “enough”. These two friends in conversation explore the fragile truths of the human body and mind.

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