Knocklyon Literary Festival

Knocklyon Literary Festival KNOCKLYON LITERARY FESTIVAL! A treat-filled week for readers and writers of all ages, with something for everyone's literary taste. September 16th to 21st 2025.

Writing Competitions and info @ www.knocklyonliteraryfestival.com

We’re still dreaming about the delicious cakes and sandwiches from the Knocklyon Literary Festival’s Afternoon Tea & Aut...
21/09/2025

We’re still dreaming about the delicious cakes and sandwiches from the Knocklyon Literary Festival’s Afternoon Tea & Author Readings! ☕🍰 It was a delightful afternoon spent with fantastic local authors and great conversations about all things literary.

Our wonderfully creative group of children (and parents too!) had an absolute blast at Helen O’Sullivan’s Storytime and ...
21/09/2025

Our wonderfully creative group of children (and parents too!) had an absolute blast at Helen O’Sullivan’s Storytime and Crafting session! 📚🎨 We loved hearing stories from her brilliant book series The Gooligans and making our own Gooligan-inspired crafts. A fun and imaginative day for all!

If you missed Claire Hennessy’s Short Stories workshop, you really missed out! ✍️ It was a fantastic evening of creativi...
21/09/2025

If you missed Claire Hennessy’s Short Stories workshop, you really missed out! ✍️ It was a fantastic evening of creativity, inspiration, and the birth of some brilliant literary beginnings.

We had a blast at our “Book Speed Dating” event during the Knocklyon Literary Festival! 📚❤️ Laughter filled the room as ...
20/09/2025

We had a blast at our “Book Speed Dating” event during the Knocklyon Literary Festival! 📚❤️ Laughter filled the room as readers pitched their favourite preloved books to new potential owners and every dater went home with a new literary love.

Always a joy to be at the Writer Café atop a hill, and we were delighted to include it as a venue for this year’s Knockl...
19/09/2025

Always a joy to be at the Writer Café atop a hill, and we were delighted to include it as a venue for this year’s Knocklyon Literary Festival once again! Huge thanks to everyone who joined us and to Siobhán for hosting!

The Writer Café atop a Hill takes place every Wednesday morning from 10am to 12pm. All are welcome! 📚☕

Culture Night tonight and everything is free!Knocklyon Literary Festival is happy to present our FREE Short Story Worksh...
19/09/2025

Culture Night tonight and everything is free!
Knocklyon Literary Festival is happy to present our FREE Short Story Workshop with Claire Hennessy tonight, in the beautiful environment of Writers' Café Atop A Hill.
Booking at www.knocklyonliteraryfestival.ie

🎨✨ What a colourful time we had at Storytime and Doodle Fun with the talented Author and Artist Dolores Keaveney Keaven...
19/09/2025

🎨✨ What a colourful time we had at Storytime and Doodle Fun with the talented Author and Artist Dolores Keaveney Keaveney at SDCC Libraries Ballyroan! 🎉

A huge thank you to the creative, enthusiastic, and absolutely fabulous group of kids who joined us! 🖍️👧👦 Their doodles were full of imagination, wonder, and joy! 🌈💡

🌟 Our Awards Ceremony & Open Mic Night was a celebration of creativity, courage, and community. The room was bursting wi...
18/09/2025

🌟 Our Awards Ceremony & Open Mic Night was a celebration of creativity, courage, and community. The room was bursting with talent and we’re so proud of every single writer who shared their words with us! 📝🎤

👏 A huge well done to all our shortlisted poets and prose writers, and heartfelt congratulations to our competition winners! You truly wowed us. 💫
Special thanks to our amazing judges Vincent Kenny (Poetry) and Kathryn Crowley (Prose) for their time, insight, and support.

🏆 Poetry Winners
🥉 Caitríona Lane – Bróg an pháiste shaonta
🥈 Caitriona O'Sullivan – Two Boxes, Two Lines
🥇 Margaret Mc Carthy – A line of washing underneath the stars

🏆 Prose Winners
🥉 Tshegofatso Putu – A Hymn for Two Worlds
🥈 Stephanie O'Connor – The Weight of Light
🥇 Terry Kerins – Conveyor Belt

🎉 What a fantastic night! 🎉We were thrilled to welcome Deputy Mayor Cllr Yvonne Collins to officially open the Knocklyon...
18/09/2025

🎉 What a fantastic night! 🎉
We were thrilled to welcome Deputy Mayor Cllr Yvonne Collins to officially open the Knocklyon Literary Festival last night! ✂️📚 She kicked things off in style with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and brought extra sparkle by presenting awards to the finalists of our poetry competition! 🏆📝
A huge thank you to Deputy Mayor Cllr Yvonne Collins for taking the time to be part of such a special evening! 🙌✨

What an incredible start to the Knocklyon Literary Festival! 🎉We were absolutely amazed by the talent and creativity sho...
16/09/2025

What an incredible start to the Knocklyon Literary Festival! 🎉
We were absolutely amazed by the talent and creativity shown by the teens at our very first event, the Teen Creative Writing and Illustration Workshop. Thank you all for making Day 1 such a success!
Can’t wait to see you tomorrow for our Open Mic and Awards Ceremony, it’s going to be another fantastic day! 🎤🏆

TODAY IS THE DAY! 🥳🥳🥳Day 1 of The Knocklyon Literary Festival starts today! We are kicking off the festivities with our ...
16/09/2025

TODAY IS THE DAY!
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Day 1 of The Knocklyon Literary Festival starts today!
We are kicking off the festivities with our Teen Creative Writing and Illustration workshop in Ballyroan Library at 6.30pm. See you there!

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