Date: Sunday 31st May 2026

Venue: Listowel Arms Hotel Main Room

Time: 6 PM

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Date: Sunday 31st May 2026

Venue: St John’s Theatre & Arts Centre

Time: 3.30 PM

A True Story of Loss, Madness and Healing

In this deeply moving event, author Mary Ann Kenny discusses the raw and personal story behind her book?The Episode. She explores her remarkable journey through grief, following the sudden death of her husband, John. She reflects on her descent into psychosis, the complexities of psychiatric treatment, and her path to healing. Together, she delves into the power of storytelling, the urgent need for advocacy within mental health care, and the persistent stigma that surrounds mental illness.

With honesty and grace, Mary Ann reflects on trauma, resilience, and the ongoing journey of self-belief.

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Venue: Listowel Arms Hotel Main Room

Time: 3 PM

Our Deadly Summer?

The authors of the bestselling Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling series have teamed up again to bring us Our Deadly Summer, offering a fresh twist on their signature Aisling-style comedy.?It is a story about friendship, young women and bad men. Set in Dublin, London and New York, the book follows Trinity Students Laura and Dee, who set off to The Big Apple to have the summer of their lives. But there’s a twist: the book opens with them standing over a dead body.

Join this hilarious duo for some noughties nostalgia and a catch up on life after the Aislings.

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Date: Sunday 31st May 2026

Venue:Seanchaí- Kerry Writers’ Museum

Time: 1.30 PM

Join the enchanting Anya Bergman to discuss her latest novel, The Tarot Reader of Versailles and the inspiration, research, and writing process behind the novel. It is the early days of the French Revolution and, on the streets of Paris, terror reigns. Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand has an extraordinary power. Through her tarot cards she can commune with the dead. She is loyal to Marie Antoinette—despite foreseeing her fate. She meets Cáit, an Irish maid who can see the past, and the two young women share an electrifying connection, drawn to each other’s abilities. But Cáit has secrets, and who will she betray?

Anya Bergman?is the author of the bestselling?The Witches of Vardø, a Sunday Times best historical fiction book of 2023, and was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2023.

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Venue: St John’s Theatre & Arts Centre

Time: 1 PM

Bewley’s Café Theatre presents

From James Joyce’s DUBLINERS

A tale of booze, bombast and religious confusion!

James Joyce’s Grace is a tale of booze, bombast and religious confusion that brilliantly satirises the role of the Catholic Church in early twentieth century Irish life.

When struggling salesman, Tom Kernan, is found drunk and injured in a pub toilet and brought home in disgrace to his long suffering wife, his friends hatch a plot to save him from his errant ways.

This acclaimed Bewley’s Café Theatre production of the classic Dubliners story, features the actor and comedian, Terry O’Neill, who brings to life Joyce’s rare collection of characters and takes you on a hilarious journey from purgatory to paradise.

Dubliners, first published in 1914, is one of the great short story collections in the English language. By exploring the lives of his fellow Dublin citizens with unflinching realism, Joyce revealed truths both blasphemous and transcendent.

‘O’Neill does a terrific job of creating an excellent range of at least five different Dublin voices…. Dublin past is thus vividly conjured’ Irish Independent

‘O’Neill brings considerable energy and skill as the narrator’ Nomoreworkhorse

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